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Propellerheads Reason Drum Kits 2

The Reason Drum Kits 2 ReFill is an extensive DVD-ROM library of life-like, multisampled drum kits for Reason’s extraordinary Combinator device. Drum Kits 2 is more than just a set of professionally recorded drum kits mapped out across your MIDI keyboard - it’s a live drum recording session in a Refill. Reason Drum Kits 2 captures every aspect of the included kits: the drums themselves, the room surrounding them, the drummer, the unique sound of the mics and outboard used in the recording, the works. Reason Drum Kits features 58 unique Combinator kits styled for Vintage Soul, Indie-type Pop and Hard Rock, plus 96 additional ReDrum sets and an insane amount of inspirational MIDI files, effect patches and style templates.

What is new in Drum Kits 2.0?
One of the big news in Reason Drum Kits 2.0 are the producer kits. A number of name producers and engineers were asked to use Drum Kits 2 and Reason’s EQs, compressors and effects to reproduce the secret working methods and signal paths that shape their signature drum sound. Simply load up any Producer Kit Combinator patch for that instant professional drum sound. The following things have been added and/or changed in the latest version of Reason Drum Kits:
- 13 Producer Kits;
- 20 Style Kits;
- 2 Snare Drums - Two snappy, hypersampled quality snare recordings added;
- 7 Preset Kits - Seven fresh kits spanning from 70’s Soul and Funk styles to modern day Alternative flavors;
- 25 ReDrum Sets;
- Completely rebuilt instrument layout using the new Reason 3 features: Combinator, MClass etc;
- Improved Hihat mapping;
- All Preset Kits reworked into Combinator patches;

Mix your own drums
All the instruments in the kits were captured at multiple velocity levels using multiple microphones - all of which are represented on separate channels in Reason’s mixer, each time you load up a kit. So by adjusting the levels of the Close, Overhead and Ambience microphones, you can fully shape and control the sound of your drum kits. You can even add compression, EQ or effects to individual drums. Essentially, this is like putting a top-notch recording room, drum kit and drummer right into your computer. We’ve taken care of the tricky, boring and expensive work, leaving you in command of the creative parts: The playing and the mixing!

Build your own kits
Putting together your own personal drum kits using individual drums, hihats and cymbals from different kits is, naturally, a breeze; Reason Drum Kits 2 handles instruments and all their related samples and velocity layers collectively, allowing you to create drum kits containing up to a thousand samples with just a few mouse clicks.

Forget multisampling - this is hypersampling
The Reason Drum Kits were recorded in acoustic environments tailormade for drums, using the finest blend of vintage and modern technology. In order to capture all the details and nuances of the featured kits, each instrument was recorded at all possible velocity levels, from a variety of distances and positions. So when you hammer out a two-handed snare fill on your MIDI keyboard, you can expect it to sound more than realistic. All mic positions and velocity levels included, the Reason Drum Kits use around 70 samples for one single key, which adds up to about 800 different samples in one kit! Giving you 11.000 drum and cymbal samples and an infinte number of extremely versatile, extremely dynamic sounding drumkits that are a joy to play. Enjoy.

Reason Drum Kits in production
Being a Reason product, Drum Kits 2 is of course fully ReWire compatible, making it easy for you to incorporate your favorite drum kits into songs created in other ReWire savvy software; just run Reason and the Drum Kits 2 ReFill alongside your Pro Tools pop or rock production, and use the entire Reason rack as a dedicated drum studio.

Load it all
Reason Drum Kits 2 takes full advantage of Reason’s all-powerful Combinator device, allowing for total recall of complex kits and everything that affects their overall sound; mixer channel levels, EQ and effect settings and routing data are stored along with the kits. This way, your not just loading sets of drums, you’re loading up entire drum mixes - complete with levels, panning and processing - in a single click.

Producer Kits
A number of name producers and engineers were asked to use Drum Kits 2 and Reason’s EQs, compressors and effects to reproduce the secret working methods and signal paths that shape their signature drum sound. Simply load up any Producer Kit Combinator patch for that instant professional drum sound.

Bob Brockman - Engineer, NYC
(Heather Nova, Biggie Smalls, Mary J Blige)
Dave Darlington - Engineer, NYC
(Kylie Minogue, Masters At Work, Chaka Khan)
Ed Bauman - Musician, CA
(Bauman Productions)
Eric Gadd - Producer/Artist, SWE
(Gadd, Cornelia)
Jack Freudenheim - Drummer/Engineer, NYC
(46bliss and RealDrummer.net)
Jocke Skog - Producer/Artist, SWE
(Clawfinger, Face Down)
Magnus Frykberg - Producer/Musician, SWE
(Titiyo, Lisa Miskovsky)
Pelle Gunnerfeldt - Producer, SWE
(The Hives)
Shep - Producers, SWE
(Lambretta, Rachel Stevens, Shaggy )
Simon Nordberg - Producer/Engineer, SWE
(Britney Spears, Kent)

Propellerheads Reason Drum Kits 2

Contents:

11.000 drum and cymbal samples;
55 Instrument Patches: Easily mix, match and combine the 55 individual drum, hihat and cymbal;
25 preset drum kits:
o 11 Vintage Soul/Funk Kits
o 7 Indie-style Pop Kits
o 4 Hard Rock/Metal Kits
o 1 Soft Mallets Kit
o 1 Brushes Kit
o 1 Snares Off Kit
20 Style Kits: Kits going through Combinator effect chains, shaping the kits for different styles of music;
13 Producer Kits: Name producers and engineers have recreated their signature sound and secret signal paths using Reason Drum Kits 2;
96 ReDrum Sets: Tight, acoustic kits for Reason’s step-time drum machine;
120 Categorized MIDI Files: Readymade beats, variations and fills in various musical styles;
20 Style Templates: Reason song files containing full Kits and MIDI files placed in musical arrangements;
6 Demo Song Files: Profesionally produced Demo songs, mixed in Reason by acclaimed mixing engineers;
30 Effects Patches;
GM Sample Mapping: Use Reason Drum Kits with standard MIDI files;
2 ReFills In One: The disc includes 24-bit and 16-bit versions of this ReFill;
Also on the DVD: Reason Drum Kits manual, recording details (mics, instruments, techniques), key map and studio log.

Try out Reason Drum Kits 2.0 Demo (58 Mb):
This is the Reason Drum Kits 2.0 Demo ReFill, 16 bit version. It contains one kit consisting of a fully configured snare drum, bass drum and hi-hat as well as a diminished cymbal set. There is also a small selection of MIDI files and a style template song included in the folder Sequencer Material. This will allow you to play around with the demo almost like you would with the full version of Reason Drum Kits to get an idea of just how realistic sounding it is. The drum kit in the demo ReFill is a stripped down version of one of the Shep Producer Kits included in Reason Drum Kits 2.0 and the included style template is signed Jocke Skog.

RDK 2.0 Demo - PC WinXP RDK 2.0 Demo - Mac OS X

The Groove (3 Mb, Mp3 File)
Grunge Ballad (3.6 Mb, Mp3 File)
LuckyPony (3 Mb, Mp3 File)
Strokey Dokey (1.3 Mb, Mp3 File)
Hard Harder (1.1 Mb, Mp3 File)

About Propellerhead Software
Propellerhead Software is a privately owned company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Formed in 1994, Propellerhead has created some of the most innovative new music software (ReBirth, ReCycle and Reason) and technology standards, including ReWire and the REX file format, which are used extensively in all kinds of music production. Propellerheads’ ReBirth program was the first virtual emulation of vintage analog gear - a trend that now dominates the music software arena.