PREMIER Birch Drum Kit for Reaper

This is a refined version of the Kontakt library published earlier.

The samples used are not processed, and there is only one layer. However, the kit undoubtedly has  a charming character...
It is set up as a track template for Reaper using ReaSamplOmatic 5000, offering seven tracks for mixing and adding additional effects.

To install, unzip the downloaded file and copy it into the TrackTemplates folder in your REAPER resource path folder.
In Reaper, go to Track / Insert track from template..., click on the folder PREMIER Birch and select the template PREMIER Birch.

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MuseJazz Customised Font

This is a customised version of the MuseScore MuseJazz font, a labour of love ... conceived about two years ago. It has been worked on and tweaked for a long time, now I think is the time it can go public and be shared ...

Most glyphs are based on scans of the REAL BOOK (Vol. 2 in Bb). Glyphs that could not be found  were made of parts of available glyphs. 

If this font is installed, it overwrites the built-in MuseJazz font and uses it instead of the default one.
However, if you want to revert back to the built-in font, you can just delete it, and you will get the original font back.

And this is what it looks like:

Font Sample

The font contains all the glyphs of the original font. All glyphs have been replaced:

In Action

This is a sample page with the original MuseJazz font:

And this is the same page with the customised font in action:

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Roland Blues Cube Stage IRs

Finally managed to record two IRs of the BluesCube Stage.

The first one was recorded from a distance of about 2 inches from the centre of the cone, the second one from the edge of the cone, also about 2 inches away.
The microphone used was an audio-technica ATM450 cardioid condenser microphone.


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Kontakt 5 Instruments

Here you can download a few free Kontakt 5 instruments that I have created. Unfortunately they only work properly (longer that 15 minutes) in the full version of Kontakt 5 - that’s Kontakt imposed...
The sources of the samples (mostly from free soundfonts) are mentioned in the instrument descriptions.

PREMIER Artist Birch 

Home studio drum kit, home-made, rough-and-ready, but definitely with its own character and charm!
(Also includes two sets of pseudo round robins.)
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Concertina (Baritone)

Based on Concertina.sf2, a Sound Font from a sampled baritone concertina.
It originates from Phil Taylor and can be found here:
http://www.barfly.dial.pipex.com/download.html
Sound sample
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Italian Accordion

Based on the Italian Accordion taken from the Nice-Keys-B-JNv1.5.sf2 soundfont.
Sound sample
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Bb Clarinet

Based on the University of Iowa samples taken from a Buffet R13 Bb Clarinet.
Sound sample
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Welcome

I am using this blog to publish a few things that may be of interest to some...
Have a look around, there might even be something for you ;-)

Best,
John