CLUB KITS
RIP DEADBEAT: 2016 to 2025
Super-dampened, low-tuned, and dripping with retro character. Deadbeat is the muffled, pillow-y, instant-vibe kit you hear under Mac DeMarco, Men I Trust, HOMESHAKE, Crumb, Khruangbin, Still Woozy, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and every lo-fi indie / bedroom-pop track that’s been dominating Spotify playlists since 2016.
- 3456 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snare alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 61 Trigger TCI, 13 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP KINGPIN: 2011 - 2025
Kingpin is a deep, tasty groove machine that carves a sub-shaking low end. Captured through the Neve and Tape combo at
York Street Studio (Auckland), Kingpin is built for R&B, hip-hop, funk, soul, any track that needs to make asses move and speakers beg for mercy.
This is the fat, pocket-perfect, vintage maple-shell groove you hear under Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Vulfpeck, Jungle, Lizzo, Dua Lipa’s live band, and every modern funk/R&B banger that feels like 1975 and 2025 got drunk and made beautiful babies.
- 2556 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the kicks alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 3 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 30 Trigger TCI, 10 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP MONOTOWN: 2011 to 2025
Harking back to the golden era of R&B,
Monotown nails old-school funk, soul, and earthy rhythm & blues. Vintage drum tone through the
York Street Studio Neve direct to tape. And one more thing… it’s 100 % gloriously, unashamedly mono.
This is the thick, greasy, real tape-saturated pocket you hear under Leon Bridges, Durand Jones, RJD2, Nathaniel Rateliff, Curtis Harding, Flying Lotus, Michael Kiwanuka, and every modern band that wants to sound like they cut the track live to 1/4-inch in 1967 Memphis or Muscle Shoals — then shoved the whole room into one giant, delicious mono delight.
- 3695 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 6 velocity layers on the kick alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 5 mono mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 48 Trigger TCI, 8 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP PIZAZZ: 2019 - 2025
The ultimate vintage brushed-jazz beauty. A pristine 1960s jazz kit played exclusively with brushes – silky, husky, impossibly classy. This is the whispered, smoky, velvet-smooth brush sound you hear under Laufey, Norah Jones, Postmodern Jukebox, Billie Eilish’s intimate moments, Samara Joy, Melody Gardot, and every modern jazz, lo-fi, and sophisticated-pop track that sounds like it was recorded in a candle-lit jazz club at 2 a.m. in 1958.
- 4176 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 57 Trigger TCI, 10 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP SMOKER: 2019 - 2025
The smokey, late-night vintage jazz king. A 1960s jazz kit stained with cigarette smoke, warm tape, and decades of after-hours soul. The dark, woody, lived-in jazz tone you hear under Gregory Porter, José James, Samara Joy, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Alfa Mist, Yussef Dayes. Every modern jazz trio holding court in a basement club at 3 a.m. while the city sleeps.
- 5383 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 81 Trigger TCI, 14 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP ROYALE: 2017 - 2025
The felt-mallet jazz pop king. An impeccable vintage jazz kit played with soft mallets (felt beaters). Ballroom elegance meets midnight sophistication.
The plush, round, impossibly classy mallet sound reached for by Michael Bublé, Postmodern Jukebox swing covers, Laufey’s orchestral arrangements, Jacob Collier ballads, Samara Joy with strings, Gregory Porter big-band moments. For any upscale lounge, luxury pop, or modern crooner track that needs drums to feel like velvet, and taste like champagne.
- 3985 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 62 Trigger TCI, 11 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP ARABICA: 2018 to 2025
Arabica is the cafe kit on steroids you hear under Anderson .Paak, John Mayer, Tom Misch, Leon Bridges, and every crisp modern RnB / neo-soul banger that makes you nod your head in the coffee shop.
