Flying Hand Percussion

A High-End Percussion library with over 40,000 samples.
You can think of percussion as the spice and flavor you sprinkle over the top of your music to give it its unique taste and feel - unless of course you´re kickin some serious Latin grooves in which case your percussion tracks need to seriously rock.

No matter, Handheld Sounds has gone to the ends of the earth to unearth one of the tastiest percussion libraries you´ve ever heard -- FlyingHand Percussion. Produced by veteran sound designer and composer Eitan Teomi, this exquisite selection of hand-held and exotic electronic percussion instruments provides a quality and playability we guarantee you haven´t experienced before. And that´s great news for your music.

This exquisite library is recorded in high fidelity with multiple mic positions, 24 bit samples, an extensive selection of articulations (styles of playing), up to 20 dynamic samples (soft to loud) per instrument, and up to 4 alternate takes per articulation. All in all, over 40,000 samples packed into 4 DVDs of pure creativity. But FlyingHand Percussion goes one big step further, something that no other percussion library does. It intelligently helps you play those tracks, makes your music sound so real you can practically taste it.

The Performance Tools:

“Legato Drumming” – FlyingHand Percussion includes a proprietary and unique technique that intelligently responds to musical phrases, inserting musical nuances and tonal variances that provide an added level of authenticity. The result sounds very much like a real percussionist when they hit the drum in a slightly different place each time or moves a hand across the drum head creating a small scraping sound, etc.

Playable Keymaps – you need to be able to play a percussion library with your own hands and have it sound real. So, all FlyingHand instruments are keymapped for playability and remain consistent throughout all instruments, which not only results in real sounding tracks, but allows for fast production. Includes custom keymappings for the Zendrum MIDI Controller.

Virtual Room Impulses – FlyingHand Percussion through the entire recording process from initial input to final mix. Included are custom made stereo and surround room and hall impulses. These are delivered in a special edition of the PsP Audioware Nitro Filterbank plugin, which is a long name for a really cool effects plugin that puts your percussion tracks exactly where you want to hear them in your mix.

The Acoustic Instruments:

• 4 Anklungs – Asian bamboo rattlers
• 2 Boomwhackers
• 16” Djembe
• Handmade Naal –similar in sound to Tabla Drum
• 14” Maple Ashiko
• Piru Claves
• 16” and 22” Frame Drums
• 5 Gallon Jug
• Suspended Bass Drum
• Clay Drum – resembles an Udu
• Traditional Indian Kanjira Drum
• Assorted Shakers –plastic, wood, and bamboo variations
• Assorted Bells – including belltree and bell stick
• Congas
• Morphosis – electronic hybrids synthesized from real organic resonances
• 14” and 16” Timbales
• Mountain Rhythm Bongo Cajon - features mahogany heads
• 3 Cowbells
• Mutants – Cinematic sounds featuring re-pitched instruments and virtual ensembles
• Triangles – A Brass Orchestral Triangle and a one of a kind Trine Instrument

The Electronic Instruments:

• The ´Morphosis´ section features unique sounds of resonances extracted from real objects combined with a straightforward construction kit style mapping. Check out the demos, there’s some very cool stuff here.

• The ´Mutants´ section include re-pitched and treated versions of the acoustic instruments and are perfect for cinematic sound effects and ´bigger than life´ virtual ensembles. Check out the demos, there’s some very cool stuff here.

The Instrument Specs:

• Over 40,000 individual samples
• Ultra wide dynamic range and up to 20 velocity switches per instrument
• 4 Alternate hits for each articulation on each velocity switch
• A meticulous collection of articulations and detailed extended playing techniques
• Complete left and right hand samples on each articulation
• Multiple playing zones for each drum
• Resonance control for dynamic mutes or pitch alteration
• Legato Drumming™ - dynamic replication of live playing and instrument control in real-time which intelligently responds to loudness and speed of play

The Recording Specs:

• 24 bit, 44.1 KHz audio fidelity
• Recorded with Neumann, Earthworks, Shure, and AKG microphones and high-end preamps including the very sweet Demeter VTMP-2C. (the only standalone preamp ever nominated for a TEC award)
• FlyingHand Percussion recording spaces were specially modified for perfect blending of the existing acoustics with the raw sound of the instrument. Each instrument was captured from multiple microphones and mixed into a perfect blend of natural ambience and high-end detail. Up to 3 microphone configurations per instrument are included for your choosing.

PC/Mac Sample Library for Kontakt2 or newer Software sampler - Full version required!

