We’re pleased to announce the release of Electro-Acoustic, a new drum VI which offers a new angle on classic drum machine sounds.

It has been something of a labour of love for us, as the scope of the instrument grew over 18 months, incorporating forensic line-level sampling of 15 different drum machines, and then two separate studio sessions, 6 months apart, to try to get the right results.

We think the results were worth it – it’s probably the most complex Kontakt instrument we have created, with a ‘matrix’ of channels that all work together and a deep editing system giving huge control over sound design.

The three sequencers turn it from ‘just’ an instrument into a very useful compositional tool, with intelligent tools like Euclidean Beats to provide solid, tight beats and the new Poly Beats tool to take your track into weird rhythmic spaces.

We’d like to thank Flipside Sound systems for their help with the PA, Monnow Valley & State Of The Ark studios for their enthusiasm for the strange recording concept.