Epic High Frequency Percussion Instruments For Film & Trailer Music
“Lightning X3M” is a product based on Strezov Sampling’s X3M engine, allowing the user to manipulate the sample material. This opens vast musical possibilities for the working composer.
Features
- 12 Zones – assign sounds of your choice to each zone.
- Pitch Knob – allows you to adjust the pitch of the samples.
- Transient Controls – transient attack and sustain that work like a compressor.
- Close/Decca/Hall Mics – control the level of each mic position individually.
- Individual Zone Controls – fine control of individual sounds, their mics levels, RR amount etc.
- Reset RR Function – available on the keyboard as a keyswitch.
Note: Requires the Full Retail Version of Kontakt 5.0 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player).
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Inside The X3M Percussion Engine
Strezov Sampling’s main idea for “Lightning X3M” was to record a number of high frequency percussion instruments, with multiple dynamic levels (from very soft ppp to blasting ffff) and has multiple round-robins (meaning that each instrument has unique samples that get changed every time you press a key).
The Concept
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.
The Sounds
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!
Zone Settings
When you click on the zone’s name (ZONE 1, ZONE 2, etc…) you get a new page with the individual zone settings. You have several sound categories to choose from:
- Clocks & Ticks, Shakers, Ethnic Shakers, Buttons & Knobs, Synth Perc, Clicks & Clacks
- Hats & Cymbals, Small Metals 1, Small Metals 2, Muted Percussion
- Orchestral, Ethnic Metals, Synth Perc Dist and Misc
Here you can assign any of the sounds to the 12 zones that are available.
All 12 zones are marked with different colors to allow for easier playability. Not only that – when you edit the zones, the color of the edited zone will change to white. Strezov Sampling did this to avoid confusion and to give you a clear view of what you are currently editing.
There is also the Reset RR function available in the keyboard as a keyswitch located on A-1, marked in white.
The patches also have global microphone control. By default you have all three microphones – “Close”, “Decca” and “Hall” , turned ON.
For more information on these functions and a complete list of the included sounds read the User Manual HERE.
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What Can I Do With “Lightning X3M”?
“Lightning X3M” features a vast collection of organic and electronic high frequency percussion designed for adding tension and speed to your music, it is particularly well suited to the following genres:
- Cinematic Underscore
- TV Drama
- Video Games
- Sound Design
Strezov Sampling’s X3M engine allows the user to manipulate the sample material in many ways, opening vast musical possibilities for the working composer.
Note: Requires the Full Retail Version of Kontakt 5.0 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player).
"Lightning X3M" by Strezov Sampling
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- 12 Zones – assign sounds of your choice to each zone.
- Pitch Knob – allows you to adjust the pitch of the samples.
- Transient Controls – transient attack and sustain that work like a compressor.
- Close/Decca/Hall Mics – control the level of each mic position individually.
- Individual Zone Controls – fine control of individual sounds, their mics levels, RR amount etc.
- Reset RR Function – available on the keyboard as a keyswitch.
- INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE:
- Clocks & Ticks, Shakers, Ethnic Shakers, Buttons & Knobs, Synth Perc, Clicks & Clacks
- Hats & Cymbals, Small Metals 1, Small Metals 2, Muted Percussion
- Orchestral, Ethnic Metals, Synth Perc Dist and Misc
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- Approximately 11GB of free disk space (~5GB for the archived files and 6GB for the unpacked library)
- Note: Requires the Full Retail Version of Kontakt 5.0 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player).
- Perfect for Cinematic Underscore, TV Drama, Video Games, Sound Design and much more!
What People Think About 62% off “Lightning X3M” by Strezov Sampling
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"My Overall Impression: Lightning X3M is a huge collection of various short and snappy percussive sounds focused on the high range spectrum of music. Perfect for adding shimmer and drive, without taking up too much headroom in the mix. Lots of presets, good amount of round robins, ability to mix microphone options, and very light on RAM usage. Lightning X3M has become my high end heaven!"
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Alexander – :
Great! Nice Addition to any percussion collection, nice top end.
Massive Round Robins with direct access, create multis instant.
Robert – :
This is very very nice. Tight well defined small percussion sounds. What I really like is the engine that allows you to choose in 10 zones what instruments of dozens you want to use in you’re patch and where to place them. And, even place the same instruments more than once. Very good!
Daniel – :
Excellent little library! The sounds are mostly on the smaller, higher-frequency end of the percussion spectrum, and include some unusual sounds – the typewriter and knob clicks are winners. The interface is easy to understand and use. The 6-keys-per-slot layout makes it easy and fast to set up your own custom mappings, and a mix of close/decca/hall mics and some onboard transient shaping give you good control over how the samples sit in a mix. Highly recommend this one!
TATSUYA – :
There are metalic and unique percussions.
My epic tralier and industrial tracks evolve!!
I love this library!!