Many years of experience as both a concert flautist and composer in the field of contemporary, experimental music, as well as my education as recording engineer, were combined in this project. I wanted to create a one for all complete library that can help both composers as well as producers or sound artists to learn more about the flute and its beautiful extended techniques. Some of the percussive techniques are so particular, they can surely be used instead of drums in a track. I therefore put a focus on this techniques, which sound really massive on low instruments!

Here the equipment I used to record this samples:

• Microphones – To record all the instrumental sound, as well as all the standard techniques, I used my cardioid microphones Neumann KM 184. I prefer to place them typically near the key mechanics, to get a more balanced and rich sound.
  To record all percussive sounds (especially on low instruments), I used a special technique,which I developed for use in my live sets. I use miniature high-pressure cardioid microphones with an extremely high sound pressure level (130db SPL) placed inside the tube of the instrument. In this way, I get a rich sound, especially for percussive samples, such as tongue ram, slaps, air sounds, key clicks on lower instruments. The exact position of the microphone has a huge effect on the quality of sound, so during the recording procedure, the mic position was constantly changed to always assure a great sound

• Interface – I recorded the samples using RME Quadmic Pre-amps and a MOTU UltraLite mk4 interface

• All samples are recorded at 44.1kHz and 24bit