“Strikeforce is a one-stop shop for big drums. This is what you want!”
– Junkie XL Mad Max, Deadpool, Tomb Raider



“Massive Cinematic Ensembles”
“Powerful, Organic and Alive”
ARTISTS

“There’s a lot to love about STRIKEFORCE ! Simple to use – Easy to program, the sounds are well sourced and have great character!”
Rupert Gregson-Williams Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan

“STRIKEFORCE is one of the most innovative and powerful percussion libraries out there. It’s simply perfect!”
Ramin Djawadi Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man

“STRIKEFORCE immediately sounds great out of the box. I love how easily I can build a complex percussion track that grows from a solo drum into a massive ensemble. Impressive!”
Cliff Martinez Drive, Contagion, The Knick

“STRIKEFORCE is a one-stop shop when you want big drums with great attack and low end! It is extremely easy to use, with lots of different controls and variety created within no-time. Trailers, big action sequences for films, or if you are just a big drum fanatic, this is what you want! ”
Junkie XL Mad Max, Deadpool, Tomb Raider

“STRIKEFORCE’s well crafted workspace and meticulously sourced sound library makes it easy to create rhythms that can express movement and a human-feel unlike any other percussion library that I’ve used.”
Scott Kirkland The Crystal Method

“I love these big drums!
There is no faster way to create big cinematic percussion than with STRIKEFORCE.”
Mac Quayle Mr. Robot, American Horror Story, Scream Queens

