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Zampler Expansion: Ultimate Drums – Drum Kit Pack by Beat

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Zampler Expansion: Ultimate Drums is a drum preset expansion pack by Beat for the Zampler sampler. It includes 42 drum kits, single drum hits, TB-03 acid patches and 212 MIDI drum patterns.

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01Overview

Zampler Expansion: Ultimate Drums is a drum preset pack built to run inside Zampler. Beat assembled the drum kits from sounds sampled from a range of classic and modern hardware, including Roland TR-909-style grooveboxes and the Novation DrumStation. The pack covers full kits, individual drum hits, TB-03 acid sounds and a large set of MIDI drum patterns, so producers can start a beat from a finished kit or from raw building blocks.

Best for

Techno drum programming
TR-909-style kits
Acid bassline sketching
House drum grooves
MIDI pattern starting points

Developer: Beat
Category: Expansion Packs
Requires: Zampler
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

42 drum kits sampled from Roland and Novation hardware
Kits inspired by TR-909, TR-09, TR8 and MC-707 machines
15 single drum-shot patches for building custom kits
20 TB-03 acid patches
212 MIDI drum patterns included
Outboard-processed sounds using a TLA Ivory compressor and MPC 2500
Requires Zampler 1.0.2 or higher
Needs about 198MB of disk space

03In depth

Drum kits modeled on classic and modern hardware

The core of the pack is 42 drum kits drawn from the Roland TR-909, TR-09, TR8, MC-707 and Novation DrumStation. Beat sampled these machines in the studio, and the developer says the set captures the typical TR-909 sound alongside the character of its newer relatives.

Beat also ran the recordings through its outboard processing chain, including a TLA Ivory compressor and an MPC 2500, which the developer says gives the drums more punch and grit. Because the kits are presets inside Zampler, you can load one and adjust it to fit your track.

For programmers, the single drum-shot patches and the TB-03 acid patches give you individual sounds to build your own kits or basslines.

MIDI patterns and what you need to run it

The pack includes 212 MIDI drum patterns. These give you ready-made rhythms you can drag into a sequencer and pair with the kits, which speeds up sketching a groove.

The expansion requires Zampler version 1.0.2 or higher and about 198MB of free disk space. Zampler is available as a free download, so you can install it first and then add the pack.

04Specs