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Instrument

Model

Performer

Date

Location

Technicians


Distance

Microphone

Interface

Format


File Info

 

 

Hand Percussion

NA

Andrew Thierauf

March 20, 2013

Anechoic Chamber

Daniel Frantz and Will Huff

5 feet

Earthworks QTC40

Metric Halo 2882

24-bit, 44.1 kHz, stereo

Prepended number indicates size in inches

Woodblocks

5.5wb.ff.stereo.aiff (77K)

6.5wb.ff.stereo.aiff (133K)

7wb.ff.stereo.aiff (122K)

8.5wb.ff.stereo.aiff (196K)

10wb.ff.stereo.aiff (200K)

Granite Blocks

graniteblock1.ff.stereo.aiff (177K)

graniteblock2.ff.stereo.aiff (100K)

graniteblock3.ff.stereo.aiff (101K)

graniteblock4.ff.stereo.aiff (108K)

graniteblock5.ff.stereo.aiff (121K)

Various Claves

clave1.ff.stereo.aiff (98K)

clave2.ff.stereo.aiff (92K)

clave3.ff.stereo.aiff (69K)

clave4.ff.stereo.aiff (98K)

clave5.ff.stereo.aiff (79K)

clave6.ff.stereo.aiff (96K)

clave7.ff.stereo.aiff (106K)

Guiro

guiro.away.ff.stereo.aiff (233K)

guiro.toward.ff.stereo.aiff (252K)

Castanets

castanet1.ff.stereo.aiff (123K)

castanet2.ff.stereo.aiff (110K)

Triangles Single Hit

6triangle.ff.stereo.aiff (7.3mb)

8triangle.ff.stereo.aiff (6.4mb)

Triangles Roll

6triangle.roll.ff.stereo.aiff (2.7mb)

8triangle.roll.ff.stereo.aiff (3.7mb)

Zip files
HandPercussion.ff.stereo.zip
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