DK+ Virtual Drums

I tried out DK+ on Thursday and bought it on Friday. I like the randomisation of sample selection the most - I have a few samples, particularly snares, where I have several samples of the same loudness but subtly different, with DK+ I can assign all these samples to the same velocity value and it will pick one at random, which really helps with a human feel. The compressor is quite reasonable sounding, too. I have yet to try out the sequencer section as I usually play pads straight into Tracktion to trigger it, but it looks much like any other drum grid I have ever seen.

The included kits are reasonable - not the greatest sample set you'll ever hear, but perfectly usable. Creating your own kits is simple. You can use the velocity sensitivity to adjust the filter cutoff of a sample - used sparingly this is actually quite effective.

The one thing I do miss is velocity crossfading, but I can live without it for the time being.

The user interface is unremarkable, but it's usable and doesn't get in the way.

I had been using RMIII, but it looks like my allegiance is going to change!

One thing to remember if you buy it - download the full installer and install it, and then download and install the 1.2 update otherwise you *will* have problems re-loading it.Read Review