MOONKITS

MODERN BRUSHED DRUM KITS

5 Brush Rod Mallet Kits
Beat Tools
12GB Library
Kontakt Player + NKS

"Moonkits is simply an absolute sonic joy" - Sound On Sound

DUST, SMOKE & WARMTH

Moonkits: a mission to explore the softer side of the drumkit.

Brushes, but not only for Jazz. Also rods, mallets, tea sticks: anything that mellows the attack and allows the texture to sing out.

Moonkits was intentionally recorded with extra detail at low velocites, because not every track is rock'n'roll. You don't need to smash the kit hard.

Just great touch and feel.

WATCH FULL WALKTHROUGH VIDEO

THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT

THE DRUM KIT PANEL

SELECT DRUMS BY KIT PIECE
UP TO 6 MIC CHANNELS PER DRUM
FULL SPEC MIXER
PITCH, ENVELOPE, FILTER CONTROLS

The control hub for Moonkits. Choose kit pieces, edit mic channels, mix your groove.

THE MIXER

EQ, COMPRESSOR, SAT, REVERB, WIDTH FOR EACH DRUM
DAW OUTPUT
MASTER FX: COMP, EQ, TAPE, LIMITER

The Mixer opens in the Drum window to enable a fast work-flow. Each kit piece has its own mixer channel, with a fully featured channel strip to shape the sound. Overhead, Rear + Room mics can routed to a seperate mix bus or stay within the individual drum's channel. Each channel can be sent to a seperate Kontakt output in your DAW for additional mixing.

BEAT TOOLS: EUCLIDEAN BEATS

8 Euclid Tracks
Drag and drop MIDI patterns to DAW

Euclidean Beats is a revolutionary way of generating drum patterns; simpler than it first looks. Set any number of hits and any number of steps per track, and Euclid will space it all out equally for you. Generate creative grooves you never imagined within seconds - you can't put a step wrong.

BEAT TOOLS: BEAT SHIFTER

8 tracks with generative 'beat shifting' functions
drag and drop patterns to DAW
save and load patterns from disc

An 8 track step-sequencer with a difference - each track can be programmed to shift its notes as the beat plays, creating new beats as the patterns evolves. Sounds can be set to move a lot, stay completely still, or move incrementally while never losing their musical timing.

BEAT TOOLS: POLY BEATS

8 POLY-RHYTHMIC TRACKS
DRAG AND DROP PATTERNS TO DAW

Poly Beats is a new kind of drum sequencer from Soniccouture. Each track divides the bar into arbitrary subdivisions, or polyrhythms. Since each track can be set completely different from each other, polyrhythms can quickly sound very strange and unnatural. Definitely for the left-field.

KITS + GROOVES PREVIEW

Moonkits features 80 preset kits mixed and ready to go.

Each kit has its own groove, set up and ready to drag and drop as MIDI.

Slot it straight in, or jump off into new directions.

This video tour shows off the wide selection of preset kits.

SAMPLES WITH HERITAGE

Moonkits was recorded at Konk Studios in North London, founded, and still owned by, Ray Davies of The Kinks. The room harbours a fantastic drum sound, as heard on records by The Stones Roses, Massive Attack, The Fall, Blur, Depeche Mode, Portishead, Al Green, The Cure, Artic Monkeys, The Kinks and about a million others.

The custom Neve console (with 1095 EQs) was bought from Utopia studios in 1974 and was used to record The Wall by Pink Floyd among many other classic records.

THE STUDIO MOONKITS

MOONKIT 1 | ADAM'S ODDITY KIT

Kick: Yamaha Maple 18
Snare: Pearl Sensitone 13
TOM: Leedy 15 Snare drum
Floor Tom: Stratford Besson 18 Kick
Zildjian 13 Remix Jungle Hat
Zildjian 22 Constantinople Ride
Zildjian 18" Breakbeat ride

MOONKIT 2 | ROGERS HOLIDAY

Kick: Rogers 20
Snare: Ludwig Acrolite
TOM: Rogers 12
Floor Tom: Rogers 16
Zildjian Avedis 15 Hat
Zildjian 22 Avedis Ride

MOONKIT 3 | GRETSCH 1954

Kick: Gretsch 20
Snare: Gretsch 14
TOM: Gretsch 12
Floor Tom: Gretsch 16
Zildjian New Beats 1970 14 Hat
Zildjian 22 Kerope Ride

MOONKIT 4 | LUDWIG SUPER CLASSICS

Kick: Ludwig 22
Snare: Ludwig 400
TOM: Ludwig 13
Floor Tom: Ludwig 16
Zildjian K14 Dry Hats
Zildjian 21 Special Dry Ride
Cymbal & Gong Co 20 crash Ride

MOONKIT 5 | TEA & TIMBALES KIT

Kick: Slingerland 24
Snare: Ludwig Acrolite Teatowel
TOM: LP Brass Timbales
Floor Tom: LP Brass Timbales
Sabian 10 MiniHats
Zildjian K Dark Ride

KONTAKT PLAYER (6.2) COMPATIBLE

This is a Kontakt Player instrument. This means that you do not need to own the full version of NI Kontakt to use it. It will run as a plug-in instrument in any VST/AU/RTAS/AAX/WASAPI,compatible host program or DAW eg: Cubase, Logic, Ableton Live, DP, Reaper, Pro-Tools. No extra purchase necessary.

System Requirements:

Windows 7 or higher (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit), Intel Core Duo or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2, 4 GB RAM (6 GB RAM recommended)

Mac: OS X 10.12 or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo, 5 GB RAM

Requires KONTAKT 6 or KONTAKT 6 PLAYER version 6.2 or later

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