Geist Cinematic Percussion?

[4damind]

Somebody has this expansion and can say something about the quality? I'm interested for orchestral percussion, big drums and this stuff not for scoring more for ambient.
Are Bongos, Congas, Toms etc. included?

The producer is a Brazilian guy with IMO no big reputation but the demos are good. Description is a bit thin so I have no idea what is included or what is missing.

[coincidental]

I'd say the "Cinematic" label may be a bit misleading - but only because everyone seems to feel that every piece of film these days has to be accompanied by the Apocalyptic Taiko Drummers of Doom, playing live inside an empty gasholder.

There's a stack of material in this expansion, including a lot of well recorded Latin and other more "found sound" percussion, and regular drum kit sounds too.

There are also a lot of loops for percussion, including a good number of shakers of various sorts, as well as the more "ethnic" style stuff, and a lot of patterns for everything.

You also get some creatively-treated kits and presets which show what can be done with the base material. And because this is Geist, they really only scratch the surface of what you _could_ get up to if you had the time and the inclination.

There's no Taiko or other massive frame drum, but the Bombo could come close if you pitched it down a bit and added an external reverb. If you must have that sound, consider layering in something from the Epic Battle sample pack.

I'd say Cinematic Percussion was exceptional value for money, particularly on sale as it is. You'll need to put a bit of effort in to getting something out of it, and if I had one criticism it would be that it's a little disorganised in its structure. Once you understand how it's laid out, though, it's fine.

Definitely "Percussion" and as "Cinematic" as you want it to be, it's a welcome addition to the more electronic sounds of Geist's factory library. If Geist is your go-to for drums, you'll need some percussion, and here it is.

Hope this helps. I like it!

[4damind]

Thanks, this was very helpful!

It seems there is a bit more in this package than I would expect only because of the description or the demos from the website.
I don't expect something like "Stormdrums" but it would be nice to have some touch of "cinematic sound".

[Karmacomposer]

I find it rather cinematic and fits in nicely. The kits and pattern presets are very good.

Well worth buying.

Mike

[PALU]

Sorry for necroposting , but I'm trying to decide between Cinematic Drums and Cinematic Percussion. For these really big drums I have some Konktat libraries - Nine Volt Audio Taiko and Soundiron Apocalypse Elements - so I should probably go with Cinematic Percussion? What do you think?

[Chandlerhimself]

Cinematic drums is the big drum hits you hear in movies and Cinematic percussion is more ethnic sounding insturments. I think Cinematic percussion would be better names world percussion. At first I was a bit disapointed CP didn't have too many large deep sounding drums, but CP is actually very versatile and I use it more that I thought I would. I made a vid recently using CP. Maybe this will give you an idea of what it sounds like and things you can do with it.