Bloom Drum Percussion

Vibrant Percussion

Ignite your rhythm with Bloom Drum Percussion – a vibrant collection of percussion and organic grooves featuring hand-played Latin & African instruments. From the groove of Brazilian samba to the deep resonance of West African rhythm, every sound tells a story of movement and expression.

Excite Audio captured a diverse range of percussion, spanning the full frequency spectrum - from the deep resonance of djembes and surdos to the crisp attack of bongos and rolling repiniques. Expressive timbales, tantans, and talking drums add melodic depth, while shimmering shakers, agogos, and tambourines enhance brightness and texture.

Packed with 250 expertly designed presets showcasing Excite Audio’s intuitive sequencer & curated macros, Bloom Drum Percussion delivers a vibrant rhythm instantly.

What Can Bloom Drum Percussion Do?

• Provide vibrant African and Latin percussion and grooves for your music.
• Explore 8 banks of dynamic loops, one-shots, and rhythm patterns—perfectly in sync with your project.
• Shape your sound with three versatile effects and four powerful macros (Lo-Fi, Drive, Slap Delay & Multi Delay).
• Get instant inspiration with 250 expertly designed presets spanning traditional and modern percussion styles.
• (New!) Allow you to import your own samples and personalise the instrument.

Sound Sources

Excite Audio meticulously recorded an eclectic collection of traditional and modern percussion, using a blend of high-end analogue gear and contemporary production techniques to preserve their raw character while enhancing their sonic depth. The result is a library where every hit, roll, and shake bursts with organic detail and expressive energy, ready to drive your music forward.

Inside Bloom Drum Percussion, you'll find:

• The rich, resonant tones of congas, bongos, timbales, and berimbaus.
• Dynamic African instruments like djembes, talking drums, udu, and balafons.
• A colorful array of shakers, rattles, and hand percussion, from maracas to kanjiras.
• Textures and tonal hits from triangles, cowbells, agogos, and woodblocks.
• Rare and unique sounds, including turtle shells, bamboo slit drums, and samba whistles.

How it Works

Start in your desired tempo, choose a sample bank or preset, and trigger one of 14 bpm-synced samples spread across two octaves. White notes set off drum samples and loops, while black notes alter properties like playback speed and pitch and trigger sequences and effect modulation.

Four powerful macros control a specialised chain of effects, fine-tuned to the diverse drum samples that form Bloom Drum Percussion.

The Main Page

There are eight banks of sounds to choose from - organised into easy to find categories, and the sounds in each bank can be dragged onto any of the 14 white notes.

Audition and Load Samples & Banks

The Edit Page: Sculpt Your Sound

The Edit page is the central hub for refining and making the library of samples your own. Adjust start and end points, manipulate playback speed and direction, and tweak the timbre with pitch and formant controls.

Sample Edit Section

Import Your Own Samples

Make the Bloom instrument your own with the ability to drag and drop audio files into it. You can do this via the waveform view on the edit page or any empty slot on the banks page. Set the key and BPM of your samples to make them integrate seamlessly with the Bloom engine.

Sample Import

Unlike traditional sequencers, the Bloom Sequencer is designed for triggering and layering one-shots and looping sequences, allowing for endless rhythmic creation. In the modulation section, automate pitch, volume, and filter settings as well as three effects to add depth and dimension to your music.

Sequencer Section

Sequencer in Fullscreen Mode

Bloom Drum Percussion offers three powerful effects modules: Noise for adding texture and depth to you patterns. Dynamics to control the tranients of your sequences as well as compression and gating to shape the dynamics of your drums. Reverb to create space and depth using Hall, Plate and Spring algorithms from the Lifeline Series.

Effects Section

Features

• 14 Sample Keys
• 5 Factory Modifiers: Half-time, Double-Time, Reverse, Octave Down, Octave Up
• 5 Custom Modifiers for Triggering Sequences
• 8 Sample Banks / 112 Percussion Samples
• Samples Synced to Host BPM
• Key Selection
• Sample Randomise
• 4 Macros: Drive, Slap Delay, Multi Delay, Lo-Fi
• 5 Main FX Parameters: Noise, Reverb, Dynamics, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut
• Global Bypass
• 250 Presets
• All samples that come with Bloom Drum Percussion are royalty-free
• Import up to 112 of your own samples (these can be swapped at any time)

Edit Page - Sample Edit

• Waveform Display 
• Playback Direction: Forwards, Backwards, Pendulum, Loop
• Playback Modes: Hold, Latch, Relative
• Playback Speed: Normal, Double, Half
• 4 Choke Groups
• Start / End Markers with Snap to Grid, Snap to Transient
• Sample Crossfade, Attack, Release, Pan, Volume
• Sample Pitch, Fine, Formant, Pitch Warp

Edit Page - Sequencer

• Sample Mode for triggering sequences
• FX Modulation: Reverb, Dynamics, Reverb, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Pitch, Volume
• Playback Direction: Forwards, Backwards, Pendulum, Loop
• Sample / Modulation Randomise
• Global / Track Step Rate, Sync, Swing, Steps, Latch, Beat Retrigger controls
• Track Trigger, Velocity, Probability, Attack, Release, Timing and Perform

Edit Page - FX

• 3 Rearrangable Effects: Noise, Reverb, Dynamics
• 15 Noise Types: Vinyl Crackle, Cassette & Tape Static, Crowd Noise, White Noise, Amp Hiss & more
• Noise Mode: Constant, Dynamic, Ducked
• Noise Parameters: Level, Envelope Threshold / Release, Tone
• Reverb Modes: Plate, Hall, Spring
• Reverb Parameters: Length, Size, Mix, Pre-Delay, Duck, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Input, Output
• Dynamic Parameters: Attack, Sustain, Mix, Gate, Comp, Attack, Release, Input, Output
• Global Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Tone, Dry, Wet

Learn More About Bloom Drum Percussion

Version Comparison

System Requirements

macOS

• macOS 10.15 or higher (Intel / Native Apple Silicon supported).
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX, Standalone.
• DAW's Supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
• Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
• Recommended Buffer Size: 512 Samples or higher

Windows

• Windows 7 or higher
• Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX, Standalone
• DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
• Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
• Recommended Buffer Size: 512 Samples or higher

Please Note: An internet connection is required to authorise this software.