Drumdrops

Vintage Disco Kit

Manual

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. About the Vintage Disco Kit

2.1 The Drum Kit
2.2 The People
2.3 The Recording Studio - Ironworks Studios
2.4 The Mixing Studio - Ironworks Studios
2.5 The Recording Equipment

3. The Sample Packs

3.1 The Multi Sample Pack

3.1.1
Pack Contents

3.1.2 Sampler Patches (for Kontakt, Battery, Drum

Rack & ESX)

3.1.3 Drum Machine Patches (For Maschine, Geist,

Studio One Impact and iDrum)

3.1.4
Software Compatability

3.1.5 Loading the Patches

3.1.5.1 EXS24

3.1.5.2
Battery

3.1.5.3 Kontakt

3.1.5.4 iDrum

3.1.5.5 Geist

3.1.5.6 Maschine

3.1.5.7 Studio One Impact

3.1.5.8 Drum Rack

3.1.5.9 Reason Refills

3.1.5.10 Renoise Sampler

3.1.5.11 Sforzando

3.2. Drum Replacement Pack

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. 3.2.1 Slate Trigger Pack

. 3.2.2 Drumagog 5 Pack

 3.2.3 Drumagog 4 Pack

3.3 All Samples Pack

3.3.1 Kontakt Pack Samples

3.3.2 Multi Sample Pack Samples

3.4 One Shot Sample Pack

4. Support and Account Notes

4.1 Support
4.2 Account Notes
4.2.1 Use of the Packs
4.2.2
The Drumdrops Account
4.2.3 A Note on File Sharing

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 1. Introduction

Drumdrops is the one-stop shop live drum sampling company, begun

in the year 2000 by head honcho engineer Mike Pelanconi. Over
more than 10 years it has built up a catalogue of some of the most
respected live drum tracks in the business. Drumdrops became known
as the company to buy the highest quality multi-track drums, rstly
specializing in Reggae but now covering most genres including Ska,
Disco, Funk, Hip Hop, Rock, Blues and Pop.

Each of the drum tracks can be bought in three different formats. Drum
multi-tracks for those who want control over the individual drum’s
sound, drum stems for completed mixes of the drums, and drum loops.

What makes Drumdrops’ catalogue stand out from the crowd is the
detail that goes into recording it. We have used some of the nest studios
around the world including Olympic Studios, Tuff Gong and Hollywood
Sound Recorders, which have great recording rooms. We nd studios that
have a great collection of vintage gear using old consoles such as Neves
and APIs. The microphone collections are top-of-the- range and we
record all of the drum tracks to 2” tape adding another level of depth to
the sound. All of the kits we use are tuned to perfection and we always
nd the right kits for the job; Gretsch, Ludwig, Hayman, Rogers and
Slingerland amongst others.

Finally, the professionals we use are amongst the very best; incredible
drummers and great recording engineers. All of this combined creates
the formidable Drumdrops sound.

In 2011 Drumdrops teamed up with Miloco Studios to work together to

push the catalogue to the next level. First up was the new Drumdrops
website, which was built to sell the catalogue direct to Drumdrops’
fans. The website allows all the catalogue to be previewed on a track-
by-track basis and allows clients to purchase by track or by the full
album. We then began recording new catalogue using a lot of Miloco’s
studios, which offered new recording rooms and new equipment. This
has helped make our catalogue even more varied but at the same time
sound great.

In 2013 Drumdrops began a brand new phase releasing the best

sounding live drums as sample packs. We decided that we had to
do this right and that our samples had to stand up against the best
catalogues out there. So, we built a Drumdrops Kontakt Instrument
to give maximum control to the user. We worked on producing an
Instrument that would do justice to the drum sounds we record.

5 The Drumdrops Kontakt Instrument gives full fader control over each
drum, offers reverbs and effects, has a randomization feature for added
 realism and allows the user to adjust the velocity curves on each drum.

Version 2 of the drumdrops kontakt instrument is even better and has

been rebuilt from the ground up. Most importantly each instrument
has an incredible amount of samples. Usually in the range of 5000 to
7000 samples (although some kits have 17000 samples) which help
make the kit sound completely realistic.

