Taiko is a powerful and big sounding drum that can captivate the listener. I created a Free Ableton Live Instrument Rack. I took my recordings of the Taiko Drum and made it into an easy to control and bad @%% sounding drum rack.
Use this instrument to add a unique and epic sound in your music production. Download the Live Pack or just the Wav samples below.
If you would like to see more tools like this come out, feel free to donate. ;)
Also Just added an SFV file thanks to Dennis Lauritzen. Check out his soundcloud to see what he is doing as well. http://soundcloud.com/internalized-sun
Love the Taiko!
Like all the packs bro.
I was looking all over for a sample back of the Taiko. This is even better. Thanks!
Hi there Subaqueous,
I needed the Taiko drums for a project and since I don’t have Ableton Live (I have Cakewalk Sonar X2) I downloaded Live 8 trial and copied all the settings to a .sfz file that can be played in a number of players (VSTi’s usually).
I you’re interested in the .sfz file (you may distribute it along with your own package for even wider audience) you can send me an email!
I never did receive an email with like a “Welcome to the email list” so I do fear that your mail address gets eaten by the spam filter.
If it does, then write here and I’ll reply with an alternative email address.
Thank you for some VERY nice samples!
I emailed you about it and would love to grab that file and offer it to the community. Thanks man for the offer!
Hey Dennis you mentioned that you have these samples as .sfz…i would be very happy if you could give them to me as well.
Maybe you can upload them somewhere?
Hi Dennis,
are you able to share this .sfz file pack to me as well?
I would appreciate it if you could email it at panzerjagerbob [at] hotmail.com
Hi zs and Lukas,
I shared them with Isaac (Subaqueous) and I would prefer if he distributes the file (perhaps Isaac wants to quality insure it first) or instructs me to share it somewhere – you need to sign up with email to get the Taiko samples either way.
So what do you say Isaac?
Thanks man for sharing! I just added it to the file. Thanks man!
thanks
how do I use use the SFZ file? there are no samples included. please help!
There are samples in the ableton pack. What do you think Dennis?
Hey i tried to get the sfz working too, but it ended in an error that says he cant open die samplefiles from the taiko instrument project. maybe any idea why that happens? would be nice if i got it working ;)
greets Lukas
I will hit up Dennis. Sorry about that guys.
Hi Guys,
Got contacted from Isaac about you have issues… sorry but for some reason I didn’t get any mail about new posts in here (hopefully I will now that I am sure I have checked the “Notify me” checkbox :)
However – the SFZ file should be placed in the same folder (root) where the Samples folder is as the SFZ file points to the samples using a relative path (eg. SamplesProcessedCropTaiko Drum Sticks-1.wav).
So I’m guessing you should have a folder where you have 2 subfolders: “Ableton Project Info” and “Samples”. So this root folder is where the SFZ file should be placed.
Are you guys using Mac/Linux/Windows? Perhaps there is something with the paths? / or
You can open the SFZ file in any text editor – it is just a text file.
Hope it helps – or else give me a holla!
Hi, I can’t download the Taiko One Shots, I’ve already register in the web but the link is broken or something. Sorry my english I’m from South America. Please if you can fix the link I’m gonna be eternally grateful.
Ok… fixed that bug. It’s up and running now. Sorry about that guys and thanks for the heads up.
I don’t run Ableton OR SFZ. What I need is this pack written in a VST format to work with MAGIX Samplitude. I’ve used the sample files but it’s a huge pain….
Hi there Musashiden32
The whole idea behind making the SFV file was to enable people like us, who don’t use Ableton Live, to use the free goodies.
So to use the sfv file in samplitude you will need to go grab one of the free sfv players that are in VST format.
The best one I’ve tried, yet, is the sfz player from Cakewalk but others will do fine for these one shot samples.
I can load the player, I can run it in samplitude, but I’m unsure as to how I get the sounds to come through. Samplitude has the sfv loaded but doesn’t play the samples when I add input.
-EDIT-
I figured it out lol! I looked up at the issues other people had and it resolved my own. Now I extend my gratitude for this amazing project. THANK YOU
Excellent!!!
I am so glad to learn that it works for you as well.
Just realized it is not called an sfv file… It is an sfz file.
