New Software Drum Kit from BitHeadz

BitHeadz, Inc. announces the newest addition to their virtual instrument collection, "Steve Reid's Percussion Kit." BitHeadz has partnered with world renowned percussionist, Steve Reid, to combine high quality samples of his vast world percussion instrument collection with the powerful Unity DS-1 playback engine.

Steve Reid's Percussion Kit contains pristine samples of exotic percussion instruments from all over the world. No additional hardware is required to play these sounds, thanks to BitHeadz' Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler Engine which installs on your Mac or PC along with the sample data. You can trigger the samples in real-time from any MIDI keyboard, or incorporate the instruments into your MIDI sequencer running on the same computer. The instruments are sampled in Unity DS-1 format, as well as in Voodoo format to provide new sounds for owners of the award winning Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler and Voodoo MIDI Drum Machine.

Over 200 megabytes of samples are included with instruments ranging from dunbeks, kalimbas, and hand drums to shakers, frame drums and waterphones - over 100 instruments cover everything from the Amazon to the Euphrates. Many of the models utilize 4 velocity layers for ultimate expressiveness. There are also several GM mapped kits to "replace" standard drum kits.

Using Percussion Kit with your favorite sequencer is simple. If you use Cubase® VST or Vision DSP you can use ReWire* to route different Percussion Kit sounds into individual mixer inputs on up to 16 different MIDI Channels. Plug-in effects can then be added to each of these parts if desired. If you use Digital Performer by MOTU, you can achieve the same results using MOTU's new MAS 2.0 plug in standard. Percussion Kit also supports Free MIDI, OMS, Sound Manager, and ASIO for compatibility with all of the popular sequencers and digital interfaces. Steve Reid's Percussion Kit retails for $199.00.