This is a SFZ mapping for a drum kit sampled by Gregjazz of Orange Tree Samples and released with a Kontakt2/3 mapping.
Here's a demo that Greg provided.
The samples have their very own web page on Greg's site. It may also be worth taking a read through this thread on KVRaudio.
There are three SFZ mappings hosted here, one based on the original mapping, one based on GM with key-switching to select snares on or off and finally one that follows GM but with the snare on/off samples two octaves apart.
This first mapping was produced by frollo9386 and is based on the Kontakt mapping.
frollo9386's mapping. Put this in the same folder as the samples.
The second is one I produced for two reasons:
I don't feel I have been entirely successful in either but it is good enough! The main point to note is that you have to switch to one of the two sample sets (that is, play the "snare on" or "snare off" samples) or you will hear no drums... All of the instruments prefixed "*" are switched between "snare off" and "snare on" samples.
The hi-hat is under Foot Controller (CC#4) control for openness. I have also used some round robin and random robin to ensure you never hear the same sample twice when playing the same note at the same velocity. This improves how natural the kit sounds no end!
| Key-switched, sort of GM-layout | ||
| Key | Note# | Instrument |
| F | 017 | |
| 018 | ||
| G | 019 | |
| 020 | Hi-hat splash | |
| A | 021 | |
| 022 | ||
| B | 023 | |
| ... | ||
| F | 029 | |
| 030 | ||
| G | 031 | |
| 032 | Turn snare on (SW) | |
| A | 033 | |
| 034 | Turn snare off (SW) | |
| B | 035 | * Kick |
| C | 036 | * Bop Kick |
| 037 | * Snare X-stick | |
| D | 038 | * Snare |
| 039 | * Snare rimshot | |
| E | 040 | * Snare stickshot |
| F | 041 | Hi-hat side |
| 042 | Hi-hat (CC#4) | |
| G | 043 | * Floor tom |
| 044 | Hi-hat chick | |
| A | 045 | * Floor tom |
| 046 | Hi-hat open | |
| B | 047 | * Rack tom |
| C | 048 | * Rack tom |
| 049 | Ride crash | |
| D | 050 | * Rack tom |
| 051 | Ride | |
| E | 052 | Flat Ride |
| F | 053 | Ride bell |
| 054 | ||
| G | 055 | Flat Ride crash |
| 056 | ||
| A | 057 | |
| 058 | ||
| B | 059 | |
And here is the mapping:
GM-ish Key-switched mapping. Put this in the same folder as the "License Agreement.pdf" and Kontakt mapping.
Not entirely satisfied, I have very quickly put this third mapping together. If you set up your drum trigger to have two kits, one using the snare on sounds and one using the snare off sounds, you can very quickly switch between them by switching kits on your drum trigger. (Even better if you can program your trigger to send the appropriate note and switch kits when you hit a trigger!)
The layout is the same as above except the snare off samples are two octaves lower, i.e. begining at note 11, leaving the snare on samples in their GM positions.
Here is the mapping:
GM-ish 2-Kit mapping. Put this in the same folder as the "License Agreement.pdf" and Kontakt mapping.
Last updated: 10 October 2009
Fixed minor errors that I meant to fix last time
6 October 2009: Link added to page on OrangeTreeSamples site
9 December 2008: Add some round and random robin to the mappings
5 December 2008: Page created
