Bloom Drum Percussion Lite: Latin and African Percussion Instrument by Excite Audio Free Download

Excite Audio recorded a wide range of percussion, from the low resonance of djembes and surdos to the sharper attack of bongos and rolling repiniques. Timbales, tantans and talking drums add melodic depth, while shakers, agogos, tambourines and woodblocks supply brightness and texture.

The developer says the recordings used a mix of analog gear and modern production techniques to keep the raw character of the instruments while adding sonic depth. The library also includes less common sounds such as turtle shells, bamboo slit drums and samba whistles.

White keys trigger drum samples and loops, while black keys change playback speed and pitch and trigger sequences and effect modulation. Five factory modifiers, including half-time, double-time, reverse and octave shifts, and five custom modifiers help shape patterns.

Four macros, Drive, Slap Delay, Multi Delay and Lo-Fi, control a chain of effects. The main page adds noise, dynamics, reverb and low and high cut filters. Samples sync to the host tempo, so patterns stay in time with your project.