To this end, the fact that the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart and Remo Belli, founder of the Remo drum company, are both onboard suggests an intent to deliver something rather special.įire Breather Given the wealth of what’s included in SD3, it’s hard to pick favourites, although we did find ourselves drawn to the gargantuan impact of the Dragon Ensemble Hits as well as the breadth of instruments included in the Taiko folder. With orchestral percussion already covered in other libraries, it makes sense that SD3 marks out its own territory, arguably seeking to be an almost encyclopaedic source of ethnic percussion sounds. ![]() Stormy Weather One key quality that defines SD3 is the distinct focus on ethnic sounds – including taikos, tablas and waterphones – rather than traditional cinematic percussion sounds such as timpani, grand casa and snare drum. At over 80GB, Stormdrum 3 is certainly the largest version to date, but what does this latest iteration offer over the existing libraries? The release of Stormdrum 3, therefore, is a significant milestone, ushering in the next generation of Stormdrum samples and introducing PLAY 4, the latest version of EastWest’s sample-playback engine. The Stormdrum series has been a cornerstone of EastWest/Quantum Leap’s product range for almost ten years now, establishing what many people feel is the ‘gold standard’ for cinematic percussion sounds.
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