Chromatic Hits soundfont by Les Productions Zvon

The concept: often when I use one-shot samples, I would like to have them play higher or 
lower without changing their duration and/or having them slow down or speed up. That gave me 
the idea for this set. The set contains 101 programs made from resynthesized one-shot samples. 

Most of the original samples used for resynthesis come from our Electronic drums/percussions 
kits and the Sidekick sets. I also created 25 new original samples. All the above were made 
with various drum softsynths. On the acoustic side, there are 7 cymbals, 2 hi-hats and 1 cowbell 
(courtesy from Manytone). 

The result: many sounds that can be used as tuned or semi-tuned percussions and others (like the 
cymbals) where you have low and high pitched sounds of the same speed and lenght. All programs 
have 4 samples per octave and most cover at least 6 octaves.



Things to keep in mind:
- In most cases, I have named the programs after the original samples even if for some that meant 
that the name does reflect accurately the nature of the new resynthesized samples.

- For the tuning, the programs are divided in 3 broad categories.  The first two are Tuned, 
indicated by (T) at the end of the names, and semi-tuned (ST).  The third one has no indication 
and regroups the programs where the samples have no clear and specific pitch information or
the pitch moves widely.  Note that even the tuned samples are not exactly in tune.  Most are 
either a few cents sharp or flat and in some programs the relation between the intervals changes.
For instance for a given program, C4 may be sharp and C2 is flat.  I have retuned some samples
but I have kept it to a minimum to avoid introducing further artefacts.  I feel that it's
true to the percussive nature of the set and it also is more interesting.

- Some programs are well suited to play melodic lines and even chords.  But remember that the
original intent is to offer a range of percussion hits.

- As most programs cover at least 6 octaves, it's a good idea to check the sounds across the whole
keyboard.  You may prefer the sound of specific octaves over others.

- Resynthesizing introduces artefacts in the sound and none of the newly created samples is exactly
like its source.


I hope that you will enjoy this set!
Thank you   


Zvon

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