Percussion kit: advice needed, please

byk · 8th March 2009

Hi

I am looking into buying a percussion kit for recording a demo at home.

Something classic, orchestral, not "latin" or "exotic". The kind of sounds that would fit into the Beach Boys´"Pet Sounds", for example.

Which items should I buy? I guess a tambourine, maracas, egg shakers, bongos, a block, claves, a triangle, a xylophone/metalophone/glock... Any recommendation about specific kinds, brands, sizes?

I know nothing about percussion.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Cheers,

Victor

chrisso · 9th March 2009

If you buy reasonable quality it's going to be an expensive shopping list for a demo.
Bongos and tuned percussion (Marimba/Xylophone) especially.
The other stuff you've listed is reasonably priced and will come in useful - tambourine, shakers, maracas, castagnets, wood block, claves, triangle.
You could look at orchestral percussion sample sets.
Play some real stuff and augment it with samples for the expensive stuff.
There are some nice libraries out there, especially for tuned percussion.

byk · 11th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisso

If you buy reasonable quality it's going to be an expensive shopping list for a demo.
Bongos and tuned percussion (Marimba/Xylophone) especially.
The other stuff you've listed is reasonably priced and will come in useful - tambourine, shakers, maracas, castagnets, wood block, claves, triangle.
You could look at orchestral percussion sample sets.
Play some real stuff and augment it with samples for the expensive stuff.
There are some nice libraries out there, especially for tuned percussion.

Great, thank you very much for your help Chrisso.

Anyone else?

What aboyt brands? Meinl? It doesn´t matter?

Many thanks,

Victor

drumzealot · 13th March 2009

Don't forget the tympani. You'll need a set of at least three.

j2dafo · 13th March 2009

LP and Remo world stuff should be good enough for your purposes. you'd be better off using samples of glock and xylophone. a good concert glock will run over 1000. you could always check into renting some from someone in your area. and in that case, maybe offer pizza and beer to a local college student to play it for you (the mallet stuff that is).

byk · 19th March 2009

@ drumzealot: Cool, I´ll keep that in mind.

@ j2dafo: Your advice sounds very reasonable. I´ll look into LP and Remo. Cheers!

kafka · 22nd March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by drumzealot

Don't forget the tympani. You'll need a set of at least three.

I always used four. Root, fourth, fifth, octave.

And you have to get a glockenspiel. You just can't play Born to Run or I Will Follow without a glockenspiel.

ArnieInTheSky · 23rd March 2009

Caxixi. Whatever brand... Meinl I guess.

8th March 2009	#1
byk Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Spain Posts: 197 Thread Starter	Percussion kit: advice needed, please Hi I am looking into buying a percussion kit for recording a demo at home. Something classic, orchestral, not "latin" or "exotic". The kind of sounds that would fit into the Beach Boys´"Pet Sounds", for example. Which items should I buy? I guess a tambourine, maracas, egg shakers, bongos, a block, claves, a triangle, a xylophone/metalophone/glock... Any recommendation about specific kinds, brands, sizes? I know nothing about percussion. Any help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Victor

9th March 2009	#2
chrisso Gear Guru Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Oz Posts: 16,836	If you buy reasonable quality it's going to be an expensive shopping list for a demo. Bongos and tuned percussion (Marimba/Xylophone) especially. The other stuff you've listed is reasonably priced and will come in useful - tambourine, shakers, maracas, castagnets, wood block, claves, triangle. You could look at orchestral percussion sample sets. Play some real stuff and augment it with samples for the expensive stuff. There are some nice libraries out there, especially for tuned percussion. __________________ Chris Whitten

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drumzealot Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 834	Don't forget the tympani. You'll need a set of at least three. __________________ "The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion." -Henry Steele Commager

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j2dafo Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 912	LP and Remo world stuff should be good enough for your purposes. you'd be better off using samples of glock and xylophone. a good concert glock will run over 1000. you could always check into renting some from someone in your area. and in that case, maybe offer pizza and beer to a local college student to play it for you (the mallet stuff that is).

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byk Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Spain Posts: 197 Thread Starter	@ drumzealot: Cool, I´ll keep that in mind. @ j2dafo: Your advice sounds very reasonable. I´ll look into LP and Remo. Cheers!

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