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Silk Road - Stick Drums. These Middle Eastern stick drums are typically used as solo or lead instruments but are also perfect for creating powerful break sections in songs as well; effective for achieving a stylized hybrid of sound with just a delicate touch of the unusual. This Silk Road download collection gives you plenty to work with an expansive palette of single hits, flams, and sampled phrases to get your tracks moving in hypnotic fashion. Collection includes 20 Megabytes comprising High and Low Tombek and Small, Medium, and Large Nagada.

Using close microphone techniques at Wellspring Studios in Boston, this collection captures the most natural elements of a beautiful set of DW and Pearl Drumkits. Renowned studio engineer Coleman Rogers helped us sample this kit using his arsenal of great mics, pre-amps, and compressors. After 3 days and nights sampling every drum and every cymbal, using different sticks at different velocities, at different places on the drums.

No king's court was complete without one. The SONiVOX DVI Harpsichord is a faithful reproduction of the real thing- right down to the lightly percussive thunk when you release the keys. Import a slice of European nobility straight to your computer for a fraction of what Mozart's father paid.

An incredibly authentic replication of a real harmonica, this instrument features a wide key range with several octaves of every note in the 12-tone scale. The chromatic harmonica can be played in any key, allowing for versatile use throughout several different genres of music. This instrument is widely used for playing blues, folk and county as well as classical, jazz and pop. With its precise articulation and definitive tone, it stands out as a pristine virtual instrument.

A classic sound that has appeared on more hit recordings than virtually any other keyboard. OK, they were all in the 80s. Don't hold that against us. A witch says,

Teddy Killerz returns to Splice with 'Dubstep and; Tearout Vol.2', powered by absolute madness and containing a cluster of unsettling noises that sizzle like hot molten lava. 

The dean of American basses, the Fender Precision is a four-string workhorse chock full of thick, rich tone. Somehow, simply calling it fat doesn't do it justice.

We captured a truly sweet guitar sound that is sure to liven up your tracks with authentic Strat tone. Boston guitarist Jud Crane got us groovin' with his excellent Strat Guitar chops. After several days in the studio with his Classic Fender Strat with Seymour Duncan pickups and a Fender Vibrolux amp, we captured a truly sweet guitar sound that is sure to liven up your tracks with authentic Strat tone.

Blue Jay Studios. This is where Carly Simon, Alice Cooper, Joni Mitchell, Amy Grant, the legendary group Boston, and many other great musicians have recorded and mixed their CDs. And this is where the SONiVOX Blue Jay Drum Series comes from. Need we say more? OK, we also hired renowned engineer Mark Tanzer (NRBQ, Carly Simon, Patty Larkin, Jerry Marotta, Livingston Taylor, Lyle Mays and others) and his arsenal of top-notch audio gear to get the best, cleanest, punchiest recordings possible.

This collection includes the Dunumba, Kenkeni, and Sangban (all from Ewe tribe of Ghana), Gungon (from the Dagomba of Northern Ghana), and Macana Surdo (from Brazil). All are cylindrical, double headed drums, though they are otherwise built quite differently and create a variety of sound. They are typically used for foundation rhythms. Up to 4 velocity levels, with both open and closed (muted) hits.

We're all united by our deep and profound love of music, in all its forms, in every style or genre, in any instrumentation. It reaches us on a level that we just can't put into words.

They're lush. They're dramatic. They're emotionally evocative. Nothing sets the mood like well-done ensemble strings in the hands of a skilled composer/arranger/producer.

The key, of course, is "well-done," and you're sunk before you start if your strings sound like screechy steel cables instead of a rich, silky, expressive string ensemble.

When you need to add real brass to your project for that "just so" feel, nothing less than the real thing will do. Artificial sounds and less-than-authentic details will sabotage even the best-intentioned efforts. It's like a history buff watching a movie about World War I and seeing a 1960's-era clock on the fireplace mantel in the background. The credibility is shot and the production is ruined.

Our flagship piano instrument is not just any piano. Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 is an exceptional recreation of the Steinway 9-foot CD 327 grand piano. Meticulously sampled and expertly voiced, Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 provides every composer, pianist, and musician the opportunity to infuse their compositions, recordings, and performances with the breathtaking realism of this truly world-class grand piano. The recording philosophy employed in creating Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 was based on using a simple signal chain, the finest A/D converters, and exceptional microphone preamps.

Keepin’ it Real
Handcrafted in the USA, this slammin’ kit from SJC Custom Drums provided an excellent sample source for Big Bang Universal Drums 2. True to their word, these universal drums provide excellent tone, color, and sound for any music project or performance from the worlds of pop, hip-hop, world, funk, rock, or any musical style.