However, Drumdrops is of course a drum sample company, so we have

not limited our kits solely to Kontakt. We are currently building our
kits for BFD. We also offer the Multi-Sample Pack that has twenty four
velocities per articulation. This pack can be loaded into any sampler or
drum machine that supports 24 bit WAVs although we include patches
for many different types of software. The latest packs include patches
for Kontakt, Battery, EXS24, Ableton Drum Racks, Studio One’s Impact
Soundsets, Reason Refills, Maschine, iDrum, Geist and Renoise. We also
sell our kits as a Drum Replacement pack which comes with patches for
Slate Trigger V2, Drumagog V5 and DrumXchanger. Finally we have just
introduced
a one shot sample pack. It basically includes one sample
from each articulation. It is the cheapest way of hearing our samples
and checking the kits out.

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 2. About the Vintage Disco Kit

We all love the original Disco era, influenced by many and sampled
1000’s of times. So what is it about the Disco sound that makes it so
enticing ? For us at Drumdrops it would have to mean a fat low end
from the kick but with a little hi end bite to cut through the four to the
floor groove, a warm and rich snare to keep that beat focused that of
course tonally mixes with a clap just perfect. Sweet yet fast sounding
15 inch hi hats for a classy open hi hat sound. All Toms low and dead
ready for the supersonic fills and breakdowns neccesary to hype the
dance floor into a frenzy.

Remo ebony ambassador and evans hydraulic heads for the ultiimate
disco sound. Sister Sledge at your disposal.

Gaffer taped, damped with dustcloths, tuned low and dead the disco
sound is finally back. Recorded with a late 70s sound in mind in a nice
tight recording room.

Bonus cowbells, cabassa and tambourine and electronic analogue clap

trap recorded for your breakdown pleasure.

2.1 The Drum Kit

The vintage Disco kit used a 70s Rogers Big R Kit which was tuned for
the perfect disco sound. It comprises a 24” x 14” Bass Drum, a Sonor
Sonorlite 14” x 6.5” Snare Drum (with additional de-tuned articulations),
a huge 18” x 16” Floor Tom, and two Rack Toms, a 14” x 10” and a 13” x
8”. The cymbals used were 15” HHX X-Celerator Hi-Hats, a 17” Zildjian K
Dark, an 18” Sabian HH extra thin Crash and a 20” Sabian Artisan Ride.
Percussion for this kit includes cowbell, cabassa and tambourine. We
have also included some samples from the analogue Clap Trap.

An Irish immigrant from Dublin named Joseph Rogers founded

the Rogers Drum Company in 1849. Musicians from the Dixieland
movement first embraced their drums and then later were used by
swing drummers in the 40’s and 50’s and later by the classic rock
musicians of the 60’s and 70’s. The drums used a 5-ply Maple wood
construction that gave them their mid-range tonality. The drums
respond well to tuning which means they work equally well as a Jazz,
Funk, Rock or in this case, disco kit. This example was used in the
Ironworks Studio, Brighton and consists of factory issue sizes.

Heads used on the drums were A Remo Ebony Powestroke Bass on

the Kick, a Remo coated controlled Sound on the snare and Evans
Hydraulics on the toms.
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 2.2 The People

The Engineer – Mike Pelanconi

Mike Pelanconi, better known under his record name Prince Fatty, is
a British sound engineer and record producer. He has worked with a
diverse repertoire of artists and producers from Acid Jazz and Delicious
Vinyl to Lily Allen, Manu Chao and Graham Coxon (Blur). His reggae
work with veteran artists including Gregory Isaacs, Dub Syndicate, Big
Youth and Alcapone has brought him world wide recognition.

Mike has released three solo albums under Prince Fatty banner and
produced highly acclaimed albums for Hollie Cook, the Little Roy Battle
For Seattle album of Nirvana reggae covers and London band The
Skints. A fanatical sound man with a huge collection of reggae records
and expert in vintage recording techniques.

There is no better engineer to get a great vintage disco drum sound.

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 2.3 The Ironworks Recording Studio

The Ironworks is based in a warehouse building in the vibrant North

Laine area of Brighton and is home to Mike Pelanconi, founder of
Drumdrops. The sonic design of the live room has been masterminded
by the ex-Olympic and Chalk Farm Studios tech Mike Craig, who has 40
years experience in acoustic design and hi-grade audio electronics.

