I've been working on this, but the current version of the dbkit: a) a doesn't have all the ns_kit7free samples linked yet, and b) has samples mapped to their General MIDI instrument (or something close!), but the MIDI mappings don't contain velocity info (all velocities are 127).
Thanks for the link Carl. I was hoping it would fix the links to the samples that are in Mike's - but sadly not. I might have a go re loading them from the originals or just hang on for your completed kit... yes that sounds like a good idea...
Still, I've put a zipped version of the current version "as is" online: <http://www.carlaz.com/music/Carls_nskit7.dbkit.zip>
This version also has links to some non-ns_kit7 oddities in it: the GarageBand cowbell samples ('cause I gotta have more cowbell!), the ns woodblock samples (I use them as beat keepers on count-ins and such), and a muted crash sample I made by editing one of the ns_kit7free crash samples in Audacity (though one could easily relink to another muted crash sample, like from ns_kit6 or whatever!).
I did something similar, funnily enough with adding a cowbell to an earlier ns kit as I too have a feever and the only medicine is more cowbell!. There's a song on my site (below) using it if you're interested - Xris under the 2004 tab. There an imported tambourine there too... and I'm eagerly awaiting David Holloway's new Ludwig recordings featuring tambourine. Sion Morris Liverpool www.cinnamondesign.co.uk/music/music.html -------------------------------------------
On 17-Mar-2005 00:33, Sion Morris wrote:
Thanks for the link Carl. I was hoping it would fix the links to the samples that are in Mike's - but sadly not. I might have a go re loading them from the originals or just hang on for your completed kit... yes that sounds like a good idea...
Not sure what the problem you're having with Mike's kit and the samples is -- it just works for me. If you have Mike's song (not to be confused with the Phish piece ...) and dbkit and the ns_kit7free WAV pack, then popping open the dbkit in the kit editor and fixing its links to the samples ought to get you in business (oh, you'll probably need to look in the right place for the dbkit when you open the dbsong, too, since everyone keeps everything in different places on their individual HDs, but that's usual). My ns_kit7 dbkit arranges things slightly differently than Mike's, so there's a whole bunch of conversion that's needed to switch between the two, for all that they use the same sounds. I just use Mike's kit for checking out Mike's song :) Speaking of conversion, I ran into another Patrickcarl error last night that DB wouldn't straighten out on its own. I eventually had to choose a drum sound that I didn't otherwise use in the dbsong and go scanning through the playlist looking for it. Odd .... I've also noticed that when converting, if DB sees a sample with the same name and assume you want it, it will ignore your request to actually change to a different sample (this can have an odd result if the expected "snare 4" is 4th of 4, but DB remaps to a dbkit where "snare 4" is 4th of, say, 12!)
I did something similar, funnily enough with adding a cowbell to an earlier ns kit as I too have a feever and the only medicine is more cowbell!. There's a song on my site (below) using it if you're interested - Xris under the 2004 tab.
Ooo, gotta check it out :) Strangely, I haven't actually worked up any song-length pieces with cowbell yet -- mostly just trying to work out the intro to "Lowrider" ;) and little Afro-Caribbean bell patterns -- but I've always dug the sound :)
There an imported tambourine there too... and I'm eagerly awaiting David Holloway's new Ludwig recordings featuring tambourine.
Ah, yes, tambourine! That might be handy. Though as with hand claps, I might be tempted to record that live :) I could _probably_ afford to add a tambourine to the maracas, guacharaca, and shakers I have in my hand percussion collection .... Hell, I suppose I could get a hand-held cowbell, too! That would be fun :) Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/
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