Virtual instrument and effects plug-in developer, Rob Papen Soundware, has released Punch-BD, a bass drum virtual instrument for Mac (OS X 10.6 or higher) and Windows (Vista, 7, and 8). It’s based around the BD module of the company’s Punch drum synthesis/sampler software instrument and is designed to enable users to create the “biggest-sounding bass drums around.”
Punch-BD lets you stack up to six bass drums. Its six sequentially-numbered BD pads can be divided across an external controller keyboard for performance purposes — in 6 Notes PLAY MODE (with the six “notes” repeated over the whole keyboard range) — or “simply” stacked — in Stack or Tuned Stack PLAY MODE (which follows the pitch of the keyboard) — to creatively construct bass drum sounds suited to any style of contemporary music production.
Punch-BD packs four FX processors 31 y FX types with several routing options. It can be purchased as a boxed version from authorized Rob Papen dealers worldwide for $59 directly from Rob Papen at http://tinyurl.com/ke5dody .
