Tired of re-creating your drum kits one sample at a time? Kit Maker can convert your samples or Maschine Libraries into folders of ordered sample files, ready to use as kits in certain DAWs.
What is the difference from dragging the samples without the app? Kit Maker automatically creates a multitude of kits already organized with the right amount of samples (kicks, snares etc) to make a quality kit. Each kit layout comes already arranged and all options can be customized to fit your needs.
Then simply drag the contents of a kit to your drum rack! See the examples below.
Turn sample packs and Maschine Libraries into numbered file kits for your DAW.
Accepts Maschine Libraries
Or use any samples you like
Arrange the pads how you want
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Import Sample Libraries
Drag and drop your sample libraries.
Make Kit Folders
Samples are numbered and put in individual kit folders.
Play Your Kit.
Drag and drop the contents of any kit folder to your pads (typically Pad 1) and your kit is in order and ready to play.
Logic Pro X Drum Machine Designer
Select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to Pad 1. This will replace the drum rack with the kit and keep your chosen layout.
Groove Agent SE 5
Select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to Pad 1. Release in the lower section of the pad to populate multiple pads using your layout.
Kong Reason Device
Select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to Pad 1. This will replace the drum rack with the kit and keep your chosen layout.
Umpf Reason Device
Select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to Pad 1. This will replace the drum rack with the kit and keep your chosen layout.
Bitwig Studio
Select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to Pad 1. This will replace the drum rack with the kit and keep your chosen layout.
Geist2
Select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to Pad 1. This will replace the drum rack with the kit and keep your chosen layout.
Novation Circuit Rhythm and Tracks
In the Novation Components app, select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to the first pad of a pad group (ie Pad 1). This will replace the drum rack with the kit and keep your chosen layout.
Roland SP404 MK2
Using the Roland SP-404MKII app, select all 16 files from a kit folder and drag to the first pad of a pad group (ie Pad 1). This will replace the drum rack with the kit and keep your chosen layout.
Note that the Roland pads are visually in an opposite order than most finger pads and has pad 1 at the top. You can adjust your Kit Maker pad layout to use the correct numbers (rather than the normal visual grid) to create the layout you want to use on the MK2 and save your custom layout.
Also remember, the SP404MK2 device is picky and only accepts .wav files that are 16 bit. It will stop importing drum files if it runs into a 32 bit wav file. Now that you can quickly import lots of kits with Kit Maker, you may run into some of your wav files that Roland doesn't support. This is a limitation of the SP404 and not of Kit Maker.