Another “Epic-Boom-Bang”- Library On The Market? There are so many libraries with orchestral percussion on the market. Most try to be the next Hans Zimmer-Sound-Alike library. Impact Soundworks decided to go in another direction. But let’s have a closer look to at this new library. The Library No flashy GUI, no fancy stuff. It’s not a beauty on the outside but don’t judge a book by its cover. 9 Gigs are waiting to be downloaded. The library runs only with the full version of KONTAKT. You can run it for 15 minutes with the free KONTAKT Player. The library contains 50 instruments, 100+ articulations and 21+ gigabytes of raw recordings. The instruments have been sampled with up to 10x RR and 5x velocity layers.  The Patches Rhapsody comes with eight patches: ROP Aux Percussion ROP Cymbals and Gongs ROP Drums and Ensembles ROP Hand Drums ROP Marimba ROP Timpani ROP Tubular Bells and Crotales ROP Xylophone and Glock The Instruments OK – you’ll get eight patches, but you will stop counting when it comes to the number of instruments as it contains everything your beating heart desires. Many of them have rolls that can be controlled with the mod wheel which saves a lot of time (* = Instrument includes mod wheel-controlled ROLL articulation). All instruments can be loaded as a single instrument as well. Drums Bass Drum 1* Bass Drum 2* Gong 1* Gong 2 Snare 1* Snare 2* Snare 3* Snare 4* Snare Ensemble* Timpani* Tom 1 Tom 2 Tom 3 Tom Ensemble* Chromatic Percussion Crotales Glockenspiel Marimba Tubular Bells Xylophone Cymbals & Gongs Cymbal Scraped Gong 1* Gong 2* Piatti Piatti Mute Ride Cymbal* Tam Tam* Viennese Cymbal* Chromatic Percussion Crotales Glockenspiel Marimba Tubular Bells Xylophone Aux Percussion Castanets* Claves Chimes Cowbell Finger Cymbals Guiro Metals Shaker* Sleigh Bells* Tambourine* Temple Blocks Triangle* Vibraslap Woodblocks Hand Drums Bongo High* Bongo Low* Cajon 1* Cajon 2* Conga High* Conga Low* Conga Muted Darbuka 1* Darbuka 2* Djembe 1* Djembe 2* The Sound And Handling If you are looking for Batman lurking on a roof top you are in the wrong place. This is no super hero stuff. All the instruments in Rhapsody sound unspectacular but yet powerful and authentic. Of course you can wake the HZ-factor in this library. The onboard reverb is the first step. With layering and additional compressing you can blow out your windows if necessary. You have all the classic percussion you’ll ever need in this library (and probably more). You can switch each instrument on and off  in every patch to save memory. Each instrument has the possibility to adjust to following parameters: Attack Decay Sustain Release Of course you can also tweak the instruments in regards to EQ, volume and tune. With the global switch you will apply your current settings to all the instruments in the patch. The rolls sound so alive and real. You can easily control them with your mod wheel. So no onerous tinker in your Midi-Editor. Great! Isn’t it? The Aux Percussion (worth a headline!) The Aux Percussion in…