Popsticks is our latest kit for your rhythmic enjoyment. It's a nice tight four-piece '60s Slingerland maple set, complete with Radio-King snare. Close mic and room mic options give plenty of scope for keeping things interesting. Tracked through a '74 Neve desk, and as always onto a nice thick roll of tape.

Specs

You get: 536 discrete wav samples, quick-Reference card (PDF), sampler mapping files

Sample format: 24bit, 44.1khz, Stereo, Wav format

Compatability:
Native Instruments Battery 3
Native Instruments Kontakt 2 & 3
EXS24 / Logic

Total download size: 338MB Zip file

Listen

Popsticks Dynamics Workout [blend of room and close mics]	midi file
Popsticks - Jam [close mics only]	midi file
Popsticks - Jam [fading in the room mics]	midi file
Popsticks - Medium Groove [close mics only]	midi file
Popsticks - Half-time groove [close mics only]

Kit Configuration

Instrument:	Dimension:	Articulations:	Velocity layers:
Slingerland '60s Maple Kick	22" x 16"	Felt beater	12
Slingerland '60s Radioking Snare	14" x 5"	Dynamic left-hand Dynamic right-hand Heavy left-hand Heavy right-hand Cross-stick	16 16 8 8 8
Slingerland '60s Maple Rack Tom	12" x 10"	Dynamic left-hand Dynamic right-hand	16 16
Slingerland '60s Maple Floor Tom	16" x 16"	Dynamic left-hand Dynamic right-hand	16 16
Zildjian K Hihats	14"	Closed left-hand Closed right-hand Loose Open Pedalled	16 16 16 16 8
Zildjian A Custom Splash	8"	Dynamic	8
Zildjian A Custom Crash	15"	Dynamic	8
Zildjian A Custom Crash	17"	Dynamic	8
Zildjian Avedis China High	18"	Dynamic	8
Zildjian Avedis Sweet Ride	21"	Ride Bell	16 16

Tracking notes

Recorded through a 1974 EMI Neve desk at York St Studio. Recorded in stereo, directly to tape. Converted using Apogee Rosetta converters.

System Requirements

Minimum:

• Hard drive with 1 Gb of available space
• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, PIII/Athlon 500 MHz with 1GB RAM
• Mac OS X 10.2, G3 500 MHz with 512 Mb RAM
• A software sequencer or virtual instrument host
• Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Battery 2 or Native Instruments Kontact 2.

Recommended:

• 7200 rpm hard drive with 1 Gb of available space
• Windows XP or better, PIII/Athlon 1.8 GHz with 2 Gb RAM
• Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher, G4 1.25 GHz with 1 Gb RAM
• A sequencer or virtual instrument host capable of handling multiple outputs
• Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Battery 2 or Native Instruments Kontact 2
• A high quality audio soundcard with ASIO or CoreAudio driver
• A midi interface and external controller such as keyboard, drum pads or electronic drumkit