Reference Guide

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Instruments
Included plug-ins
Session Drummer 3 (Producer only)
Figure 407. Session Drummer 3
Session Drummer 3 is a professional drum sampler and pattern player. It features Cakewalk’s
patented Expression Engine technology, an anti-aliased, real-time sound production system for
multisample audio playback. Session Drummer 3 accurately replicates the sound of its real-world
counterpart and features a highly-detailed user interface as well as simple but powerful controls. You
can load single samples (Wave or AIFF files), or multisamples (SFZ files) which already contain key
mapping and velocity switching assignments. You can load samples in any bit depth and sample
rate, in mono or stereo, in looped or unlooped format. Wave and AIFF files can be loaded directly, or
as a sample inside an SFZ definition file.
Samples can be of any bit depth (8 to 32-bit), any sample rate, and either mono or stereo. Each
sample in a multisample can be a standard PCM Windows Wave file (.wav), an Apple audio format
(.aiff) or a compressed file in the standard, high-quality, open and royalty-free ogg-vorbis format
(.ogg).
Alternatively, it is possible to open multisample definition files (.sfz) or individual samples by
dragging them to an instrument pad.
Session Drummer 3 features include:
• MIDI pattern playback.
• Multi-velocity acoustic and electronic drum kits.
• A comprehensive collection of presets and MIDI-based loop files, providing you with a creative
jump-start.
• An animated user interface (UI).
• Controls for volume, pan and tuning of each drum kit piece.
For more information, see the Session Drummer 3 online Help.