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Platinum Piano
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Roland Notes
These discs were organized with two goals in mind, first, to lay
out the data in the most flexible and musical way possible, and
second, to utilize the Roland Volume ID and note mapping schemes
to maintain compatibility with other drum libraries. Due to the
vast quantity of data on these discs (almost 2,000 stereo samples)
and some limitations in the Roland Standard note mapping scheme,
liberties were taken. We decided to expand on the Roland Standard
in areas where we found it confining. Some examples are as follows:
The Roland Standard allows for two crash cymbals, whereas ours allows
for three crash cymbals plus three crash bells. Roland allows for
four types of hi hats - closed, loose, open, foot. We allow for
six - tight, closed, loose, open, foot, open/closed.
For people who want to stick strictly to the Roland note mapping,
Volumes 91 - 115 follow the Roland convention, but we suggest using
Volumes 63 - 89. You will find them a bit more musical.
As mentioned above, you will find that we made good use of the Roland
name ID system (the three character identifier at the beginning
of the item name). All drum loops are preceded by a two or three
digit number that represents the BPM of those samples, i.e. 66:_Slow
Rock, 116:_Shuffle, 164:_Rock. The Drum hits and loops are preceded
by the corresponding prefix listed below. The "_" character
at the beginning of each name is the character issued by Roland
to identify ILIO samples. (Look for the _ label!) An "R"
at the end of a name denotes a Roland mapping. And finally, a small-case
letter at or near the end of a name refers to the same kit in progressively
decreasing size. An "a" requires the most memory, "b"
a little less, and so on.
Here is a table of other abbreviations used:
KIK: Bass Drums
SNR: Snare Drums
HAT: Hi Hats
TOM: Tom Toms
CYM: Crash Cymbals, Rides, Splashes, etc.
MLT: Mallets on Cymbals
KIT: Drum Kits
DW Drum Workshop®
Tm Tama®
Rm Remo®
Cam Camco®
Zild Zildjian®
1/2, 3/4, 6/8 Time Signatures
Brs Brush
felt felt or soft beater
hard hard or wood beater
Memory Requirements
These discs were designed to be most effective on an S-760 or SP-700
with 32 megabytes of RAM. We did however build at least two versions
of each drum kit that will load into 16 megs for you S-770/750 owners.
Levels, Panning and Velocity
Due to the fact that all of these Loops and Kits can be used in
many different musical styles and may be mixed to various types
of media, the levels of the drum kits are set to their maximum values.
If you make use of multiple outputs you will most likely want to
be recording at the maximum output levels and if you are using the
stereo outputs you will probably want to mix the drums to your own
personal liking. All drums were recorded in their stereo field,
therefore panning on each drum and loop is hard left and right.
Velocity curves on keyboards vary greatly between manufactures and
even between models. The curves and scaling used here were set using
a Roland D-50, Kawai K-5 and a Roland XP-50. If you need to change
the velocity scale consult your controller's owners manual or change
the Vel-Curve and/or Vel-Curve Sens in the TVA page of your sampler.
Sample Transfers
All samples were transferred digitally from a Macintosh using Interval
Music's Transfer Station software. Contact ILIO for more information
about Transfer Station.
Loop 'til you droop,
Glen Darcey - Big Bear Audio
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