Signature Matt Guglielmo Drum Sample Library by Soundblind Drums

Powerkit

Powerkit

Soundblind Drums

Powerkit

$0.00 USD
SKU: SBD-04-PK

Signature Matt Guglielmo Drum Sample Library

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Meet producer, engineer, drummer (The Acacia strain, END)

Matt Guglielmo

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Soundblind Drums proudly presents the all new

Powerkit

Powerkit is a Kontakt based virtual drum sample library instrument using Matt Guglielmo's (The Acacia Strain, END) signature kit setup and engineering at the Graphic Nature Audio cabin in New Jersey. Powerkit is meticulously captured, sampled, and mixed using Soundblind Drums brand new mixflow framework.

Packed with 39 mix-ready presets of some of the most powerful, punchy, dynamic, impactful, and real sounding virtual drums crafted by Kyle Brownlee (Counterparts, Soundblind Drums) and Matt Guglielmo.

Get Matt's Powerful Signature Drum Sound

Mix-ready. Versatile.

Powerkit is the combination of Matt's DW kit, an array of Zildjian Cymbals, dynamic hard-hitting sampling, and one of the best sounding drum rooms available. With a swappable VK Snare, Powerkit delivers a variety of tone options and mix-presets.

Mix Powerkit Internally using

STUDIO GRADE PLUGINS.

Powerkit includes software emulations of popular hardware audio processors including:

Solid EQ, Solid Comp, Strain Comp, SuperGT Comp, Limiter, Transient Designer, Saturation, Distortion, Warmth Tape Machine

Craft Powerkit using the raw samples, or tweak mix-ready presets to suit your liking.

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Features & Options

Drum View

Powerkit's Drum View allows you to click and preview each element of the kit, including both ride bells.

Dropdown menus on each element also have an "Unload" feature, which will black out the piece and remove it from being played in all mic sources.

The Snare dropdown menu also has the ability to swap between the DW and VK snare options.

Mixer

Powerkit's mixer is a fully featured 16-channel mixer with pan control, volume fader, decibel reading, mute, solo, polarity invert, and individual routing for easy Multi-Out options.

Each channel has many additional controls in the sub-section below the channels, allowing for 3 plugin inserts, 2 reverb sends, tune options, and envelope controls. Simply click on the track name, and adjust parameters below.

Reverb & One Shot controls live at the bottom of the mixer.

Sub-Mixer

The sub-mixer page functions identically to the mixer. This page is where drum elements with multiple microphones are controlled.

Kick has 4 mic sources & a Kick one-shot trigger channel. Snare has 3 mic sources & a Snare one-shot trigger channel. Mega Bell has 2 mic sources. These all funnel into the respective busses like a normal DAW.

Room High & Room Stairs are additional mono room mic options that are grouped to "Room Ambient" in the mixer.

Master FX

New to Soundblind Drums, Powerkit includes the Master FX page. It is a completely customizable 8 channel Master chain using studio grade plugin inserts.

Use any of them in any order to completely change your drum sound by adding punch, depth, transient, EQ, compression, and more:

Solid EQ, Solid Comp, Strain Comp, SuperGT Comp, Limiter, Transient Designer, Saturation, Distortion, Warmth Tape Machine

One Shots

The One Shots page allows you to drag & drop any Kick & Snare drum sample that you love to blend in with Powerkit.

Kick controls are on the left, and Snare controls are on the right. Both are fully featured channel strips which default to the Kick Trig + Snare Trig channels in the sub-mixer. These can be mixed, routed, adjusted, and triggered however you like.

Threshold controls allow you to set which MIDI velocities you want to trigger the One-Shots. Only want it to play on 127? Or a range from 100-115? Easy.

Reverb

The Reverb page is where you can control both of Powerkit's Reverb sends.

Room Reverb on the left is an Impulse Response based reverb with "Powerkit Room" being the default. The dropdown menu includes over 110 different IRs to craft the reverb space that fits your mix.

Plate Reverb on the right is the Powerkit plate. This is a great plate reverb with standard controls that allow you to choose how wide, narrow, thick, or airy your drums sit in the mix.

