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Product Ref: 46611
For complete list of the instrument included with ProjectSAM True Strike 1 & 2 please see the above PDF.
The timpani is one of the biggest instrument banks found in True Strike featuring an extensive list of playing techniques: up to 6 dynamics, sustained and dampened notes, tremolo, tremolo crescendo in three lengths, crescendo-decrescendo and hard mallet fortissimo.
True Strike is aimed at cinematic use. Therefore the gran casa and snare ensemble are the most powerful and deep recordings you will find. Load up the stage or far microphone set and scare those aliens back to their home world. The library also includes single snare drum (snares on and off), military drum and field drum samples.
True Strike covers five melodic percussion instruments: glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone, tubular bells and celesta.
True Strike offers an extensive set of small percussion instruments, among which 4 woodblocks, 5 temple blocks, whip, bar-chimes, bell-tree, 4 cowbells, triangle, tambourine, castanets and sleighbells.
Provided with True Strike 1 is Version 3.5 of the Native Instruments Kontakt Player sampler which offers you on-screen ADSR control, EQ and Delay controls and instrument/articulation information.
True Strike 2 features over 52 individual world percussion instruments that have been recorded in impeccably high quality in either studio or stage environments to provide a range of atmospheric tonalities. Also including dual microphone positions (Close and Room) True Strike 2 ensures you can create a realistic and versatile tone perfect for your composition or mix.
Incorporating a huge range of bone chilling bower cymbal recordings True strike 2 allows you to add unique and unusual sounds whilst the ability to switch between a direct, aggressive tonality and ambient, dry tonality provides a huge range of control whether pre or post mix.
Not only focus on acoustic sounds the True Strike 2 library comes complete with an impressive set of sound-designed and processed effects. Over two 88-note keyboards worth of otherworldly hits, scrapes and spheres are at your disposal allowing you to create truly unique and outlandish tracks, perfect for film and tv composers.
Sound On Sound
"...if you crave that classy Hollywood percussion sound, it delivers it - big time."Computer Music - 9/10
"True Strike is a permanent part of my palette. I use it in all my scores"James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
"True Strike possesses unmatched musicality and realism. You can sense the presence of the player behind the instrument."Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Sound On Sound
"We can´t praise this collection highly enough in terms of recording quality and usability, and anyone composing in the fields this library is aimed at will find their possibilities opened up considerably."Music Tech Magazine
"I have been using True Strike 1 & 2 for virtually every project. Quite simply, they are the best"William Ross (September Dawn, Driftwood, The Tale of Despereaux)