At the centre of the Control Room can be found a rare vintage BBC
Tweed console. The outboard racks are full of great gear including a
Lang PEQ-2 EQ, a Langevin EQ258A EQ, and a Chiswick Reach stereo
valve compressor. The Ironworks is also home to Mike’s vast collection
of rare spring reverbs and delay units including a Grampian 636, a
Fairchild 659A, an Orban 106C and a Dynachord Echocord Tube Tape
Echo amongst others. The monitors are Tannoy Golds and Yamaha NS-
10’s and you have a choice whether to record directly to Protools or onto
a beautiful Ampex M1200 16 track tape machine.

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 2.4 The recording Equipment

With such a great warm sounding, rare console at our disposal we

recorded the whole kit through Mike’s vintage BBC Class A Tweed
console. For the mics we used some classics such as AKG D12, AKG 414’s
and some newer gems such as the Audix D10 and Sontronics Sigma. All
of the drums were recorded without external compression and EQ. The
trick to the sound of this kit was all in the tuning of the drums and the
heads used.

Kick Out – AKG D12

A large diaphragm, dynamic cardioid mix with a boost in the 60-120 HZ
area. Used as a kick drum mic since its invention in the 50’s. The D12
was placed a couple of inches away from the outside the front skin of
the kick drum, towards the top right hand corner of the drum.

Snare Top – Rode M1

The Rode M1 is a handheld dynamic microphone, very similar to the
Shure SM57. It features a slightly warmer response than the SM57
however and was a great choice for the top of the snare drum. The mic
was placed an inch above the rim of the snare, pointing towards the
centre of the drum.

Snare Bottom – Shure SM57

The legendary SM57 is an industry-standard cardioid dynamic
microphone and is probably one of the most versatile microphones in
a studios sonic arsenal. These microphones are commonly used for
recording vocals, guitars and snare drums. The mic was placed an inch
below the bottom rim of the snare, pointing towards the centre of the
drum.

Hi Hat – Beyer Dynamic M201

A classic dynamic mic that’s surprisingly sensitive, as real workhorse of
the studio. Also often used as a snare mic.

Toms – Audix F10

The F10 is a dynamic instrument microphone designed for live
and studio applications. Characterised with a tailored frequency
response between 50Hz – 12 kHz, the F10 is ideally suited for recording
instruments that require mid-bass and mid high reproduction, such as
Floor and Rack Toms. These mics were placed an inch above the rim of
the tom, pointing towards the centre of the drum.

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 Overheads - AKG 414’s
The AKG 414 is a studio standard and one of the best-known reference
condenser microphones for recording use. Probably the most popular
of AKG’s condenser microphones, it was first introduced in 1971 as the
“C 414 comb”. These were placed in an X-Y configuration, roughly 3 feet
above the kit, between the snare and high rack tom.

Room Mic 1 – Sontronics Sigma Ribbon Microphone

Ribbon mics are renowned for their smooth, uncoloured characteristics
and the Sontronics Sigma’s are no different. They have a high sensitivity
and low shelf-noise that makes them perfect for recording the quieter
velocities. This mic was placed roughly 3 feet from the front of the kick
drum, pointing towards the centre of the kick.

Room Mic 2 – Neumann U87

Built as a condenser version of the U67 in the 60’s, the U87 has been
used on more or less every record made since. They are as versatile
as any other microphone you can buy. This mic was placed roughly
3 feet from the font of the kit in-line with, and pointing towards the
drummers head.

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 3. The Sample Packs

3.1 The Multi-Sample Pack

The Multi-Sample Pack is a sampler pack that can be loaded into any
DAW, sampler or drum machine that reads WAV files. The Multi Sample
pack contains 1194 stereo samples. There are thirty-nine different
articulations, which have been recorded in up to twenty-four velocity
steps.

There are various templates for each of the samplers that cater for
most of the more popular drum software packages on the market. The
samples themselves are 44.1kHz 24 bit WAV files.

