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“Taikos X3M” are ultra playable cinematic solo and ensemble Taiko Drums with special focus on fast playing and an organic timeless sound, which also includes various percussion ensembles based on Taikos to expand your sonic palette.

TAIKOS X3M doesn’t just consist of the same stuff we have all heard countless times before, but features new and yet unheard instrument combinations breathing life into your percussion arrangements!

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3GB+ Of Ultra-Realistic & Highly Playable Solo & Ensemble Taikos!

For years the Japanese Taiko has been a constant colour in soundtracks and music productions all over the world. With this library Strezov Sampling applied their sampling philosophy to the various instruments of the Taiko family yielding some very organic and fresh sounding results, which combined with their X3M Percussion Engine are simply a joy to play!

  • A Selection of traditional, theatrical & ceremonial Solo Taikos including Miya-daiko, Shime-daiko & Hira-daiko
  • 8 Independent Instrument Ensembles
  • 12 Completely Customisable Keyboard Zones
  • 3 Mic PositionsClose, Decca and Hall
  • 3 EQ BandsHigh, Mid & Low
  • Pitch, Transient Attack & Transient Sustain controls
  • Independent Volume & Pan controls for each zone

This huge palette of solo and ensemble percussion instruments allows you to bring those same epic sounds to you own productions quickly and easily!


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A Wealth Of Instrument & Articulation Options For Ultra-Realistic Performances!

One of Strezov Sampling’s main goals with “Taikos X3M” was to have consistent Round Robins captured for as many playing techniques as possible to allow writing fast, but at the same time smooth and realistic sounding percussion arrangements. To achieve that they carefully edited every single sample of the 10 Round Robins manually and did as many iterations as needed after extensively testing the articulations in a real life composing environment.

In addition to that, yet another important goal was to expand the sonic palette of the Taiko sound by adding other instruments, which enhance, but don’t alter the aesthetics of the basic sound too much. The result is a large and varied collection of deeply sampled solo and ensemble drums that will breathe new life into your percussion arrangements!

Full Articulation List

ENSEMBLE 4:

  • Low – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Mid – 4 dyn x10 RR Mid Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Mid Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Side Hits – 3 dyn x10 RR
  • Brushes High – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Brushes High Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Brushes High Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Brushes Low – 4 dyn x10RR
  • Brushes Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Brushes Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

ENSEMBLE 3:

  • Shime-Daiko Ensemble – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Shime-Daiko Ensemble Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Shime-Daiko Ensemble Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Taiko High – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Taiko High Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Taiko Mid – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Taiko Mid Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Taiko Mid Brushes – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Taiko On-The-Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Taiko On-The-Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

OTHER:

  • Iron Geisha – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Man Flesh – 10 RR
  • Blacksmith – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Japanese Kuker – 2 dyn x10 RR
  • Kuker Whoosh – 2 dyn x10 RR
  • Anvil Of Crom 1 – 10 RR
  • Anvil Of Crom 2 – 10 RR
  • Anvil Of Crom 3 – 10 RR
  • Tangra – 10 RR

TAIKO SOLO:

  • Low – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Low Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Low Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Low Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Side – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Side Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Side Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR

HIRA-DAIKO:

  • (A) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • (A) Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • (B) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • (B) Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

Recording Location

The recordings took place in the Sofia Session Studio where Strezov Sampling also recorded the previous X3M libraries to allow smooth and easy layering.

MIYA-DAIKO:

  • Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • Rim – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Rim Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Rim Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Rim Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

SHIME-DAIKO:

  • (A) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (A) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)
  • (B) Normal – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Normal Flam – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Normal Triplet – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • (B) Normal Roll – 4 dyn (#ModWheel)

COMBINATIONS:

  • Last Stand – 5 dyn x10 RR
  • Shogun – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Way Of The Fist – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Stone Fire – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Wargs – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Wooden Fist – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Amazons – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Sand People – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Tribes – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Marauders – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Riders – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Drums Noir – 4 dyn x10 RR
  • Clackers X3M – 3 dyn x10 RR
  • Game Of Chairs – 4 dyn x10 RR

12 Customisable Zones, 3 Mic Positions & EQ Controls For Total Flexibility!

The X3M Percussion Engine

The concept behind this engine is fairly simple – the keyboard range is divided into 12 zones that you are able to assign different sounds to. After creating a template of your choosing just plug in and play – nothing else needed!

In addition to that the engine also allows you to tweak individual zones, as well as the whole mapped ensemble patch with various effects and mic positions. Combining these with the natural and organic recordings you have maximum flexibility when it comes to sound.

Once you load up the X3M Ensemble Builder you automatically load all samples inside the “Samples” directory. However, the instrument is built in such a way that it actually keeps all samples purged, unless you load them up into a zone.

This means that not only do you have a single patch with all types of percussion you might need, but it is also optimized and doesn’t hurt your RAM resources in any way!

12 Independent Zones

Each of the 12 zones has its own set of controls that can be used to tweak the sounds of that zone independently from the rest of the instrument*.

  • Pitch – allows you to detune the pitch of the instruments from their naturally sampled one.
  • Trans. Attack – a transient shaping control that allows you to alter the attack portion of the instrument.
  • Trans. Sustain – a transient shaping control that allows you to alter the sustain portion of the instrument.

*Note: If you load two instances of the same patch into different zones, these controls will be locked to each other.

3 Mic Positions

  • Close – ideal for when you want a tight, focused sound.
  • Decca – a spaced microphone array most commonly used for orchestral recording.
  • Hall – provides the natural reverberation characteristics of the Sofia Session Studio.

Each zone also has its own independent Close, Decca & Hall Mic controls, as well as Volume and Pan controls for total control.

Flexible EQ Controls

Each Zone has its own independent EQ controls divided into High, Mid and Low frequencies, giving you total control over the sound of your ensemble.

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So What Can I Do With “Taikos X3M”?

With a special focus on fast playing and an organic timeless sound, combined with the extremely flexible and highly tweakable X3M Percussion Engine, “Taikos X3M” is well suited to the following styles of music:

  • Epic Trailer Music
  • Cinematic Underscore
  • Video Games
  • Hybrid Orchestral Music

For years the Japanese Taiko has been a constant colour in soundtracks and music productions all over the world, and now with this library you can bring those same epic sounds to you own productions quickly and easily!

Note: Requires the Full Retail version of Kontakt 5 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player).

"Taikos X3M" by Strezov Sampling

60% off "Taikos X3M" by Strezov Sampling

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Normally €149 – get it at 60% off before it’s gone!

  • 60% off the normal price (normally €149)!
  • 3GB+ Of Ultra-Realistic & Highly Playable Solo & Ensemble Taikos!
  • A Selection of traditional, theatrical & ceremonial Solo Taikos including Miya-daiko, Shime-daiko & Hira-daiko
  • 8 Independent Instrument Ensembles
  • 12 Completely Customisable Keyboard Zones
  • 3 Mic PositionsClose, Decca and Hall
  • 3 EQ BandsHigh, Mid & Low
  • Pitch, Transient Attack & Transient Sustain controls
  • Independent Volume & Pan controls for each zone
  • Note: Requires the Full Retail version of Kontakt 5 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player)
  • Perfect For Epic Trailer Music, Cinematic Underscore, Hybrid Orchestral Music & Video Games!

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