Lol a spelling error caught us both ;)
noticed that last night. Also, I was wondering if you could teach me to script SFZ files, or lead me to a site where I can learn because I have some projects that require some live recorded samples and when I tried copying what you had written in the Taiko project, it just didn’t work at all.
Hi Musashiden32
Actually the source of information is from Cakewalk and is freely available:
http://www.cakewalk.com/DevXchange/article.aspx?aid=108
Since everything is text based you have to read as well as understand how the format Works.
In the buttom of that page there is a link to a page where you can see some basic graphs of the basic opcodes’ function as well as links to example files.
The important part (if you are trying to modify my file) is the relative file paths as well as the file names MUST be precise.
Find me on twitter if you need my help (we should not steal the content of this page from Isaac): @InternalizedSun
Thanks for this but the samples zip file seems to be broken. It’s downloading as 0bytes. Any suggestions?
[quote name=”drokle”]Thanks for this but the samples zip file seems to be broken. It’s downloading as 0bytes. Any suggestions?[/quote]
I’m noticing the same issue. I recently lost a lot of data when my hard drive failed and this is one of my favorite free sample packs. I would really love to be able to grab it again.
great, thx a lot, nice taikos, i was looking for a long time for something like that
yes with me the same, the rar is damaged with the sounds in it,
Hi there, i’m having a problem when I open the .alp file. Ableton 9 says the pack is corrupt. Does anyone else have this problem?
Have the same problem. The downloads seem to be all damaged. Sad.
Thanks for verifying. Is there any chance we can get a re-upload? Or is anyone who has the ableton file kind enough to post a d/l link? Thanks. This kit sounds beautiful and I’d love to experiment with some digi-taikos! :)
Here guys, this is a rar with all the taiko drums samples that are included on the ableton file. I hope subaqueousmusic is cool with that! http://www.dropbox.com/s/9b8jq6cw07d500t/Taiko%20Drums.rar
Wow, thanks so much Jacko! Hate to be a bother, but you don’t also have the Drum Rack do you? Isaac put a lot of work into customizing each pad for velocity and I’d love to give it a test drive. Either way, thank you!
New Link with Drum Rack http://www.dropbox.com/s/9b8jq6cw07d500t/Taiko%20Drums.rar
Dude, Jacko, epic thanks!!!
Hey dude, firstly, thanks for an awesome pack!
I was really inspired by one of the taiko loops included in a kit and was thinking of using it in a track i’m currently working on. If it all goes well, would you be alright if I released the track?
Cheers and thanks again for an awesome kit :)
– din
Jacko, you are truly a god among men.
Yeah man… Of course. This is all open for you to use on any music, live set, and such.
Sorry about all the broken link problems guys. I fixed it all. File got corrupted and not it’s up and working great.
But the file is still corrupted :( It sounds awesome and i would love to use it in on of my songs! Please fix it!
Hey Sub, the link for the alp is still broken. Anyway I can get a hold of it?
thanks!
I hope this gets fixed soon! I can’t wait to use this rack – it sounds awesome in the video. .alp is still corrupted for me, which is a major-bummer. Best rack for Taiko drums all around from what I can see.
Can’t download the taiko drum samples
Decompression failed.
Look for my dropbox link above guys… it Works fine ;)
just what i was looking for thanks!
This is amazing, thank you so much! All of the samples are wonderful!
Remarkable! Its truly remarkable article, I have got much clear idea concerning from this paragraph.
Hey! Awesome taiko drum! I’m really loving it. However it seems still 5 more samples are missing, the Taiko Drum Hit 4 and Taiko Drum Hit 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 and 4-4 :S I know quite some time passed from the first post, but is there any chance of getting the missing samples? :(
I do not know where those samples went. Let me look into it and try and update this soon.
Thank you :) I’m really grateful!
wow, simply amazing.
thank you……………
Having difficulty registering on the site. Password email isn’t being sent. Any help?
Sorry about that Kyng. I had to do some crazy work to get the email to send correctly. Took me a few days with developers to fix the problem. It’s all good now. If it never sent you an email with your password then just go here: http://subaqueousmusic.classtrack.org/my-account/lost-password/
Sorry and glad to have it up and running again.
