XO Expansion: Pastel Punch is an expansion pack of drum beats, one-shot samples and presets for XLN Audio's XO, built from electronic house grooves with beefy kicks and snares.
Pastel Punch is a beat and sample expansion for XO, developed by XLN Audio. It focuses on punchy, club-oriented drum material, with grooves that combine electronic elements and organic, distorted percussion. The pack contains 39 presets and 155 one-shot samples, which you can use as a starting point and reshape inside XO.
The grooves in Pastel Punch lean on beefy kicks and snares, layered with vocal samples and percussion. The developer describes the sound as electronic, organic and gritty, with house-based rhythms at the core.
The one-shots add idiosyncratic textures to the drum tracks. Many of the beats are built to be heavy from the start, so they work well for dance floor-oriented productions.
Each preset is fully editable within XO. XO's built-in sequencer and its hot-swapping features let you replace individual sounds in a groove, so a tom can be turned into a synth stab or swapped for a kettle drum.
Because the beats are a starting point rather than a finished track, they suit producers who want to build their own arrangements on top of a solid rhythmic foundation.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | XLN Audio |
|---|---|
| Type | Preset pack / expansion |
| Category | Expansion Packs |
| Requires | XO |
You need XLN Audio's XO. The expansion pack is an add-on for XO and cannot be used on its own.
XO Expansions are editable beat and sample expansions. Pastel Punch contains 39 presets and 155 one-shot samples that you can build your own sound on in XO.
Yes. The presets are editable, and XO's hot-swapping lets you replace individual sounds, such as swapping toms for kettle drums.
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