Hybrid Drums £16

Hybrid Drums’ 367 samples – 75 (each) kicks, snares and hats, 50 claps, 36 toms, 26 cymbals, 14 sidesticks and 16 shakers – successfully merge electronic and acoustic layers, mixing the power of synthesised drums with the air and dynamism of their physical counterparts, and covering a lot of ground in terms of genre orientation. You also get ten sampler patches and five channel strips in various formats, plus ten MIDI files, and the whole thing makes for a very compelling percussive package, particularly at this price. www.modeaudio.com

9/ 10