Dude
thanks.. I was just looking for some.
Just use them on a record!
Disregard my previous comment. I got it working. Sorry.
hey sub
love the Taiko set But have a problem loading as an drum rack .I saved the alp file to a folder and made that folder one of my “Places” then right clicked to manage project , saw all the assets be there’s no option to save. I using Ableton Live Lite 9.1.7
on a Mac OSX 10.8.5
hope you can help
Cheers
Ron
Open up the Live Set. Then press the Save Button on the instrument rack. That will add it to your user library.
Any word on these missing samples? Fantastic pack, by the way!
What missing samples? I see it all on my end.
Taiko Drum Hit 4 and Taiko Drum Hit 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 and 4-4. These were missing from the link provided by Jacko above. Which link do you see them in?
Hi, this a nice nice Pack of Taiko Sounds, does any one have the sfz file that was commented by Dennis? can it be sent to my mail? chtulhu2345@hotmail.com
thanks.
This is a very late post, but I just discovered these samples and am so excited to use them! But, I can’t due to the same sfz error that previous comments have asked about. Dennis, I can’t find the root folder that you talked about in this post. I don’t even know if you are still getting these messages, but if you get this, an in-depth walk through would be much appreciated!
Hi Roberto and everyone else,
I agreed with Isaac that I did the SFZ file, the midi examples and a folder called samples that contains the referenced samples in one complete package so there is no confusion about which files to get in order to get the SFZ file to work…
Just unzip and point your player (sfz+ or sforzando etc) at the SFZ and it should now play out-of-the-box.
I did fix an error with the references to Taiko Drum Hit 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 and 4-4 as mentioned above by superphreak327 – they now point to Taiko Drum 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 and 4-4 which are included in the package.
Download by clicking the button at the top of this page called “Download Taiko SFZ Files and Project”.
Hope that clears up problems and helps getting these lovely Taiko samples out into the world and into more music!
Sincerely,
Dennis
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH!!! APPRECIATED :D
WOW, just what I was looking for, thank you so much!!!
Hi,
first of all – thanks a lot for these!
I wonder if anyone tried/succeeded at making a NI Kontakt library out of it?
If not – can I? With full disclosure of authorship, of course…
always error everytime i do instaling this thing, can u telle how do i can the proper one
big thanks
Wow, thanks! Works like a charm. Just what I was looking for.
Is this easy to use as a VST on Mac? or would I have to jump through a million hoops to make it compatible?
Well it’s a device in ableton, so it should be easy as long as you have Live.
Great hammer of Thor, that is pourefwlly helpful!
I read your post and wished I’d wrttein it
Woah nelly, how about them aplsep!
This arltice keeps it real, no doubt.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to use these files. I’m on a Mac running Logic 9 Express. I’ve downloaded the SFZ player Sforzando and downloaded all the above files. I’m trying to trigger these sounds via midi controller to record into Logic. My problem is that I cannot get Sforzando to actually play the sounds once I’ve imported the file package. I’m new to all of this so I’m hoping somebody experienced can tell me how to go about this. It seems like a simple task.
Would these samples work with Logic??
Thanks in advance :)
yes, they work in any DAW.
hey man, this is amazing, super super great samples! bought it instantly!!
Thamk you man.! Great samples!
Please, someone know (or have to share? where can I get the Drum Rack Template for Ableton? I tried find in all this packs have just the Samples, MIDI and SFZ file. Not found the .adg file. Alson on this link “http://www.dropbox.com/s/9b8jq6cw07d500t/Taiko%20Drums.rar” is not found. Some other link to download? Thanks
What part of the world are you in?
Ok…found them and have now loaded into an NI maschine studio running on a PC so wondered if perhaps you would want it to add to the package.. its a small file 400kb links to samples.
Great set of drums and really easy to use once I sorted it out…..
thanks
lov u bro
Hello there!
First of all, thank you ever so much for what you are doing for the music community, really appreciate this!
Secondly, I wanted to ask if it’s possible to use these samples royalty free for commercial purposes if needed?
Thank you once again!
I love those, but you haven’t said what license are they on. Could you specify, please?
It is royalty-free to any use. The info is in the download.
Basically, you can use it for anything for free, but not resell it as a sample pack ;)