Soundiron Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble v2.0 [KONTAKT]

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Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble is Soundiron?s industry leading scoring percussion masterpiece, and now with the launch of the brand new v2.0, they are pushing it to a whole new level.

Now weighing in at nearly 25 GB with over 25,000 samples, APE delivers astounding depth, detail, fidelity, and user freedom. It features more than 40 different drums and close to 200 articulations. Youll find thunderous ensemble sections and solo instruments of all shapes and sizes, including bass drums, a whole array of toms, dhols, riqs, frame drums, bongos, cajons, doumbeks, clicks, clacks, a massive snare ensemble and 6 solo snare drum types.

Youll also find fully expressive pedal-articulated hi-hats, stick and mallet rides, crashes, splashes, hybrid and FX cymbals, a 38 gong, heavy Tibetan ting shag finger cymbals, all deeply multisampled along with tons of rolls, crescendos and effects.

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble is the culmination of years of experience, distilled into the most comprehensive and earth-shaking hall percussion package available anywhere on the market. Soundiron set out to build a monster that punched harder, rumbled deeper, cut through the mix cleaner and got the job done like no other could. They wanted a massive sound and responsive playability, without compromising user flexibility and choice. APE has a sound that just works right out of the box, with all of the beef and none of the noise. This beast gets it done.

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble has just been updated to version 2.0, bringing along with it a wide variety of fixes, changes, additions and enhancements.

Whats New in v2.0

Added the Far mic position to over 60 articulations.Added Gong articulations.Added Hi-Hat articulations in a range of pedal positions, including MidiCC controlled Hi-Hat simulation.Added suspended Ride Cymbal articulationsAdded Ting Shag articulations in a range of open and mute positions (Tibetan Finger Cymbals)Added Ensemble Snare am articulations.Fully re-mixed and re-mastered all Ensemble Snare articulations.Added a variety of Midi drum loops.Added exible Midi Groove loading and playback system.Added mic mixing options to all presets (output re-routing feature only in master presets).Added sub-group release controls to main Ensemble All Preset.Expanded the features of the Megamixer system, including full Kit saving/loading and intelligent sample memory management.Expanded the features of the Uberpeggiator / ARP meta-arpeggiator system.Added full Effects Rack panelAdded various custom keymapping features to all presets.Redesigned all GUI artwork and instrument layout.Optimized and streamlined preset types, folder structure, zone mapping, group structure, loading and overall performance.

FUNCTIONALITY

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble was recorded in the same acoustically-balanced hall as Soundirons famous Olympus Symphonic Choir (Mars & Venus), Mercury Symphonic Boychoir, Montclarion Hall Piano, Struck Grand Piano, Cymbology, Anklung and Tuned Artillery libraries, so it blends perfectly with a whole host of great libraries. It was captured over an exhaustive two week session, recording late into the night. Soundiron trucked in a mountain of drums and cymbals and pounded on them with every kind of stick, mallet and blunt instrument they could nd.

Once the blood and wood chips had settled, an average of 12 round-robin per velocity layer with up to 14 velocities each was captured. Each instrument was then painstakingly programmed with a galaxy of comprehensive and exclusive control and playability features and a totally smooth workow. Weve expanded the library with a wide range of uniquely powerful tools that let you personalise the library to your own needs and push it far beyond any other percussion library in its class.

Each instrument features 3 independent microphone positions per articulation. The primary close mic position is captured within a foot of the drum heads to capture all of the deep tonality and resonance and every exquisite detail. The Mid position is set back 12 feet to get that all-around perfect live sound and the far position is 50 feet from the stage to deliver a rich, lush distant feel. Microphone channel mixing is easy with the pop-up Mixer panel. You can load just the positions you need to save ram and voices and independently adjust and automate each level. In the main Master presets, you can even assign each mic position to its own Kontakt audio output for surround sound routing, external effects processing and complete mixing freedom.

?Standard? presets are included to provide instant access to the full library in a classic percussion array layout. The primary ?Ensemble All? preset lets you customize the note mapping for each articulation or load one of several common drum library mapping standards. This comes in handy with the new MIDI loop playback feature, which allows users to load and playback loops from a wide range of popular drum libraries. The improved Megamixer system allows for up to 8 slots, each with independent tuning, velocity att