BFD Swan Percussion: Expansion Pack for BFD3 Drum Library

The pack's instruments are new takes on familiar percussion families. The Black Swan Drum is described as a reinterpretation of the Ghanaian Gombe framedrum with a tom head. The Swango reworks the bongos, and the Batudu is an Afro-Cuban Batá-style instrument. Cajons and wooden shakers round out the rhythmic palette.

These sounds suit rhythm sections that need texture without a full drum kit. Shakers and cajons can carry a groove on their own, while framedrum and bongo-style hits can add accents in dense arrangements.

Swan Percussion includes Crescent Haptic series effect cymbals with crash, resonator, crash china and ride china voices. Their character is more coloured than a standard cymbal, which makes them useful for transitions, accents and sound design.

Because the instruments can be played with hands, rods, mallets and sticks, you can vary attack and tone within a single part. Presets and Grooves give you a starting point for percussive patterns.