Summary

Bloom Drum Percussion by Excite Audio is a virtual instrument library focused on vibrant Latin and African percussion. It features hand-played percussion sounds, dynamic grooves, and expressive rhythmic instruments delivered through an intuitive sequencer and versatile effects.

Features

• Contains 8 banks of dynamic loops, one-shots, and rhythm patterns with 112 percussion samples synced to the host BPM.
• Includes traditional instruments like congas, bongos, timbales, djembes, talking drums, udu, and unique sounds such as bamboo slit drums and samba whistles.
• Offers 250 presets spanning a wide range of traditional and modern percussion styles.
• Powerful macros control effects like Drive, Slap Delay, Multi Delay, and Lo-Fi.
• Allows importing and editing user samples with pitch, formant, direction, start/end points adjustments, and more.
• Integrated sequencer designed for triggering and layering one-shots and looping sequences with modulation capabilities.
• Three main effects modules: Noise (various noise textures), Dynamics (compression, gating, transient shaping), and Reverb (Hall, Plate, Spring algorithms).

Workflow

Users start by selecting a tempo and sample bank or preset, triggering up to 14 bpm-synced samples spread across two octaves. White keys trigger drum sounds and loops, black keys modify playback speed, pitch, sequences, and effect modulation. The Edit page allows detailed sample and effect shaping. Sample import enables personalization of the instrument.

Compatibility and Requirements

• Runs standalone or as VST, VST3, AU, and AAX plugins.
• Supports major DAWs including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, and Reason.
• Compatible with macOS 10.15+ (Intel and Apple Silicon) and Windows 7 or higher (64-bit only).