User manual M-AUDIO AFRO-CUBAN PERCUSSION QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Shaking the instrument causes the balls to strike the gourd's exterior. Agogo (ah-goh-goh) - A double cone-shaped bell played with a wooden stick. Caxixi (kah -shee-shee) - A straw percussion instrument often filled with rice or beriba seeds to yield a distinctive sound. Claves - (klah-vays) - A pair of thick, wooden sticks that produce a sharp, percussive sound when struck together. [. . . ] Pandeiro (pan-day-ho) - A high-pitched hand drum with tambourine-like shakers. Vibraslap - Latin instrument with a small sound chamber and an attached wooden ball. Slapping the ball into your hand causes it to strike the sound chamber, which creates a rapidly vibrating tone. Stick Drums Jam Blocks - Two wooden blocks, one large and one small, struck with a small wooden mallet. Repenique (reh-peh-neek) - A metal drum commonly used as a solo instrument in samba music. It is played with a stick in one hand while the other (bare) hand plays counterpoint on the drum head. Surdo (sore-doo) - Surdo drums are large cylindrical drums with two heads. They are typically played with a large mallet while the free hand muffles the drum. Three surdu drums of different sizes are included here: Bombo (bomb-boh), Cortador (core-tah-door), and Macana (mah-keh-nah). The Bombo has been sampled using both felt and wooden mallets; the Cortador and Macana drums are sampled using wooden mallets only. Tamborim (tam-boh-reem) - A small, cylindrical drum struck with a thin stick to produce sharp tones. Timbales (tim-bah-lays) - Used often as a solo instrument, the Timbales are a set of two open-bottomed metal drums mounted sideby-side on a metal stand and played with wooden sticks. Timbalitos (tim-bah-lee-toes) - Similar to timbales in construction, but with smaller diameter heads that yield noticeably higher pitches when played. 4 S ONIC IM PLANTS · CER TIFIED O RGANIC S OUND LIB RARIES Keyboard Layout Each key on a piano keyboard has a name and octave delineation. (See diagram above. ) This is useful in determining how our instruments are laid across a MIDI keyboard. Note: Middle C is C4, which is the standard for most MIDI keyboards, although on some applications or keyboards refer to middle C as C3 (Yamaha) or C5. Instrument Ranges Berimbau - C4-B5 Bongos - C4-E5 Congas - C4-B6 Cuica - C4-C5 Finger Snaps - C4-G4 Pandiero - C4-G5 Vibraslap - C4-E4 Afoxe - C4-B4 Agogo - C4-F4 Ankle Bells - C4-G4 Caxixi - C4-F5 Cha Cha Bells - C4-E4 Clave - C4-D4 Cowbells - C4-E4 Frog Eggs - C4-C5 Guiro - C4-E5 Large Basket - C4-C5 Maracas - C4-D5 Reco Reco - C4-B4 Samba Whistles - C4-E5 Sencero - C4-A4 Jam Blocks - C4-F4 Repenique - C4-B4 Surdo Bombo - C4-F4 Surdo Cortador and Macana - C4-A4 Tamborim - C4-D#5 Timbalitos - A#3-D4 Instrument List Hand Drums: 1. Vibraslap Bells, Shakers and Scrapers: 1. Timbalitos 5 Contact If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this or any M-Audio product, we invite you to contact us by using the following information: M-AUDIO U. S. 5795 Martin Road, Irwindale, CA 91706-6211, U. S. A. Sales Information: . 626-633-9070 Sales Information (email): . info@m-audio. com Tech Support (phone): . techsupt@m-audio. com Tech Support (fax): . . http://www. m-audio. com M-AUDIO Deutschland (Germany) Kuhallmand 34, D-74613 Ohringen, Germany Sales Information: . +49 (0)7941 987000 Sales Information (email): . [. . . ] 01 72 72 90 52 Ventes (aucun appels d'assistance technique) téléphone: . info@m-audio-france. com télécopieur/fax: . 01 72 72 90 52 M-AUDIO Japan - Sonic Network, Inc. End-User License Agreement (EULA) 1) License Grant. [. . . ]