Imagine you’re in a real studio live room, recording a drum kit. When the snare is hit, the snare mic obviously picks up the main impact—but so do the microphones for the kick, the toms, even the overheads. That subtle “cross talk” is what makes a live drum recording feel organic, as each hit resonates throughout the entire kit.
Extinction Level Event replicates that exact phenomenon digitally through a feature we call “Full Bleed”. Whenever you trigger a snare hit, for example, you’ll also catch a faint trace of that snare within the kick mic channel, the overheads, or any other mic involved. As a result, each drum part interacts with the entire kit, creating a sense of depth and authenticity that purely isolated samples can’t match.
For instance, if you’re programming a fast section of hi-hat work alongside intermittent snare shots, you’ll hear the hat bleeding into the snare mic, shaping the overall tone and making the performance sound far less “robotic.” And if you decide you want a tighter, more modern sound, you can simply dial back or disable the bleed. That flexibility means you’re not locked into a single style—you can go from raw, loose, and roomy to clinically precise at any moment.
Because ELE also includes extensive velocity layers and round-robin samples, every single drum hit is slightly different and responds naturally to the rest of the kit. This attention to detail is what lets you program drums that feel truly alive, preserving the nuance and energy of a real drummer’s performance while giving you full control over how much bleed (and thus how much raw realism) you want to inject into your mix.
