Top 5 Percussion Libraries For Composing To Film & Television

[@envrie9423]

I am very Impressed with your channel, your insight, and your humility to share all of these tips to new composers who may be watching. Appreciate it

[@jonasfriedman]

it's my pleasure @envrie9423 ! I really appreciate you checking it out and taking the time to leave a comment

[@cheribarkman1784]

Thank you Jonas

[@jonasfriedman]

My pleasure

[@neilmurraymusic2763]

Nice video. As another person mentioned, that detuning idea for percussion is something I’ve never thought of but will definitely try. Damage 2 is my go to percussion library also.

[@jonasfriedman]

Awesome to hear this detuning tip is helpful to people, I seriously do it all the time, especially when dialogue cues need a little percussive movement. thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! Long live Damage 2 🙏

[@andrewmanzano]

Love these! That Hans Zimmer library sounds amazing! I just added Spitfire’s “Hammers” which has some really cool mixing flexibility in the GUI.

[@jonasfriedman]

Hammers is one I’ve actually been meaning to pick up…it sounds awesome from what I heard on SF’s site and anything I can dig into the mix with is a plus jn my book. going to check it out 🤘

[@andrewmanzano]

Ooh, everything’s 40% off at Spitfire now! Dang, I bought it full price 3 weeks ago!

[@jonasfriedman]

@@andrewmanzano 😱happens to me all the time! Thanks for the heads up!

[@CanBoraTanzer]

Such an helpful video, thank you for these wonderful tips!✨

[@jonasfriedman]

My pleasure! Thanks for checking out the video, so happy to hear it was helpful.

[@paulg3388]

I am so glad to have found you on KZbin. I watched all of your Videos last night back to back and found so many things useful that I have not seen with other KZbinrs. You have also got me back interested in the Hans Zimmer Percussion which I purchased very early in my writing journey then forgot about! I know sacrilege !! So thank you for the brilliant content. One request; Would you possibly do a Studio Tour Video as your setup looks incredible and I am always interested in how you guys have your kit setup and what you use. Just a thought .. the content itself is the priority though :) thanks Jonas.

[@jonasfriedman]

Thanks for the kind words - happy to know the videos have been helpful

[@chris-gravitrax]

Awesome , need more vidoes like this !

[@EmpiricalMind]

Keepforest have just realised Watchkeeper, sure you've seen the videos, it has some interest features, drag and drop your own samples and lots of customization.

[@jonasfriedman]

@Empirical - I've actually never heard of this. Just checking out now and it's really awesome - going to be adding this to my template, thanks so much for mentioning!

[@EmpiricalMind]

@@jonasfriedman Pleasure, you can never have enough paints for the canvas, hope it helps you create some wonderful landscapes. 🎨🖼

[@jonasfriedman]

Agreed!

[@andrewmanzano]

@@jonasfriedman Oh! I'm late to the party! I just suggested that! Crazy good!

[@AbiHashOfficial007]

Thanks man, that`s really helpful :)

[@beckoning-chasm]

Great sounds on all of these, thanks for the demo. I'm reminded of Kevin Macleod's "The Escalation."

[@mkirbymusic]

Great video, and thanks for teaching me how useful tuning in Kontakt can be. This is the second video I've seen where you mention it, and I've never thought to use it. I own Damage 2, which is what I use most, but I've also had HZ for a while without using it much. Time to load it up tonight!

[@jonasfriedman]

My pleasure @M Kirby Music - I appreciate you checking out these videos and letting me know they are helpful! Enjoy those gorgeous room tones from HZ percussion!

[@rafaelhernandez5550]

Great video. Thanks that I found you with this amazing content.

[@jonasfriedman]

Thank you! Happy to have you here 🤘

[@rossquaresmini5834]

Spettacolo spettacolare ❤sei un genio 👌🙌

[@jonasfriedman]

Thanks @Ross Quaresmini - appreciate you checking out the video

[@drewgriffith1037]

Very cool. I like the detuning trick to push the drums further back in the mix. I'd like to know how you approach adding pulse/momentum to a more ambient cue. I've received notes from directors asking me to do something similar, and I always have trouble with it. (Though now I know where to go for good low-velocity samples!)

[@jonasfriedman]

Great question Drew - I'll make a short that demonstrates adding pulse / momentum to ambient cues and post it here...in the meantime a trick I often use is taking a cool ambient pad and adding a tremolator or gater to it. Then I'll blend in some soft plucky sounds (there's a patch in Omnisphere called sweet plucks which is very effective for this). If you're looking to create the pulse with something less tonal delaying a percussion element that has good mid frequency is usually quite effective.

