Sample Drum Kit Installs

Drum sample kits are available for Kontakt, Logic EXS24, Reason NN-XT (Reason Refill), Pro Tools Structure and Garageband. Our drum kits use the general midi standard drum map, with additional samples on keys above or below the GM area. Drum samples were laid out very close to the General MIDI map as to make auditioning and using the kits as user friendly as possibly. The few places we took the liberty to deviate from the GM mapping would be the left-right snares and some value-added hats, etc., in the lower registers on some kits. Even then we stayed true to things people have likely used before such as the hat chokes in the lower register adhering to the standard Roland E-Drum layout.  


Each sample library features multi-velocity layers on each drum element and as many as nine different snare drums. Audio samples were recorded in the same sessions and on the same drums as sister audio loop volumes. The mixes of the kits were kept as close as possible to our popular audio drum loops so they can be used in the same projects.

Installation instructions:

Watch DOD's Kontakt install video on YouTube.
Our Reason Refill install video on YouTube
DOD's install video for the ESX24 drum sample instrument
Our Structure samples install video on YouTube.
Our Garageband samples install video on YouTube 
General Midi loops for use with DOD kits are located in the Supplemental Mapping folders, GM folder. If the loops have been optimized for a specific DOD kit, there will be a DOD folder, so use those, not the ones in the GM folder.

Kit-specific notes: 

All kits: Scan the keyboard for additional sample above and below the GM keys.

Nothing But Brushes Kit: DrumWorks2 snare has 6 velocities L and R. Drumsworks1, Ludwig Wood and Noble and Cooley have only 4 velocities, left hit only. The latter are snares that match our "Nothing But Brushes" audio loop volume.

Basic DOD Kit: LoopMatch Sn1, LoopMatch Sn2 etc. are snares used in Mixed Bag i, Mixed Bag II, Country N Crossover and Ballads & Slow Grooves audio loop volumes. Other snares may or may not match, but have much deeper L and R velocities. Use the latter unless you are trying to match snares in those audio loops volumes.

Groove Monkee MIDI Loop Notes

You will generally want to use the MIDI files inside the Single Track folder. 

If you have questions or need help, please contact us.

DOD License: A non-transferable, royalty-free license is granted for use and performance of Drums On Demand samples in the buyer’s compositions and productions -- commercial and otherwise. The license does not include their use in making and distributing any audio loops or samples (ie. competitive products). Any use, distribution, re-sale or reproduction of these samples, or any part thereof, for any other purpose is expressly prohibited.

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