Sticks and stones may break your bones but Splitsticks won't. Played with HotRod™ sticks, it's the same tasty Slingerland 4-piece '60s kit that we used for Popsticks, but with a more laid-back sound - somewhere between the sound of brushes and regular sticks. Reduced velocity sampling means it uses less system resources than Popsticks. Close mic and room mic options give plenty of scope for mixing things up. Tracked through a '74 Neve desk, and as always onto a nice thick roll of tape.

Specs

You get: 308 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: 173MB Zip file

Listen

Splitsticks Dynamics Workout [closemics only]

midi file

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	11 11 6 6 8
Slingerland '60s Maple Rack Tom	12" x 10"	Dynamic left-hand Dynamic right-hand	8 8
Slingerland '60s Maple Floor Tom	16" x 16"	Dynamic left-hand Dynamic right-hand	8 8
Zildjian K Hihats	14"	Closed left-hand Closed right-hand Loose Open Pedalled	8 8 8 8 8
Zildjian A Custom Splash	8"	Dynamic	4
Zildjian A Custom Crash	15"	Dynamic	4
Zildjian A Custom Crash	17"	Dynamic	4
Zildjian Avedis Sweet Ride	21"	Ride Bell	8 8
Total velocity layers			154

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