Bleed Mixer

Powerkit's Bleed mixer consists of 2 pages and a new feature. Each set of ambient microphone sources has their own horizontal channel to control the volume and bleed of each kit piece.

Each Bleed Mixer channel has a mute, solo and a Link option. This option allows you to raise or lower the bleed for a kit piece based on whichever channels currently have Link enabled.

Global Link at the top right of the Bleed page allows you to toggle all of the Bleed mixer to quickly adjust the kit piece in all ambient mic sources.

Grooves

Powerkit comes bundled with MIDI Grooves written by Matt Guglielmo.

Includes 80+ MIDI Grooves across various tempos. 10 full song ideas, 38 various beats, and 31 fills. 2 The Acacia Strain songs and 2 END songs are included, optimized for velocities and presets within Powerkit. These MIDI Files are bundled inside the Powerkit interface, ready to drag-and-drop into your DAW.

MIDI Mapping

Powerkit allows you to map each articulation to two MIDI notes for ease of use and programming. Clicking on the articulation name will play a preview sound of that articulation.

Clicking Presets allow you to quickly change to 13 popular drum maps for other drum library software.

You may also Import and Export MIDI maps within Powerkit's Preset menu.

Velocities

Powerkit includes a Velocities page to allow you to change all velocity curve values.

Full Hi-Hats CC controls are available for seamless e-kit and Vdrum use. Aftertouch is also available.

Each kit element has a respective box that can be toggled On or Off with the power buttons after being adjusted.

A Global Curve and Reset All option are also available to adjust all curves or reset to default values.

Preview Presets and Mixes

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What's Included

Powerkit KONTAKT Library

You'll receive a serial number for the Powerkit Kontakt Library. Register a free Native Instruments account, download Native Access, enter your serial for Powerkit, and download immediately.

MIDI Groove Pack Vol. 02 - Matt Guglielmo

Includes 80+ MIDI Grooves pre-written and velocity optimized for Powerkit. Included inside the Powerkit Kontakt download (through Native Access).

Powerkit Specs

Product Naming Disclaimer: All drum / cymbal product names used are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Soundblind Drums. These trademarks are used solely to identify the products whose sounds were examined during the development of this virtual instrument.

Drum Shells

Kick
22 x 18" DW Collector Series Maple

Snares
14 x 6.5" DW Collector Series Brass Snare
14 x 7" VK Patina Brass Snare

Rack Toms
10 x 8" DW Collector Series Maple
12 x 9" DW Collector Series Maple

Floor Tom
16 x 14" DW Collector Series Maple

Cymbals

15" Zidljian A New Beat Hi-Hats
19" Zildjian A Custom Crash
19" Zildjian K Custom Sweet Crash
21" Zildjian Z MegaBell Ride
21" Zildjian A Sweet Ride
18" Zildjian China High
12" Zildjian Oriental China x2 with Spiral Stacker

Mix Presets (39)

39 Mix-Ready presets are included with Powerkit. Features over 20 different mix base variations to perfectly mesh with different guitar and bass tones.

01a - Power (VK)
01b - Power (VK) - Less Compression
02a - Power Alt Kick 1 (VK)
02b - Power Alt Kick 1 (VK) - Less Compression
03a - Power Alt Kick 2 (VK)
03b - Power Alt Kick 2 (VK) - Less Compression
04a - Power (DW)
04b - Power (DW) - Less Compression
05a - Power Alt Kick 1 (DW)
05b - Power Alt Kick 1 (DW) - Less Compression
06a - Power Alt Kick 2 (DW)
06b - Power Alt Kick 2 (DW) - Less Compression
07a - Drop Tuned 7 Strings (VK)
07b - Drop Tuned 7 Strings (VK) - Brighter
08a - Drop Tuned 7 Strings (DW)
08b - Drop Tuned 7 Strings (DW) - Brighter
09a - Studio Vibe (VK) - Velocity 115
09b - Studio Vibe Hyped (VK) - Velocity 115
10a - Studio Vibe (DW) - Velocity 115
10b - Studio Vibe Hyped (DW) - Velocity 115
11 - Death Metal Modern
12 - Death Metal Old School
13 - Compressed and Focused
14 - Compressed and Natural 
15 - Compressed with Reverb Depth
16 - Rock Kit
17 - Natural Kit
18 - Natural Kit Darker
19 - Big and Verby
20 - In The Cabin
21 - Reverb Flutter - 90 or 180 BPM
22 - Thwomp (Matt Guglielmo)
23 - Ignorant (Matt Guglielmo)
24 - The Room (Matt Guglielmo)
25 - Self Destruct (Matt Guglielmo)
26a - Raw Samples
26b - Raw Samples - Leveled
27a - Raw Samples (Natural Mic Pan)
27b - Raw Samples (Natural Mic Pan)- Leveled

