SONiVOX FlyingHand Percussion Collection for Kontakt2

Manufacturer's Description for SONiVOX FlyingHand Percussion Collection for Kontakt2

You can think of percussion as the spice and flavor you sprinkle over the top of your music to give it its unique taste and feel -- unless of course you're kickin some serious Latin grooves in which case your percussion tracks need to seriously rock. No matter, SONiVOX has gone to the ends of the earth to unearth one of the tastiest percussion libraries you've ever heard -- Flying Hand Percussion. Produced by veteran sound designer and composer Eitan Teomi, this exquisite selection of hand-held and exotic electronic percussion instruments provides a quality and playability they guarantee you haven't experienced before. And that's great news for your music.

This exquisite library is recorded in high fidelity with multiple mic positions, 24-bit samples, an extensive selection of articulations (styles of playing), up to 20 dynamic samples (soft to loud) per instrument, and up to 4 alternate takes per articulation. All in all, over 40,000 samples packed into 4 DVDs of pure creativity.

But FlyingHand Percussion goes one big step further, something that no other percussion library does. It intelligently helps you play those tracks, makes your music sound so real you can practically taste it.

The Performance Tools:
"Legato Drumming" -- FlyingHand Percussion includes a proprietary and unique technique that intelligently responds to musical phrases, inserting musical nuances and tonal variances that provide an added level of authenticity. The result sounds very much like a real percussionist when they hit the drum in a slightly different place each time or moves a hand across the drum head creating a small scraping sound, etc.

Playable Keymaps -- you need to be able to play a percussion library with your own hands and have it sound real. So, all FlyingHand instruments are keymapped for playability and remain consistent throughout all instruments, which not only results in real sounding tracks, but allows for fast production. Includes custom keymappings for the Zendrum MIDI Controller.

Virtual Room Impulses -- FlyingHand Percussion through the entire recording process from initial input to final mix. Included are custom made stereo and surround room and hall impulses. These are delivered in a special edition of the PsP Audioware Nitro Filterbank plugin, which is a long name for a really cool effects plugin that puts your percussion tracks exactly where you want to hear them in your mix.

The Acoustic Instruments:
4 Anklungs -- Asian bamboo rattlers

2 Boomwhackers

16 in. Djembe

Handmade Naal -- similar in sound to Tabla Drum

14 in. Maple Ashiko

Piru Claves

16 in. and 22 in. Frame Drums

5 Gallon Jug

Suspended Bass Drum

Clay Drum -- resembles an Udu

Traditional Indian Kanjira Drum

Assorted Shakers -- plastic, wood, and bamboo variations

Assorted Bells -- including belltree and bell stick

Congas

Morphosis -- electronic hybrids synthesized from real organic resonances

14 in. and 16 in. Timbales

Mountain Rhythm Bongo Cajon - features mahogany heads

3 Cowbells

Mutants -- Cinematic sounds featuring re-pitched instruments and virtual ensembles

Triangles -- A Brass Orchestral Triangle and a one of a kind Trine Instrument

The Electronic Instruments
The 'Morphosis' section features unique sounds of resonances extracted from real objects combined with a straightforward construction kit style mapping. Check out the demos, there's some very cool stuff here.

The 'Mutants' section include re-pitched and treated versions of the acoustic instruments and are perfect for cinematic sound effects and 'bigger than life' virtual ensembles. Check out the demos, there's some very cool stuff here.

The Instrument Features:
Over 40,000 individual samples

Ultra wide dynamic range and up to 20 velocity switches per instrument

4 Alternate hits for each articulation on each velocity switch

A meticulous collection of articulations and detailed extended playing techniques

Complete left and right hand samples on each articulation

Multiple playing zones for each drum

Resonance control for dynamic mutes or pitch alteration

Legato Drumming™ -- dynamic replication of live playing and instrument control in real-time which intelligently responds to loudness and speed of play

The Recording Features:
24-bit, 44.1 KHz audio fidelity

Recorded with Neumann, Earthworks, Shure, and AKG microphones and high-end preamps including the very sweet Demeter VTMP-2C. (the only standalone preamp ever nominated for a TEC award)

FlyingHand Percussion recording spaces were specially modified for perfect blending of the existing acoustics with the raw sound of the instrument. Each instrument was captured from multiple microphones and mixed into a perfect blend of natural ambience and high-end detail. Up to 3 microphone configurations per instrument are included for your choosing.

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