Ian Mikael Kirss

Sizes: 14", 16", 18"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Light

Sound character: Exotic, warm, trashy. Medium range, complex mix. Fast, responsive feel, fairly quick decay. An explosive Crash cymbal with a strong, low wash for unique effects in many styles of music.

• 14"
• 16"
• 18"

Sizes: 20", 22", 24"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Medium

Sound character: Full, rich, fairly bright, solid. Medium range, clean mix. Controlled and even feel. Very nice and sparkling stick sound supported by a breathy layer of wash. Perfectly balanced. A dynamic all around cymbal for many musical styles played at moderate level.

• 20"
• 22"
• 24"

Sizes: 10", 8"
Volume: Soft
Weight: Light

Sound character: Full, wet with a brittle, trashy side. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft and very responsive, giving feel with a short, exploding sparkly splash character. Very well suited for dynamic effect accents in many musical styles. Also, well suited for hand playing in percussive set-ups.

• 10"
• 8"

Sizes: 16", 18", 20"
Volume: Soft
Weight: Light

Sound character: Warm, silvery, airy with a mystical touch. Medium wide range, fairly complex mix. Very soft, papery feel. Very responsive. A graceful crash cymbal for delicate, sensitive playing with light sticks, brushes, rods and hands. Well suited for mallet rolls.

• 16"
• 18"
• 20"

Sizes: 10", 14", 16"
Volume: Medium
Weight: Light

Sound character: Warm, rough, fuzzy. Fairly narrow range, complex mix. Fairly soft and responsive feel. Noisy open sound. Impure chick sound. Focused hi-hat for applications in electronic music, Hip-Hop or as an auxiliary hi-hat.

• 10"
• 14"
• 16"

Sizes: 14"
Volume: Loud
Weight: Heavy

Sound character: Medium bright, raw, full, energetic. Wide range, complex mix. Heavy, full feel. Raw, full, loud open sound. Tight, full, cutting chick sound. Versatile, all-round hi-hat for loud playing.

• 14"