BOTHY
BEATS
A free percussive toolkit sampled in the Highlands of Scotland, to give your music rustic edge.
"Bothy" is a small Scottish hut, used for refuge, often abandoned, always haunted.
TECH SPEC
Samples include:
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A marching band drum
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Bagpipe puffs and drone
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Chanter squeal
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Accordion stabs and 'breaths'
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Bodhran hits
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Metal clangs
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A viking burp
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Fiddle slides
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Autoharp and saw hits
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More surprises!
3 Parameters:
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TIN BOTHY makes it sound as if it's inside a corrugated iron shack.
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STOVE gives a real crackling fire aura
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MIDGE it wouldn't be Scottish without a cloud of midges (noise)
54.4 MB
3 octaves to play with
30 samples
For Full Version of Kontakt 5.8 and up
FREE
STORY
Bothy Beats is an onomatopoeia of a virtual instrument: a raw percussive sound palette to give your music 'laldy' (oomph in Scotland). It combines the Bodhran and Bagpipes with squeaky tin bothies, clangs and bangs. Oh and a rogue accordion. Rural bliss to play with.
This instrument pays homage to the wonderful array of abandoned bothies in the Highlands and conjures the whiskey-fuelled spirits that haunt them. Perfect for adding realism and character. Think grotty 'Braveheart'!