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Knockout Drums Black Friday pricing is $49.50, 50% off, until Dec 6, 2026, for Soundiron's Kontakt drum library sampled from Navene Koperweis's Starclassic Bubinga kit.
Knockout Drums is a multi-sampled drumkit built for full retail Kontakt. Koperweis (Entheos, Animosity, Animals As Leaders) recorded it at Sharkbite Studios with mixing engineer and producer Zack Ohren, whose credits include Machine Head, All Shall Perish and Aborted.
Soundiron says the kit covers everything from a big live room sound to a tight, focused studio sound.
The kit holds 7 snares, 3 kicks, 6 toms, 8 crash cymbals, 2 hi-hats, 2 rides and 7 splashes and stacks. The cymbals are Meinl.
The library is sampled with five microphone positions and runs to 86,720 stereo samples.
Mic choices were recorded through a 1978 Trident TSM console. Each drum has its own stereo pair of TLM 103s, with top and bottom mics on the snare and toms, kick and sub mics, and several room mic options.
That gives you room to blend your own balance, from progressive and death metal to rock, pop, breakbeat and dance.
The Master Kit presets contain every sample in the library. The Remapper lets you build custom drum mappings, or you can load a factory preset with a common drum map, which is handy for existing MIDI drum loops and grooves.
The mixer can route each instrument track to any available Kontakt output. Each channel has Volume, Pan, FX Send and stereo width, from mono to full spread, plus an FX chain with compressor, limiter and a 4-band parametric EQ.
The Master section adds Space and Delay sends, each with a range of options.
The advanced settings window has a per-layer LFO system. You pick the shape, modulation target, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time.
There are 13 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters. Modulation targets include velocity, mod wheel, expression, aftertouch, key position and step-sequencer table control.
The arpeggiator has a built-in velocity sequencer table. It controls arp direction, note timing, swing, randomization and duration.
You need Windows 7 or higher, or Mac OS X 10.12 or higher. A dual-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM are listed, with a SATA or SSD drive recommended.
The library needs the full version of Kontakt 6.5.3 or later. Kontakt Player does not work with it.
Yes. The Knockout Drums Black Friday deal takes 50% off Soundiron's Kontakt drum library, bringing it to $49.50. The offer runs until Dec 6, 2026.
The kit has 7 snares, 3 kicks, 6 toms, 8 crash cymbals, 2 hi-hats, 2 rides and 7 splashes and stacks, plus 44.nki presets. It is sampled with five microphone positions and installs at 45.1 GB.
No. Knockout Drums needs the full version of Kontakt 6.5.3 or later. Soundiron states that Kontakt Player is not compatible with this open Kontakt format instrument.
The mixer routes each instrument to any Kontakt output and gives you Volume, Pan, FX Send and stereo width per channel. The FX chain has a compressor, limiter and 4-band parametric EQ, and the Master section adds Space and Delay sends.
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