What each sound title means

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adiamant
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What each sound title means

Post by adiamant » Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:54 pm

I am looking through sounds in my library and I notice that in front of the song it has different titles. I am confused by a couple and was wondering if someone can give me a little description of what each one means and how they are used in creating music.

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for mallets does that mean that its basically the sound of anything struck with some kind of

adiamant
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Re: What each sound title means

Post by adiamant » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:05 pm

Love the website thank you for the link! Lots of information which I am gonna need lol. Have a good weekend good sir thanks again for your help.

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Re: What each sound title means

Post by sporkles » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:22 pm

adiamant wrote: for mallets does that mean that its basically the sound of anything struck with some kind of
Don't leave us hanging, mate :!:

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Re: What each sound title means

Post by synnack » Sat Nov 24, 2012 6:14 am

sporkles wrote:
adiamant wrote: for mallets does that mean that its basically the sound of anything struck with some kind of
Don't leave us hanging, mate :!:

Yes. Mallets are specific types of sticks you use to play Melodic Percustion instruments like Marimbas, Xylophones, Vibraphones, Bells & Chimes. So pretty much Mallets == Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Bell & Chime sounds.
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