The latest addition to the Crow Hill Vaults selection is the Studio Drums, an alt-rock-style drum kit plugin. The library will be released for free on March 15th.
There is no shortage of drum samples to be found on the internet. When it comes to free multi-sampled drum plugins, the pickings are a little slimmer as a whole.
The Crow Hill Vault instruments have been a wonderful addition to the landscape of enticing freebies. Studio Drums is looking to change things up a bit by adding a robust alt-rock style kit fresh from the 90s.
Now, I’m not one of the DeLeo brothers nor Jerry Cantrell, but I had to give things an earnest shot. This might not be a 1:1 replacement of something like BFD3, Superior Drummer, or whatever your poison of choice is when it comes to sampled drum kits.
However, there’s enough here to make a fairly decent showing of things, especially if you’re just after a rollicking good time.
Like the rest of the Crow Hill Vault instruments, you’ll be launching it using the same plugin. It functions similarly to LABS by Spitfire, providing its own little ecosystem where users can pick and choose what they want.
This release marks the sixth release in the product line and the first rhythm-focused instrument to be found. All that’s missing is a bass for you to put together your own compositions with a single plugin.
The sounds are great to my ears. I haven’t been behind a kit in years, but it sounds like you’d expect. There are minimal controls for sound design purposes.
Tragically, I couldn’t figure out how to coax it into a multi-out configuration either. However, if you’re just looking to make some quick and dirty demos or don’t mind treating the whole kit at once, then it’s certainly worth a look.
Crow Hill Vault instruments seem like an intriguing alternative to LABS and other free sound libraries.
I will say I prefer the sound of Studio Drums and the sheen over the samples as a whole when compared to the rather basic drum kit you’ll find in something like LABS. While you’re grabbing this, you might as well download the other five instruments to keep it company.
Download: Studio Drums (FREE, powered by Vaults plugin, to be released on March 15th)
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