Sample library of realistic cymbals in sfz format for free players sforzando and ARIA
- 1362 stereo samples
- 13 cymbals
- Tip and shank articulations for hihats and crashes
- Bell articulation for rides and crashes
- 6 levels of open hihat
- 3-5 velocity layers
- 4-8 different samples for each layer
- Choke note for each cymbal
- Recorded with matched pair of condenser mics in ORTF position
- No FX and no normalization applied. Just pure sound and dynamics
- Sample attack can be controlled by MIDI CC (this is very useful for crescendo rolls imitations)
- Lossless FLAC samples: less RAM and hard drive space usage
- SFZ open format: library and MIDI drum map can be edited by user with any text editor software
- Every sample was chosen and truncated by sound engineer by ear
Demo (unprocessed):
Recorded cymbals:
- Centent Dark Star B20 Ozone 16
- Centent Dark Star B20 Splash 8
- Sabian AA Medium Crash 16
- Sabian AA Medium Crash 18
- Sabian AA Medium Hats 14
- Sabian AA Medium Ride 20
- Sabian AA Rock Crash 16
- Sabian AA Rock Crash 18
- Sabian AA Rock Hats 14
- Sabian AA Rock Ride 20
- Sabian AA Splash 10
- Sabian HHX Chinese 18
- Zildjian Avedis Pocket HiHat 13
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