Syracuse, N.Y. (MuseWire) – Sample Logic and System Blue have joined forces to release Rumble – the world’s first Kontakt Player virtual instrument that combines the finest in traditional marching drums with cutting-edge cinematic sound design. This superbly flexible virtual instruments will give educators, composers, and musicians an imaginative, innovative, and inspiring new sonic palette for creative music-making. Rumble features the legendary DCI World Champion Blue Devils drum & bugle corps and was recorded by Leslie Ann Jones on the Scoring Stage at Skywalker Sound (a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company).

What is Rumble? Rumble delivers a comprehensive set of pristine, carefully crafted marching drum samples. Each instrument was captured using modern-day film score recording techniques at multiple dynamic levels, round-robins, and at close, mid, and far microphone placements, affording composers, producers, arrangers, and performers a solid foundation for realizing accurate, dynamic musical productions. Sample Logic and System Blue have also partnered up with Avid delivering Rumble with seamless integration in Avid’s Sibelius 7 music notation software.

But that’s just the beginning…Rumble goes far beyond traditional marching drums and enters into the morphed sonic realm of Sample Logic’s trademark “blurring the line between music and sound design.” All of the drums recorded for Rumble are not only included as production-ready multi-sampled instruments, but are also used as the basis for all of the morphed sounds. The result is a library that contains both traditional instruments and an evocative collection of morphed “cinematic” instruments, including transitions, atmospheres, and rhythms aimed squarely at the needs of TV, film, game and electronic music composers.

Rumble offers unprecedented control over sound and performance, thanks to Sample Logic’s custom-designed Kontakt Player interface, one of the most advanced Kontakt user interfaces to date. Building on the exclusive “multi-core effects sequencer” first introduced in their Cinematic Guitars collection, Sample Logic puts complete, customizable user control right at your fingertips, from spatialization and sound-swirling effects to sequencers, LFOs, programmable arpeggiation, a unique Rhythmic Articulator, and a fully integrated multi-microphone mixer. Rumble also contains a newly invented loop engine that displays loop slices graphically and supports independent editing, effects processing, and real-time automation of each slice. All together, Rumble boasts over 40 screens of powerful, intuitive user interface controls!

A library that will stand the test of time. Every instrument included in Rumble has a full set of parameter randomization options that give you virtually infinite power to morph and sculpt any instrument in the library. Whether you’re in the studio or on stage, unique new sounds are always just one button-push away!

Technical Specifications:
* Kontakt Player 4.2.3 or higher
* Kontakt (Player) 4 supports: Stand-alone, VST(R), Audio Units, RTAS(R) (Pro Tools(R) 8 and higher), DXi, ASIO, Core Audio(R), DirectSound(R), WASAPI
* Native 64-bit support for stand-alone and plug-in versions on both Mac and PC
* Compatible with all major DAWs and with music notation software.

Minimum System Requirements:
* PC: Windows(R) XP (SP2, 32 Bit), Vista(R) / Windows 7(R) (32/64 Bit), Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or Intel(R) Core Duo 2 GHZ or AMD Athlon 64, 2 GB RAM.
* Mac: Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, Intel(R) Core Duo 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM.
* Minimum of 2 GB RAM.

Rumble MSRP: $299.99
Rumble Ships: August 8, 2011
Rumble Download Available: August 16, 2011
Rumble Website: www.samplelogic.com/rumble.html .