Snare City is an add-on, with a dozen new snares for Popsicks and Rockstock. Some of the finest and most sought drums around are waiting to leap out of your speakers.

Specs

You get: 2028 discrete samples, quick-Reference card (PDF), sampler mapping files for use with Rockstock and Popsticks kits.

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

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

Total download size: 783MB Zip file

Listen

• Snare City Audition (MP3) (this demo contains samples from the Popsticks kit, not supplied with Snare City)
• Heavy rock - Pearl 14" x 6.5" Free Floating Brass" (MP3) (this demo contains samples from the Rockstock kit, not supplied with Snare City)
• Funk'n'bass - Premier 10" x 5" Soprano Maple (MP3) (this demo contains samples from the Rockstock kit, not supplied with Snare City)

Kit Configuration

• Drums:
• '50s Rogers 14" x 5" Dynasonic Maple [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• '60s Slingerland 14" x 5" Radioking [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• '60s Slingerland 14" x 5" Gene Krupa Brass [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• '70s Gretsch 14" x 6.5" Maple [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Orange County 14" x 5" Vented Maple [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Premier 10" x 6" Soprano Maple [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Mapex 14" x 8.5" Brass Master [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Pearl 14" x 5" Chad Smith Steel [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Pearl 14" x 6.5" Steve Ferrone Brass [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Pearl 14" x 5" Masters Custom Maple [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Pearl 12" x 5" Masters Custom Maple [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Pearl 14" x 3.5" Free Floating Steel [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]
• Pearl 14" 6.5" Free Floating Brass [left hand, right hand, left hand rimshot, right hand rimshot, cross-stick]

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 2 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 2 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