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Drums

Studio Drummer

Native Instruments

Where to get itAvailable from Native Instrumentsnative-instruments.com

Studio Drummer is a comprehensive acoustic drum library plugin built on KONTAKT that delivers premium drum kits recorded at Teldex Studio in Berlin with up to 25 velocity layers and six variations per articulation. It combines three professional drum kits (Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute, Pearl Masters Premium Maple, and Sonor SQ2), up to 18 microphones per kit, extensive mixing controls, and a large library of MIDI grooves across eight genres for realistic, production-ready drum tracks.

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Key Features

01Three premium acoustic drum kits (Yamaha, Pearl, Sonor)
02Up to 25 velocity layers and six variations per articulation
03Up to 18 independent microphones (close, overhead, room)
04Dedicated mixer with fader control, panning, solo/mute, and reverb sends
05Five high-quality effects (Convolution Reverb, Solid G-EQ, Solid Bus Comp, Tape Saturator, Transient Master)
06Grooves library with eight genres (Pop, Rock, Funk, Jazz, Indie, Metal, Country, Blues)
07MIDI groove editor with tightness, swing, grid quantization, and velocity controls
08Full drum articulation editing (tune, attack/hold/decay envelope, overhead/room mix per drum)

Things to Try

  • 01Adjust OH MIX and ROOM MIX knobs on the Kit page to blend overhead and room microphone perspectives for each individual drum
  • 02Use the TIGHTNESS knob on the Grooves page turned to the right to fully quantize a groove into a machine-like beat, or turned to the left for a looser, sloppy feel
  • 03Turn the ATTACK knob up slightly on the Kit page to add a fade-in to the beginning of drum sounds, or leave it at default (off) for the most natural drum sound
  • 04Apply the Transient Master effect and adjust the SUSTAIN knob to effectively change the dampening or perceived size of drums, or to alter the room ambience
Formats
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