LDK-1 v1.0.0 - L.Dre Kit Player-1
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LDK-1 (L.Dre Kit Player-1) is a free drum player for L.Dre's drum kits:
32 pads in two banks, with its own look for every kit. It comes with a
free Starter Kit (78 L.Dre sounds) and also plays the L.Dre drum kits you
own. AU (Logic, Ableton), VST3 (Ableton) and a standalone app. macOS 12
or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel Macs.


YOUR KITS
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The Starter Kit is installed with LDK-1 and plays right away. LDK-1 finds
your L.Dre drum kits by itself when they're in your Music folder (or
Music > Drum Kits). Kits kept somewhere else: SOUND... > Find my packs...
and choose the folder they're in (this Mac remembers). The PACKS key
(shown once you have more than one kit) switches kits. LDK-1 only reads
your kit folders; it never changes, moves or deletes anything in them.


INSTALL
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1. Double-click "LDK-1 v1.0.0.pkg" and follow the steps (Continue,
   Install, your Mac password). It installs:
     - Audio Unit and VST3 into /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins
     - the LDK-1 app into Applications
     - the Starter Kit sounds into /Library/Application Support/L.Dre/LDK-1
   Customize lets you skip any of them.
2. Restart Logic or Ableton.

If Logic lists LDK-1 as "not compatible": Logic Pro > Settings >
Plug-in Manager, select LDK-1 and click Reset & Rescan Selection.

In Logic: create a Software Instrument track and pick
AU Instruments > L.Dre > LDK-1. Logic only plays an instrument
"live" on the selected track: if clicking pads makes no sound, click the
track's name to select it.
In Ableton: Plug-ins > L.Dre > LDK-1, on a MIDI track.
Without a DAW: open LDK-1 from Applications (click Options at the top
left to choose the audio output).


HOW IT PLAYS
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Bank A (C1-D#2): kicks, snares, hats and open hats.
Bank B (E2-G3): perc and foley. Both banks always play from MIDI;
the PAD BANK A / B buttons only change the view.
Hats choke each other, and so does foley. Padlock / M / S on each pad:
lock (SHUFFLE KIT skips it), mute, solo. Click a pad to select it (the PAD
window shows its sound and waveform); hover a pad to preview it.
Window size: the SIZE key by the name: Small (870 x 540), Medium
(1160 x 720), Large (1450 x 900). On a non-Retina screen the window uses
Medium, the size that stays crisp there. SOFT CLIP DRIVE: master soft clipper
(0 = off; same loudness at any setting). SOFT: rounder, darker drums
for mellow lofi, at three levels (1 light, 2 medium, 3 heavy); shuffle
then picks mellower sounds. Double-click a knob to reset it.

STEMS: like a Drum Rack, every pad also plays on its own output (A01 ...
B16), clean (no soft clip). In Ableton make an audio track, set Audio
From to LDK-1's track and pick the pad (e.g. A01), and record (set the
stem tracks' Monitor to Off so you don't hear the pad twice). In Logic,
load the "Multi Output" version of the instrument.

PRESET (top right): save and load whole kits; saved in
    ~/Library/Application Support/L.Dre/LDK-1/Presets


TO UNINSTALL
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Delete these:
    /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/LDK-1.component
    /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/LDK-1.vst3
    /Applications/LDK-1.app
    /Library/Application Support/L.Dre/LDK-1    (Starter Kit sounds)
    ~/Library/Application Support/L.Dre/LDK-1   (presets and app settings)


QUESTIONS
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info@prodbyldre.com
