# Ride cymbal recordings

Virtuosity Drums by Versilian Studios LLC and Karoryfer Samples.
Performed by Austin McMahon at Virtuosity Musical Instruments, Boston.

Library: https://versilian-studios.com/virtuosity-drums/
Source: https://github.com/sfzinstruments/virtuosity_drums
Revision: 9f04cf9a734527edfbb0a4eee1f674e45bbf71bc
License: CC0 1.0 Universal; see LICENSE-CC0.txt.

Originals:
- Samples/mid/flatride/mid_flatride_ride_vl1_rr1.flac
- Samples/mid/flatride/mid_flatride_ride_vl1_rr2.flac

Adaptation: soft flat-ride articulation; stereo ribbon mid microphone.
Converted to stereo PCM16 WAV at 44.1 kHz, onset trimmed with 1 ms pre-roll,
common peak gain to 0.55, 2.4-second tails with 180 ms fades.
The two performances alternate on successive ride hits, retaining their level differences.
No added synthetic ride layer.