MIDI Grooves

Includes 80+ MIDI Grooves across various tempos. 10 full song ideas, 38 various beats, and 31 fills. 2 The Acacia Strain songs and 2 END songs are included, optimized for velocities and presets within Powerkit. These MIDI Files are bundled inside the Powerkit interface, ready to drag-and-drop into your DAW.

01 - The Acacia Strain - A Call Beyond
02 - The Acacia Strain - Holy Moonlight

01 - END - A Predator Yourself
02 - END - Gaping Wounds of Earth

Microphones & Preamps

Kick In - Audio Technica ATM 25 / Chandler LTD1
Kick In 2- Sennheiser e602 / Chandler LTD1
Kick Out - AKG D12 / AML ez1073
Kick Sub - Subkick / Manley Force

Snare Top - Shure Beta 57 (1990's) / Chandler LTD1
Snare Top 2- Beyerdynamic M201 / Chandler LTD1
Snare Bottom - Sennheiser 441 / Vintech 473

Rack Tom (10") - Sennheiser MD 421 II / Vintech 473
Rack Tom (12") - Sennheiser MD 421 de Luxe / Vintech 473
Floor Tom - ElectroVoice RE20 / Vintech 473

Cymbals (L/R) - Neumann KM184 / Vintech 273
Overheads (L/R) - Neumann U67 / Chandler TG2

Hi-Hats - Beyerdynamic M160 / Vintech 473
Ride - MD421 de Luxe & Neumann KM184 / Vintech 473
Crash Ride - Neumann KM184 / Vintech 473
China - Neumann KM184 / Vintech 473
Stack - Neumann KM184 / Vintech 473

Room Close (L/R) - Coles 4038 / AEA RPQ
Room Far (L/R) - T.Bone RB500 / Burl B1D
Room Low - Reslo RV Ribbon / Manley Force
Room Stairs - Shure SM91 / Manley Force
Room High - Peluso P28 / Tonelux MP5A

Watch Powerkit in action:

Video Walkthrough

Powerkit Kontakt Library

System Requirements

Native Access and a Native Instruments account (both free) are required to download Powerkit / Kontakt.
An internet connection is required to download, install, and activate Powerkit. Once installed, Powerkit can be used offline.

Mac OS

Minimum Kontakt version: Kontakt v8.0.0

macOS: macOS 12, 13, 14, and 15 (Intel Core i5 minimum, or Apple Silicon)

RAM: 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended for large KONTAKT Instruments)

Disk Space: 140 MB for Native Access, 2 GB for Kontakt, 11 GB for Powerkit

Windows

Minimum Kontakt version: Kontakt v8.0.0

Windows: Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack) (Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU)

RAM: 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended for large KONTAKT Instruments)

Disk Space: 140 MB for Native Access, 2 GB for Kontakt, 11 GB for Powerkit

KONTAKT

Built and mixed completely inside Kontakt Player. Works with Kontakt Free. No need to purchase anything else.

NKS Ready

Full NKS compatibility for Native Instruments Hardware products with NKS functionality.

matt says

"Being both a producer and drummer, I'm happy to have helped create something I wish existed my entire career."

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Powerkit

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