ABOUT STREZOV SAMPLING
STREZOV SAMPLING © is a division of STREZOV MUSIC PRODUCTIONS LTD – a company created by George Strezov – orchestrator, composer and orchestra/choir contractor in Sofia, Bulgaria.
ABOUT THUNDER
THUNDER is a sample library of dry, cinematic percussion ensembles. It was recorded in studio “Loud-Fi” in Sofia, Bulgaria and thus the dry and punchy sound of the samples.
The library has thirteen instrument combinations, featuring various instruments: two concert bass drums Adams; Sonor, Tama and DW low, mid and high toms; 4 unique ethnic hand made Bulgarian tupans; 1 darbuka; 8 snare drums; 2 detuned timpani Adams and more.
Our main idea was to record close and dry epic film percussion, since most of the libraries on the market are oriented towards a much bigger room sound. Thunder is a perfect layering tool to thicken your hall and far miked samples.
The library has ten dynamic levels (from very soft ppp to blasting ffff) and is RRx8 (meaning that each instrument has 8 unique samples). The dry sound of the studio room can help you use “Thunder” either as a solo virtual instrument, or as a part of a bigger template.
DISCLAIMER / PHILOSOPHY
We would like to note that, in our pursuit for more lively and natural samples, we tend to avoid a few things that are considered commonplace. We used some normalization on the samples of “Thunder”, but tried to keep the depth of the instrument dynamics. We embrace candid, lively samples that include some natural imperfections. INSTRUMENT COMBINATIONS
As we previously pointed out, “Thunder” has thirteen different instrument combinations. Here is some more info about all of them:
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THE HULK – 2 concert bass drums (mallets), 2 detuned timpani (mallets), 1 kick drum (played with a mallet), 3 low toms (mallets);
CAMEL SAFARI – 2 concert bass drums (mallets), 2 detuned timpani (sticks), 4 bulgarian tupans (sticks);
CLICK CLACKERS I – 4 tupans (sticks), 2 concert bass drums (sticks), 2 detuned timpani (sticks) – all of them: rimshots;
CLICK CLACKERS II – 8 toms, detuned (sticks) – all of them: rimshots;
DAWN RIDER – 4 tupans ('beater'), 3 high toms (sticks), 1 mid tom (sticks);
GREATER BEASTS I – 8 toms, normal tuning (sticks);
GREATER BEASTS II – 8 toms, detuned (sticks);
PIRATE SHIP – 8 different snares (sticks);
MOUNTAIN KING – 2 timpani, 1 concert bass drum, 2 snares, 3 toms (all of them with brushes);
METAL FREAK – 5 small anvils (hammers);
DERVISH – 3 bulgarian tupans (sticks), 1 darbuka (hands+stick), snare drum with tambourine (sticks), 1 floor tom, 1 concert bass drum (mallet), 1 snare drum (sticks);
VOYVODA I – 3 tupans (small sticks), 2 floor toms (sticks), 2 concert bass drums (mallets), 1 snare drum (sticks);
VOYVODA II – 3 tupans (small sticks), 2 floor toms (sticks), 2 concert bass drums (mallets), 1 mid tom (sticks); FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Is “Thunder” made of loops or samples?
A: Thunder has 13 patches of one-shot samples only, there are no loops included in the library.
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Q: Does this mean that there are no rolls in the library?
A: There are no pre-recorded 'rolls' in the library, but most of the patches can create amazing tremolo effects - try making snare rolls with “PIRATE SHIP”!
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Q: Why 13 instrument combinations?
A: We tried to cover as much different sounds as we could – from low-end percussion to high 'clacks' and metals.
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Q: Will there be any updates on Thunder?
A: Yes, as usual – we are looking forward to hearing your thoughts about the sample library, all types of bugs that you encountered. Use our website contact form or Facebook to reach us. INSTALLATION / SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Native Instruments Kontakt 4.2.4+ 3,2 GB Hard drive space ( 1,4 GB for the zip and 1,8 GB for the unzipped folder) Internet access
Download the .zip archive, unrar and load into your Kontakt Instrument.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
When you purchase a product from "Strezov Sampling", you obtain a unique download link for sound samples, loops and/or software from www.strezov-sampling.com. However, we should point out that you ARE NOT obtaining ownership of the sound samples—you are purchasing only a valid license to use our products in your musical compositions—whether or not they are released commercially. You agree to the full Terms and Conditions on our site.
CREDITS
Instrument Programming & Scripting: K. Leonard Schneider Sample Editing: Michael Morone Art & Brand Direction: Lubomir Iliev Engineering: Plamen Penchev
Thank you to our musicians:
Nikola Petrov
Kiril Petrov Martina Miteva Dobri Paliev Jr. Vladimir Shopov Radosvet Kukudov Dimo Dimov Lyubomir Denev Jr.
Instrument rental: Nikola Petrov & Kiril Petrov Contracting: Strezov Music Productions Ltd. SOFIA SESSION ORCHESTRA
Best, George Strezov