On 10-Mar-2005 12:31, Sion Morris wrote:
Ooh no... I think colour is a really helpful asset when interpreting a pattern. In most of the the kits I have assembled, I found colour to be the most natural indicator of differences between sounds - Sometimes I use just solid blocks of different colours to represent each instrument.
In the limited DB icon work I've done, I've tried to give at least a slightly different color to each drum/cymbal/thingy. In the ns_kit dbkit I've been messing around on, I've taken off on Mike C's icons, using letters and numbers to help me out with iDing relative velocities and sometimes other markings to distinguish special hits -- e.g. a snare is a beige disc, a rim shot is a beige disc in a brown ring, a press/buzz roll is a beige disc with a wavy black line beneath the hand ID letter (L or R) and velocity number. I'm still screwing around with icon design, panning, and all that, so I haven't done a finished dbkit with links for all ns_kit7free samples with MIDI info included (my idea being you can then cut it down to whatever size/complexity you like by just deleting drum instances you don't want), so I haven't uploaded it, but the .dbkit is actually sitting in my web space if anyone wants to peek at it: <http://www.carlaz.com/music/Carls_nskit7.dbkit>. In addition to the ns_kit7free samples, it links to the GarageBand cowbells ('cause I gotta have more cowbell! :) As for the Ludwig kit, one could always make a custom version with all new icons if one really wanted. Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/