System Requirements

  • Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Full version version 4 or greater
  • Hard drive with 2.5 GB of available space
  • 2GB RAM
  • 1GHz processor
  • Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
  • NOTE: There is a 15 minute time restriction imposed by Kontakt Player. There is no restriction when using the full version of Kontakt.

Snare City

Snare City give you a dozen of the finest and most sought-after snare drums to cover a range of tones from vintage to modern. The snares can be used in standalone mode, or seamlessly integrated with RockStock or PopSticks. Tracked through a '74 Neve desk, and as usual onto a nice thick roll of tape.

Keywords: snares, snares, and more snares

Snare City is also available as part of the Tape Series One Bundle.

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Library package contents

  • Kontakt instrument files with multi-out and stereo versions
  • EXS24 and Battery instrument files (AD legacy mapping)
  • 1456 sample .wav files in unencrypted 24bit, 44.1khz format
  • Reference manual (PDF)
  • Total package size: 571MB Zip file

Kontakt instrument features

Multi-sampling: 48 velocity layers for center hits, 8 velocity layers for cross sticks

Instrument interface: with volume controls, mic layer balance, pan and tuning controls.

Mic layers: Room mics and closemics/overheads separately controlable.

Flexible output routing: "multi" mapping provided for flexible routing to your DAW

Sensitivity control: increase the sensitivity of the kit for more intricate and subtle performances or leave it set to full dynamic range for more agressive tracks.

Compression: limit dynamics when using stereo mode.

Sampling details

Snares

InstrumentArticulationVelocity layers
Gretsch '70s 14" x 6.5" MapleCenter Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Mapex 14" x 8.5" Brass Master Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Orange County 14" x 5" Vented Maple Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Pearl 14" x 5" Chad Smith Steel Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Pearl 14" x 6.5" Steve Ferrone Brass1 Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Pearl 14" x 5" Masters Custom Maple Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Pearl 12" x 5" Masters Custom Maple Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Pearl 14" x 3.5" Steel Piccolo Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Pearl 14" 6.5" Free Floating Brass Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Premier 10" x 6" Soprano Maple Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8
Slingerland '60s 14" x 5" Radioking2 Center Hitsx48*
Cross Stickx8

* legacy mappings have less velocity layers and sepearate keys for left/right/dynamic and hard hits

1 Steve Ferrone Brass snare is also supplied with RockStock

2 Slingerland RadioKing snare is also supplied with PopSticks

 

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