Re: [Hydrogen-devel] GMKit licensing issues

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Hi!

Yes, i would also prefer to create a new kit based on those samples (and 
with other sample for GM-Kit compatibility). Not only because of the 
re-ordering of instruments, but also to clear the brand names (Zildjian 
etc.) from the Drumkit..

About the size: My main concern was the size of the github repository, 
not the size of the hydrogen installers. Maybe we should put that kit 
into its repository as a git submodule? I'm not sure if this is too 
complicated for the mainstream git person, i'm quite used to it so it is 
hard to tell...

Maybe the second snare could also demonstrate the drumkit component 
feature.

Best regards,
Sebastian

Am 12.05.2017 17:01, schrieb Przemysław Sitek:
> Hi,
> 
> I think ideal drumkit:
> - has to be properly licensed
> - has to have the same layout as GMKit
> - should have „nautral” sound (neither „vintage” nor „modern metal”;)
> - should have several velocity layers
> - it would be nice to have some round-robins
> - probably souldn’t use components
> 
> 
> Strangely, I somehow missed the „Black Pearl”, I have never hrard it.
> I gave it a try and it sounds really good to me. There are two minor
> issues, bu I think those are easy to overcome. First, it has different
> layout than GMKit. I think retaining layout is important, as once we
> stop shipping GMKit, songs created with that drumkit would be
> unplayable, so providing a drop-in replacement seems to be a good
> move. But creating new kit based on Black Pearl samples would should
> work. Second, it is missing some sounds - for example, GMKit has two
> snares „Snare Jazz” and „Snare Rock”. But maybe we could „borrow”
> „jazz” versions from other kit, maybe Milo's?
> 
> I think twenty-something MB size is reasonable, fortunately times of
> 14k dial-up are long gone;) I have seen drumkit libraries of several
> GB in size, those are definitely „too big”.
> 
> BTW. I have recently found SMDrums[1] project which provides
> extensively sampled drumkit (e.g snare and kick are sampled with
> 127[!] velocity layers). Unfortunately, its license is a bit vague
> (nothing beyond „free”).
> 
> One last thought: maybe we should reach out to users? Maybe someone
> could provide good samples? I think this mailing list has little
> reach...
> 
> Przemek
> 
> 1. https://smmdrums.wordpress.com