Having the competition in mind I would not have named these new drum kits in FL-Studio 12.1 “HQ Drum Kits.” There is an obvious gap that separates these “HQ Drum Kits” from the real HQ drum kits that are available on the market. On the other hand, a ride bell articulation is not available in any of the four HQ Drum Kits. Also, the hi-hat sound is acceptable and comes in four different articulations: closed, half-open, open, and foot pedal-stepped. The cymbals in HQ Drum Kits instead sound very thin and have only a short sustain.īass drums and toms, however, sound quite good. Cymbals used in acoustic drum setups usually offer long sustains and a bright sound. I have to say that I am not happy with the cymbals at all. While there are some kit pieces that have been sampled and mapped very well, there are others that aren’t as convincing. That alone is an indicator of sound quality because it determines how smooth the transition of sounds will be and how well the range of possible midi notes (a total of 128 steps are possible) is covered.ĭoes that mean that the HQ Drum Kits of FL-Studio are bad? No, certainly not.Ī closer look at the sounds of HQ Drum Kits Many other “HQ” virtual drum modules offer at least twice the number of velocity layers and some more than ten times more. There are roughly ten velocity layers per kit piece and that is not an impressive number of layers. While the other virtual drum modules come as “all-in-one” solutions that provide lots of studio-quality presets, numerous different articulations, professional mixing, and effects sections, the HQ Drum Kits in FL-Studio 12.1 are much different. So, how “HQ” are these new drum kits that are geared towards different genres of music? If you have worked with the top dogs such as Addictive Drums, EZdrummer, Superior Drummer, BFD, and the like, you will notice a big difference in terms of sound quality, sound mapping, and options to tweak sounds. The four HQ Drum Kits are called Funk, Jazz, Rock, and Metal. With the HQ Drum Kits, I assume that FL-Studio wants to keep up with other DAW manufacturers who offer a line of decent acoustic drum kits. That has worked well for electronic music where demand for sophisticated drum sample layering just isn’t there. FPC has been a simple yet effective drum sample player for years, with some basic sound structuring and manipulation functions. This was reason enough for me to test the new HQ Drum Kits and share my view.įirst of all, it should be mentioned that the makers of FL-Studio would never claim to be among the top contenders when it comes to virtual acoustic drums. With the 12.1 update FL-Studio now also contains four “HQ Drum Kits” for FPC, FL-Studio’s built-in drum sample player. Whoever believes that this relates only to the software backend itself is wrong: with each and every update, the good folks at Image-Line add great new features, effects, and generator plug-ins. As usual, FL-Studio updates come for free due to the company’s awesome commitment to providing lifetime free updates. Image-Line has just released the 12.1 update of its flagship DAW FL-Studio. Here’s what this means.Introduction to FL-Studio’s “HQ Drum Kits” wav the entire Born kit can be used in every DAW – no matter if you’re using FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro or anything else.Īlso read: Free Drum Kits For Trap & Hip Hop (Best of 2021) License In addition to those 808 shots you’ll further find a decent selection of modern trap drums, including claps, cymbals, kicks, some random percussion sounds and snares. They’re all labeled so you don’t have to waste any time finding out the key. Since you can hear heavy basses in basically all of Pierre’s beats I started by making some similar 808s. You’re searching for heavily distorted 808 sounds like the ones you can hear in tracks, such as “Magnolia” by Playboi Carti, “Gummo” by 6ix9ine or “Watch” by Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert & Kanye West? Great, because all of those beats have been produced by Pierre Bourne.Īfter releasing the Drillers Kit last week, a lot of producers reached out to me asking for a trap sample pack in the style of Pierre Bourne so I didn’t think twice and started to produce the free Pierre Bourne drum kit straight away.
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