3.1.1 Pack Contents

Included with your Multi Sample Pack are different patches for Kontakt
5, Battery 3, Renoise Sampler, EXS24 and an Ableton Live Pack for Drum
Rack. The Multi Sample Pack includes multi-out patches for the EXS24
for use in Logic X, as well as our original stereo-out versions. In turn
for each of the samplers, there are two different patches, one for each
snare recorded with the kit.

We also include MIDI loop files that work with our Default MIDI map.
There are loops for various musical styles, in various tempos and time
signatures.

You will also find drum machine patches for Maschine, Geist, Impact,
Renoise and iDrum, plus a couple of Reason refills for the NN-XT
sampler and the Redrum drum machine included with the pack. All of
the patches can be used in any DAW that supports these samplers as
well as the standalone versions of the software.

There is a folder called Samples contained in the pack. This folder

contains the samples that have been used to create the patches.

All of the samples in this folder are used by the Kontakt, Battery and
EXS24 patches. Drum Rack, Renoise, and the NN-XT patches only use
the first set of round robin samples. The drum machine patches only
use sixteen of the key articulations due to the number of pads except
for Redrum which only allows a maximum of 10 samples to be used.

You can use the WAV files for drum replacement, by either importing
directly in your DAW or a drum replacement plug-in. (or you can

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buy our drum replacement pack which has patches for Slate Trigger,
 Drumagog 4 and Drumagog 5 included). You can also easily create your
own patches for any pieces of software that we haven’t included with
this pack.

3.1.2 Sampler Patches (for Kontakt, Battery, Drum Rack and EXS)

A total of thirty-nine different articulations have been recorded and

are included with this pack. Each articulation has been recorded in up
to twenty-four velocity steps. Each has it’s own associated MIDI note.
Below is a list of the different articulations and the corresponding MIDI
notes for each of the maps that we’ve included.
Drum Articulation MIDI Note

Kick Drum Wood Beater (Damped) B0/35

Wood Beater C1/36
Snare Drum Centre D1/38
Edge E1/40
Rimshot D#1/39
Sidestick C#1/37
Hi Hat Closed Full F#1/42
Closed G#3/68
Open Quarter A#3/70
Open Half B3/71
Open Three Quarters C4/72
Open A#1/46
Edge Closed Full D#4/75
Edge Closed F#4/78
Edge Open Quarter G#4/80
Edge Open Half A#4/82
Edge Open Three Quarters C#5/85
Edge Open D#5/87
Pedal Shut G#1/44
Pedal Open A3/69
Hi Rack Tom Centre B1/47
Lo Rack Tom Centre A1/45
Floor Tom Centre G1/43
Ride Centre D#2/51
Bell F2/53
Edge E2/52
Crash 1 Centre F#2/54
Edge G2/55
Crash 2 Centre C2/48
Edge C#2/49
Tambourine Left G#0/32
Right A0/33
Hit G0/31
Cabassa Left F0/29
Right F#0/30
Cowbell Hit E0/28
Claptrap Short 1 C5/84
Short 2 D5/86
Short 3 E5/88
Long 1 F5/89
Long 2 G5/91
Long 3 A5/93

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 3.1.3 Drum Machine Patches (for Maschine, Geist, Studio One Impact,
Redrum and iDrum)

The patches for Maschine, Geist, Studio One Impact and iDrum use
the same samples as the patches for Kontakt, Battery, Drum Rack and
EXS24. However as they only use sixteen pads, just the key sixteen
articulations have been used to create them. Also there is a limitation
on the amount of velocity samples that can be used for each drum
machine. Below is a table showing how many velocity steps are used for
each articulation, for each piece of software.

iDrum Geist Maschine Impact

Kick 1 8 24 8
Snare 1 8 24 8
Snare Rimshot 1 8 24 8
Snare Sidestick 1 8 24 8
Hat Pedal Shut 1 5 6 5
Hat Fully Closed 1 8 12 8
Hat Closed Edge 1 8 12 8
Hat Closed 1 8 12 8
Hat Open Quarter 1 8 12 8
Hat Open 1 8 12 8
Hi Rack Tom 1 8 20 8
Lo Rack Tom 1 8 20 8
Floor Tom 1 8 20 8
Ride 1 8 10 8
Crash 1 1 8 10 8
Crash 2 1 8 10 8

3.1.4 Software Compatability

Our templates were made with the following versions of the software
listed below. If you own earlier versions of the software the templates
may not load up. We would advise you to either upgrade to a current
version or create your own templates using the samples provided.

