14-inch (5.5-inch deep) koa wood snare drum with a dry thin sound, naturally panned to the right side a bit.
3 instrument zones sampled (in non-damped and damped drum head variants): Center (usual snare drum hit), Rim Shot (second usual snare drum hit), Side Stick. Fully acoustical samples, no dynamics processing nor reverb applied, relative loudness preserved.
Performed by Max Sivkov, recorded at Voxengo studio.
Features
1590 WAV sample files total
Prolonged decay
4 stick types (hickory sticks, birch rutes, plastic rutes, felt mallet)
3 instrument zones (center, rim shot, side stick)
Non-damped and damped drum head variants
14-16 velocity layers per zone
5 sample variants per velocity layer
44100 Hz 16-bit stereo samples
Compatibility
Samples and instrument files of this library are compatible with Native Instruments Kontakt 3.5/4 (Kontakt Player is supported in demo mode only - it times out) and Cakewalk Session Drummer 2 and 3. NKI and SFZ instrument files of this library can be additionally loaded in various compatible samplers. Individual WAV files can be loaded in most samplers.