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Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble

Open Format

$ 199.00

OVERVIEW

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble is an industry-leading epic percussion juggernaut. This massive drum & cymbal collection weighs in at nearly 25 GB with over 25,000 samples, with astounding sonic power, detail and playability.

It features more than 40 drums and close to 200 articulations, with extensive dynamic layering and 12 round-robins per velocity. You’ll find thunderous ensemble sections and solo instruments, including bass drums, a whole array of toms, dhols, riqs, frame drums, bongos, cajons, doumbeks, clicks, clacks, a heavy snare ensemble and 6 solo snare drum types. You'll also find fully expressive pedal-articulated hi-hats, stick and mallet rides, crashes, splashes, hybrid and FX cymbals, a 38" gong, heavy Tibetan ting shag finger cymbals, all deeply multisampled along with tons of rolls, crescendos and effects.

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Unlocked WAV Samples 24 bit 48 kHz
WINDOWS 7 OR LATER REQUIRED, MACOS 10.9 OR LATER REQUIRED
Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble

Each instrument features 3 microphone positions that can be selectively loaded, mixed and routed through the pop-up mixer window: Close (right at the drum head), Medium (5 meters) and Far (20 meters). It also includes a midi groove system, custom kit mapping, apreggiation, a full FX rack and full UI control over every performance detail.

Owners of Apocalypse Percussion Micro and Apocalypse Percussion Elements are eligible for a great discount when they upgrade to the full Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble for the full version of Kontakt! Email us for your upgrade details.

Our interface for Kontakt offers a full suite of intuitive sound-shaping controls and professional features to give you complete artistic freedom. Build your own kits and ensembles. Dial in every detail with a full range of deeply customizable options, or leave it stock and start playing right out of the box!
Our interface for Kontakt offers a full suite of intuitive sound-shaping controls and professional features to give you complete artistic freedom. Build your own kits and ensembles. Dial in every detail with a full range of deeply customizable options, or leave it stock and start playing right out of the box!
This library includes 400 Midi Grooves accessible through the GUI, created by these great Soundiron featured artists:  • Blake Ewing • Dirk Ehlert • Ian Dorsch • Johnny Knittle • Marie-Anne Fischer • Sascha Knorr • Si Begg • Simon Russell • Tino Danielzik • Xiaotian Shi • Team Soundiron
This library includes 400 Midi Grooves accessible through the GUI, created by these great Soundiron featured artists: • Blake Ewing • Dirk Ehlert • Ian Dorsch • Johnny Knittle • Marie-Anne Fischer • Sascha Knorr • Si Begg • Simon Russell • Tino Danielzik • Xiaotian Shi • Team Soundiron
Jump right in with easy-to-use tuned presets that focus on a single articulation at a time, with chromatic playability across the key range.
Jump right in with easy-to-use tuned presets that focus on a single articulation at a time, with chromatic playability across the key range.
Section Ensemble Mixer presets allow you to drill down to specific ensembles and groupings instantly.
Section Ensemble Mixer presets allow you to drill down to specific ensembles and groupings instantly.

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Reviews & Endorsements

Sean Gordon

“I think my favorite would have to be the Apocalypse Percussion because I seem to use it in almost everything. It's so epic and awesome sounding that I just smile every time I open it and hit those keys.”

Sound On Sound

"The library is designed for (you guessed it) cinematic productions, and the samples certainly scream "Action!”...immensely powerful hits make this collection good bang for the buck."

What's Inside

What's Inside

"Standard" presets are included to provide instant access to the full library in a classic percussion array layout. The primary "Ensemble All" preset lets you customize the note mapping for each articulation or load one of several common drum library mapping standards. This comes in handy with our new MIDI loop playback feature, which allows users to load and playback loops from a wide range of popular drum libraries.

The improved Megamixer system allows for up to 8 slots, each with independent tuning, velocity attenuation, pitch, panning, key mapping, room release and more, and complete Kit preset saving/loading. "Mixer" presets group a set of articulations into 4 different fully customizable categories. For example, "Cymbals Mixer" splits cymbals into categories of ride, crash, hihat and gong/ting shag; each category has independent volume, pan, room release, velocity and pitch controls.

Finally, the Tuned Dual-Layer presets allow you to create multi-layered tuned articulations from any of the articulations for each sub-section. These are ideal for sound design, special effects, or simply turning any of the sounds into a unique tuned percussion instrument.

Controls and FX

Controls and FX

  • Powerful Custom User Interface with fully automatable access to critical performance controls.
  • 3 Fully Independent Microphone Positions for all instruments.
  • Integrated Microphone Mixer with Sample Loading/Unloading
  • Improved Uberpeggiator/Meta-ARP system with Preset Saving/Loading
  • Improved Megamixer system with Kit Saving/Loading, Intelligent Sample Loading, and Per-Slot Room Release Controls
  • Drum Category-based (Bass, Snare, Cymbals and Aux) Room Release Controls in many Presets
  • Midi Loop Playback and Custom Mapping
  • Our Custom FX Rack with powerful and configurable controls for every effect.
  • 70 integrated custom convolution IR samples
Ensemble Elements

Ensemble Elements

  • Snares
  • Bass Drums
  • Assorted Low Toms
  • Assorted High Toms
  • Doumbeks
  • Dhols
  • Riqs
  • Frame Drums
  • Sticks
  • Cymbals
Solo Elements

Solo Elements

  • 6 Snares
  • 2 Bass Drums
  • Bongos
  • Cajon
  • 2 Dhol Drums
  • 4 Frame Drums
  • 2 Floor Toms
  • 2 Low Toms
  • 2 High Toms
  • 4 Rototoms
  • Ride Sticks
  • Ride Mallets
  • Splashes
  • Crashes
  • China & FX
  • Gong
  • Hi-Hat
  • Ting Shag
  • Rolls and Crescendos for 3 snares
  • Tom Rolls
  • Rolls and Crescendos for Gong, Ride, and Ting Shag
Kontakt 5.6

The Kontakt version of this library requires the full standard retail edition of Kontakt by Native Instruments, engine version 5.6 or higher for VST, VST3, AU, and Pro Tools AAX. Kontakt Player is not supported. Learn more about the full version of Kontakt at: https://www.native-instruments.com/products/kontakt

Open WAV Samples 24 bit 48 kHz

The samples in this library are standard 24 bit 48 kHz wave files. They can be used in any audio software or hardware that supports common wav files.

Product Specs

  • 24.8 GB installed (12.9 GB Download)
  • 25,171 Samples (standard pcm wav)
  • 60 .nki files (unlocked Kontakt 5.1 format)
  • 24 bit / 48kHz stereo PCM wav format
  • Format: Kontakt 5.1+ .nki and pcm .wav

System Requirements

  • Kontakt 5.6 requires Windows 7 (or higher), or MacOS 10.9 (or higher). The full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt is required to use .nki instrument presets in this library. The free Kontakt Player, Libraries Browser, Native Access integration, and some NKS hardware features are not supported.

  • A Multi-Core CPU, 8+ GB System Ram, and SSD hard drive are recommended for this library.