Category | Library Size | Plugin | RAM | Mic and Mixes | Recording Location | Uses | Extras |
~100GB | Spitfire Plugin | 16GB | Close Overheads Room Close Pitched Overheads Pitched Room Pitched Crush Crush Pitched Subs Close Rear | Charlie Clouser's Studio | Modern hybrid Percussion for cinematic scoring. | Controlled Stage, 13 IR Reverbs, Curated Loops, Warped Loops, Reverse FX, Built-in Compressor, Sample Normalise FX, Voice Choking | |
~20Gb | Kontakt Player | 8Gb | Close Room Stereo | Air Lyndhurst Hall | Big, cinematic percussion for modern film scoring. | Upgrade to Hans Zimmer Percussion Pro to get additional mixes from top composers. | |
~29GB | Kontakt Player | 8GB | Close Tree Ambient | Air Lyndhurst Hall | Precise, orchestral percussion, for film scoring and traditional scoring. | Available as part of the Symphony Complete and Percussion Professional collections, for an extra 30% off. | |
~25GB (Core) ~600GB (Pro) | Spitfire Plugin | 16GB Min. | Mix 1 for Core only. Full Pro list here. | Maida Vale Studios | Precise, orchestral percussion, for film scoring and traditional scoring. Many more microphone options compared to Spitfire Percussion. | Save £/€/$49 when uprading to BBC SO Core or Pro from Discover. | |
~27GB | Kontakt Player | 8GB | See the product page for full list. | The Newman Stage at 20th Century Fox | Epic Drums for cinematic scoring. | Additional mixes by Geoff Foster, Steve Lipson, and Alan Meyerson included. | |
~27GB | Kontakt Player | 8GB | Mixes: Tight Mid Epic | Headley Grange | Big sounding Drum kits for film scoring and popular music productions. | Additional loops included. | |
~60GB | Kontakt Player | 8GB | Super Close Close Valve Tree Ambient Outrigger Mids Mixes: Stereo Pickups Ribbon Pair Mid Mix Small Mix | Air Lyndhurst Hall | Percussive textures, great for building tension. | Available in the free version of Kontakt (Kontakt Player) and is NKS Compatible. | |
~16.5GB | 8GB | Cardioid Valve Condenser Ribbon Room | Spitfire Studios | Detailed and crisp mallet percussion, great for symphonic scoring. | Purchase as part of the Gold Collection to save 30% | ||
~20GB | 8GB | Mixes: Fine Medium Broad | Air Lyndhurst Hall | Soft, ethereal textures, great for underscoring. | Qualifies you for the Kontakt Full Crossgrade Discount | ||
~1.6GB | 4GB | Various | Spitfire Studios | Pads, Drones, and Arpeggiators derived from percussive sources. | Qualifies you for the Kontakt Full Crossgrade Discount | ||
~6GB | 4GB | Mixes: Fine Medium Broad | Air Lyndhurst Hall | Spiky, metallic textures, great for contemporary horror scoring. | Purchase as part of the Spitfire Symphonic Percussion Professional Collection to save 30% | ||
~7.5GB | 4GB | Close (Cardioid) Close (Ribbon) Close Room | Spitfire Studios and Air-Edel | Percussive loops and single hits from a variety of Indian drums | Qualifies you for the Kontakt Full Crossgrade Discount | ||
~7GB | 4GB | Mixes: Fine Medium Broad | Air Lyndhurst Hall | Soft and Ambient Metallic textures. | Purchase as part of the Spitfire Symphonic Percussion Professional Collection to save 30% | ||
~7GB | 4GB | Mixes: Fine Medium Broad | Air Lyndhurst Hall | Screechy and wet metallic textures, great for horror scoring. | Purchase as part of the Spitfire Symphonic Percussion Professional Collection to save 30% | ||
~18.5GB | 4GB | Valve Condensors Fingers Sheet Coles Room Mixes: Compressed Distorted Plate Reverb | Spitfire Studios | Soft and Ambient Metallic textures and pads. | Qualifies you for the Kontakt Full Crossgrade Discount | ||
~7.5GB | 4GB | Close Tree Ambient Outrigger Close Ribbon Stage Gallery Mixes:Fine Medium Broad | Air Lyndhurst Hall | The classic steel drum sound with added eDNA engine pads, for contemporary ambiences. | Purchase as part of the Spitfire Symphonic Percussion Professional Collection to save 30% | ||
BBC SO Discover (Percussion) | ~200mb | Spitfire Plugin | 4GB | Mix 1 | Maida Vale Studios | Untuned Percussion as well as Timpani, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Marimba, and Tubular Bells. | |
LABS Drums | ~500mb | LABS Plugin | 4GB | N/A | Spitfire Studios | Classic drum kit sound. |
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