Help finding a drum sound

Ezro · Post by **Ezro** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:02 am

Hey everyone,

I've been going through my library, and I'm having some difficulty reproducing the drum in 'Steiner's Theme'. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJaFhObljw)

I looked in percussion, drum, toms, and even snares, all with the use of a drum compressor, but nothing sounded similar.

Does anyone know how I could go about reproducing this sound?

Thanks.
Ezro

(Using Ableton Live Lite with default instruments.)

Ezro · Post by **Ezro** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:50 pm

Anyone have any ideas?

102455 · Post by **102455** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:57 pm

Look for timpani or kettle drum...

Ezro · Post by **Ezro** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:50 pm

102455 wrote:Look for timpani or kettle drum...

Thank you so much!

It certainly helps when you know what instruments are actually called, hahaha.

Ezro · Post by **Ezro** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:03 am

I just got home and checked my Ableton instruments, and I do not have a timpani/kettle drum.

How would I go about getting one, and adding it to my Ableton instrument library?

Ezro · Post by **Ezro** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:10 pm

Ezro wrote:I just got home and checked my Ableton instruments, and I do not have a timpani/kettle drum.

How would I go about getting one, and adding it to my Ableton instrument library?

I see that there's a pack on Ableton for 130$ which contains a timpani drum, but that's a lot of money.

Are there any free packs I can use which have this instrument?

Tweaking Knobs · Post by **Tweaking Knobs** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:25 pm

Ezro wrote:
Ezro wrote:I just got home and checked my Ableton instruments, and I do not have a timpani/kettle drum.

How would I go about getting one, and adding it to my Ableton instrument library?
I see that there's a pack on Ableton for 130$ which contains a timpani drum, but that's a lot of money.

Are there any free packs I can use which have this instrument?

Dont know of any, but im giving away free drumsyth presets for operator, next week ill try to create one in my free kit series, ill let you know. U can get my kits at www.noiseisking.com

102455 · Post by **102455** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:27 pm

Use Google.

Type in 'timpani sample' (or 'kettledrum sample').

darkenedsoul · Post by **darkenedsoul** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:07 pm

I you have Suite I believe there is a Timpani in there. Or if you have Kontakt from NI Komplete (6/7/8) else as has been suggested search the web *or* look for an orchestral soundfont as one may contain one and you should be able to load that into Sampler if I recall? Or use a SFZ Player.

Mike

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