- 5537 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the kick alone
- 7 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 21 Trigger TCI, PDF Manual
RIP POPSTICKS: 2008 - 2025
The ultimate big-room vintage pop kit. Tight, warm, swimming in just the right amount of gorgeous
York Street Studio room ambiance. The everyday hero kit that makes every pop track sound instantly radio-ready and expensive. This is the buttery, woody, larger-than-life pop tone you hear under John Mayer’s Continuum/Sob Rock era, Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran live, Leon Bridges band moments, Maroon 5’s early records, Sara Bareilles, Jason Mraz. For modern pop, singer-songwriter, or adult-contemporary hits that need drums to feel huge yet human.
- 536 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 16 velocity layers on the snare alone
- 2 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, PDF Manual
RIP SPLITSTICKS: 2008 - 2025
Vintage radio-pop magic on hot-rods & tape. A classic 1960s Slingerland kit tracked at
York Street Studio played with HotRods, straight to 2-inch tape for instant retro radio glue. This is the tight, woody, feel-good pop tone you hear under Jack Johnson’s beach grooves, Vampire Weekend’s preppy bounce, Phoenix’s French-touch pop. For every modern act that wants their drums to sound like summer 1965 just rolled into 2025. Minimal sample set that punches above its weight.
- 308 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 11 velocity layers on the snare
- 2 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, PDF Manual
ROCK KITS
RIP BOXER: 2017 - 2025
Straight-ahead punky street-fight kit. A raw, no-bullshit rock kit tracked at the legendary
Sing Sing South Studio (Melbourne) – the same room that birthed countless Australian punk, garage, and alt-rock classics. This is the fast, punchy, in-your-face drum sound you hear under Amyl and the Sniffers, The Chats, Clowns, Cosmic Psychos, Dune Rats, Violent Soho. Garage-punk, pub-rock, high-energy indie bands with drums that sound like they were recorded in one swift take.
- 3271 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snares
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, PDF Manual. 47 Trigger TCI, 10 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP BLACKSMITH: 2012 to 2025
The brutal, toneful metal & prog weapon. A savage yet musical beast forged at
Sing Sing South Studio (Melbourne). For metal, progressive, djent, and any heavy music that demands an unshakable foundation.
This is the uncompromising metal attitude you hear powering Gojira, Spiritbox, Architects, Periphery, Meshuggah, Sleep Token, Tesseract, Loathe, and every forward-thinking heavy band that refuses to sound like plastic.
- 3793 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 68 Trigger TCI, 12 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP GORILLA: 2009 - 2025
The iconic Gretsch rock concert tom kit with authentic, naturally gated legendary
York Street Studio (Auckland) room sound that hits deeper than any reverb plugin preset.
The thunderous, chest-rattling beast you hear under early Muse, The 1975, Nothing But Thieves, Royal Blood, Bring Me The Horizon, Highly Suspect, and every current band that wants that massive 80s/2000s gated rock drum sound done right – no fake digital garbage, just pure analogue room slammed the analogue way.
- 2556 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the toms alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 4 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 32 Trigger TCI, 10 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP BOMBASTIX: 2015 - 2025
Stadium-sized rock powerhouse, Bombastix propels modern and classic rock tracks with unapologetic authority. Tracked at
The Lab (Auckland), this is the chest-caving, arena-filling drum attitude you hear under Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood, Dirty Honey, Mammoth WVH, and every band that wants to sound like 1974 and 2025 had a beautiful, thunderous baby.
- 5247 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 6 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 64 Trigger TCI, 11 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP BUCKSHOT: 2013 - 2025
90s grunge & pop-punk napalm. Punchy, roomy and absolutely explosive. Buckshot is built to ignite 90s grunge, alt-rock, pop-punk, hardcore and any anthem that needs to detonate like a shotgun in a concrete bunker.
This is the exact raw, bleeding, live-room kit you hear under Turnstile, IDLES, Pup, Mannequin Pussy, Hot Mulligan, Drug Church, Spanish Love Songs, Soul Glo, and every modern band that grew up on Nirvana, Green Day, and Foo Fighters and turned the attitude to 11.
