For years the Japanese Taiko has been a constant colour in soundtracks and music productions all over the world. Applying our sampling philosophy to the various instruments of the Taiko family yielded some very organic and fresh sounding results, which combined with our X3M percussion engine are simply a joy to play.
One of our main goals was to have consistent Round Robins captured for as many playing techniques as possible to allow writing fast, but at the same time smooth and realistic sounding percussion arrangements. To achieve that we carefully edited every single sample of our 10 Round Robins manually and did as many iterations as needed after extensively testing the articulations in a real life composing environment.
In addition to that yet another important goal for us was to expand the sonic palette of the Taiko sound by adding other instruments, which enhance, but don’t alter the aesthetics of the basic sound too much. Therefore TAIKOS X3M doesn’t just consist of the same stuff we have all heard countless times before, but features new and yet unheard instrument combinations breathing life into your percussion arrangements.
The recordings took place in the Sofia Session Studio where we also recorded the previous X3M libraries to allow smooth and easy layering.
ARTICULATION LIST:
ENSEMBLE 4
Low – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Mid – 4 dyn x10 RR Mid Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Mid Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Side Hits – 3 dyn x10 RR
Brushes High – 4 dyn x10 RR
Brushes High Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Brushes High Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Brushes Low – 4 dyn x10RR
Brushes Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Brushes Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
ENSEMBLE 3
Shime-Daiko Ensemble – 4 dyn x10 RR
Shime-Daiko Ensemble Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Shime-Daiko Ensemble Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Taiko High – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko High Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Taiko Mid – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko Mid Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Taiko Mid Brushes – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko On-The-Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko On-The-Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
COMBINATIONS
Last Stand – 5 dyn x10 RR
Shogun – 4 dyn x10 RR
Way Of The Fist – 4 dyn x10 RR
Stone Fire – 4 dyn x10 RR
Wargs – 4 dyn x10 RR
Wooden Fist – 4 dyn x10 RR
Amazons – 4 dyn x10 RR
Sand People – 4 dyn x10 RR
Tribes – 4 dyn x10 RR
Marauders – 4 dyn x10 RR
Riders – 4 dyn x10 RR
Drums Noir – 4 dyn x10 RR
Clackers X3M – 3 dyn x10 RR
Game Of Chairs – 4 dyn x10 RR
TAIKO SOLO
Low – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Side – 4 dyn x10 RR
Side Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Side Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
HIRA-DAIKO
(A) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(A) Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(B) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(B) Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
MIYA-DAIKO
Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
SHIME-DAIKO
(A) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(B) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
OTHER
Iron Geisha – 4 dyn x10 RR
Man Flesh – 10 RR
Blacksmith – 4 dyn x10 RR
Japanese Kuker – 2 dyn x10 RR
Kuker Whoosh – 2 dyn x10 RR
Anvil Of Crom 1 – 10 RR
Anvil Of Crom 2 – 10 RR
Anvil Of Crom 3 – 10 RR
Tangra – 10 RR
At a glance
Product type: | KONTAKT instruments |
For use with: | Free KONTAKT PLAYER or KONTAKT |
System requirements: | Free KONTAKT PLAYER or KONTAKT. Please also see the KONTAKT PLAYER system requirements and the KONTAKT PLAYER FAQ. |
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