Native Instruments – Butch Vig Drums £59
>With a string of iconic albums under his belt, Butch Vig needs little introduction when it comes to production chops, but he is particularly known for his approach to exploring and creating contemporary rock and hybrid electronic drum tones. On the simply-named ‘Butch Vig Drums’ for Native Instruments’ Kontakt you’ll find a distillation of these in the 21 kits, each made up of 16 one-shot samples. Each kit collection comes with 16 drum patterns and pre-configured effects, and the grooves can be dragged into your DAW as a MIDI pattern for further tweaking. Hits are arranged in a colour-coded 4x4 drum grid optimised for playback on MPC-style drum pads, and editing of each, whilst relatively basic, is clear and effective.