User manual M-AUDIO AFRO-CUBAN PERCUSSION QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Joe is an Associate Professor in the Percussion department at Berklee College of Music, and the founder and owner of JAG Drums, manufacturers of high quality percussion instruments. Recorded at Blue Jay studios in Carlisle, MA, with engineering by Mark Tanzer (NRBQ, Carly Simon, Patty Larkin, Jerry Marotta, Livingston Taylor, Lyle Mays and others). Description of Instruments All percussion samples were recorded in stereo with a natural room ambience. This allows the instruments to mature in a spatial environment before being captured by a microphone. The result is a very natural recording with a full sound. Bells, Shakers, & Scrapers Afoxe (ah-foo-shay) - A small, gourd-shaped instrument with an external netting of small balls. [. . . ] Cha-Cha Bells - The small bell mounted on the timbales and used for the Chachachá, Guajira and similar styles. 3 Hand Drums Berimbau (beer-im-bow) - A one-string Afro-Brazilian bow, originally from Angola. It is played with a thin stick, held in the right hand, which at the same time holds a caxixi. The other hand holds and balances the instrument, while simultaneously holding a stone or coin. When pressed against the string, the stone or coin produces tone variations such as high tones or buzz tones. Bongos - A set of two small drums typically held between the knees and played with the fingers. It is usually grouped in a set of three drums of varying sizes: the quinto (keen-toh), secondo (seh-koon-doh), and tumbadora (toom-bah-dohr-ah). Each conga drum appears individually in addition to the "Conga Full" keymap, which contains all three. Sound is produced by rubbing a small stick on the drum's inside membrane. Finger Snaps - Snap sound produced by friction between thumb and middle finger. Pandeiro (pan-day-ho) - A high-pitched hand drum with tambourine-like shakers. Vibraslap - Latin instrument with a small sound chamber and an attached wooden ball. Slapping the ball into your hand causes it to strike the sound chamber, which creates a rapidly vibrating tone. Stick Drums Jam Blocks - Two wooden blocks, one large and one small, struck with a small wooden mallet. Repenique (reh-peh-neek) - A metal drum commonly used as a solo instrument in samba music. It is played with a stick in one hand while the other (bare) hand plays counterpoint on the drum head. Surdo (sore-doo) - Surdo drums are large cylindrical drums with two heads. They are typically played with a large mallet while the free hand muffles the drum. Three surdu drums of different sizes are included here: Bombo (bomb-boh), Cortador (core-tah-door), and Macana (mah-keh-nah). The Bombo has been sampled using both felt and wooden mallets; the Cortador and Macana drums are sampled using wooden mallets only. [. . . ] . 0820 000 731 (0, 12 Euros par minute) téléphone (assistance Mac): . 01 72 72 90 52 Ventes (aucun appels d'assistance technique) téléphone: . grants to you, subject to the following terms and conditions, a non-exclusive, nontransferable right to use each authorized copy of the enclosed Sonic Implants® samples (the "Work"). and is licensed to you only for use as part of a musical performance, live, broadcasted or recorded. [. . . ]