More infos

Manual
Free K2 Instrument Djembe Light (153 MB)
Free K2 Instr. Shadow Group Light (67 MB)

Systemrequirements

This Product does not include a "Kontakt Player" license/serial number!

A full version of Native Instruments "Kontakt" is required for unlimited functionality!
Please notice: With the free Kontakt Player you can play this library in demo/test mode only!

 

System FAQs

Reviews

Reviews multiple

(EM HOTPICK) 5/5 

" The benefit of the FHP approach is its remarkable attention to detail. It's hard to think of a hand drumming artifact or technique that has been overlooked.

FHP's keyboard mapping proved very musical, with slight performance variations adjacently arrayed and smooth velocity switches under each hit.

FHP delivers lots of sonic control, as you'd expect from a hand-precussion instrument. Transitions between velocity layers feels smooth and continuous, adding a realistic playing experience to FHP's sonic authenticity.

FlyingHand Percussion is one of the most detailed, lifelike, collections of sampled hand-percussion instruments i've found. Innovative and thoughtful application of Kontakt 2's features breathes a remarkable amount of life into performances. FHP gets my highest reccomendation..."


Recording magazine -

" These sounds possess a detailed level of tone and harmonics; handheld sound captured the personality and nuance of each drum quite well...

Through detilaed velocity layers, and the unique Legato Drumming scripting in Kontakt, these sample sets have the potential to trick the ear into thinking it's hearing the real thing. This level of control places FlyingHand up there with other high-end virtual instrument programs...

It is the first one (library) I had heard in a long time that I would seriously consider to use in my own music, both in compostion and live...From the packaging to the sampling to the playing paradigm, this is a well-crafted artisan production that simply sounds incredible..."


Virtual Instrument magazine -

" FlyingHand Percussion is just beautifuly recorded with a lot of presence from multiple mic positions and the sampling performance has a whole lot of life.

The main thing about this library is how good your parts sound as soon as you play them in, with very little tweaking.

...I was frankly stunned at how live it sounded when I sat back to listen.

The library comes beautifuly packaged in an earthy hexagonal box; this is obviously a product that took great dedication and passion to produce. That comes across right away when you use it."


Sound On Sound magazine -

"...the sounds are wonderfully responsive and recorded to the highest standards...
Some of the ensembles are really well put together, and are a gift to anyone working in the area of soundtracks to Film or TV...
There's more variation that you could wish for...the performnace really come alive as you tap the keys or drum pads."

  Reviews: Flying Hands Percussion  Electronic Musician magazine - (EM HOTPICK) 5/5 

" The benefit of the FHP approach is its remarkable attention to detail. It's hard to think of a hand drumming artifact or technique that has been overlooked.

FHP's keyboard mapping proved very musical, with slight performance variations adjacently arrayed and smooth velocity switches under each hit.

FHP delivers lots of sonic control, as you'd expect from a hand-precussion instrument. Transitions between velocity layers feels smooth and continuous, adding a realistic playing experience to FHP's sonic authenticity.

FlyingHand Percussion is one of the most detailed, lifelike, collections of sampled hand-percussion instruments i've found. Innovative and thoughtful application of Kontakt 2's features breathes a remarkable amount of life into performances. FHP gets my highest reccomendation..."


Recording magazine -

" These sounds possess a detailed level of tone and harmonics; handheld sound captured the personality and nuance of each drum quite well...

Through detilaed velocity layers, and the unique Legato Drumming scripting in Kontakt, these sample sets have the potential to trick the ear into thinking it's hearing the real thing. This level of control places FlyingHand up there with other high-end virtual instrument programs...

It is the first one (library) I had heard in a long time that I would seriously consider to use in my own music, both in compostion and live...From the packaging to the sampling to the playing paradigm, this is a well-crafted artisan production that simply sounds incredible..."


Virtual Instrument magazine -

" FlyingHand Percussion is just beautifuly recorded with a lot of presence from multiple mic positions and the sampling performance has a whole lot of life.

The main thing about this library is how good your parts sound as soon as you play them in, with very little tweaking.

...I was frankly stunned at how live it sounded when I sat back to listen.

The library comes beautifuly packaged in an earthy hexagonal box; this is obviously a product that took great dedication and passion to produce. That comes across right away when you use it."


Sound On Sound magazine -

"...the sounds are wonderfully responsive and recorded to the highest standards...
Some of the ensembles are really well put together, and are a gift to anyone working in the area of soundtracks to Film or TV...
There's more variation that you could wish for...the performnace really come alive as you tap the keys or drum pads."