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The Temple Drums Black Friday deal is 50% off, $24.50, until Dec 6, 2026, on Soundiron's Kontakt library of drums, bells and gongs recorded in a stone-walled underground chamber.
The library is multi-sampled hall percussion. Soundiron recorded solo drum and bell articulations from a close mic position with a wide stereo image, aiming for a crisp, tight, bright and lush sound.
The instrument list covers a lot of ground:
The drums and bells come from a range of regional and ethnic origins, so you get a spread of tones for different styles.
Beyond single hits, there are rim clacks and tuned percussion. Several categories of live single-shot drum fills and rolls are included, plus tom and bass drum riffs and flams for dramatic effect.
There is also a set of deep, ominous, sacred-sounding atmospheres, ambiences, sustaining pads and drones, which Soundiron describes as meant to evoke your own underworld.
Each articulation has up to 12 round robin variations per velocity layer, across multiple velocity layers. That gives you room for both natural and aggressively dynamic performances without obvious repeats.
The sound is described by its maker as clear, present and punchy, and it is said to sit well alongside other percussion elements and libraries. The custom interface offers attack, release and filter controls, with preset banks that can be switched through optional key-switching, adaptive arpeggiation, and a built-in convolution reverb featuring 30 impulses covering rooms, halls, spaces and special FX. Every sample is also supplied as a clearly named stereo wave file, sorted by category. You can pull them into any wav-compatible sampler, editor, sequencer or other audio software.
This is an open-format Kontakt library built for the full version of Kontakt 5.5 or later. The free Kontakt Player will leave it stuck in demo mode.
Soundiron lists Windows 7 or higher, or Mac OSX 10.8 or higher. A dual-core CPU and 2 GB of system RAM are listed, and a SATA or SSD drive is recommended.
According to Soundiron, Temple Drums suits anything from subtle to huge cinematic drum parts, as well as orchestral percussion work, concert-style hits and replacing existing drum tracks.
Yes. The Temple Drums Black Friday deal takes 50% off, bringing the Soundiron Kontakt library to $24.50. The deal runs until Dec 6, 2026.
Temple Drums puts together a kick drum, a big floor tom, mounted toms, a pair of bongos, several snares, a djembe and doumbeks, plus a bodhran-style frame drum, Tibetan hand cymbals, a Tibetan copper bell and a 36" flat gong. It also adds fills, rolls and dark atmospheric pads and drones.
No. The full version of Kontakt 5.5 or later is required, and the free Kontakt Player leaves the instrument in demo mode. The samples also come as stereo wave files for use in other wav-compatible software.
Controls cover attack, edge, release, and filter cut and resonance, while banks of presets can be loaded, with key-switching available if wanted, and arpeggios adapt to what you play. A built-in convolution reverb includes 30 rooms, halls, spaces and special FX impulses.
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