ProjectSAM True Strike 2

Cinematic World & Effects Percussion re-released with Kontakt Player

NOTE: TRUE STRIKE 2 1.1 requires Kontakt 5 or Kontakt Player 5! This means that PowerPC Macs are no longer supported.

ProjectSAM´s acclaimed True Strike series holds the percussion libraries of choice for film, TV and game composers requiring cinematic, powerful percussion samples.

True Strike 2, the second volume in the series, offers over 30 world and 28 effects percussion instruments covering everything to lay down the percussion track for your next chase sequence, horror scene or ethnic flavored score.

This new, re-released version of True Strike 2 has been completely re-designed for the Kontakt format and comes with Native Instruments Kontakt Player 3.5. New features include a re-structured instrument list, a streamlined audio pool and a custom interface with on-screen ADSR control, instrument information and other options.

Trailer Bangs

One of the highlights in True Strike 2 is the Big Bang Menu. This sample bank offers you ground-shaking hits, both natural performances, such as gran casa a deux, as well as stacked and processed hits. Words can only describe so much, so listen to the demos to know exactly what we mean by "ground-shaking". If you are working on a powerful action cue, True Strike 2´s Big Bangs are your main ingredient.

World Percussion

For True Strike 2, over 52 individual world percussion instruments have been sampled, covering the following regions: Japanese/Asian, African and European/Turkish. You will find okedo (taiko) drums, doundoun, udu, gomee, brekete, darabukas, bowls, bendirs, chappa from various regions, atarigane, kangagui bells and cajon. For all main instruments various idiomatic phrases are available. All world instruments have been recorded in studio or stage environments and are available in two microphone sets: close and room. Please note that the "Hear a Sample" MP3 above was performed using single hit samples only. No loops or phrases were used!

Bowed metal

True Strike 2 gives you bone-chilling recordings of bowed cymbal, china, vibraphone and crotales. Recorded in a concert hall, you get to choose between an agressive, direct sound that you can process yourself, or an ambient, distant sound that will fit into your suspense cue right away.

Prepared piano

One of True Strike 2´s special features is the prepared concert grand piano. Recorded in an ambient concert hall using 3 mic positions, this set includes plucked snares, both sustained and dampened struck snares and a barrage of prepared piano effects such as glissandi, clusters, brush hits, wooden hits, hand-struck hits and much more.

Dystopian effects

True Strike 2 does not only focus on acoustic sounds. The library comes with an impressive set of sound-designed and processed effects. Over two 88-note keyboards worth of otherworldly hits, scapes and spheres are at your disposal. These are unique and instantly inspiring sounds that you will start using from day one.

Cimbalom

This library holds one big melodic bonus for you: a fully sampled, 3 GB cimbalom recorded in 3 velocities with 4 alternates for every single stroke, sustained and dampened notes as well as tremolo, slap and special effects. Available in 2 microphone sets, this is the most realistic cimbalom sample you have encountered yet.

True Strike 2 Includes:
Effects Percussion:
Bowed Cymbals
Gran Cassa Ensemble
Misc Percussion 1
Misc Percussion 2
Tam Tam Effects

Melodic Percussion:
Bowed Crotales
Bowed Vibraphone
Bowls
Bowls Phrases
Cimbalom
Cimbalom Phrases
Prepared Piano
Prepared Piano Effects
Steeldrum

World Percussion:
African:
African Bells Menu
African Drums Menu 1
African Drums Menu 2
African Shakers Menu 1
African Shakers Menu 2
Djembe 1
Djembe 2
Djembe 3
Djembe 4
Djembe 5 phrases
Djembe Ensemble
Djembe Hall
Doundoun Hall
Logdrum

European:
Cajon
Cajon Phrases
Udu

Japanese:
Atarigane Set
Chappa Set
Japanese Kit
Okedo Set
Okedo-Daiko
Uchiwa-Daiko Set

Turkish:
Bendir 1
Bendir 2
Bendir 3
Bendir 4
Bendir Bass
Darabuka Bass
Darabuka
Turkish Kit

Dystopia:
Big Bang Kit
Dystopian Bangs
Dystopian Effects
Dystopian Scapes
Percussive Effects Kit

Kontakt Player included

Version 3.5 of the Native Instruments Kontakt Player is included with TRUE STRIKE 2. This sampler offers you on-screen ADSR control, EQ and Delay controls and instrument/articulation information.

Recording specs

All samples in TRUE STRIKE 2 are offered to you in 2 microphone sets, each with its own unique sound:

• Close mic (approx. 2 meters)
• Ambient mic (approx. 7 meters)

All instruments were recorded at 88.2/24 and are offered at 44.1/24.

Library size
New installations of TRUE STRIKE 2 1.1 requires 7 GB of hard disk space (using Kontakt´s compressed format, actual size is 14 GB).  The currently stocked DVD 1.0 version requires 14 GB of space.