Percussa Toolbox is a free percussion sample pack and metallic sound effects collection crafted by Richard Gould and released by 99Sounds.
The library contains 89 individual samples in 24-bit WAV format (96 kHz stereo), with an additional NKI instrument patch for use with NI Kontakt. Although the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt is required in order to use the provided NKI patch without any limitations, the included sample content can be used in any sampler instrument and digital audio workstation which supports the WAV audio format.
Percussa Toolbox features a set of standard percussive samples which are accompanied by an interesting collection of metallic sound effects and noises. The sounds come from various common percussive instruments such as cymbals, shakers, chimes, as well as some less usual ones such as ocean drums and a thunder tube.
Richard Gould (the author of the sound library) has used a set of uncommon performance techniques to get some truly weird sounds out of these instruments. The bowed cymbal samples in particular sound quite eerie and they can work great as tension builders or background effects in video projects. Generally speaking, the sounds included in Percussa Toolbox have great potential for use as musical elements in music production and cinematic composition, as well as a source of foley sounds and background noises in video related projects.
All of the sounds included in Percussa Toolbox were created by Richard Gould, who is also the author of the brilliant The Warehouse horror SFX sound library which was released on 99Sounds last summer. These two freebie sound packs can work great in tandem, considering the fact that The Warehouse features a great sounding set of metallic noises and percussive one shots which were recorded in an old and abandoned military warehouse.
Audio Demo
Check out the Percussa Toolbox audio demo:
Download
Percussa Toolbox is available for free download via 99Sounds (172 MB download size, ZIP archive, contains 89 percussion samples in 24-bit WAV format, 1 instrument patch in NKI format for NI Kontakt).
Last Updated on February 16, 2015 by Tomislav Zlatic.
