Hi, all. Bringing you some cymbal essentials! I sampled some Mike Skiba (gone to rest, unfortunately, he did great work!) custom made 13.5inch Hi-Hats, with the top cymbal weighing in at 1145 grams and the bottom at 1215 grams; also a Zildjian K Custom 20inch ride cymbal weighing in at 1975 grams. Recorded in 16bit, 44.1K stereo .WAV files, with the following articulations - for the hats: closed tip and shank, open tip and shank, pedal close, and foot-splash; for the ride: bell, bow, wash and edge (the bow and wash samples are meant to be layered together to create different velocity strokes). Each was miced with a Sennheiser 421 close mic, and as overheads, Neumann KM 84s in an x-y position as close as I could get to my head, to best approximate the sound the drummer hears from his perspective. I'd love to hear any mixes you guys choose to use these samples in. Feedback is welcome. Hope you all enjoy and please let me know what you think!
Hi-hats demo MP3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/SkibaCustomHiHats1145Top1215BottomSet.mp3
Hi-hats .ZIP download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/SkibaCustomHiHats1145Top1215BottomSet.zip
Ride cymbal demo MP3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/ZildjianKCustom20MediumRideCymbal.mp3
Ride cymbal .ZIP download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/ZildjianKCustom20MediumRideCymbal.zip
If anyone is willing to make TCIs, I'd appreciate it. These samples can also be found at www.freesound.org - I encourage you to browse that site for other samples and sample sets I've created.
Thanks so much for this great forum, I look forward to your comments.
-- Phill C
Hi-hats demo MP3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/SkibaCustomHiHats1145Top1215BottomSet.mp3
Hi-hats .ZIP download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/SkibaCustomHiHats1145Top1215BottomSet.zip
Ride cymbal demo MP3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/ZildjianKCustom20MediumRideCymbal.mp3
Ride cymbal .ZIP download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89435690/ZildjianKCustom20MediumRideCymbal.zip
If anyone is willing to make TCIs, I'd appreciate it. These samples can also be found at www.freesound.org - I encourage you to browse that site for other samples and sample sets I've created.
Thanks so much for this great forum, I look forward to your comments.

-- Phill C