Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble is an industry-leading epic percussion juggernaut. This massive drum ; cymbal collection weighs in at nearly 25 GB with over 25,000 samples, with astounding sonic power, detail and playability.

It features more than 40 drums and close to 200 articulations, with extensive dynamic layering and 12 round-robins per velocity. You’ll find thunderous ensemble sections and solo instruments, including bass drums, a whole array of toms, dhols, riqs, frame drums, bongos, cajons, doumbeks, clicks, clacks, a heavy snare ensemble and 6 solo snare drum types. You'll also find fully expressive pedal-articulated hi-hats, stick and mallet rides, crashes, splashes, hybrid and FX cymbals, a 38" gong, heavy Tibetan ting shag finger cymbals, all deeply multisampled along with tons of rolls, crescendos and effects.

Each instrument features 3 microphone positions that can be selectively loaded, mixed and routed through the pop-up mixer window: Close (right at the drum head), Medium (5 meters) and Far (20 meters). It also includes a midi groove system, custom kit mapping, apreggiation, a full FX rack and full UI control over every performance detail.

• Added the Far mic position to over 60 articulations.
• Added Gong articulations.
• Added Hi-Hat articulations in a range of pedal positions, including MidiCC controlled Hi-Hat simulation.
• Added suspended Ride Cymbal articulations
• Added Ting Shag articulations in a range of open and mute positions (Tibetan Finger Cymbals)
• Added Ensemble Snare ?am articulations.
• Fully re-mixed and re-mastered all Ensemble Snare articulations.
• Added a variety of Midi drum loops.
• Added ?exible Midi Groove loading and playback system.
• Added mic mixing options to all presets (output re-routing feature only in master presets).
• Added sub-group release controls to main Ensemble All Preset.
• Expanded the features of the Megamixer system, including full Kit saving/loading and intelligent sample memory management.
• Expanded the features of the Uberpeggiator / ARP meta-arpeggiator system.
• Added full Effects Rack panel
• Added various custom keymapping features to all presets.
• Redesigned all GUI artwork and instrument layout.
• Optimized and streamlined preset types, folder structure, zone mapping, group structure, loading and overall performance.

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble was recorded in the same acoustically-balanced hall as our famous Olympus Symphonic Choir (Mars ; Venus), Mercury Symphonic Boychoir, Montclarion Hall Piano, Struck Grand Piano, Cymbology, Anklung and Tuned Artillery libraries, so it blends perfectly with a whole host of great libraries. We captured it over an exhaustive two week session, recording late into the night. With trucked in a mountain of drums an cymbals and pounded on them with every kind of stick, mallet and blunt instrument we could find. Once the blood and wood chips had settled, we had captured an average of 12 round-robin per velocity layer with up to 14 velocities each. We then painstakingly programmed each instrument with a galaxy of comprehensive and exclusive control and playability features and a totally smooth workflow. We’ve expanded the library with a wide range of uniquely powerful tools that let you personalize the library to your own needs and push it far beyond any other percussion library in its class.

Each instrument features 3 independent microphone positions per articulation. The primary close mic position is captured within a foot of the drum heads to capture all of the deep tonality and resonance and every exquisite detail. The Mid position is set back 12 feet to get that all-around perfect live sound and the far position is 50 feet from the stage to deliver a rich, lush distant feel. Microphone channel mixing is easy with our pop-up Mixer panel. You can load just the positions you need to save ram and voices and independently adjust and automate each level. In the main Master presets, you can even assign each mic position to its own Kontakt audio output for surround sound routing, external effects processing and complete mixing freedom.