Arabic Percussion

US Tonehammer releases Riq Drum collection of Middle Eastern hand percussion instruments      08/02/10
Here's all the details from Tonehammer...
The traditional family of Middle Eastern (Arabic) hand percussion instruments is generally de�ned as an open shell frame drum drum with large cymbals or jingle – aka Riq Drums. It is similar in appearance and origin to a tambourine, but this broad family of specialized drums is treated as a very serious and deeply nuanced instrument class in both traditional and modern Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Eastern European music. Rather than simply being an accompaniment or backing instrument, the Rik family of drums can often take a lead or solo role. The jingles, rattles or rings are often played as a discreet component of the drum, along with a broad range of unique head and rim �nger and hand articulations.
For our Riq Drum multi-sample library, we captured a pair of full-sized drums, one larger 15-inch "daf" drum from Greece with metal rings and bearings (actually called a daf) and one smaller 13" riq drum from Egypt with wide tin "cymbals". We also captured a toy frame drum that we've modi�ed into a miniature riq, by adding a series of �ne sand-�lled rattles. We've also included a very large collection of ambient droning and "synth" percussion instruments, created entirely through heavily manipulating the source recordings for this library.
Tonehammer Riq Drum Facts:

• 3 professional Riq drums recorded in dry studio environment.
• 10 round-robin variations on all major articulations
• Up to 8 velocity layers per articulation
• Core articulations:
  • Riq bone mallet strikes (center, edge) 6-8 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer
  • Riq felt mallet strikes (center) 8 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer
  • Riq wooden dowel "hotrods" (center, edge) 6-8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Riq brushes (center, edge, mute) 6-8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Riq finger strikes (center, edge, mute) 5-8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Riq hand strikes (center, mute) 5-6 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Riq shake singles – 5 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Riq shake rolls (slow, medium & fast rolls, grooves) 19 variations w/ release trigger samples and swell control.
  • Riq "tabla-style" bass bends – 4 speed, intensity and positional variations, 10X RR each
  • Daf bone mallet strikes (center, edge, rim) 5-7 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer
  • Daf felt mallet strikes (center, edge) 8 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer
  • Daf brushes (center, edge, rim, mute) 6-7 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Daf finger strikes (center, edge, mute) 6-7 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Daf hand strikes – 8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Daf shake singles – 5 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer
  • Daf shake rolls (slow, medium & fast rolls, grooves) 9 variations w/ release samples and swell control.
  • Daf "tabla-style" bass bends – 6 speed, intensity and positional variations, 10X RR each
  • Baby Riq finger strikes (center, edge) 5 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer
  • Baby Riq finger strikes w/ rattle (center, edge) 5 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer
  • Baby Riq sand shake singles (5 speeds/intensities) 3 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer
  • Baby Riq sand shake roll loops – 3 speeds w/ release samples and swell control.
  • Baby Riq sand shake roll crecendo effect – 4 variations w/ start/duration control.
• 74 Bonus Ambient Drones and "Synth" drums, w/ round-robin & modwheel filter control
• Bonus Custom-made Convolution Reverb Impulses
• Bonus: Custom Convolution Reverb Impulses
• Extensive read me (.pdf) install, patch and hint documentation
• 36 Kontakt patches, including one patch with everything / 2.310 samples
• 1.38 GB installed, 806MB .rar download
• Sample resolution: 44.1Khz / 24Bit stereo .wav format
• Format(s): Kontakt and .wav
• Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 3 / 4 full retail versions required for all Kontakt instruments.
• Note: Free Kontakt Player will only work for 30 minutes with this product. Full version of Kontakt is required to remove this restriction.

Pricing and Availability:
$39 (Introduction offer ends 2/12/2010 – product goes full price $49) More information:

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