For Immediate Release:

Sonic Reality Announces “Neil Peart Drums

Vol 1: The Kit”

The Ultimate Rock Drums for BFD2 and Infinite Player

January 2010, Sunrise FL, USA- For the Winter NAMM show of 2010, Sonic Reality sound development company is proud to announce “Neil Peart Drums Vol. 1: The Kit”, a sample library for BFD2 and Infinite Player, powered by Kontakt, as part of the Drum Masters series. Neil Peart, legendary drummer of the band “Rush”, has collaborated with Sonic Reality and producer/engineer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains) to bring the authentic sound of Neil’s “Snakes and Arrows’ Custom DW® Drum Kit into the digital domain. With advanced features such as deep level dynamics, humanized random alternating hits, discrete multiple mic mixing and more, this deluxe sampled kit is an ultra-realistic recreation of Neil’s actual acoustic set as used live on tour and in the studio.

Listen a demo here: Neil Peart Groove Demo

Now, for the first time, e-drummers, keyboardists and composers can play rock drum samples with the iconic signature sound of drum legend – Neil Peart and have a world-class, hard-hitting drum kit suitable for many styles of music from Progressive Rock to Heavy Metal! Producer Nick Raskulinecz engineered the sample sessions with over 20 channels of Neve® mic preamps, deluxe vintage tube mics and multiple room positions for one of the most elaborate sampled drum kits ever. With the assistance of Don Lombardi and DrumChannel.com, every detail of “The Kit” was captured both in high-resolution audio and documented on video with a thorough explanation by Dave Kerzner of Sonic Reality on how the drums were sampled.

“To sample Neil Peart’s incredible drum kit for our Drum Masters series was truly an honor and it fit perfectly with our focus on capturing the most desirable character drum sounds.” Says Dave Kerzner, CEO of Sonic Reality. “We’re also honored to be able to record it with ‘Rush’ producer – Nick Raskulinecz to help us capture the authentic, signature Neil Peart drum sound.”

“The Kit” features 8 Toms, a vast array of cymbals including 3 Chinas, 4 Crashes, 3 Splashes, Ride, 2 Snares, Massive Kicks, Percussion – such as Cowbells and more. It comes mapped in GM, iMap™, V-Drum and a Custom Map mode to be controlled by any electronic drum kit. It includes both discrete mic mixing and album-quality presets right out of the box for instant gratification.

“Neil Peart Drums Vol 1: The Kit” will be available in standard and deluxe size versions for FXPansion’s BFD software and for Sonic Reality’s Infinite Player software powered by Kontakt.

Shipping Q1, 2010

Price: TBA

For all review, editorial and high-resolution graphics requests on this product and other Sonic Reality music production products and sound libraries, please contact pr@sonicreality.com

ABOUT SONIC REALITY:

Sonic Reality is a sound development company in the musical instrument industry whose motto is “Sample Everything”. They have won awards and received critical acclaim for co-creating music software products such as “Ocean Way® Drums”, “Miroslav Philharmonik”, “Sonik Synth”, “SampleMoog, “SampleTron, “Sonic Refills” and many others. Sonic Reality creates sounds for the biggest names in the industry, such as Yamaha®, Roland®, Alesis®, Steinberg®, Digidesign®, IK Multimedia®, Native Instruments®, Clavia Nord®, Cakewalk® and Propellerheads®. http://www.sonicreality.com

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Neil Peart Fans Play On His Snakes And Arrows DW Drum Kit

“This sample library for BFD2 and Infinite Player, and powered by Kontakt, is part of Sonic Reality’s Drum Masters series. Neil Peart, drummer of the band Rush, collaborated with Sonic Reality and producer/engineer Nick Raskulinecz to digitize the sound of Snakes and Arrows’ Custom DW Drum Kit.”… – Jackie Dove, Mac World & PC World

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