For music creators and music lovers, drum plays a vital part in giving shape to the music. Earlier creation of a music was hassle, in terms of getting all types of musical instrument and then getting proper experts to play those instruments.

For a music composer, it’s hard to get an expert drummer for creating his music. Fortunately, there’s drum sampling software instruments who can be a great assistance in creating your kind of music, following are some of the top Drum softwares available to plug and play with:

1. Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0

toontrack superior drummer 2

Features:

  • Approx. 20 GB of meticulously sampled drums
  • Samples made with drum sticks, rods, brushes and felt mallets available
  • Recorded at the renowned Avatar Studios in New York City by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and Nir Z
  • Extensive MIDI library included

2. XLN Audio Addictive Drums

xln audio addictive drums

Features :

  • Addictive Drums 2 comes standard with three extraordinary drum kits including both of our acclaimed Fairfax and the loud, large, and luxurious Black Velvet! The package includes 130 presets ranging from super-clean to highly polished and radio-ready to heavily processed and distorted.
  • It is packed with mixing and sound-shaping features that let you transform the raw sounds in amazing ways.
  • Every detail, from drag and drop audio and MIDI, to rapid linking and layering, to near instant kitpiece swapping–is designed to keep you in the creative zone.

3. FXpansion BFD3

fxpansion bfd3

Features :

  • Dedicated rock, metal, jazz and brush kits
  • Tom resonance / cymbal swell modelling
  • Faster, more efficient audio engine
  • Extendable interface for larger screens
  • New effects including algorithmic reverb and DCAM EnvShaper
  • Fully editable, improved groove engine
  • Rudiments tool for creating grooves
  • Grooves by Steve Ferrone, Brooks Wackerman, Bobby Jarzombek, Peter Erskine & Stanton Moore courtesy of Platinum Samples
  • 32-bit and 64-bit support
  • VST, AU, RTAS and AAX plugin formats & standalone version

4. Native Instruments Battery 4

native instruments battery 4

Features :

  • The 143 kits in the BATTERY 4 library focus on electronic and hip hop production. 70 cutting-edge kits join all-time BATTERY favorites reprocessed for modern production. Find your drum sound with the easy-to-use, tag-based browser, drag it into a cell, and start playing.
  • Factory samples and kits load with an ultra-clear color-coding system. Load your own samples and assign them colors for instant visual recognition. Innovative drag-and-drop MIDI learn lets you assign sounds to performance controllers with uninterrupted creative flow.
  • Seven sample modes including classic sampler and groovebox emulations give you superior tonal variety. The Time Machine Pro algorithm delivers unparalleled time stretching. A gorgeous waveform display lets you adjust start and end points, volume curves, and more.

5. Linplug RMV

linplug rmv

Features :

  • RMV combines analog style percussion synthesis, a fully-featured percussion sampler, and a sophisticated Loop Editor/Player.
  • It combines all of the features found on the LinPlug RM IV with several new and innovative features that represent a substantial step forward.

6. Steinberg Groove Agent 4

steinberg groove agent 4

Features :

  • This has tweakable drum and percussion grooves covering more than 100 popular styles, all syncable to a sequencer’s song tempo. Own sounds can be imported & new stuffs can be created.
  • It has realistic acoustic kits and Percussion Agent for percussive grooves and sounds. Dual Mode allows you to use two Agents alongside each other.

7. Toontrack EZplayer Pro

toontrack ezplayer pro

Features:

  • It is a MIDI organizer, multitrack arranger and format conversion tool all rolled into one piece of software.
    EZplayer pro can be used to preview those MIDI clips with your favourite drum sampler and drag and drop them directly into your host to construct your tracks.
  • EZplayer pro comes with a generous amount of percussive MIDI files to get you started. The files are played by Toontrack artists David ”Fingers” Haynes and Per Mikaelsson
  • System requirement – Windows 7 or newer, Pentium 4 or Athlon processor with 1 GB RAM and Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Intel-based Mac with 1 GB RAM.

If you are a music lover and want to experiment with music, then these bunch of softwares will be handy. These easily available softwares are not that hard to operate, with user manuals and guides, one can turn into a pro, when it comes to mixing & creating new digital audio files. The built-in sounds are sampled from actual instruments so your tracks will sound real, not synthesized. While most of these softwares are freely available for downloads from internet, it’s the basic version which comes with very limited functions & features. One might have to upgrade the same by paying some extra bucks inorder to enjoy the full featured softwares. Various software compatibility should be checked before installation – while most of them can play on latest versions of Windows OS, some are functional across Mac, iOS and Android OS.

Besides having step by step setup guidance, these are also aided with operational manuals, which explains the function of each keys & features available on the skins of the software. FAQs provided in their sites will also give a clear idea on various queries placed forward.
Websites of these softwares also provide comparable charts, inorder to differentiate versions & highlight what all features have been added to enhance the softwares. A track of this will help one to remain updated with various functioning of the software in general.

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