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The Stormdrum 3 Black Friday deal takes 60% off this percussion virtual instrument from EastWest Sounds, so it comes to $59 until Jan 17, 2027.
It is a collection of percussion instruments that runs inside EastWest's OPUS software. The set was produced by Nick Phoenix, the "Two Steps From Hell" composer who also created Stormdrum 1 and 2.
Stormdrum 3 pairs a drum and percussion library with the new OPUS engine. The library draws on instruments from Mickey Hart's private collection, plus extra instruments hand-picked by Remo from the Remo private collection.
The performances come from master percussionists Mickey Hart, Greg Ellis and Chalo Eduardo.
Everything was recorded in EASTWEST Studio 1, the room behind major Hollywood soundtracks and television themes.
The mic positions let you rebalance the recorded perspectives of each instrument, so you can shape how close or roomy a drum sits in the mix.
Stormdrum 3 ships with OPUS, a 64-bit engine that runs on both Mac and PC. The maker says it gives more user control and detail than any other collection.
OPUS includes an FX section, and you can build a signal chain from it without leaving the instrument:
EastWest says the Amp Simulator and Ohmicide are there for open-ended sound design, with film and games named as use cases. That makes the library more than a plain drum sampler, since you can bus, squash and distort the hits in the same window.
The FX section comes with Stormdrum 3. EastWest also sells it as an optional upgrade for its legacy PLAY virtual instruments.
EastWest describes Stormdrum 3 as the most advanced percussion virtual instrument to date. That is the maker's own claim.
Yes. The Stormdrum 3 Black Friday deal takes 60% off, bringing the percussion virtual instrument to $59. The offer ends Jan 17, 2027.
Stormdrum 3 includes instruments from Mickey Hart's private collection and the Remo private collection, tempo-synced performances by Mickey Hart, Greg Ellis and Chalo Eduardo, 5 mic positions per instrument, and EastWest's OPUS software with its FX section.
The OPUS FX section has an SSL EQ and Dynamics Channel Strip, Transient Shaper, SSL's Stereo Bus Compressor and an upgraded "true stereo" EastWest reverb. EastWest also added its Amp Simulator and Ohm Force's Ohmicide multi-band distortion.
Master percussionists Mickey Hart, Greg Ellis and Chalo Eduardo played the instruments. Nick Phoenix, the "Two Steps From Hell" composer who created Stormdrum 1 and 2, produced it. Recording took place in EASTWEST Studio 1.
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