acoustic samples StarDrums Acoustic Drum User Guide

: June 3, 2024
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Table of Contents

acoustic samples StarDrums Acoustic Drum
Requirements and Installation
Interface and Parameters
Features
Terms & Conditions. EULA
References
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Welcome to Acousticsamples
Thank you for using the StarDrums library. We hope you enjoy playing the instrument and wish it supports your musical ideas or even better: inspire new ones. In this User Guide we will provide you with an overview of how to use the StarDrums library.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at: samples@acousticsamples.com or use the contact form on our website www.acousticsamples.net.

Requirements and Installation

Step 1

Authorize your library

The first thing to do is make sure you have an iLok ID and that it is the correct one. If you never used iLok, just go to the ilok.com website and create a free account. You will be asked to enter a user ID, this is what you will need to enter later on the authorization page. This will also be the ID you will need to get connected to the iLok license manager. On the download/serials page, you can find the serial number associated with your library, it should look like this: PROASXX-XXXXXXX. You can click on the authorize button or copy it and go to this page: http://acousticsamples.net/index.php?route=account/authorizeIlok you can find the link in the top menu under the account as well as on the “my account” page. Of course, you need to be logged in to view this page.

Now enter the serial number in the serial number box (it will be filled already if you used the authorize button) as well as your iLok id. The iLok id is the username you use to log into your iLok account, don’t confuse it with the number written on the key. Then simply hit the authorize button and wait for a little. At the end of this process, you will see a message telling you if the authorization was successful. You will also get a confirmation email. Sometimes the iLok servers will not respond and you will get a blank page, in this case, please contact us and we will proceed to the authorization for you manually.

Step 2

Download and extract your libraries

Registering your serial number will generate your download links, they will be created and available on the downloads/serials page. The files are delivered in RAR format and sometimes these files are split (for the large libraries). You need to use WinRAR on windows or UnrarX on mac (www.unrarx.com or directly here) to extract them, other software will probably not extract the files properly, we use the recovery functions of Rar (to avoid download corruption) and this two software are the only ones to handle it properly. If there are multiple parts (part01.rar, part02.rar), you need to put them all in the same folder before extracting. If the extraction gives you errors, then your download did not complete or got corrupted, you need to download it again.

Step 3

Download and install UVI Workstation

Download and install the UVI workstation (our free sample player) from here: http://www.acousticsamples.net/uviworkstation. Make sure you download the right version for your system, if you are on windows 64, but use a daw that only allows for 32-bit plugins, you need to install the 32-bit version of UVI Workstation. Follow step 4 to learn how to load a library into UVI Workstation.

Step 4

Transfer the license to your iLok key/computer

The license manager is installed with UVI Workstation, so you just need to launch it from you applications. Now make sure that your iLok key is plugged into your computer if you want to use it or just ignore this if you want to use the computer-based authorization. Click on Sign in and enter your iLok information, you will see the list of available licenses and your computer and iLok keys on the left panel. Now all you need to do is just drag and drop the license to your iLok key or your computer to authorize one or the other.

Step 5

Load your library and start playing

Now just open UVI Workstation in Standalone or one of the plugin formats in your sequencer. There are two ways of loading the library.

You can open the browser and navigate to the ufs file manually.
You can place the UFS in the default UVI folder: [Startup disk]: Library: Application Support: UVISoundBanks (on Mac) and C:\Program Files\UVISoundBanks (on Windows). You can also drop a shortcut to this file in this location, provided it has the same name.
The best practice is to have all of your UFS in a folder and let the UVI workstation index it. Simply go into the preferences/soundbanks and then add your UFS folder. If the authorization has been done, it will mount the UFS automatically (if automount is selected) or index it in the search (if the index is selected). The recursive is for subfolders, but too many subfolders can lead to a long indexation/mounting time.

After this, when you start UVI Workstation, you will see the UFS under soundbanks, select it and just double click on the m5p file, it will load the library and you will be able to start playing.

Interface and Parameters

StarDrums is a Tama Starclassic Drum Kit

20? Bass Drum
14? Snare
10? Hi Tom
12? Mid Tom
16? Low Tom
14? Zildjian crash
10? Zildjian splash
14? ZilJan Hihat
20? Kashian Ride

Default interface
This is the default interface of the plugin. Each element was recorded with 3 microphones positions and you can adjust the pan, volume or mute each one independently. You can also click on the elements on the interface while adjusting the microphones.

Settings
In this panel, you can change most of the aspects of the library to make it sound just like you want.

You can adjust:

The Mapping Presets: we made some presets of the most popular drums formats (GM, V-DRUMS, IMAP, NSKIT) or you can create yours.
The Midi Learn: you can remap any element to any key quickly by pressing the current key of the element you want to move, clicking on Midi Learn andpressing the target key.
The Hihat controller: we implemented an advanced hihat behavior, by default on C#2, the sample triggered will depend on the value of the controller, just like on a real Hihat.
Overheads: here you can choose whether the overhead microphone position is mono or stereo.
Sample cycling: there are 4 different samples for the same velocity (round robins), but you can change how they will be played (random, in a sequence of 4or 3 or without it).
The Sensitivity will set the minimum volume for velocity 1 and give you access to all the dynamics that you want.
The Reverb. We use a convolution reverb and you can adjust the amount of reverb applied to the whole drumset.

StarDrums Processed interface
The samples of the Stardrums were not processed by default, we decided to create two different versions, and this one has some of the best gear applied to the samples (compressions, reverbs, EQs…).

Features

2.88Gb uncompressed, 1.4Gb compressed in lossless FLAC format, around 2087 samples (for each version).
3 microphone positions for each drum that you can mix and/or disable from the interface.
up to 25 velocity layers per element.
8 round robins for snares, hihat, and rides, 2 round robins for the other elements..
In custom mapping, you can assign every element to any key simply by pressing a key and assigning a sample.
Mappings preset GM, V-DRUMS, IMAP, NSKIT (NDK) or default one.
Stereo and Multi-output versions to make the mixing possibilities even easier.
Raw and Processed versions to get two very different sounds.
Hihat with 5 levels on openness and triggering from one key depending on a controller value (any controller) and automatic closing sound.
Playable instrument, right-hand and left-hand mappings.
Detailed snares, 4 different hit positions for the 14′ snare.
Advanced UVI scripting gives you access to a simple yet powerful interface and advanced features.

Terms & Conditions. EULA

(End User License Agreement)

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