World Impact: Global Percussion is a Kontakt instrument from Vir2 Instruments containing more than 300 patches of world percussion, grouped by region and instrument type. It requires Kontakt and runs as a plug-in or standalone.
World Impact: Global Percussion covers instruments from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and beyond, from large drums to small hand percussion. Its 13 GB of 24-bit samples include a 4.2 GB set of Japanese Taiko drums recorded from multiple microphone positions. Every patch has an EZRoom control for placing the sound in one of over 50 sonic spaces, and the built-in pattern engine triggers rolls, flams and rhythmic patterns synced to host tempo.
The library is organized by geographical region and instrument type, so it is easy to find a specific family of percussion. The Taiko collection is a central part of the library, with each instrument recorded with numerous alternate takes and velocity layers.
The samples are 24-bit, and the collection totals 13 GB. Because it is built for the Kontakt player, it works inside a sampler workflow with the controls the instruments expose on screen.
The integrated Humanize engine varies pitch, tuning and volume slightly on each hit, which adds timbral variation to repeated notes. Users can adjust these randomizations or bypass them entirely.
EZRoom is a convolution reverb option in every patch, with dry and wet controls once it is active. The articulation engine provides chokes, flams and 3-stroke or full rolls at several note values, and up to 25 user patterns can be programmed per instrument.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Vir2 Instruments |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Kontakt Instrument |
| Requires | Kontakt |
| Formats | Kontakt |
World Impact requires Kontakt. It works in all versions of Kontakt 3.5.0 and later.
It is delivered for Kontakt and runs as a plug-in in major hosts that support AudioUnit, VST and RTAS (Pro Tools 7 and 8). It can also run standalone through the Kontakt Player 3 engine.
The library includes more than 300 patches of world percussion and 13 GB of 24-bit samples. A 4.2 GB set of Japanese Taiko drums recorded from multiple microphone positions is a central part of the collection.
Yes. The built-in articulations and rhythmic patterns are automatically synced to host tempo.
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