Paddy's Percussion

Paddy's Irish Percussion is a sample library for Kontakt 4 and higher. It features over 1300 bodhrán and cajón samples including individual hits and looped rhythms. Both instruments were performed by Paddy Broderick and recorded with up to six dynamic layers, several round robin repetitions (10x for the Bodhrán, 6x for the Cajón), and multiple hand positions.

The two instruments in this library share a common interface so you only need to find your way around one of them to master both. The on-screen controls provide access to a number of great features, all of which are detailed in the user guide.

We recorded a variety of looped free-time rhythms on both instruments that you can trigger with a single key. The interface provides time stretching controls, allowing you to adjust the tempo of the rhythms to suit your piece, and a purge function so that you can unload the rhythms entirely when you're not using them.

The instruments include a built in step sequencer for creating your own playable looped rhythms. You can have up to five rhythms sequenced at one time which can be quickly selected and played back using handy key switches.

Each sequence can have between two and sixteen steps. The on-screen controls let you easily adjust the musical length and duration of each step, for each sequence.

{See video at top of page}