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The Steven Slate Drums 5 Black Friday deal takes 58% off, which puts the drum plugin at $49 until Dec 31, 2026.
SSD 5.5 is a virtual drum instrument built around sampled kits, MIDI grooves and per-instrument control. The maker says no other drum plugin matches its range and versatility.
Kits cover rock, metal, jazz, funk, R&B, indie, reggae and experimental styles.
The library ships with 148 famous artist and legendary modeled drum kit presets. The maker puts the instrument count at over 400 and the MIDI groove count at over 2,400.
Samples were recorded to 2-inch tape, and both analog-processed and raw versions are included.
The instrument pool breaks down like this:
These are the snare samples the maker credits with putting Steven on the map, and they were previously unreleased. They are said to have turned up on plenty of top records.
Blend them into any kit to build a custom snare. A new Smart-Velocity Triggering algorithm is meant to make one-shot samples sit evenly with the rest of the kit.
Every instrument gets its own dynamics, panning and ADSR settings. Custom routing lets you balance ambient room mics against close mics.
The GUI was updated and is now resizable.
For e-drum players, the MIDI Learn and Map features were reworked. The redesigned Map section lets you remap an e-drumkit or drum pad quickly, so you spend less time mapping and more time playing.
You can also import third-party samples and third-party grooves. The updated Grooves parameters handle the groove import.
The feature list in short:
Yes. The Steven Slate Drums 5 Black Friday deal is 58% off, bringing the price to $49 until Dec 31, 2026.
The maker lists 148 artist and legendary modeled kit presets, over 2,400 MIDI grooves, over 400 instruments, and Steven's previously unreleased OG one-shot snare samples. Instruments include 135 snares, 112 kicks and 58 toms.
Yes. The MIDI Learn and Map features were redesigned for e-drumming. The new Map section lets you customize the MIDI mapping for an e-drumkit or drum pad on the fly, so setup takes less time.
They are Steven's previously unreleased snare samples, which the maker says appeared on many top records. You can mix them into your kits to build custom snares, and Smart-Velocity Triggering helps them blend with the rest of the kit.
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