Battery 3 – v.3.2.3

Kontakt 5 – v.5.2.0

EXS24 - Logic X v. 10.0.7
Impact – Studio One v2.5.1

Drum Rack – Ableton 9 Suite v.9.0.5
Geist – v1.0.0.7
Maschine – v1.8.0
iDrum – v1.73.625
Reason - v7.0.1
Renoise – v3.0.0

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 3.1.5 Loading The Patches

3.1.5.1 EXS24
Stereo Out - Place your EXS patches in the Sampler Instruments folder
that contain your other EXS24 patches. Create a Sampler Instrument
track in Logic and then load the EXS24 sampler onto the track. You can
then load the patches from the menu in the EXS load window.

Multi Out - Place your EXS patches in the Sampler Instruments folder
that contain your other EXS24 patches. Then place your Instrument
patch file in the following folder: Music > Audio Music Apps > Patches >
Instrument.

Create a new Logic X session and then create a Software Instrument

track. Ensure that the Library window is open. In the top left hand
corner of the Library window you will see a menu for User Patches.
Click on that that and then select your instrument from the menu. The
patch will load onto your Sampler Instrument track.

Alternatively if you just want to open the EXS patches without all the
extra processing, then you can load either the multi out or the stereo
out versions from the load menu within EXS as usual, as long as the
patches are in the Sampler Instruments folder.

3.1.5.2 Battery
Select the file menu from within the Battery window and find the
template that you wish to load in the window that appears. Click on
Choose in the bottom right-hand side of the window once you have
done this. If at this point you are shown a missing samples message,
simply choose the Browse Folder option at the bottom of the window
and then select the SAMPLES folder that you downloaded with the
Drumdrops Multi Sample pack. Select Choose at the bottom of the
window and your kit will load.

NB. If you have to find the SAMPLES folder using this method, it would
be a good idea at this point to re-save the kit, ensuring that just the
patch only option is highlighted at the bottom of the save screen. That
means that the template will know where the samples are, the next
time you open it.

3.1.5.3 Kontakt
Go to the files menu from within the Kontakt window and find the
template that you wish to load in the window or alternatively just
15 drag and drop your chosen nki file into the Kontakt window. If at this
point you are shown a missing samples message, simply choose the
 Browse for folder option at the right of the window and then select
the SAMPLES folder that you downloaded with the Multi Sample Pack.
Select Choose at the bottom of the window and your kit will load.

NB. If you have to find the SAMPLES folder using this method, it would
be a good idea at this point to re-save the kit, ensuring that just the
patch only option is highlighted at the bottom of the save screen. That
means that the template will know where the samples are, the next
time you open it.

3.1.5.4 iDrum
Go to the folder icon in the top right-hand corner of the iDrum window.
Click on it and select Open. Select the iDrum template that came with
your Drumdrops Multi Sample Pack download. Click on it and then click
on Open at the bottom of the window.

3.1.5.5 Geist
Go to the Load menu in the bottom right-hand corner of the Geist
window. Select Load preset from the menu. Find the Geist saved file
that comes with your Drumdrops Multi Sample download in the pop
up window. Select the file and click on Open at the bottom right hand
corner of the window.

3.1.5.6 Maschine
Go to and click on the small arrow next to where Group A is displayed
in the Pattern Editor window and a menu will appear. Select Open from
the menu. Find and select the Maschine save file(s) that come with your
Drumdrops Multi Sample Pack download in the pop up window. Click
Open at the bottom of the window.

Alternatively open the Maschine application. Double click on the

Maschine saved file(s) that come with your Drumdrops download.

3.1.5.7 Studio One Impact Soundsets

Double click on the soundset file to install the soundset into Studio One.
Select the preset that you want to load from the soundset list window
in Studio One. Drag the preset into the main window of Studio One to
load the preset.