- 1968 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 24 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 3 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 53 Trigger TCI, 17 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP GRANDIOSO: 2010 - 2025
Cavernous 1970s acrylic theatre monster. A vintage 1970s Ludwig Vistalite rock kit with unported kick, low-tuned growling toms, 14” Supraphonic snare in two tunings, classic Paiste 2002 cymbals – all tracked in a massive wooden theatre for luscious, natural, endless reverb.
This is the chest-shaking, low-end-heavy, acrylic thunder you hear under Ghost, Ozzy Osbourne, Skid Row, Mötley Crüe, Biffy Clyro, The Killers, and every modern band that wants glorious 70s stadium rock tone with a real room that swallows you whole.
- 1392 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 24 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 2 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, PDF Manual
RIP PLASTIQUE: 2011 - 2025
The ultimate acrylic Bonham bomb. The most iconic plastic-shell, Bonham-esque kit ever sampled. Period. Captured at the infamous
York Street Studio, Plastique delivers the clear, thunderous, chest-caving acrylic roar you hear under Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, Dirty Honey, The Struts, Goodbye June, and every other band that worships at the altar of John Bonham but needs a 2025 mix.
- 1614 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 7 velocity layers on the snares alone
- 6 round-robin hits on every articulation
- 3 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 32 Trigger TCI, 8 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
RIP ROCKSTOCK: 2007 - 2025
The early-2000s tape-rock beast. A huge, glossy DW kit hammered straight through the Neve to 2-inch tape in the legendary
York Street Studio with the sound that defined radio rock of the 2000s. This is the fat, polished, larger-than-life drum tone you hear under early Foo Fighters (One by One, In Your Honor), Queens of the Stone Age (Lullabies to Paralyze), Nickelback’s peak era, Incubus (Morning View, A Crow Left of the Murder), Muse (Absolution), The Killers (Hot Fuss live drums). For any 2000s rock band that want their drums to sound massive, powerful, and ready to dominate the world.
- 752 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 16 velocity layers on the toms alone
- 2 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, PDF Manual
RIP BIG MONO: 2005 to 2025
The 1960s mono room from tape that started the entire Analogue Drums cult. This is the one-mic, huge-room, analogue tape monster of
York Street Studio that sounds like The Beach Boys locked in Abbey Road with Jack White rocking out to Royal Blood.
- 254 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- up to 16 velocity layers on the kick alone
- 1 Mono mic position
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, PDF Manual
RIP BIG MONO REDUX: 2012 to 2025
The controllable mono monster. Taking the classic, cult-starting tone of Big Mono even further, Redux gives you sliders to dial the massive
York Street Studio room, and shape the sound until it fits your track perfectly.
This is the huge, vintage mono room you hear under Tame Impala, Arctic Monkeys’ AM, modern Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Royal Blood, King Gizzard, and every band that wants that massive 1960s tape vibe but needs it to sit instantly in a 2025 mix.
- 1234 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- up to 16 velocity layers on the snare alone
- 4 round-robin hits
- 5 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, 21 Trigger TCI, 5 Trigger PRS, PDF Manual
SNARES
RIP SNARE CITY: 2008 - 2025
The ultimate snare drum apocalypse. 13 legendary classic snares, individually captured through the holy-grail EMI Neve console at
York Street Studios (Auckland) and slammed straight to 2-inch tape. This is a deep, obsessive snare collection: every centre hit, rim shot, sidestick, and ghost note you’ll ever need, from vintage Ludwigs and Supraphonics to rare wood and metal classics that cost more than a car. This is the snare palette when that smooth analogue tone is needed, that no plugin has ever touched.
- 752 individual 24bit/44.1kHz hits
- 16 velocity layers on the snares, separate Left and Right hits
- 2 mic positions
Comes with: Kontakt NKI, Kontakt NKM, PDF Manual
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