Sample Logic Launches Rumble: Marching & Cinematic Drums

NY-based sampling and virtual instrument developers, Sample Logic and marching band products/events company System Blue have joined forces to produce Rumble, said to be the “world’s first Kontakt Player virtual instrument to combine the finest in traditional marching drums with cutting-edge sound design.”

Rumble ($299) is available via direct download or boxed copy from Sample Logic.

Rumble – available now ($299) – features the DCI World Champion Blue Devils drum & bugle corps and Scott Johnson, one of the most sought after marching percussion arrangers and clinicians in the world, recorded by Leslie Ann Jones on the Scoring Stage at Skywalker Sound (a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company).

Each instrument was captured using modern-day film score recording techniques at multiple dynamic levels, round-robins, and at close, mid, and far microphone placements, affording composers, producers, arrangers, and performers a solid foundation for realizing accurate, dynamic musical productions.

But that’s just the beginning, according to Sample Logic:

“Rumble goes far beyond traditional marching drums and enters into the morphed sonic realm of Sample Logic’s trademark ‘blurring the line between music and sound design.’ All of the drums recorded for Rumble are not only included as production-ready multi-sampled instruments, but are also used as the basis for all of the morphed sounds. The result is a library that contains both traditional instruments and an evocative collection of morphed ‘cinematic’ instruments, including transitions, atmospheres, and rhythms aimed squarely at the needs of TV, film, game and electronic music composers.’

“Rumble offers unprecedented control over sound and performance, thanks to Sample Logic’s custom-designed Kontakt Player interface, one of the most advanced Kontakt user interfaces to date. Building on the exclusive ‘multi-core effects sequencer’ first introduced in their Cinematic Guitars collection, Sample Logic puts complete, customizable user control right at your fingertips, from spatialization and sound-swirling effects to sequencers, LFOs, programmable arpeggiation, a unique Rhythmic Articulator, and a fully integrated multi-microphone mixer.

Rumble also contains a newly invented loop engine that displays loop slices graphically and supports independent editing, effects processing, and real-time automation of each slice. All together, Rumble boasts over 40 screens of powerful, intuitive user interface controls.

“Every instrument included in Rumble has a full set of parameter randomization options that give you virtually infinite power to morph and sculpt any instrument in the library. Whether you’re in the studio or on stage, unique new sounds are always just one button-push away.

Visit http://www.samplelogic.com/rumble for sample sounds and videos.

Rumble Specs and Instruments:

• Over 1,100 Instruments and Multis recorded and processed at 88.2k/24-bit, delivered at 44.1k/24-bit.
• 6GB sample library (uncompressed)
• 4.4GB via Kontakt’s lossless sample storage compression
• Kontakt Player 4.2.3 or higher
• Kontakt (Player) 4 supports: Stand-alone, VST®, Audio Units, RTAS® (Pro Tools® 8 and higher), DXi, ASIO, Core Audio®, DirectSound®, WASAPI
• Native 64-bit support for stand-alone and plug-in versions on both Mac & PC
• Rumble is compatible with all major DAWs and with music notation software, including seamless integration into the new Avid Sibelius 7.
• The library includes…
– a complete collection of traditional marching drum instruments (snares, multi-tenors, basses, cymbals) recorded with multiple round-robins, multiple dynamic levels, and at three microphone distances.
- A complete collection of evocative morphed “cinematic” instruments and loops.
- Atmospheric/ambient soundscapes
- Rhythmic/percussive tempo-synced loops 
- Tonal and percussive arpeggiated/articulated instruments
- Sequenced instruments using the “core-effect sequencer”
- Impacts, big-hit ensembles, and kits 
- Swipes, scrapes, and reverse transitional effects
• Performance-ready multis (playable interactive preset templates made from multiple instruments) 
• Over 75 score-ready multis

Additional multis included in Rumble were created by award-winning composer Trevor Morris.

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