Matt Halpern Signature Pack

The Next Step In Your Drum Production

Kontakt player instrument - no additional software needed
Built-in midi groove player to help inspire your creative process
Fully compatible with native instruments hardware
Intuitive and simple GUI

We built the Matt Halpern library as the tool we wished we had years ago, with all the little details and creature comforts we couldn’t find in other libraries.

The Halpern library is a Player Library (NKS) and can be used with Kontakt’s Free Player – no need to buy the full version of Kontakt to use GGD!

A fully-featured and intuitive UI for building your kit and working with spot and room mics
Full range of velocity layers– hard hits that are actually hard, with that hard-to-get mix of body and attack
Wide variety of articulations: snare on and off; center and rim hits on snare and toms; bell and side-stick on the ride cymbal
Cymbal matrix
Two snares with a total of eight tunings to give you a full range of sonic options without having to resort to pitch shifting or other tricks that degrade the tones
The entire kit is tuned to perfection, so you’ll never be fighting against sour notes in your mix
Every sample is phase-coherent for easy layering

Whether you’re sketching out a song idea or working on a final mix, the Matt Halpern library gives you all the tools you need to bring your ideas to life.

Behind The Scenes

Behind the scenes of creating the Matt Halpern Signature Pack.

Listen To Matt Halpern Signature Pack

Metal Demo

Metal Demo - Naked

Rock Demo

Rock Demo - Naked

Rock Demo 2

Rock Demo 2 - Naked

Buttersnips Demo

Buttersnips Demo - Naked

Bad Thing Demo

Bad Thing Demo - Naked

BFSD TST

Low Snare

13" Snare

Raw Clip

Yamaha Kit - Dry Live Recording (No Samples)

Yamaha Kit - Augmented with GGD Room

Buttersnips GGD Remix

Recreation of the Periphery song with the Matt Halpern Signature Pack.

Rainbow Gravity GGD Remix

Recreation of the Periphery song using the Matt Halpern Signature Pack.

Halpern Pack Sneak Peek

A quick look at the creation of the Matt Halpern Signature Pack.

Included Kit Pieces

Kicks

22 x 20" Mapex Saturn Maple Walnut
22 x 16" Mapex Saturn Maple Walnut
22 x 16" Mapex Saturn Maple Walnut (P3 version)

Toms

Mapex Saturn Maple Walnut:
- 10 x 7"
- 12 x 8"
- 16 x 14"
- 18 x 16"
Clear and coated versions:
- 12 x 7"
- 14 x 14"
- 16 x 16"

Snares

14 x 6" Black Panther Wraith Brass
13 x 6" Black Panther Nomad Brass

Hi-Hats

14" Traditional Hi-hats
14" Spectrum Hi-hats

Crashes

17" Medium Thin Crash
19" Medium Thin Crash
20" Extra Thin Hammered Crash
17" Jazz Crash
18" Medium Crash
18" X-Crash

Ride

22" Meinl Byzance Dark Ride Cymbal

China / Stack

20" Meinl Byzance Traditional
20" Meinl Byzance Extra Dry
18" Meinl Byzance Traditional
17" Jazz Medium/18” Dark China Stack
17"/18" Meinl Artist Concept Double Down Stack

Splashes

8" Meinl Byzance Traditional
8" Meinl Byzance Dark
8" Meinl Generation X Filter

What people are saying about Matt Halpern Signature Pack

You would be doing yourself a disservice if these drums were not part of your production.

Jeremy Reeves

Producer & Mix Engineer — Bruno Mars, SuperDuperKyle, Foster The People

The guys at GGD have created a product that delivers a level of realism and detail that is best in class.

Sam Klempner

Producer & Mix Engineer — Paloma Faith, Little Mix, Craig David

Whether I’m aiming to reinforce or replace shells, add depth with room samples, or program a realistic sounding part from scratch, I know GGD will cover all my bases.

Jeff Dunne

Producer & Mix Engineer — Crossfaith, Cane Hill, Motionless In White