Hey guys, in this video we’re going to test out a few free acoustic drum VST instrument
plugins.
All these plugins are sample based and sound like a real drum kit, and they’re really
impressive considering that they’re free.
We’ll link to all these plugins in the video description so you can check them out and
test them on your own.
Anarchy Drums by It Might Get Loud Productions is a simple free drum kit instrument plugin
based on samples.
It’s got one kit that includes a kick, snare, 2 toms, and cymbals, each with a lot of different
microphones on them, all of which can have their levels controlled from the mixer view
on the second page.
They describe this plugin as the “sound of 1990’s California Punk”, and that’s
exactly what it does, from the sound all the way to the visuals, but it’s really a lot
more versatile than that, especially since you can control all the different microphone
levels.
The last page has MIDI routing controls for the entire kit, and options for the number
of outputs it uses, which can be stereo, or up to 16 channels with everything separated
to mix it in the DAW instead of the plugin.
My one complaint is that the plugin is sent by email after subscribing to a mailing list,
but you can unsubscribe from that if you wanted to after.
MTPowerDrumKit 2 is a very simple drum VST instrument plugin that features a single sampled
kit.
What I like about this kit is how clean it sounds and how easy it is to use, which means
I use it on a lot of projects, since it’s so versatile.
It’s got a mixer control to adjust the levels of the different parts of the kit, and signal
routing to send them to different channels.
It’s also got a lot of different MIDI samples to create a beat, with a built-in beat editor
that can be used to drag the clips onto the timeline in your DAW.
This plugin is free, but does have a nag page every time you start it up asking you to donate,
and it’s muted until you bypass this page, so you do have to do that every time you re-open
your project.
SI Drums by Cakewalk, is a free drum plugin included in Cakewalk by BandLab.
It’s got 26 drum kits, with a few sample MIDI beats and all the drums can be controlled
with tuning, panning, and volume.
The overall kit has controls for volume, reverb, and compression as well.
The great thing about this plugin is the number of options we have to tweak our sound, with
all the kits.
Unlike the other plugins, this one is installed with Cakewalk by BandLab, so you do need to
install that and then add it in to whatever digital audio workstation you use.
DrumMic’a from Sennheiser, uses the Native Instruments Kontakt Player to create a drum
kit from thousands of different samples.
This kit provides numerous microphone options for all parts of the kit, MIDI beats that
can be imported to the project, and a mixer to get the right balance in the kit.
This plugin includes 1 kit and it’s incredibly well done and worth getting.
Everything in it sounds like a real kit, and the different velocities as amazing as well.
Even transitioning from an opened to closed hi hat works really well.
Let’s give this plugin a listen, using some of the included MIDI clips that it comes with.
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