Chokehold has released Alexis D-Four, a freeware drum instrument for Windows and Mac which is based on Alesis D4 samples.
I’ve been seriously procrastinating this project months at a time because of the huge amount of sample cutting and file renaming and instrument designing involved, plus all the other dry and pretty boring repetitive work…
Alexis D-Four is available for free download via Chokehold’s website (342MB download size, 32-bit & 64-bit VST/AU plugin format for Windows & Mac).
To install the instrument, you will need to download the sound bank and the appropriate version of the plugin separately. Once you’ve got those two, simply follow the included instructions.
I love the sound of these old 90s drum models, and I even own a D4 which I wanted to sample eventually. Thankfully, Chokehold has done the job exceptionally well and I guess it’s time to sell the thing. You can find more info about Alesis D4 at Vintage Synth.
The only drawback of Alexis D-Four is that it can only load one sample per plugin instance, but this is not such a big deal at all.
Audio Demo
Check out the Alexis D-Four audio demo:
Links
Download Alexis D-Four: click here
