Legacy Drums: Kontakt Drum Kits by Wavesfactory

Tea Towel features a vintage Ludwig kit with tea towels placed on the snare and tom heads to damp the resonance, a technique associated with the Beatles' late recordings. Classic Rock uses a Ludwig Vistalite kit inspired by 1970s rock bands, with an open, deep sound. Brush features a standard Yamaha kit played with brushes, a texture common in jazz and blues but also used in rock, country and pop.

Each kit is built from 6 velocity layers and 6 round robin repetitions, so repeated hits sound less mechanical.

The mixer lets you control each microphone separately with standard mixer parameters. The samples include full bleed from each mic, which the developer says gives a more natural mixing result.

Each channel accepts up to 23 DSP effects in any order. These include an SSL-style compressor and EQ, a transient shaper and a convolution engine with more than 30 custom impulse responses. The settings panel controls round robin behavior, velocity curves and advanced mapping, with presets based on well-known drum engines.