[@drewgriffith1037]

@@jonasfriedman This is awesome. Thank you!!

[@Breshi123]

Thanks for this!! As an early in career composer that wants to get into film and game music composition this taught me some neat tricks and ways to use percussion I hadn't thought about. Will 100% think about these as I write my next cue. Shout out to a library I've personally really loved for percussion recently, True Strike by ProjectSam.

[@jonasfriedman]

So happy to hear it was helpful Breshi, thanks for commenting to let me know. Great shout out - true strike is another solid library!

[@masonthomassax]

Excellent videos!

[@jonasfriedman]

Thank you! I appreciate you checking them out

[@drcatexperience]

Great video as usual, many thanks for your genuine honesty. Suggestion spot: UVI Percussions Factory. Crisp samples, innovative way of combining instruments, amazing algorithms..this thing can make a deadbolt shake uncontrollably 😂

[@jonasfriedman]

I’m def going to check that out, thanks for sharing!

[@andrewmanzano]

Hey Jonas, have you checked out "Watchkeeper - Modern Countdown Percussion" by KeepForest? Some really different stuff in there! I may have to sell the kids.

[@jonasfriedman]

I actually was just introduced to keepforest and was playing around with ferrum which is really cool but now it sounds like I’ll have to check out modern countdown as well! Thanks for the recommendation 🤘

[@jeremy_woods]

Great video! I've been using Zimmer Perc for years and it's been fantastic. (I always wanted that snare he used in his action cues though, it's on King of Pride Rock from Lion King. You can't find that anywhere lol) These days i use Audio Ollie's LA Modern Perc and JXL's Perc from Orchestral tools. Just ridiculous

[@jonasfriedman]

Those are two libraries I’m eager to add to my setup and try out! Thanks for sharing

[@indyartmusic1142]

Good video, thanks for sharing.A great collection of perc libraries for sure! I only own one of the libraries you mention, and that is DAMAGE 2. A few of my go to libraries for percussion are, KINETIC PERCUSSION by Kirk Hunter Studios, PERC-X by Auddict and, CUE BUILDERS EPIC PERC and WORLD PERC by Red Room Audio. These are all great libraries in my opinion and are well worth checking out!! Another library i really like and use is ACTION STRIKES by Native Instruments. Go have a look, you might find something you like!

[@jonasfriedman]

These are awesome suggestions, thank you so much for sharing! I’m a bit of a VI nerd so I’ll likely be adding these to my arsenal to try out. Action Strikes i have and definitely use from time to time - thanks for checking out the video and taking the time to share what’s in your template 🤘

[@jenstornell]

Maybe you should check out Tom Factory. Seems to be the best lib for toms.

[@jonasfriedman]

Never heard of it, thanks for sharing - excited to check it out 🤘

[@marLamaDeo]

Hey mate would you be able to do a similar video for brass or strings? This was very high quality work didn’t look like a KZbin video

[@jonasfriedman]

Totally!

[@marLamaDeo]

@@jonasfriedman 🙏

[@es__music]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Perx X or LA modern perc. Drum programming is so difficult so I need built in sequencers.

[@jonasfriedman]

I'm actually don't prefer to use sequencers in my drum libraries personally. I'm just so used to programming in piano roll. LA Modern Perc looks and sounds great from the demos but I haven't gotten to pick it up yet! I'll have to check out Perc X - haven't heard of it until now, thanks for sharing!

[@es__music]

@@jonasfriedman Would love to see some videos about drum programming! I’m learning a lot from you!

[@jonasfriedman]

@es__music already in the works!

[@Prod_RSB]

Where is the best place to find stealth music type percussion?

[@jonasfriedman]

I use a variety of libraries for this - I don’t know of a specific library that addresses it exclusively and I’ve honestly thought of making one. Infinite samples and audio Ollie have some GREAT sample packs that cover this One tip is it’s mostly about how you process the sounds that give that stealth vibe - cut the highs and lows and boosting the mids with add a nice delay usually makes a lot of standard percussion sounds stealthy 🙂

[@Prod_RSB]

@@jonasfriedman thanks. this helped me so much, I appreciate the detailed response, and I subscribed!

[@ChristianSandviknes]

I only have Hybrid Tools out of all these, but I am probably getting Damage 2 next time I purchase a library - just curious, what strings were you using at 4:30 ? I probably own them, but was just curious since I enjoyed the sound you got there

[@jonasfriedman]

Cinestrings core by cinesamples 🤘

[@ChristianSandviknes]

@@jonasfriedman Much obliged, sir Edit: Figured I'd mention that I do in fact own them ^^