High School Drum Corps: Marching Drumline Kontakt Instrument by Soundiron

The core of the library is two marching snares and five tuned marching bass drums, captured with crescendo rolls and ensemble strikes. Soundiron says the indoor recordings were made in a wood, tile and fabric rehearsal hall, which gives the sound live room character. The outdoor recordings were made on a stadium field, so they are drier and include occasional stray sounds from the environment.

Because both spaces are available, you can pick the one that suits the track: the indoor set for a fuller, more reflective hit, or the outdoor set for a tight, direct attack with a bit of natural air around it.

The instrument uses a multi-layer interface with LFO, filter, glide and arpeggiator controls, along with a full FX rack. The FX rack includes convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers and FX environments, which lets you place the drums in a space without loading separate effects.

The library also includes 20 ambience patches built from the source recordings and 20 sound-designed FX and ambient presets. These are useful for adding background texture or transitional impacts around the drumline.