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Jolene is the second release in our Boutique Drums Series. While Ruby celebrates the heavy, Jolene is all about vibe - great for indie, alternative, country, and pop.As per usual, we've included a collection of "baked-in" mix presets that cater to a variety of musical contexts. From the pillowy, intimate punchiness of 'Sunshine' to the portly, attitudinal 'Lola' preset, we've got you covered.We've included five different hi-hat states of multi-samples and live eighth-note grooves that automatically lock to your DAW's tempo: tight, normal, slight-open, mid-open, and all-open; grooves recorded at 90/120/140 BPM.Crossfade able hi-hat grooves with release triggers? Yup. With the mod wheel down,

Modern Ensemble Drum LibraryMedusa is a modern ensemble drum library created for trailer producers as well as film, game and television composers. Musical Sampling also made it a point to smack the living snot out of the drums for the top velocities. Couldn't really be in that room without a good set of closed cans if you valued your hearing. Blisters weren't uncommon either.Getting the mix presets dialed-in was just as crucial and took the most time during Medusa's production cycle to really get right. Hermes is a tight, punchy mix. Centaur is the all-rounder while Zeus takes excellent advantage of the room tone. The Gorgon mix is a hyped, massive, punchy mix designed specifically for

Penny is the third release in our Boutique Drums Series and arguably the most vibey and versatile thus far.We initially sought to create a kit that paid homage to the tighter rock drum mixes popularized in the '60s and '70s. We covered the toms and snare with cloth to dampen the decay/ring-out and incorporated some vintage mics used in that period alongside our modern array of microphones and gear.After curating a kit with some beautiful and rare custom pieces, extensively sampling each drum, mixing the snot out of it, and programming Penny to a tee - what we end up with is an instrument that suits far more musical contexts than we initially anticipated. Pretty cool stuff.As per usual, we

Drums and Sound Design LibraryRenegade is a drums and sound design library designed for producers of nu-metal, EDM, rock, pop and underscore. Musical Sampling aimed to make this a serious asset for modern underscoring with atmospheric percussion/synth pulses, brooding basses and experimental acoustic content.As always, dialing in the drum mixes was incredibly important to get right. Rogue is the tight mix, Faction is the workhorse mix and Juggernaut is the roomy mix. Inspired by the Gorgon preset from the Medusa library, Musical Sampling provided a fourth mix for Renegade that pushed them to their absolute mixing limits - Anarchy. That mix will peel the varnish off a foot locker.They also

Ruby is the first release of our Boutique Drums series. We consulted with our drummer Brian Scoggin (Casting Crowns) who curated a kit comprised of truly boutique drum pieces for this release. We also chose to record at Hey Hey Studios in Griffin, Georgia for its outstanding acoustics and engineering; a remarkable space providing a tasteful balance of both room and character.Each of the eight mixes was created from scratch using an arsenal of processing tools, both hardware, and software. We chose to develop the presets outside of Kontakt to deliver what we felt were precision mixes with the right amount of punch, balance, and vibe while providing just enough headroom to treat well to