Characterful Kits
Capture the realism and character of live drums with Bloom Drum Kits, an instrument built from kits played “in the room” and shaped for modern production. Combining raw, close-miked drums with tape-worn, processed hits, Bloom Drum Kits brings your rhythm section to life with performances full of grit and imperfection.
Inside, you’ll find an extensive collection of professionally played rhythms and one-shots built from iconic kits, grooving top loops, detuned toms, characterful snares, and much more to get your tracks moving.
The result is a flexible palette for building rhythms that feel loose, tactile, and full of movement, ideal for indie, leftfield electronic, and more experimental production. Inspired by the raw drum sound of Geese, Four Tet, and Bonobo, as well as Nicolas Jaar’s acoustic, percussion-led approach to rhythm, Bloom Drum Kits brings a rough sense of motion and individuality to every track.
What Can Bloom Drum Kits Do?
Bring raw, characterful live drums into any track.
Kickstart ideas with instant grooves, one-shots, and loops.
Add motion with loose rhythms, detuned toms, and textured snares.
Design tactile, imperfect beats with grit and movement.
Sculpt your sound with raw, close-miked drums and processed hits.
Build expressive rhythm sections for indie, leftfield electronic, and beyond.
(New!) Allow you to import your own samples and personalise the instrument.
Sound Sources
Excite Audio’s team of professional sound designers and producers created over 250 presets, organised into 7 categories:
Basic (BA) - Straightforward drum beats built from each factory kit.
Experimental (EXP) - Abstract, offbeat presets with a more sound design-focused feel.
Kits (KIT) - Single hits and phrases created entirely from one-shots.
High Energy (HI) - Fast, busy, and more aggressive beats for added momentum.
Low Energy (LO) - Laid-back, minimal grooves for softer and more downtempo tracks.
Percussion (PC) - Rhythmic sequences built entirely from percussion loops and samples.
Processed (PRO) - Heavily treated beats featuring distortion, effects, and macro-driven movement.
Top Loops (TOP) - Snare and hi-hat loops for layering and groove.
How it Works
Stay in the creative flow on the Main Page - trigger individual sounds with white notes and launch phrases or tweak properties with black notes. Four powerful macros, let you shape your sound, while a range of 250 presets get you moving fast.
The Main Page
There are eight banks of sounds to choose from, organised into easy-to-find categories. Swap sounds by loading a new bank or dragging individual samples onto the 14 white notes for instant variation.
Audition and Load Samples & Banks
The Edit Page: Shape Your Sound
For those who want to go deeper, programming entire sequences, chopping up hits and loops and using custom samples, it’s all unearthed in the Edit page. Bloom Drum Kits’ Edit Page houses parameters like playback type and direction, attack and release, pitch and panning and everything else you’d expect in a modern sampler.
The Sample Edit Section
Adding your own samples to use as sources in Bloom Drum Kits is perfect for those who want to put their personal stamp on the Bloom engine. Drag and drop an audio file onto the sample display in the Main Page to replace the existing sample.
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.
The Seqeuncer Section
Sequencer in Fullscreen Mode
In addition to high-pass and low-pass filtering, three effects await you in the Edit page. Bloom Drum Kits offers three powerful effects modules: Delay for adding rhythm and depth to your patterns. Dynamics to control the transients 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
Sample Import
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 Samples
Samples Synced to Host BPM
Key Selection
Sample Randomise
4 Macros: Drive, Stereo, Chamber, Vinyl
5 Main FX Parameters: Mod, Delay, Reverb, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut
Global Bypass
250 Presets
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: Dynamics, Delay, 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 Rearrangeable Effects: Dynamics, Reverb, Delay
Reverb Modes: Plate, Hall, Spring
Reverb Parameters: Length, Size, Mix, Pre-Delay, Duck, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Input, Output
Delay Mode: Stereo, Ping Pong
Delay R/L Time, Sync Time, R/L Link, Mix, Feedback, Duck, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Input, Output
Dynamics Parameters: Attack, Sustain, Mix, Gate, Comp, Attack, Release, Input, Output
Global Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Tone, Dry, Wet
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
Windows
Windows 7 or higher
Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX, Standalone
DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only