“Super fast to work with!
As a keyboard player, I love the playability of the instruments and the unique layout. The mixes quickly get me to the finishing line and the STRIKEFORCE UI is very intuitive. Great Job!”
Reinhold Heil Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas, Deadwood
STRIKEFORCE specifications
– 43 GB uncompressed (18.3 GB on Disk with NI lossless compression)
– 129 Total KONTAKT Instruments
– 12 Multi Presets
Featuring
– 72 BIG Ensembles Instruments (6vl 16rr)
– 11 BIG Solo Instruments (6vl 16rr)
– 12 Small Drum Ensembles Instruments (6vl 16rr)
– 13 BIG Snare Ensemble Instruments (6vl 16rr)
– 7 Solo Snare Instruments (6vl 16rr)
– 27 Solo Anvils, each with (12rr)
– 8 Big Anvil Ensembles (12rr)
– 4 Smaller Anvil Ensembles (12rr)
– 14 Sub Booms (12rr)
– 21 Clockticks short metallic sounds (32rr)
– 15 Tick Tocks short metallic sounds (2vl 32rr)
– 4 Impact menus
Functionality
– Individual Round Robin Selector Matrix
– 2 Round Robin Playback Modes (Serial & Random)
– Close and Far Mix, with Individual Pitch and ADSR
– 5 Different Drum Tunings per Ensemble / Solo Patch
– Individual Panning per Tuned Section
Description
STRIKEFORCE is Laboratory Audio’s flagship cinematic percussion library geared towards the professional composer. Recorded, mixed and produced in Los Angeles, STRIKEFORCE focuses on the modern film score ensemble percussion sound. The team at Laboratory Audio used only the finest musicians and instruments for the recording of this library.
In addition to the extremely high sound/recording quality, the library presents great convenience, functionality and ease of use. Rather than presenting multiple unmixed mic positions on the interface, Laboratory Audio presents a close mix and a far mix that are meticulously crafted and unique per dynamic layer. The user has global control of a closer or a wetter or further away type sound. Both mixes sound great out of the box and were mixed to film music so they sit perfectly well in the mix. This approach allows Laboratory Audio to mix individual dynamic layers with unique settings. For example, the compression ratio, EQ and reverb tail length changes from quiet dynamic layers to louder dynamic layers. The result is very musical and will immediately blend in with any program material. In addition, some of the instruments were built by recording an increasingly bigger size of musicians per dynamic layer. An example of this would be that on the ppp layer there are two musicians playing and on the fff dynamic layer there are 10 musicians playing. Therefore, the dynamic layers not only change in intensity but also in ensemble size.
Furthermore, the ensemble and solo percussions are featured in a unique new layout that allows the user to go from a smaller ensemble (or even solo) sound to a large group / big ensemble sound within a single patch. There are 115 patches that feature this unique and very cool layout and are recorded with 6 dynamic layers and 16 round robins. Also included in the library are an assortment of anvil hits, solo and ensemble, sub-booms, impact hits and metallic tick tocks (32 rr).
STRIKEFORCE was recorded at 192k in many various recording studios, halls, tunnels, rooms in Los Angeles and mixed using only the highest quality outboard and onboard equipment. The library is delivered in 24bit/48k.
Patch List
Big Drums:
LowDrms ENS 1 tight
LowDrms ENS 2 loose
LowDrms ENS 3 flam
Mauser ENS 1
Mauser ENS 2
Toms of Steel 1
Toms of Steel 2
1000Drums
Absurdo1
Absurdo2
Absurdo3
Bomber 1 ENS
Bomber 1 Solo
Bomber 2 ENS
Bomber 2 Solo
Bomber 3 ENS
Bomber 3 Solo
Bomber 4 ENS
Bomber 4 Solo
Bomber 5 ENS
Bomber 5 Solo
Bomber 6 ENS
Bomber 6 Solo
Bomber 7 ENS
Bomber 7 Solo
Bomber 8 ENS
Bomber 8 Solo
Bomber 9 ENS
Bomber 9 Solo
Bomber 10 ENS
Bomber 10 Solo
Buffel Drum Solo
Buffel Ens loose
Buffel Ens tight
ColegnoDrum1
ColegnoDrum2
Dropper Ens 1
Dropper Ens 2
Felter ENS 1
Felter ENS 2
Overlord1 Flam
Overlord1
Overlord2 Flam
Overlord2
Overlord3 Flam
Overlord3
Overlord4 Flam
Overlord4
Overlord5 Flam
Overlord5
Overlord6 Flam
Overlord6
Overlord7 Flam
Overlord7
SmatterDrum 1
SmatterDrum 2
Hybrid Drums:
ApolloDrums
Armour ENS
Damper ENS 1
Damper ENS 2
Freeze Toms
Ghost Rider
HeroDrums
PitchDrum 1
PitchDrum 2
PitchDrum 3
PitchDrum 4
PitchDrum 5
Puncher ENS
Rexxer ENS
SinSpeeder
Stacker ENS
Thunder ENS
Warp Toms
Metals:
Metal ENS
Copper Gong
Knocker
Megaloon Black
Megaloon Purple
Megaloon Red
Metal Gong
Sizzle drum 1
Sizzle drum 2
Small Drums:
MiniToms 1
MiniToms 2
MiniToms ENS
Stormer Grp 1
Stormer Grp 2
Stormer Wide ENS
Taifoons 1
Taifoons 2
Taifoons ENS
Tiny Toms 1
Tiny Toms 2
Tiny Toms ENS
Snares:
Snares Big ENS
Snares Bigger ENS
Snare Berlin ENS
Snare Berlin Solo
Snare Brass ENS
Snare Brass Solo
Snare Concert ENS
Snare Concert Solo
Snare Field 1 ENS
Snare Field 1 Solo
Snare Field 2 ENS
Snare Field 2 Solo
Snare Maple ENS
Snare Maple Solo
Snare Orch ENS
Snare Orch Solo
Death By Snare 1 Ens
Death By Snare 2 Ens
Death By Snare 3 Ens
Death By Snare 4 Ens
Impacts, Menus and FX:
Anvil Big Ensemble 1
Anvil Big Ensemble 2
Anvil Small Ensemble
Anvil Solos 1
Anvil Solos 2
Anvil Solos 3
Faceripper Menu
Haunted Menu
Impact Menu Soft
SubBooms 1
SubBooms 2
Trailer Hit Menu
Tick Tocks:
Clockticks
Ticky Tocks
NKS-ready
Now supporting NI’s Native Kontrol Standard. NKS allows STRIKEFORCE to work seamlessly with Komplete Kontrol keyboards and Maschine

System Requirements
- Kontakt 5 Player (free) or Kontakt Retail (sold separately) v 5.6.8+
- Komplete Kontrol 1.8.1+, Maschine 2.6.8+
- Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11 or macOS 10.12 (latest update), Intel Core 2 Duo+
- Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit) Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2
- An Internet connection and a graphics card that supports OpenGL 2.1 or higher are required to download and activate this product. Once installed and activated, the product can be used offline.
- 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended for large KONTAKT Instruments)
Supported Interfaces
- Mac OS X (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, AU, AAX
- Windows (32/64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, AAX
Available as Direct Download only.
