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The TRIGGER 2 Blackbird Expansion Black Friday deal brings this Steven Slate Drums expansion to $49, which is 67% off, until Dec 31, 2026.
Blackbird Drums is a sample library for the STEVEN SLATE DRUMS (SSD) Virtual Instrument and the TRIGGER drum replacer plugin.
Blackbird founder John McBride recorded it in the spring of 2014. Chris Tyrell, the drummer from Lady Antebellum, played the sessions.
McBride engineered the whole thing himself.
The sessions used three of Blackbird's classic rooms, including the chambers of rooms A and D. The maker also lists vintage mics and gear, plus classic drum kits from an era spanning fifty years.
The maker calls Blackbird Drums one of the most amazing drum libraries you'll ever experience. That is their claim, so treat it as marketing copy.
The features list is short and specific:
The expansion needs TRIGGER 2 to run, so you load it through that plugin in your signal chain.
Yes. The TRIGGER 2 Blackbird Expansion is 67% off for Black Friday, which brings it to $49 until Dec 31, 2026. It is a Steven Slate Drums expansion recorded at Blackbird by founder John McBride.
It includes 6 kick drum samples, 10 snare samples and 7 sets of toms. The maker says they were recorded with vintage mics and gear and classic drum kits from an era spanning fifty years.
Yes. The maker states that TRIGGER 2 is required to use this expansion. It was recorded for the STEVEN SLATE DRUMS (SSD) Virtual Instrument and the TRIGGER drum replacer plugin.
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