Concussion Drums
Imagine a playground built from the ground up for music makers who like to punish their listeners and never grow tired of filthy, fat, fxxk off drums. Over 50 instruments in a first-of-its-kind dedicated interface designed for deranged music making and made by the most deranged developer on the block.
• Over 60 ensemble-based percussive Instruments
• Various playing techniques (Strikes, Flams, Ruffs, Rolls)
• 12-piece Cello and Double Bass Ensemble to add an extra dimension to your drums
• 3 unique stereo sub mixes
• Captured in a custom-designed scoring facility
• Custom Drum Mapping - Build your own custom mapped kits with individual tracks for each drum.
• Individual Drum Processing - 8 unique tracks with individual custom built processing.
• Key Effects - Use effects returns like drums by playing in delays, reverbs, glitches, and many more via the keyboard.
• Augment - Augment each drum with matching analogue synth versions to increase the girth of your arrangement.
• Focus - First-of-its kind transient designer where the pitch of your drums vs transients are totally independent.
• Custom Presets - Load, save and share your own preset packs with friends. Join the community online and become part of the Concussion story.
System Requirements
- AU, VST3, VST, AAX (“Garageband” not currently supported)
Operating System Compatibility:
- macOS Big Sur (11) through to Sequoia (15.x) (Apple Silicon and Intel compatible)
- Windows 10 through to Windows 11
Recommended Minimum Requirements:
- 8 GB or more of RAM
- Up to 15 GB of free disk space
- Silicon / ARM CPU
- SSD (if installing to an external drive)
- High-Speed internet connection
- *Recommended limit of 2 simultaneous instances
Product Specs
- Over 60 ensemble-based percussive Instruments
- Various playing techniques (Strikes, Flams, Ruffs, Rolls)
- 12-piece Cello and Double Bass Ensemble to add an extra dimension to your drums
- 3 unique stereo sub mixes
- Captured in a custom-designed scoring facility
- Each sound carefully produced and “hyped” by the Crow Hill production team
- Create your own custom kit with deep kit building features, with up to 8 independent tracks.
- Augment each instrument using inbuilt FM Synthesis
- Advanced channel strip controls to help you refine your own sound incl. 3D Panning, Filters, Transient Processes, Envelope Shaping, EQ, Pre-Amp Drive and Sub-Harmonic Synthesis
- Full effects suite featuring a multi-tap delay, algorithmic reverb and a trailer specific Multi-Band Compressor
- Realtime performative KEYFX to help take you drum groove to a new level
- Included presets to help you hit the ground running [more to come]
- NKS Coming Soon
Audio Files: 50,144 audio files
Uncompressed: 45 GB
Lossless Compressed: 15 GB
ARTICULATION KEY
st = Strike
fl = Flam
rf = Ruff
ro = Roll
cs = Cross Stick
rs = Rimshot
a,b,c etc = Strike Variants
KIT
• KICK - A,B*,C*
• SNARE LOW - ST,CS,RS,FL,RF,RO
• SNARE HIGH - ST,CS,RS,FL,RF,RO
• TOMS LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• TOMS MID - ST,FL,RF,RO
• TOMS HIGH MID - ST,FL,RF,RO
• TOMS HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
CONCERT
• GRAN CASA - ST,FL,RF,RO
• CONCERT TOM LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• CONCERT TOM HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• TENOR DRUM - ST,FL,RF,RO
• ROTOTOM LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• ROTOTOM HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• OCTOBAN LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• OCTOBAN HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• MAHLER HAMMER - A,B
TRADITIONAL
• SURDOS - ST,FL,RF,RO
• TAIKO LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• TAIKO HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• DJEMBE LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• DJEMBE HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• DARBUKAS LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• DARBUKAS HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• BODHRÁNS** LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• BODHRÁNS** MID - ST,FL,RF,RO
• BODHRÁNS** HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• FRAME DRUMS - ST,FL,RF,RO
• CONGAS LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• CONGAS MID - ST,FL,RF,RO
• CONGAS HIGH MID - ST,FL,RF,RO
• CONGAS HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• BONGOS LOW - ST,FL,RF,RO
• BONGOS HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• CAJONS LOW - ST,FL,RF
• CAJONS HIGH - ST,FL,RF,RO
• STICKS*** - ST
ARTICULATION KEY cont’d
cl = Closed
so = Semi Open
op = Open
ch = Choked
pd = Pedal
bl = Bell
CYMBALS
• HI-HATS - cl,so,op,ch,pd
• RIDES - st, bl, ro
• CRASHES LOW - st, bl, ro
• CRASHES HIGH - st, bl, ro
• CHINAS - st, bl, ro
• SPLASHES - st, bl, ro
• CRASHERS - st, bl, ro
• TRASH HAT - st, bl, ro
METALS
• ANVIL - a,b
• SPRINGS - a,b
• BRAKE DRUMS - st
• CHAINS - a,b
• SCRAP METALS - st
• JERRY CANS - a,b,c
• GAS CYLINDERS - st
• SAW BLADE a,b
ATTIC
• RATCHETS LOW - st,ro
• RATCHETS MID - st,ro
• RATCHETS HIGH - st,ro
• BUCKET - a,b
• PACKING BOXES - a,b
• PVC PIPES - st
• PLASTIC CONTAINERS - a,b
• PLANT POTS - a,b
• CERAMICS - a,b
• GLASS BOTTLES - st
• WOOD CANES - st
• BODIES - a,b
STRINGS****
• STACCATO
• JETÉ
• PIZZICATO
• COL LEGNO
• BARTOK
• TREMOLO
Product Manual
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“We’ve taken two decades of wishing, wanting and ‘what ifs’ to build the first advanced dedicated environment for drums.”
- Christian Henson