3.1.5.8 Ableton Drum Rack

Double-click on the .alp file to install the Live Pack into Ableton. Select
the location or create a new folder that you want to install the files to.
If the folder is not showing in the Ableton window, click on Add folder
16 in the Places menu in the Ableton window and navigate to your chosen
folder. Once installed, double-click or drag your preferred Drum Rack
 preset into the Ableton window to load the sampler.

Note: Do not install the files into the Ableton Factory Packs folder as the
files will not show up in Ableton and you will not be able to use them.

3.1.5.9 Reason Refills

Double click on the Refill file. That will open Reason for you if it’s not
already open. Select whichever patch you would like to load from the
patches folder supplied within the Refill from the pop-up window and
select open.

3.1.5.10 Renoise Sampler

(Patch made by Jon Halford - https://soundcloud.com/theftofcarbon/)
Double Click on the Renoise .xrni file supplied with your download. Your
renoise application will open if it’s not already and the kit will be loaded
into the sampler.

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 3.2 Drum Replacement Pack

The Drum Replacement Pack contains three different drum

replacement software patches. The ones currently included are Slate
Trigger V2.0, Drumagog V5.0 and Drumagog V4.0. Each software patch
utilizes different samples depending on what the software can support.
All the samples are saved in the software’s own format. Slate Trigger -
tci format and Drumagog - gog format.

3.2.1 Slate Trigger Pack

The Slate Trigger Packs have been created using samples from our
Kontakt Pack. The samples have been mapped with up to twenty-four
layers of velocity and five round robins. There are files for the kick
drum, snare drum and toms and you have can choose whether to
trigger the close mics, O/H mics or room mics for each drum. Just go
to the Browser section of the Trigger plug-in and drag the file that you
wish to load onto the blank space at the bottom of each fader.

3.2.2 Drumagog 5 Pack

The Drumagog pack has been built again using samples from out
Kontakt pack, enabling you change the balance between close, O/H and
Room mics. The pack contains eight levels of velocity with four round
robins. We have included files for the kick drum, snare drum, toms and
also the hi-hat. If your version of Drumagog contains the Auto Hi Hat
Tracking feature, then the hi-hat samples will automatically follow the
opening and closing of the hi-hat track.

3.2.3 Drumagog 4 Pack

The Drumagog Pack files contain mixed samples from our Multi Sample
Pack. This drum replacement plug-in has no option for changing the
balance of the close, O/H and Room mics. The pack contains sixteen
levels of velocity with no round robins.

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 3.3 All Samples Pack

The All Samples Pack contains The Multi Sample pack, the Drum
Replacement Pack and we have also included a folder of samples that
are taken from our Kontakt pack (we do not include the Drumdrops
Kontakt instrument in this pack - this can only be bought in the
Kontakt 5 pack). You can either use the packs using our own software
patches found in each pack or build your own patches from the
samples provided in the Multi Sample pack or the Kontakt pack. The
Multi Sample pack samples are stereo samples of each articulation
mixed from a combination of the kit mics. The Kontakt samples are
the seperate mic samples of each articulation with three round robins
included. To learn about how we label these samples please read the
sections below:-

3.3.1 Kontakt Pack Samples

The Kontakt Pack samples contain the same 44.1k 24 bit WAV samples
that we use in our Drumdrops Kontakt Packs. These include close mic,
overhead, and in most cases, room samples for each articulation of
each drum. This kit contains thirty-nine separate articulations and
there are three round robin samples for each giving a total of 10755
individual samples.

Each audio file has it’s own unique catalog number so that we can be
sure that no sample is ever duplicated. You may need to know a little
about how that system works in order to use the samples effectively.
For example:

DD017-SOHL-Snare-Centre-TP-V01-RR01

DD017 – This is simply the kit number – each Drumdrops kit has it’s own
unique number.

SOHL – This set of letters refers to the make of drum, in this this case Sonor
SonorLite.

Snare – This refers to the drum itself.

Centre – This refers to the type of hit.

TP – These two letters stand for the mic position – in this case TP is for Top
Snare mic. If the samples were for the overheads then these letters would be
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OH.
 V01 – This refers to the velocity number – as louder hit would contain a higher
number.

RR01 – This last set of characters refers to the Round Robin, or alternate hit
number. There are five of these for this kit.

The hi-hat files use a slightly different system.

