

- #STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER HOW TO#
- #STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER FULL#
- #STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER SERIES#
- #STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER WINDOWS#
#STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER FULL#
Finally, clicking Rimshot changes all 127 MIDI velocities of the snare into a rim hit instead of a full hit, while Classic reverts you back to the original MIDI input.
#STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER WINDOWS#
Clicking the Edit or Mix windows after selecting a sample provides the same controls available for the other drums. The Instruments tab shows the drum view, while clicking the Samples tab brings up a grid where you can load in the one-shots included with Steven Slate Drums 5.5, or any other WAV file in your personal library. On the bar on the right are Instruments and Samples tabs. A memory counter shows how much space the currently loaded samples are taking up. Clicking on a kit displays a load percentage on each drum and cymbal so you can see when the kit is fully loaded into memory. The Kits sub-tab gives you one-click access to nearly 150 presets which load an entire kit at once, with multiple presets per kit for quickly finding the right tones. The Instruments sub-tab lets you build out your custom kit from the SSD 5.5 library, which includes hundreds of kicks and snares and dozens of toms and cymbals, each with multiple articulations available. The Create tab has two sub-tabs along the top, Instruments and Kits. Let’s dive deeper into the features in Steven Slate Drums 5.5: Create Nothing is hidden inside a complicated menu, and the controls are well laid-out in an attractive interface. Rounding out the controls is the Settings tab with view toggle, detail, resampling, and streaming settings, UI scaling and master volumes. Map displays a full 128-note MIDI mapping table for use with outboard MIDI gear, and Grooves provides access to the included drum MIDI library with audition features and drag-and-drop functionality. The Mix button adds more controls to the Edit tab by adding individual faders with solo, mute, phase, and pan. (The rug really ties the room together, man.) The Create tab displays all the available kits and drums for drag-and-drop custom kit creation, while the Edit tab gives you granular control over each individual drum’s settings, including volumes, articulations, dynamics, mic volumes, panning, and ADSR envelope. The drums sit atop of what I can only assume is Steven Slate’s personal drum rug. There is also a Cells view that breaks all the drums out into a grid instead. SSD 5.5 opens to the Kit view, a blank canvas of empty drum shadows which are ready to be filled in from the library of drums and cymbals. Sitting at the same retail price as several others in the review series, how will it compare in features and value? Let’s dig in.
#STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER SERIES#
Next up in the series is Steven Slate Drums 5.5, a plugin that I have never used before but have heard a lot of positive things about. Welcome to the second article in my series of reviews where I’m on a quest for the best drum virtual instrument plugin.


#STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER VS SAMPLER HOW TO#
