Tonal Drums

ONE KIT.ALL THE TONES.

TONAL DRUMS

ONE KIT. ALL THE TONES.

Fully Tunable Drums
100+ Preset Kits
Beat Tools
e-drum mapping
Kontakt Player NKS

VIDEO | PREVIEW

Get a taste of what Tonal Drums can do and the sounds it can make in just 40 seconds.

VIDEO | PREVIEW

Get a taste of what Tonal Drums can do and the sounds it can make in just 40 seconds.

TONAL DRUMS Is The First Ever Tunable Drum VI.

Built on our acclaimed Sun Drums engine, Tonal Drums combines all the velocity layers and articulations with unmatched control over tuning, expression and tone.

AUDIO DEMOS

TUNE

We carefully tuned each drum to a note. The drum was then extensively sampled before re-tuning to the next whole tone in its range. We repeated this 4-6 times for each drum, so you can set up limitless combinations with a few clicks.

DAMP

The bass drum, snare and hi-hat were sampled with varying levels of damping to control overtones. You can select how much damping you need for each drum: live and ringing, or dead and thuddy.

TOOL

Every drum was sampled with Sticks + Brushes (Bass Drum Hard + Soft Beater). You can choose which tool to use with each drum, mix and match for a hybrid sound.

SPACE

Choose from 3 different studio ambiences at Rockfield Studios, each with a classic character: Live Room 1, Live Room 2 + Echo Chamber 3.

" This is huge for me."

"I currently use SD3, but I find I always have to layer it with drums from other sources. Tonal Drums is the first drum VI that allows me to actually tune the drum and doesn't just pitch the original samples down or up. This is huge for me."

David Polich, Producer / Sound designer ( Michael Jackson, The Cure, Bonnie Raitt)

VIDEO | WALKTHROUGH

James takes you on an in-depth tour of the Tonal Drums instrument and the recording session.

THE TONAL DRUMS INSTRUMENT

THE DRUM PANEL

CHOSE NOTES FOR EACH DRUM
APPLY DAMPING
BRUSH / STICK /BEATER SELECT

EDIT PANEL

MIC CHANNELS
FINE TUNING
ENVELOPE CONTROL
VELOCITY CURVE
ROUND-ROBIN ON/OFF
MIXER

EDIT PANEL B

FILTERS
COMPRESSOR
TRANSIENT CONTROL
EQUALISER
DRIVE
STEREO WIDTH

MAPPING

MAPPING PRESETS FOR E-DRUMS / VSTS
USER PRESETS
MIDI LEARN
ARTICULATION GAIN

BEAT TOOLS: BLOCKS

SEQUENCER WITH INDEPENDENT SPEED / LENGTH PER LANE
CHANCE CONTROL
BEATS SUBDIVIDE INTO MULTIPLE CELLS
DRAG AND DROP PATTERN TO MIDI

BEAT TOOLS: EUCLID

8 Euclidean Tracks
HITS ALWAYS EQUALLY SPACED
Drag and drop MIDI pattern to DAW

BEAT TOOLS: BEAT SHIFTER

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

BEAT TOOLS: POLY BEATS

EXPERIMENTAL SEQUENCER
8 POLY-RHYTHMIC TRACKS
DRAG AND DROP PATTERNS TO DAW

TONAL DRUMS is fully compatible with e-drum kits.

MAPPING: PRESETS

Tonal Drums includes ready made mapping presets for Roland, Yamaha + Alesis e-drum kits.

MAPPING: LEARN

Create your own custom mappings using our intuitive LEARN function. Just hit the button and play your e-drum kit to set the kit mapping.

TONAL DRUMS features 4 Unique Drum Sequencers. Each creates drum patterns in a fun way that's easy to use + drags directly into your DAW.

BEAT TOOLS VIDEOS

EUCLIDEAN BEATS

BEAT SHIFTER

POLY BEATS

BLOCKS

EUCLIDEAN BEATS | BEAT SHIFTER | POLY BEATS | BLOCKS

TONAL DRUMS features 4 Unique Drum Sequencers.

Each Creates Beats In A Fun, Creative Way That's Simple To Use + Drags MIDI to your DAW.

BEAT TOOLS VIDEOS

Tonal Drums In Detail
Drums: Canopus Yaiba drum kit: 22" Bass Drum, 14" Snare, 16, 14, 12, 10" Toms, 15" Murat Dirl Hi-hat, 21 / 22 Zyn Rides, 18 inch Zyn crash cymbal.
Specifications: 14GB Library 83,868 samples: 24/ 48khz stereo sampling Up to 75 Velocity layers with Anti-Repeat Round Robin. Built On The Sun Drums Engine Up to 6 mic channels per drum 124 preset kits organised by scale + sound design presets User MIDI Mapping + E-Drum Support (Roland, Yamaha, Alesis) 4 Beat Tools drum sequencers with MIDI Drag and Drop: Euclidean Beats, Poly Beats, Beat Shifter, Blocks
Articulations: Bass Drum: Tunings C D E F G A. Damping On / Off Felt Beater: Pedal Stroke Fluffy Beater: Pedal Stroke Snare Drum: G A B D E F# Damping Control 0, 1, 2 Stick Articulations: centre, edge, crossstick, rimshot Brush Articulations: Centre, Edge Hi-Hat. Damping Magnet: On / Off All Articulations: Tip: below velocity 100 Shank: above velocity 100 Stick Articulations: Closed tight, Closed Medium, Closed Loose, Pedal Shut, Half Open, Open, Full Open, Pedal Foot Splash. Brush Articulations: Closed tight, Closed Medium, Closed Loose, Pedal Shut, Half Open, Open, Full Open, Pedal Foot Splash Tom 16: A B C D E Tom 14: D E F G A Tom 12: A B C D Tom 10 : D E F G Stick Articulations: Centre, edge Brush Articulations: Centre, Edge Cymbals: Stick Articulations: Bell, Mid, Edge Brush Articulations: Bell, Mid, Edge
DOWNLOAD USER GUIDE PDF
Kontakt Player 7+ 8 NKS Compatible

KONTAKT PLAYER 7 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 10.9 or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM

Requires KONTAKT 7 or KONTAKT 5 PLAYER version 7.10 or later

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