PAISTE

Introduction:	2002
Background:	Create Hi-Hats and Cymbal Stack Combos for modern electronic musical applications such as Dance, House and Drum & Bass - Emulate sampled and electronically processed cymbal sounds in a natural drum set environment
Innovation:	Created extremely interesting alternative crash, ride, hi-hat and x-hat functions for most modern musical settings - Individual cymbals used are true and useful cymbals in themselves
Alloy:	Patented Signature Bronze, CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Alloy", NS12 Nickel-Silver, MS63 Brass
Quality:	Professional
Production:	Manual Craftsmanship - Hand Hammering, Hand Lathing, Proprietary Methods
Applications:	Soft to very loud > Live and Recording - Modern Electronic Genres and any application that requires a fresh and unusual approach
Users:	Working Musicians, Enthusiasts, Specialists - Drummers and percussionists who love to experiment
Sound:	Includes articulate, buzzing, hissing, explosive, crunchy, splashy, metallic, gated, chunky, clangy, shattering, fuzzy, crisp, woody, papery, trashy, compact, and strange sounds
Looks:	Extremely varied shapes, surface colors and textures, hammering and lathing patterns - Prominent black silk screening
Recognition:	Noise Works cymbals have been critically acclaimed by numerous international drum magazines as exceptionally useful even beyond their intended application and highly stimulating to your creativity

Paiste’s New Alpha Series – The Smart Choice for Serious Sound

Alpha Cymbals were first launched by Paiste in 1992. Since then, the Alpha Series has been highly successful on an international scale. Today, the Alpha brand is synonymous with dependability, and the cymbals are well known for their first-class sound and fair prices. In 2006, Paiste presents a completely revamped Alpha, which advances these trusted qualities and takes Alpha cymbals to a new level.

In recent years, Paiste has invested heavily into the perfection of its hi-tech processes, seeking to faithfully reproduce the principles of Swiss hand craftsmanship in its modern production facility in Germany. The new Alpha cymbals are manufactured using this top-notch technology. They are then enhanced using traditional hand hammering. The combination of hi-tech and traditional methods brings about never before realized quality levels in a highly efficient production environment. Alpha cymbals thus fulfill high demands in quality and function while taking into the account the financial realities of today’s active drummers.

Paiste has designed the new Alpha series specifically with the global demands of today’s music in mind. Global music increasingly combines stylistic and cultural backgrounds into new musical forms, requiring cymbals with wider application range. By applying modern design concepts to the individual models, Paiste has met these requirements convincingly. The assortment offers a wide choice of models and sizes, and covers a wide range of music styles. It allows the drummer an optimal variety of sounds in the cymbal set. Despite all of these improvements, the company is offering the new Alpha cymbals at unchanged retail prices.

PAISTE

Product Spotlight: RUDE “Wild” Crashes

For Immediate Release September 2007

Paiste expands the RUDE line with a Wild Crash (17”/18”/19”/20”) adding more choices for today’s heaviest hitters. With its prominent un-lathed greenish surface that is only found on the world-renowned RUDE line, the Wilds are a bit heavier & louder, a little higher in pitch and even more aggressive than the 2002 Wild Crashes. Yet they are very crunchy in sound and shorter in sustain than the classic RUDE Crash/Ride. The RUDE Wild Crash is perfectly suited for the loudest accents and continuous crash/riding in raw and aggressive music forms. Get some and be heard...