Happy LAMP owner here. It really is a game-changing percussion library. Sound is everything. And LAMP has it.
Like a lot of people, I own several percussion libraries. This one is sonically the deepest and most forcefully impactful. The basic patches have a huge amount of options to adapt the sound to whatever you want - the 14 mic combinations and the ability to route them variously to all sorts of FX and modulation - right within the Kontakt instance. You can save that change as a Kontakt instrument and you always have it available. It's totally cool in the Ensemble patches that various mics are most centered around differing drums. For example, in the Taiko Ensemble you can focus on one (or more) drum(s) and work with that isolated instrument. Then decide later if you want to add more drums to your sound for that section of music.
For quick and easy, simply clicking on the presets and choosing the factory presets of Close, MID and Room - each with 4 different levels of dynamics processing on them. You might never really need to go any farther.
As I've said earlier, the current list of multis is very large and has an extremely wide stylistic range. Don't forget to check out the Alts & Roughs disclosure arrow at the bottom of the Multis list. There's just as much material in there as the Multi list itself.
Do I have any issues with it? Well, yes...
- I want more instruments done with the same quality of treatment. Will there be a LAMP2? I can't wait to see snare, timpani, gongs and metals with the same forceful, deep impact.
- I'd also like to see somewhere on the GUI which preset I've chosen. NoamL mentioned this, too.
- I wouldn't mind seeing dedicated keyswitches with short programmed MIDI phrases. We see these in differing styles within libraries like LADD, Evolution Series World Percussion and Master Sessions Ensemble Drums, etc. Just a little something to spark creativity and get a cue going quickly.
Hopefully we'll see some more vids from Ollie. He goes into great detail. Very conversational. His vids remind me of the early walkthroughs of Paul at Spitfire. I appreciated those a lot.
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Thanks for this very thoughtful post, Jack! I'm very pleased that you're enjoying the library so far.
Regarding orchestral percussion - Audio Ollie & Performance Samples are collaborating on a MASSIVE orchestral/choral line of products this year at a world class scoring stage. This will include a large collection of percussion including timps, snares, gongs, tonal, etc. - all the drums you'd expect in an orchestral line and more. Rather than trying to squeeze that stuff into LAMP, we decided to hold off and ensure that we have plenty of time to get it done properly. We also wanted the orchestral percussion to be recorded in the same room as the rest of the orchestra.
I'll look into adding the preset names into the UI when loaded.
As far as midi phrases and grooves go, we've already started building a sequencer into the UI for a future update. The plan is to release groove packs alongside the multi packs. It should take LAMP to a whole new level - we're really excited about it!!
Again, thanks for your kind words. I'll be posting some videos this coming week!
All the best,
Ollie