Drums And Percussion Of Ancient Mexico

Recorded in Mexico, the library includes the Aztec Huehuetl war drums; the ceremonial Tepanozatli hollow log drums; Aztec husk rattles and husk shakers; gourd shakers; natural pod shakers; the deep Shamanic frame drum of the Copper Canyon Indians [Tarahumara or Raramuri (the ‘running Indians’)] which is still used in ceremonies and Peyote rituals; a Cantaro (a clay-pot drum from Chiapas, which here is filled with various levels of water to produce different pitches); a Tamboril Requinto (hand drum) from Jalisco where it used to accompany flute; a Pandeiro shaken, rubbed, and struck; large and small Maracas; scraped Guiro; sharply struck Claves; Tamborin (spinning drum); bright copper hand bells; struck dull iron bells; and the clinking of clay bells.

Library specs:

• 360 Megabytes (uncompressed) 24 bit/44.1

• Up to 5 layers of velocity switches

• 737 hits

• 206 loops

Versions:

• Propellerheads Reason ReFill  4.0  or higher

• Native-Instruments Kontakt version 2.0, 3.0, 4.0

Pricing
$49.95

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