ProjectSam True Strike 2
Cinematic World and Effects Percussion - Kontakt Edition

ProjectSam's acclaimed True Strike series holds the percussion libraries of choice for film, TV and game composers requiring cinematic, powerful percussion samples.  ProjectSam True Strike 2 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 Kontakt Edition 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.

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.

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!

ProjectSam 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.

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.

ProjectSam 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.

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.

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.

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.

ProjectSam True Strike 2 System Requirements:
-Runs as a stand-alone application, VST or Audio Units plug-in, RTAS under Pro Tools 7/8
-True Strike requires 16 GB of hard disk space.
-Library mapping is unlocked. Library audio pool is locked.
-Mac
  -OS X 10.4 / 10.5
  -G5 1.8 GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz
  -1 GB RAM
-Windows
  -XP (32 Bit) or Windows Vista (32/64 Bit)
  -Pentium or Athlon XP 1.4 GHz
  -1 GB RAM (2 GB of RAM or more is highly recommended)

ProjectSam True Strike 2 Instrument List
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