DD017-HHX-FullClosedHats-CL-V01-RR01

DD017 – This is simply the kit number – each Drumdrops kit has it’s own
unique number.

HHX – The manufacturers name and type, in this case HHX.

HAT – As for the snare these letters stand for the drum itself, in this case a
hi-hat.

FullClosedHats – This is the articulation type – Fully Closed in this case.

CL – this refers to this mic position – in this case CL stands for close mic.

V01 – This refers to the velocity number – as louder hit would contain a higher
number.

RR01 – This last set of characters refers to the Round Robin, or alternate hit
number. There are five of these for this kit.

3.3.2 Multi-Sample

The Multi Sample samples contain the mixed 44.1k 24 bit WAV samples
that we use in Multi Sample Pack. There are the same thirty-nine
articulations as we have recorded for the Kontakt Pack.

The sample cataloging system is exactly the same as for the Kontakt
samples except that the microphone letters will always read FL which
stands for full mix.

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 3.4 The One Shot Sample Pack

This is the new starter sample pack. It includes one sample of each
articulation. The samples come as a 24 bit and 16 bit WAV so you can
load them into any piece of software that supports WAVs. We don’t
include any patches with this pack so you will have to build your own. It
is a great pack for drum machine users or if you want to check out the
basic sound of the kit before purchasing a more expensive pack.

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4.0 Support and Account Notes

4.1 Support

It is important that we get the feedback to make our products better. If

you have any issues with the quality of the product or if you have any
questions please let us know and we shall to get back to you as soon as
possible. Email support@drumdrops.com.

4.2 Account Notes

4.2.1 Use of the Packs

Once you have purchased a Drumdrops pack you are free to use the
contents on a commercial release. As long as you have proof of purchase
you can use the packs for your own music and you don’t need to get a
licence from us. Credits to Drumdrops are very much appreciated but
they are not essential.

However, you cannot create new sampler patches and share the samples.
If you create new sampler patches (without the samples) this is fine and
encouraged. If you make any new or exciting ones please let us know
and we may include them in future updates to the packs.

4.2.2 The Drumdrops Account

It is against our terms to create multiple accounts especially to take
advantage of offers. Any offending accounts may be deleted. Currently,
if you buy material from Drumdrops these products will remain in your
account meaning you can re-download them when you need 
to. See it
as a long-term back up policy. However, if this is abused we may delete
offending accounts without warning. It is also against our terms to
create accounts using temporary email addresses. We know a few people
do this to claim the free stuff. Come on guys, play fair.

4.2.3 A Note on File Sharing

We know file sharing happens and we know that some people seem
addicted to uploading stuff to torrents. We know people who upload to
the torrents can actually earn money from advertising on their pages,
probably earning more than us.

Drumdrops is a small company and spend a lot of money to make these

high quality products. If our customers file share we may
be forced
to stop updating that product, and ultimately, we may stop making
products altogether. For us to continue bringing out good, quality
product we need to sell it. We are not looking to be millionaires, we
are wanting to create great content and we want to make enough so
22 everyone involved makes something out of these products for the hard
work they put in. Remember, we cannot go on tour or sell merchandise
 or stream our products to recoup costs in other ways. We rely on the
income from the sales to keep making new product.

A customer recently made use of one of our offers (which we stopped as

a result) to start systematically downloading the catalogue for free. His
argument was that the product cost too much. Firstly, we don’t believe
the product is too expensive for the work that goes in; and secondly,
would that guy go into a store and take an iPad because he thought it
was too expensive? We doubt it.

We fully understand that not everyone can afford everything we do,

but we start packs from £ 3.00 / pack and have a multitude of packs at
different price points. For those who register accounts with us, we will
continue to offer deals and if we want to give away product, then please,
out of respect for the work that we do, let us do the giveaways rather
than you.

If you play fairly then we will continue to deliver. It would be a huge

shame for a few individuals to ruin what we do for everyone else who
enjoys these products. What goes around comes around, and if you’re
giving other people’s work away for free, then the next time some fucker
breaks into your house and steals your laptop... well, maybe you had it
coming. Don’t forget that it works the other way, too.

Thanks for reading.

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drum loops, drum samples and single hit kits.

www.drumdrops.com

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