Crotale Samples

The .wav files listed below constitute a complete set of quartertone crotale samples. To the best of my knowledge, there are no real world crotales tuned in quartertones. I recorded a full 13-note octave, and pitch-shifted the lower 12 up by 500 cents. Assuming that the initial set was tuned in equal temperament, these pitch-shifted samples should be exactly between the original chromatic notes. The attacks have been compressed slightly due to their initial over-bearing qualities, and I attempted to even out all other volume discrepancies in order to make the 25 samples relatively equal in volume.

For those who care: These samples were recorded with a Pacific Pro Audio LD-1 large diaphragm condenser microphone positioned approximately 12 inches above the crotales. The signal ran through a Demeter HXM-1 tube preamp, and into a Digidesign 888 interface.

Feel free to use these samples whenever they might be useful. Send me an e-mail if they end up in any pieces of music.

Travis Garrison
travis(dot)garrison(at)alum(dot)dartmouth(dot)org

AllCrotales.zip
C(low)
C+(low)
C#
C#+
D
D+
D#
D#+
E
E+
F
F+
F#
F#+
G
G+
G#
G#+
A
A+
A#
A#+
B
B+
highC