U S E R G U I D E JAY MAAS SIGNATURE SERIES DRUM AND CYMBALS SAMPLES ENGINEERED AND PRODUCED BY JAY MAAS FEATURING THANKS Thanks for purchasing our drum sample library! We’ve worked hard to create drum sample instruments that are natural, playable and versatile. We’re hoping that you find them as useful as we do. We’re comitted to offering the best possible products and customer satisfaction. If you have any questions or issues that aren’t addressed by this user guide, feel free to contact us. We’re here to help! - Jay & the Room Sound team CONTACT Web: www.roomsound.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/roomsound Instagram: www.instagram.com/roomsoundofficial Twitter: www.twitter.com/roomsound SUPPORT Web: www.roomsound.com/support.html E-Mail: [email protected] 2 ROOM SOUND USER GUIDE RECORDING SPECIFICATIONS: FILE NAME POSITION MIC SnrTop Snare Top Shure SM57 SnrBot Snare Bot Sennheiser MD441 KickIn Inside Kick Drum AKG D112 KickBoundary Boundary Mic Inside Kick Drum Shure Beta 91 KickBeater Batter head pointed at beater Sennheiser MD441 CloseTop (Toms) Tom Batter Head Sennheiser MD421 CloseBot (Toms) Tom Resonant Head Sennheiser MD441 Spot (Hi Hats) Hi Hat Neumann KM184 Spot (Ride) Ride Cymbal Neumann KM184 Spot (China) China Cymbal Neumann KM184 Spot (Cymbal Stack) Cymbal Stack Neumann KM184 OH (Overheads) Coincident XY Lawson L47 NearRoom Coincident XY @6’ in front of kit Neumann M149 FarRoom Coincident XY on studio balcony Neumann KM184 FORMATS: WAV: All kit pieces are available as 24-bit, 44.1 KHz .wav files. Through the use of these files, our samples are compatible with virtually every hardware and software sampler format. The files are non-normalized, preserving the original playing dynamics and allowing for flexibility in programming. Even if you don’t own a sampler or drum replacement software, the .wav files can be manually placed on the timeline of your DAW of choice to augment or replace your existing drum tracks. SLATE DIGITAL TRIGGER (.tci): Trigger is a real-time drum replacement tool that monitors the close microphone channel of an existing drum recording and replaces it with a velocity-matched sample. Because Trigger is intended to be used for shell replacement, cymbals are not available in this format. Articulation selections can be made using the articulation menu above the microphone position label in the mixer. DRUMAGOG 5 (.gog): WaveMachine Labs Drumagog 5 is a real-time drum replacement tool that monitors the close mic channel of an existing drum recording and replaces it with a velocity-matched sample. Because Drumagog is intended to be used for shell replacement, cymbals are not available in this format. JAY MAAS SIGNATURE SERIES 3 MASSEY DRT 2.0 (.drt): Massey Plugins DRT 2.0 is a non-realtime drum replacer that reads timbre and velocity information of a drum performance to generate MIDI or print samples. Similar in workflow to Digidesign’s Sound Replacer plug-in, it features a VERY accurate detection engine and is available only for Pro Tools. The full version of DRT 2.0 is required for use with our pre-configured DRT stacks. KONTAKT 5 (VST, AAX, AU): The Jay Maas Signature Series Drum Sample Library features pre-configured Kontakt instruments for use with latest, full version of the program. These instruments will work in demo mode in the Kontakt 5 Player application and are time-limited to 15 minutes before a DAW restart is required to continue using them. The Kontakt 5 Player is not officially supported. 4 ROOM SOUND USER GUIDE THE KONTAKT MIXER TAB Mixer Controls: Each channel has volume and pan functionality along with solo, mute and polarity inversion buttons. The output selectors for each microphone position are located underneath the mute/solo/polarity switches. Using these drop-down menus the user can select the output to which each microphone is routed. This allows for extremely flexible multi-out routing of microphone Snare Drum Mixer Tab channels in your DAW of choice. If you’ve changed the Kontakt routing output configuration since starting Kontakt, you will need to reset the Kontakt engine by clicking the “!” button on the top of the Kontakt main window in order to get the updated mixer assignment choices to appear in the drop-down menus. Kontakt Routing Output Configuration Effects: Each channel has a flexible and powerful effects section accessible by clicking on the microphone position label under the output selector. Each effect has a master bypass control that will illuminate when the effect is active. Clicking this control will turn the effect on and off without changing its settings. Mixer Presets Menu: The presets in this menu are designed to give the user a good starting point for the instrument in a mix situation. Additionally, several options exist for special functions such as globally bypassing the instrument’s effects or resetting the output configuration. JAY MAAS SIGNATURE SERIES 5 THE KONTAKT OPTIONS TAB MIDI Velocity Limit: Sets a velocity limit that the incoming MIDI data will not exceed. For example, with the MIDI velocity limit set at 100, any MIDI with a velocity from 1-100 will play back normally, but any MIDI with a velocity of 101 or greater will play back as if the incoming velocity value was 100. This is useful when you like the timing and performance of a part, but would like it to play back less aggressively. Hi Hat Options Tab Humanize: Clicking this button will add a small bit of velocity humanization to the incoming MIDI data. The amount of humanization has been pre-set to an optimal value for each kit piece and therefore requires no configuration other than “on” or “off”. Key Mapping: In this section, the user can adjust the MIDI note used for each articulation of the instrument. Immediately to the right of the key mapping display is the “MIDI Learn” button. When this button is pressed, the next incoming MIDI note will be assigned to that articulation. Next to the MIDI Learn button is the RAM manager. Using the RAM manager buttons, the user can load and unload articulations from RAM if they are not being used. Mapping Presets: Each kit piece has pre-configured MIDI maps for nearly all 3rd party drum programs, many electronic drum kits and the General MIDI standard. This is useful for using MIDI grooves from other manufacturers. Other Controls: Some kit pieces have extra controls to address certain parameters unique to that kit piece (e.g. CC4 pedal control for hi hats and felt/plastic beater selection for kick drums). 6 ROOM SOUND USER GUIDE CREDITS: Engineering & Mixing: Jay Maas Video Production Services: Woolford Creative with additional footage by Cutlip Designs Session Drummers: Andy Reitz & Joe Longobardi MIDI Grooves by: Joe Longobardi & Matt Greiner Graphic Design: Woolford Creative Recorded at Squid Hell Recording Studio - Boston, MA Special Thanks: Zildjian Cymbals, Mike Ciprari & the SJC Drums Provided by SJC Custom Drums family, Dave Giangarra, Mike Moschetto, Andy Reitz, Joe Longobardi, Matt Greiner, Chris Foster, Brandon S. Hire. Sampling / Editing / Programming: Dave Piatek JAY MAAS SIGNATURE SERIES 7
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