Audio producers in need of a comprehensive drum and sound-design library will be impressed with the Musical Sampling Medusa, a modern ensemble drum library well suited for trailer producers, as well as film, game, and television composers.
The software provides four mix presets (Hermes, Centaur, Gorgon, and Zeus) that have been dialed in for fast and efficient results. Also included is the Concussion Hits patch, which includes 49 unique, aggressively processed hits designed to be used as massive accents and low-end support. The arsenal of playable sound-design patches include drones, keys, guitars, basses, synths, cue starters, and hybrid rhythms.
Note:
Free Kontakt Player is not supported. You must own the full retail version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or later.
General Features at a Glance
- Simple and intuitive mix interface
- Four interchangeable baked-in mix presets
- Live eighth-note hi-hat grooves recorded at 90/120/140 BPM and sync to your DAW’s tempo
- Crossfadeable hi-hat grooves (fades between five different hi-hat states from tight to all open)
- Groove Speed control (Half/Normal/Double)
- Adjustable Humanizing feature (Off/Tight/Natural/Loose)
- Assignable Kontakt outputs for each drum group
Ensemble Drums + Sound Design
- 12 toms, 4 kicks, 4 snares, 4 hi-hats, 8 crashes, 4 suspended cymbals, 4 rides, 7 tambourines, 7 stompers, 7 clappers, gran casa, synced live hi-hat grooves (three recorded tempos—90/120/140 BPM)
- 16 production-ready playable sound-design patches consisting of synths, battle cries, guitars, pulses, piano and celli
Mix Presets
- Hermes: Tight, punchy mix
- Centaur: All-rounder
- Zeus: Excellent room tone
- Gorgon: Hyped, massive, punchy mix designed specifically for trailers
Patch List
Percussion
- Medusa—Main
- Medusa—Auxiliary
- Concussion Hits
- The Pulses—90 and 120 BPM
Sound Design
- Apophis Pad
- Bass Lofi Arp
- Battlecry
- Bottom Line
- Chuggin Celli—120 BPM—KS
- Electricoustic—120 BPM—KS
- Foundation Bass
Sound Design
- Frigate Bass
- Minerva Piano
- Send In The Drones—KS
- Terran Pad—Massive
- Terran Pad
- That GTR Patch—90 BPM—KS
- The Starters—KS