Drum Tree

Era-specific drum kits divided among 26 different genres

Drum Tree is the flagship drum sound library of professional virtual instrument makers
PREMIER SOUND FACTORY®, and is the work of a sound engineer who has spent 20 years seeking the essential elements of what makes a top class piece of music.

In spite of its cute, colorful design, Drum Tree packs 26 genre specific drum kits with a unprecedented deep and powerful sound. Featuring a gigantic collection of era-specific drum kits recorded with high-class hardware, all sampled in high definition, played by professional drummers and delivered as engineered studio-ready kits that sits tightly in your mix, Drum Tree shines with a unique approach in terms of usability and sound diversity.

Inspired by legends

The Library features a huge collection of drum-pieces, containing 185 piece variation options and 8,000 samples (17GB). With just the click of a button, Drum Tree instantly provides you with the desired sound, divided among 26 different genres.

Greatest Hits accounts for all of the rock, pop and soul kits, Historic Jazz carries us from the big band era through 60s free jazz, while Contemporary Jazz carries us through modern day contemporary jazz and hip-hop styles. Finally, there is also a category for User defined kits.

Special features:

• Sustain pedal kick mode: Sustain pedal kick mode allows you to play the kick drum using a sustain pedal, like a drummer.

• Cycle Round Robin: Each key has plenty of sample layers (max 54 layers). Every key has 2 round robins alternating between right and left hand.

• Humanizing option: The velocity can be randomized and expands into a maximum of 8 round robins.

• Roll Activation Switch: Using the piano pedal allows you to hold a sextuplet note. Sextuplet notes and 32nd note rolls can also be achieved through A0 and B0 key switches.

• "Play Demo": Using the MIDI demo feature helps when editing kits in real time. You can also import your own midi file.

• Cymbal Mute: This option allows you to mute all cymbals with the G0 key.

"In the final analysis, I find DrumTree to be a refreshing and innovative approach to delivering a wide pallet of percussion capabilities to musicians and composers who require the best sound possible" - samplelibraryreview

"In the final analysis, I find DrumTree to be a refreshing and innovative approach to delivering a wide pallet of percussion capabilities to musicians and composers who require the best sound possible ... From a usage perspective, obviously this is offering a wide pallet of musical styles but because of the capability to customize at will, this really will suit the purposes of anyone who requires authentic drums in their music. DrumTree has turned the skeptic in me into a believer." - read the full review here.