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KURT BALLOU

SIGNATURE SERIES DRUMS - VOLUME 1

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KURT BALLOU

SIGNATURE SERIES DRUMS - VOLUME 1

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Kit Select

Choose from 26 different kit pieces from Kurt's personal drum collection. You've heard these drums on many of the most popular recordings from God City. Now you can have them in your mixes.

Every drum and cymbal was sampled in exhaustive detail at God City with Kurt's high-end converters and outboard gear.

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Mixer / Effects

Fourteen individually-controllable close, overhead and room mic channels with full bleed controls allow you to mix the audio just as if you had recorded it yourself. It sounds real because it is real!

Load up a great-sounding drum mix with Kurt's presets created entirely using the internal mixer and effects - no additional plug-ins required!

Each channel can be multi-output routed to individual DAW channels in all popular recording software with our included templates.

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MIDI Grooves

Not a drummer? Look no further than our included MIDI groove library! Kurt Ballou Signature Series Drums comes with a large library of customized grooves performed by Converge drummer Ben Koller.

Audition within the interface and then simply drag-and-drop to your DAW's timeline. The grooves will automatically conform to the tempo of your song. It's perfect for demos or for jamming!

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Customizable Keymap

Our customizable key mapping page makes working with alternate MIDI mappings and electronic drum kits fast and easy.

Kurt Ballou Signature Series Drums comes with key map presets for many of the most popular software drum instruments built in.

AUDIO DEMOS

Full Mix

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  1. Converge "Dark Horse"
  2. Converge "Wretched World"
  3. The Muted Man - III
  4. Cristian D'Alessandro - They Live, We Sleep
  5. Kevin Pease "Meat Grind"
  6. Stephen Brodsky "Fire Sign"

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Presets & Articulations

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  1. Raw Snares
  2. Preset 01: God City
  3. Preset 02: Heavy Metal
  4. Preset 03: Laissez Faire
  5. Preset 04: Straight Up
  6. Preset 05: Thuddy Buddy
  7. Preset 06: Toss Cookies
  8. Preset 07: All Zero

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ABOUT KURT BALLOU

Kurt Ballou is a producer, engineer, mixer and studio owner, with extensive production credits on some of aggressive music's most successful albums.

Kurt's discography includes notable artists such as High On Fire, Russian Circles, Converge, Every Time I Die, Nails, Darkest Hour, Four Year Strong, Code Orange, and many, many more.

In addition to his studio work, Kurt is the guitarist in groundbreaking hardcore/metal crossover act CONVERGE and owner of GOD CITY INSTRUMENTS, makers of guitars, pedals, and DIY circuit board designs.

DRUM LIST

SNARES

*BASED ON

God City Instruments

6x14" Titanium

God City Instruments

5.5x14" Titanium

God City Instruments

7x13" Titanium

Yamaha 80s Rock Tour Custom

8x14" Mystery Wood

KICKS

*BASED ON

Yamaha Recording Custom

14x24" Birch

Slingerland Vintage

14x24" Mystery Wood

TOMS

*BASED ON

Tempus Rack Tom 10

10x10" Fiberglass

Tempus Rack Tom 12

10x12" Fiberglass

Tempus Floor Tom 14

14x14" Fiberglass

Tempus Floor Tom 16

16x16 Fiberglass

Tempus Floor Tom 18

16x18" Fiberglass

MISC

*BASED ON

Splash Cymbal

UFIP 10" Splash Cymbal

China Cymbal

UFIP 18" China Cymbal

CRASH CYMBALS

*BASED ON

Swiss Classic Crash 18in

Paiste Formula 602 18" Crash

Swiss 2K2 Crash 18in

Paiste 2002 18" Crash

Swiss Classic Crash 20in

Paiste Formula 602 20" Crash

Swiss 2K2 Crash 20in

Paiste 2002 20" Crash

Canadian Unique Crash 20in

Sabian V Vault 20" Crash

Turkish Quick Crash 18in

Zildjian A Custom Fast Crash 18"

Turkish Custom Crash 19in

Zildjian A Custom 19" Crash

Turkish Medium Crash 20in

Zildjian A Medium 20" Crash

HI HATS

*BASED ON

Swiss Classic Hats

Paiste Formula 602 15" Hi Hats

Turkish Dark Hats

Zildjian K 14" Hi Hats

RIDE CYMBALS

*BASED ON

Canadian Dry Ride 21in

Sabian 21" Raw Bell Dry Ride

Swiss Big Beat Ride 22in

Paiste 22" Giant Beat Ride

Turkish Large Bell Ride 21in

Zildjian 21" Megabell Ride

* All product names used are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated with Room Sound, LLC. These trademarks are used solely to identify the products whose sounds were studied during the development of the virtual instrument.

MIC LIST

SOURCE

MIC*

POSITION

PRE-AMP*

Kick In

Shure Beta 91a

Inside Kick

Daking

Kick Out

AKG D112

Kick Resonant Head

Chandler LTD-1

Kick Sub

Yamaha Sub Kick

Kick Resonant Head

Universal Audio 6176

Snare Top

Shure Unidyne 57

Snare Batter Head

Daking

Snare Bottom

Beyerdynamic M201

Snare Resonant Head

Chandler Germanium

Rack Tom 1

Josephsen e22s

Batter Head

Daking

Rack Tom 2

Josephsen e22s

Batter Head

Daking

Floor Tom 1

Josephsen e22s

Batter Head

Daking

Floor Tom 2

Josephsen e22s

Batter Head

Daking

Hats

AKG 451

Spot Hats

Chandler TG Channel

Ride

AKG 451

Spot Ride

Chandler TG Channel

Overheads

sE RN17

Spaced pair over kit @ approx. 4'

TB 23N

Near Room

AEA R88

Blumlein stereo 6' in front of kit

Thermionic Culture Earlybird

Far Room

Soundelux E49

Spaced pair in adjacent live room

Soundelux E49

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

This software product requires KONTAKT PLAYER version 5.5.2 or higher to operate. Please ensure your system is compatible with this version of the free Kontakt Player software before purchase.

macOS:

  • Intel (i5 or higher): macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or higher
  • Apple Silicon (via Rosetta 2 & Natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 (Big Sur) or 12 (Monterey)

Windows:
  • Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 (latest service pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU

4GB RAM (minimum), 12GB RAM or more (recommended)

REFUND POLICY

All purchases are non-refundable. It is your responsibility to ensure that your computer, system software, and/or DAW is compatible with our sample libraries. Detailed compatibility and system requirements are listed on each product page.