heading: About,
paragraph: The traditional family of hand percussion instruments is generally defined as an open shell frame drum with large cymbals or jingles. They are similar in appearance and origin to a very large tambourine, but rather than simply being an accompaniment or backing instrument, the Rik family of drums can often take a lead or solo role. The jingles, rattles or rings are often played as a discreet component of the drum, along with a broad range of unique head and rim finger and hand articulations. This broad family of specialized drums is treated as a very serious and deeply nuanced instrument class in both traditional and modern Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Eastern European music.

For our Riq Drum multi-sample library, we captured a pair of full-sized drums, one larger 15-inch “daf” drum from Greece with metal rings and bearings (actually called a daf) and one smaller 13” riq drum from Egypt with wide tin “cymbals”. We also captured a toy frame drum that we’ve modified into a miniature riq, by adding egg-shakers. We’ve also included a full collection of atmospheric and ambient sustaining instruments, each created entirely through heavily manipulating the source recordings for this library and equipped with multi-layer morphing, performance shaping and FX chaining options.
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heading: Contents,
list: Megamixer kit building interface, with customizable modules, Dual layer tuned percussion building interface to create uniquely playable multi-layered melodic and effect instruments., Standard Ensemble presets that put the whole library at your findertips, Uberpeggiator meta-arpeggiation and roll generator system, Rack DSP Effects, including a huge range of custom room and environmental reverb impulses., Riq bone mallet strikes (center, edge) 6-8 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer, Riq felt mallet strikes (center) 8 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer, Riq wooden dowel “hotrods” (center, edge) 6-8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Riq brushes (center, edge, mute) 6-8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Riq finger strikes (center, edge, mute) 5-8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Riq hand strikes (center, mute) 5-6 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Riq shake singles – 5 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Riq shake rolls (slow, medium & fast rolls, grooves) 19 variations w/ release trigger samples and swell control., Riq “tabla-style” bass bends – 4 speed, intensity and positional variations, 10X RR each, Daf bone mallet strikes (center, edge, rim) 5-7 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer, Daf felt mallet strikes (center, edge) 8 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer, Daf brushes (center, edge, rim, mute) 6-7 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Daf finger strikes (center, edge, mute) 6-7 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Daf hand strikes – 8 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Daf shake singles – 5 velocity layers, 10X RR per layer, Daf shake rolls (slow, medium & fast rolls, grooves) 9 variations w/ release samples and swell control., Daf “tabla-style” bass bends – 6 speed, intensity and positional variations, 10X RR each, Baby Riq finger strikes (center, edge) 5 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer, Baby Riq finger strikes w/ rattle (center, edge) 5 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer, Baby Riq sand shake singles (5 speeds/intensities) 3 velocity layers, 10X variations per layer, Baby Riq sand shake roll loops – 3 speeds w/ release samples and swell control., 91 Sustaining ambient textures, organic synth tones and atmospheres created by manipulating the original Riq and Daf recordings.,
heading: Product Specs