Pots & Pads
A percussive collection of kitchenware recorded with a combination of Shure SM57, AKG C451B and stereo pair of AKG C214 microphones.
ByDan Keen
The story
Welcome to Pots & Pads, a kitchenware sample library dedicated to my claim that you don’t need to be a musician or have expensive instruments in order to create your own sounds.
Available in this library are a range of hits and pads produced from the following kitchen ‘instruments’:
Bowed Pan (kindly donated by Marco Ianello)
Ceramic Pan Lid
China Bowl
Glass
Glass Teapot
Potato Masher
Thermos
Each sound was recorded with a combination of Shure SM57, AKG C451B and stereo pair of AKG C214 microphones. The sounds were then processed with compression and EQ followed by a creative dousing in tape saturation and occasionally some delay. These instruments are available to download as Kontakt and EXS24 samplers and will be sure to add a rhythmic warmth to your tracks.
I hope you find this library to be useful!
Reviews
very usable and kindly pack
Delay can even simulate flute cleanly, which is very convenient
Kitchen percussion
Thee's a wide variety of kitchen percussion included here. Standouts for me included the China Bowl Pulsing Pad --be sure you turn up the mod wheel--, and Glass Teapot Infinite Delay --again, the mod wheel. The most fun of all, though, is "Glass teapot panned tremolo hits". Every other note pans hard right or hard left. Very fun indeed! This is a great collection of kitchen percussion sounds, and you're bound to find many things you love in this collection. I know I certainly did.
Wasn't familiar with this one
Im a huge fan of Dans work and thought i was up to date on all his instruments. Maybe i wasn't part of pianobook yet when this was released and i missed it. While its not the most interesting or my favorite instrument of dans its still great. Ive always loved pads made from glass and ceramic bowls and things like that. Thet provide this beautifully shimmery high end along with the more tonal part of the sound. The tonal bowl hits here are also really mellow and beautiful while still being resonant. This is a useful library and another great one from Dan