Falcon Singles - just released: Metal Percussion

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Demo track featuring three patches (Kitchen Percussion All / Pot Gongs / Pot Plucks) from the sound library Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion, no extra FX were used in this track, some Macro automation in Logic X.
https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... percussion

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Slightly epic demo track combining six instances of Falcon using presets from the sound library Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion, no extra FX were used in this track, some volume and Macro automation in various instances.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... ix-falcons

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Video demo featuring the patch “Container Drums All“ from Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion. 52 samples of various waste, recycling, storage and charity containers of different sizes and materials, explanations inside.

https://youtu.be/6AyI7vTkaXE

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Demo track featuring two patches (Metal Beings / Container Drums Subs) from the sound library Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion, no extra FX were used in this track, some Macro automation in Logic X.

Quoting myself from the patch-list:

Container Drums Subs
This patch uses samples made by hitting a huge waste container with the side of the fist, L1 has 4x round robin very deep subs, L2 uses sounds an octave higher with more attack, both layers have dedicated volume controls. Add distortion (Diode Clipper - per voice) with switch, dial in harmonic resonances (key follow) with Macro, add pitch randomization with Macro - also try pitch randomization with the resonator set to 100% wet, that almost sounds like an Asian string instrument -> koto.

Metal Beings
L1: Rubbing a rubber ball mounted on a stick over a metal try, multi-granular oscillator, control grain speed/volume with Macro.
L2: WT oscillator using a WT extracted from the sample used in L1, control volume, add FM/phase distortion modulation and parallel BP filter with Macros.
More Macros for controlling delay, reverb and limiter FX are installed.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... tal-beings

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Improvising with the patch "Spring Drum Strings" from the sound library Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion, no extra FX were used in this track, Macro automation in Logic X.

Quoting the patchlist:

L1: series of spring drum accents getting slower/softer over time with crossfade looping - 2x round robin, passing though harmonic resonator - dial in chorus/pitch modulation/HP filter modulation and control volume with Macros.
L2: String oscillator in Bouncing-mode accelerating over time, granular FX on layer level (inside feedback machine) + Phasor, tune the reversed grains (scaled to -12/-5/0/+7/+12) and control FX signals with Macros.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... um-strings

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Video demo displaying 5 patches consecutively from the sound library Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion - Macro automation in Logic X. I'm almost finished with this library, all fence-sitters hurry up to grab this library for the pre-order price.

https://youtu.be/Y_kFa5Uj9hU

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Demo combining four patches from the sound library Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion (Industrial Scape Seq, Water Pan Loops, Thunder Sheets, Ladder Grains), no extra FX were used in this track, some Macro and volume automation in Logic X.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... rial-scape

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This has now been released.



Metal Percussion is a collection of unusual percussive sounds build upon samples of found metal objects and rare instruments. Besides patches with multi-sampled instruments this library combines many of Falcon's synthesis methods in order to create interesting and unconventional electronic sounds, soundscapes, drones, pads, sequencer patches and granular textures often using the new oscillators and effects introduced in Falcon 3.0.

Up to 20+ Macros and switches are assigned in each patch, many also use the modulation wheel, providing detailed control over volume envelopes, filtering, amplitude- and pitch modulations, time-stretching, granular parameters, EQ-ing, dynamics, stereo animation and more. All patches use some sort of background image in the UI, split patches have colored key-zones in the Falcon keyboard for easier navigation.

Sampled instruments:

• Barrel Drums.
  200 liter oil barrel, multi-sampled hits at different spots of the barrel, played with all kinds of sticks, mallets and other things, also hitting a cymbal lying on top of the barrel - some electronic derivatives and 2 synced loops are also available.
  *Kitchen Percussion.
  Multi-sampled kitchen objects sampled with up to 8x round robin and 7 velocity layers: two cooking pots (one of them filled with water) played with various sticks, spoons and mallets, a milk foamer, a salad spinner, cutlery and a knife sharpener.
  * Container Drums.
  Various waste, recycling, storage and charity containers of different sizes and materials, mostly multi-sampled with round robin, many of the samples are pre-processed.
  *Water Pan, Spring Drum, Thunder Sheet - multisampled with up to 6 velocity layers and 8x round robin, some electronic derivatives and tempo-synced loops.
  * Various found metal objects and a large Tamtam (ø 150 cm), also sampled in the field with a field recorder.
  * Electronic derivatives of the above samples and wave-tables extracted from them.

About 30% of the samples and all wave-tables were produced for this library, all other samples were borrowed from my sound library Colliding Worlds for Groove Agent - distributed exclusively by Steinberg.

You can view/download the PDF for this library with more details, the licence agreement and the patchlist including descriptions and playing tips here.

Specs:

• * 784.4 MB of samples (383 wavs/stereo/48 kHz/24 Bit), 11 wavetables, 11 background images for the interface. Most acoustic samples (except for the field recordings) were recorded in L-C-R with phase-aligned microphone signals.
  *Up to 7 velocity layers and 10x round robin.
  *57 patches.
  *Library size in total: 818.4 MB unzipped.
  *Content is not encrypted, samples and wavetables can be used in other samplers and synths.
  *Delivery: download
  *Price: € 35 EUR
  *Requires the full version of Falcon version 3.01 or higher, does not work with the UVI player.

Product page.
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The demos below were produced using only patches from Metal Percussion, no post-processing was applied apart from a limiter on the master output.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... gles-metal

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... FBhVdDH3RO

Thanks for reading
Simon Stockhausen

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Post-release bump for Metal Percussion.

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Video demo for a single patch from Falcon Singles - Metal Percussion – plenty of Macro automation in Logic X, patch explanation inside.
https://youtu.be/FKTLXzLAs2Q