Wavesfactory Suspended Cymbals

Transcript

hello and welcome to this very quick walk through through waves factory suspended symbols this is a symbol library for Native Instruments contact I've got it loaded on the screen in front of me and as you can see from the picture and the interface it is dedicated to the art of suspended symbols and we have five suspended symbols that have been deep... Read More

Key Insights

• 🤬 Waves Factory Suspended Symbols is a specialized symbol library designed for Native Instruments contact.
• 🔰 The library offers fine-tuned controls for each symbol, including volume, pan, pitch, and microphone settings.
• 💩 The inclusion of various playing techniques such as stick hits, felt hits, and rolls provides versatility in sound creation.
• 🎮 The ability to control the intensity of rolls through modulation or a foot pedal adds expressiveness to the symbols.
• 🤬 Different reverb settings recorded by the company can be applied to add ambience to the symbols.
• 😘 The library has a low memory footprint, making it efficient for use in music production.
• 💌 Users have access to EQ and envelope controls for further sound shaping and synthesis possibilities.

Questions & Answers

Q: What is included in Wavesfactory Suspended Cymbals?

The library contains five deeply and extensively sampled suspended cymbals for Native Instruments Kontakt. Its samples include stick hits, felt hits, rolls, bell sounds, and mutes.

Q: How are the five suspended cymbals arranged on the keyboard?

The keyboard is divided into five octaves, with one octave assigned to each cymbal. Within every octave, notes from C to G trigger different sample sets played by that cymbal.

Q: How can you control cymbal rolls?

The roll is triggered with the F note in each octave. Its intensity can be increased or reduced with CC1, the modulation lever, or a foot pedal.

Q: How do you mute a cymbal in the library?

The G note of each mapped octave acts as a mute. Pressing it stops the corresponding cymbal sound.

Q: What controls are available for each cymbal?

Each cymbal has individual volume, pan, and pitch controls. The pitch can be moved up or down to suit the track being produced.

Q: What microphone controls does Wavesfactory Suspended Cymbals provide?

The mixer provides close, mid, and far microphone controls. Users can adjust their width and volume to shape the sound and ambience.

Q: What reverb, EQ, and envelope options are included?

The library offers company-recorded reverbs from concert halls, plates, and studios, with dry, wet, and size controls. It also includes EQ and envelope controls, with attack, hold, and decay available for reshaping or synthesizing the cymbal sounds.

Q: What performance settings and memory footprint does the library have?

Its settings include round-robin options, velocity curves, muffling or mute time, dynamic range, roll release, roll time, and bell controls. The walkthrough shows the library using only 74 megabytes of RAM.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Waves Factory Suspended Symbols is a symbol library for Native Instruments contact, featuring five deeply sampled suspended symbols arranged in octaves on the keyboard.

• Each symbol has multiple playing techniques, including stick hits, felt hits, and rolls, which can be controlled through modulation or the use of a foot pedal.

• The library allows for fine-tuning of volume, pan, pitch, microphone settings, reverb, EQ, and envelope controls.