M-Audio's Drum & Bass Rig delivers a wide variety of bass and drum
sounds in a single virtual rack. Compatible with most Mac and PC
environments, Drum & Bass Rig incorporates four great sounding
modules that can be used in stand-alone or plug-in mode. The RD-5 Real
Drums module serves up tons of sampled drum kits and percussion. The
EB-6 Electric Bass delivers authentic bass fingering, picking, slapping
and more.
The LC-7 Loop Creator allows easy and flexible creation and
playback of sampled loops. And the BL-8 Bassline is ideal for creating
electronic music bass lines. The master MIDI/Mixer section lets you
route, split, layer and mix these four powerful modules in whatever way
best suits your performance and recording needs. A master effects
section even allows for adding a common effect in addition to the
individual effect section included with each instrument.
Beat It
The RD-5 Real Drums module features a
comprehensive library of drum kits and individual drums in all styles,
with control over tuning, tone, decay, panorama and level. Each kit
also has adjustable overheads, room ambience and effects. All kits are
GM-compatible and contain an additional standard percussion set.
Put Your Finger On Great Bass
The EB-6 Electric
Bass module produces the sounds of authentically played electric bass
guitars. This extensive collection includes a large selection of
finger, pick, slap and fretless sounds featuring slides, dead notes and
harmonics. The EB-6 also includes a built-in bass amp emulation with
drive and tone controls, as well as an effects section for creative
options. This electric bass collection is even topped off by a virtual
analog synth bass model.
Get Loopy
The LC-7 Loop Creator is one of the
most efficient and creative tools available for working with loops. Its
pool of 250 source loops can be freely combined and flexibly
manipulated by options such as slice-reordering, slice muting or group
muting of ranges of slices. The LC-7 Loop Creator is designed for
people who want their own loops but find it hard to create them from
scratch. It also offers a vast range of real-time controls for dynamic
playing/arranging.
Keep 'Em Steppin'
The BL-8 Bassline module is a
monophonic bass synthesizer combined with a powerful arpeggiator/step
sequencer. Synth controls are straightforward and immediately
accessible. An onscreen keyboard provides a familiar step-entry
interface pioneered on vintage gear in this genre.
Multiple Effects
These virtual instrument
modules each feature their own dual effects processors for delay,
chorus, phaser and more. There's also a master effects section that
further processes the combined output of all modules.
Flexible Mixing and Assignment
You get an
internal mixer and assignment controls that allow you configure
independent MIDI channels for each module. But that's not all… you can
easily create splits and layers for things like left-hand bass with
right-hand drums and other performance configurations.
Use It Your Way
M-Audio's virtual racks let you
use them as stand-alone instruments or with most host sequencers. Lots
of people, for example, are just taking their keyboard and laptop to
live performances. Compatibility with AU, VST and RTAS on also means
that you can use it as sound sources for your tracks in Pro Tools,
Logic, Cubase, Ableton Live, and, well, pretty much any popular music
software.
