Brushed Percussion 

Borsta is a new innovative percussion instrument specially designed for strokes and brushes. Its unique audio engine allows for an endless number of truly natural-sounding brushing phrases and rhythms. What sets Borsta apart from similar instruments is that its audio engine supports continuous changes in intensity. This makes it possible to create very life-like brushing phrases and patterns, something that can’t be achieved with traditional sample-based instruments.

The parallel envelope and events sequencers allow you to determine exactly when to start a stroke, how the stroke’s pressure/speed should evolve over time and when to end it. On top of that, all instruments also offers multi-sampled one-shots with advanced choking capabilities. Each instrument is based on more than 400 high-quality samples, recorded for playing with different velocities and round robins.

Borsta emulates a single drum instrument at a time, but comes with 18 different instruments to choose between. The sequences are played one at a time, however switching between sequences can be done seamlessly via MIDI, and additional one-shot samples can be triggered using an ordinary MIDI track.

The instruments are all structured and MIDI-mapped in a uniform way, which makes it possible to use the same sequence on any instrument. For instance, a traditional swing pattern will sound musically correct no matter whether you choose a Frame Drum, Tambourine or Snare Drum – it will just sound like the musician changed instruments. Borsta is a Swedish verb, meaning ”to brush”.

Features 

• 18 high-quality instruments with 6 multi-sampled one shots each 
• 230 pre-made factory sequences 
• 60 Global presets covering different sounds and genres 
• Separate volume and velocity curve control of each sound type 
• Room simulation (9 different rooms) 
• Reverb with adjustable decay time (6 different algorithms) 
• Timbre adjustment control (harmonics) 
• Overall pitch 
• Three band equalizer 
• Rusty Bucket 
• Guira 
• Pancake Drum 
• Tambourine 
• Frame Drum 
• Pizza Box 
• Cardboard Pipe 
• Cajon 
• Pandeiro 
• Bakestone 
• Cymbal Chains 
• Snare Drum 1 
• Snare Drum 2 
• Snare Drum 3 
• LOFI Snare Drum 
• Metal Spade 
• Djembe 
• Iron Sticks