AC-DR Acoustic Drum Machine

AC-DR

ACOUSTIC DRUM MACHINE

90 KITS
3GB SAMPLES
20 ROBINS PER DRUM
BEAT TOOLS
KONTAKT PLAYER NKS

An old school drum machine with 21st century sampling techniques: round-robin samples, multi-channel sounds, generative sequencers.

It features acoustic drums recorded in innovative new ways to achieve a warm, dry, chunky sound. There are no traditional velocity layers, only 'normal' + 'accent'. Each of these layers has 10 round robins which gives the drums a living, organic feel.

"Mind-Blowing!" - Sound On Sound Magazine

VIDEO | KIT PREVIEW

VIDEO | PRODUCT TOUR

MICROPHONES | CONTACT TRANSDUCERS | TRANSFORMERS | ECHO CHAMBERS

All the sounds in AC-DR are generated from acoustic drums, using mics, contact mics, live echo chambers and transformer distortion.

Each AC-DR drum module has up to 5 channels to blend. Each of these channels is part of the same drum hit, all perfectly in phase and time aligned together.

Warm acoustic tones that you can tweak and shape like analogue.

AC-DR features only organic real life sources.

MICROPHONES
CONTACT TRANSDUCERS
TRANSFORMERS
ECHO CHAMBERS

Warm acoustic tones that you can tweak and shape like analogue.

ROBIN POWER

EACH HIT IS UNIQUE
20 HITS PER DRUM
NORMAL + ACCENT
HAND EDITED SETS

Each drum was painstakingly recorded in large sets of hits which were then edited by ear to produce a tight set of 10 random hits which sound as close to identical as possible.

ORGANIC SPACES

2 ECHO CHAMBERS
RECORDED @ ROCKFIELD STUDIOS

All the bass drum, snare, rimshot and tom samples were re-amped in Rockfield's 2 echo chambers. The resulting reverb samples can be blended as a separate channel:a vital extra building block for drum design.

"I absolutely love AC-DR!.. It really is quite mind-blowing.. creative and addictive in equal measure."

Sound On Sound Review

VIDEO | GHOST NOTES

VIDEO | PITCH KICKS

AC-DR: MAIN PANEL

INDIVIDUAL DRUM BLOCKS
LEVEL FADER, PAN, MUTE + SOLO
ACOUSTIC SOURCE CHANNEL KNOBS
MASTER FADER + FX RETURNS

The main control panel. Each drum has its own self-contained block with volume fader, pan, mute and solo. From here you have a huge amount of control when tweaking a preset kit, using the acoustic source channel knobs. Beat Tools patterns can be triggered using the PLAY button.

AC-DR: EDIT PANEL

DRUM SELECT, REVERSE, ACCENT
PITCH, START, AMP + FILTER EGS. DUAL FILTERS. VELOCITY MOD
CHANNEL: COMP, EQ, SAT, TRANSIENT
DAW OUTPUT ROUTING

The EDIT panel gives you shaping tools for either the whole drum sound or individual acoustic channels if desired. The red V readouts are velocity modulation controls.

AC-DR: FX PANEL

REVERB WITH STEREO ECHO CHAMBER IRS + SC IR LIBRARY
REPLIKA DELAY

Two effects units are available to all drums via send controls in the edit panel. The Reverb unit features a full set of stereo IRs from the echo chambers, as well as a large collections of halls, rooms and studio gear. The Replika delay unit features various different styles of delay with modulation and feedback controls.

AC-DR: 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.

AC-DR: 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 hits 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.

AC-DR: POLY BEATS

8 POLY-RHYTHMIC TRACKS
DRAG AND DROP PATTERNS TO DAW

Poly Beats is a new kind of drum sequencer. 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.

AC-DR: MASTER PANEL

SUPERCHARGER GT / SOLID BUS COMP / FB COMP
4 BAND SOLID EQ
TAPE PROCESSOR
LIMITER

A useful mastering channel with a choice of processors.

AC-DR DRUMS

Each drum block features different sampled drum types to choose from.

5 BASS DRUMS
4 SNARE DRUMS
2 RIMSHOTS
4 TOMS
3 HI-HATS
5 CYMBALS
COWBELL
CLAVES,CABASA
GUIRO
TAMBOURINE
2 SHAKERS

MECHANISED

AC-DR's samples were created using innovative recording processes such as robot triggers to create precise multichannel layers.

"AC-DR sounds like nothing else I’ve tried.. its unique character is very rewarding. "

Gearspace Pro Review

AC-DR features 3 Unique Drum Sequencers. Each creates beats in a fun simple way that's easy to use.

BEAT TOOLS VIDEOS

EUCLIDEAN BEATS

BEAT SHIFTER

POLY BEATS

EUCLIDEAN BEATS | BEAT SHIFTER | POLY BEATS

AC-DR features 3 Unique Drum Sequencers. Each Creates Beats In A Fun, Creative Way That's Simple To Use.

BEAT TOOLS VIDEOS

KONTAKT PLAYER (6.8) 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 6.8 or later

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