Wave Alchemy have released Tape KPR-77, a freebie sample library featuring over 280 Korg KPR-77 drum machine samples recorded directly to 1/4″ analogue tape.
The pack features up to 5 round robin samples for each drum hit, as well as up to 3 velocity layers.
Tape KPR-77 by Wave Alchemy serves up over 280 drum samples (recorded directly to 1/4″ analogue tape) from the Korg KPR-77 drum machine.
The KPR-77 was originally manufactured by Korg in the early 1980’s and was advertised as a cheaper alternative to Roland’s successful TR-606 drum machine. Surprisingly this quirky little analogue machine is capable of producing quite powerful drum sounds, we are especially fond of the toms, snares and claps!
Tape KPR-77 contains three pre-mapped drum kit patches for use with Kontakt 2, 3, & 4 and Battery 3. Each kit makes use of extensive velocity layering, round robin sample playback and choke groups which in turn capture the quirkiness and expressiveness of the original unit.
More info about the sample pack is available on this page. You will need to register on Wave Alchemy website to download the samples.
Contents
Tape KPR-77 contains 3 drum kits:
- Tape Clean – Includes 127 KPR-77 drum hits which have been recorded directly to 1/4″ tape via a Studer A80 Mk1 analogue tape machine at a clean / neutral level. This kit includes 5 round robin samples per sound as well as 3 velocity layers per hit!
- Tape Saturated – Includes 127 KPR-77 drum sounds which have been recorded at a hot level (providing obvious tape saturation) to 1/4″ tape via a Studer A80 Mk1 analogue tape machine. This kit includes 5 round robin samples per sound as well as 3 velocity layers per hit!
- Driven Kit – Includes 27 KPR-77 drum samples which have been recorded and processed through a variety of Wave Alchemy’s outboard studio collection!
Audio Demo
Check out the Tape KPR-77 audio demo:
Links
Download WA Tape KPR-77: click here
Wave Alchemy Website: click here
