On 19/04/2006 15:37, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
ps - still crunching slowly towards a testable nskit7full (selection thereof!) dbkit ... gotta sort out the snares and a kick and then I should be at least close enough to try it out!
Well, I finally got enough a dbkit assembled using a modest subset of the ns_kit7 samples that I've been able to start trying it out :) I picked a not terribly complicated dbsong file and converted it for use with the new dbkit. I stuck output from the dbsong using both the ns_kit7full and ns_kit7free dbkits as 192kbps MP3s on my web site: http://www.carlaz.com/music/ns_kit7full_test.mp3 http://www.carlaz.com/music/ns_kit7free_test.mp3 There are some slight technical differences, such as the free version uses lots of fully open hats where the full version uses partially closed hats, but otherwise you can really hear the sonic differences between the full and free versions -- in terms of drum models, tunings, and perhaps mic placements -- quite clearly. You can also hear my simplisitc drum programming quite clearly ;) I'm wondering actually, if the snares and toms come across a little too muted in the full version and whether I'll need to pump them up using DB's volume tweaking in the dbkit editor? Of course, I haven't actually tried the new version in a mix with other instruments yet -- I just cranked this out quickly during my lunch break :) Also, the samples themselves were somewhat brutally crunched down from 48KHz to 44.1KHz for use in DB. I'll post up my "draft" dbkit for ns_kit7full as soon as I get a chance (though obviously you'll only be able to use it if you've got the right subset of samples available and downsampled to 44.1). Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson mailto:cea@carlaz.com http://www.carlaz.com/