Strezov Sampling Taikos X3M KONTAKT

Taikos X3M – Ultra playable cinematic Taiko Drums with special focus on fast playing and an organic timeless sound. Also includes various percussion ensembles based on Taikos to expand your sonic palette.
For years the Japanese Taiko has been a constant colour in soundtracks and music productions all over the world. Applying our sampling philosophy to the various instruments of the Taiko family yielded some very organic and fresh sounding results, which combined with our X3M percussion engine are simply a joy to play.
One of our main goals was to have consistent Round Robins captured for as many playing techniques as possible to allow writing fast, but at the same time smooth and realistic sounding percussion arrangements. To achieve that we carefully edited every single sample of our 10 Round Robins manually and did as many iterations as needed after extensively testing the articulations in a real life composing environment.
In addition to that yet another important goal for us was to expand the sonic palette of the Taiko sound by adding other instruments, which enhance, but don’t alter the aesthetics of the basic sound too much. Therefore TAIKOS X3M doesn’t just consist of the same stuff we have all heard countless times before, but features new and yet unheard instrument combinations breathing life into your percussion arrangements.
The recordings took place in the Sofia Session Studio where we also recorded the previous X3M libraries to allow smooth and easy layering.
The X3M Percussion Engine
The concept behind this engine is fairly simple – the keyboard range is divided into 12 zones that you are able to assign different sounds to. After creating a template of your choosing just plug in and play – nothing else needed!
In addition to that the engine also allows you to tweak individual zones, as well as the whole mapped ensemble patch with various effects and mic positions. Combining these with the natural and organic recordings you have maximum flexibility when it comes to sound.
Once you load up the X3M Ensemble Builder you automatically load all samples inside the “Samples” directory. However, the instrument is built in such a way that it actually keeps all samples purged, unless you load them up into a zone. This means that not only do you have a single patch with all types of percussion you might need, but it is also optimized and doesn’t hurt your RAM ressources in any way!

ARTICULATION LIST:

ENSEMBLE 4

Low – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Mid – 4 dyn x10 RR Mid Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Mid Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Side Hits – 3 dyn x10 RR
Brushes High – 4 dyn x10 RR
Brushes High Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Brushes High Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Brushes Low – 4 dyn x10RR
Brushes Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Brushes Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

ENSEMBLE 3

Shime-Daiko Ensemble – 4 dyn x10 RR
Shime-Daiko Ensemble Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Shime-Daiko Ensemble Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Taiko High – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko High Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Taiko Mid – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko Mid Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Taiko Mid Brushes – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko On-The-Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
Taiko On-The-Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

COMBINATIONS

Last Stand – 5 dyn x10 RR
Shogun – 4 dyn x10 RR
Way Of The Fist – 4 dyn x10 RR
Stone Fire – 4 dyn x10 RR
Wargs – 4 dyn x10 RR
Wooden Fist – 4 dyn x10 RR
Amazons – 4 dyn x10 RR
Sand People – 4 dyn x10 RR
Tribes – 4 dyn x10 RR
Marauders – 4 dyn x10 RR
Riders – 4 dyn x10 RR
Drums Noir – 4 dyn x10 RR
Clackers X3M – 3 dyn x10 RR
Game Of Chairs – 4 dyn x10 RR

TAIKO SOLO

Low – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Side – 4 dyn x10 RR
Side Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Side Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR

HIRA-DAIKO

(A) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(A) Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(B) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(B) Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

MIYA-DAIKO

Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

SHIME-DAIKO

(A) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(A) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
(B) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
(B) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

OTHER

Iron Geisha – 4 dyn x10 RR
Man Flesh – 10 RR
Blacksmith – 4 dyn x10 RR
Japanese Kuker – 2 dyn x10 RR
Kuker Whoosh – 2 dyn x10 RR
Anvil Of Crom 1 – 10 RR
Anvil Of Crom 2 – 10 RR
Anvil Of Crom 3 – 10 RR
Tangra – 10 RR

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Native Instruments Kontakt 5+ FULL version – FREE Player NOT SUPPORTED
approx. 6.5GB Hard drive space (~3GB for the zip and ~3.25 GB for the unzipped folder)
min. of 4GB RAM
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Strezov Sampling Taikos X3M KONTAKT