Acousticsamples has released Marchin’, a military marching band sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt.
Marchin’ features
- Military marching band set includes:
- two 24′ bassdrums
- 8 16′ toms pitched differently
- 6 15′ snares
- one 18′ cymbal
- 2,16Go of samples recorded at 24 bits, 44.1khz.
- Custom mapping, you can assign every element to any key from the interface in two different ways.You can even assign multiple elements to the same key.
- Mapping preset that helps you play multiple elements at the same time (see video).
- Variable mapping repetition to play it with both hands.
- Multiple microphone positions and custom mixing of each element, we recorded each one with one stereo pair around 3 meters away plus one for the up side and one on the down side.
- Advanced cymbal action : releasing the cymbal key will play different muting samples depending on the note time.
- 4 Cycle round robins for each element.
- Detailed instruments: About 20 velocity layers per round robin (80 samples per element).
- Sensitivity button to adjust the response.
- Variable mapping repetition to play it with both hands.
- Pitch adjustment for every element.
Marchin’ is currently available for Kontakt 3 or higher (other formats will follow), priced at 59 EUR.
More information: Acousticsamples / Marchin’