SRDrums

SRDrums is a drum library specifically designed to assist songwriters, producers and composers to hit the ground running, with minimal fuss. It is a companion to the previously released ‘Drums for TAL Sampler’.

*The library requires the full version of Kontakt 6.8.0 and WILL NOT run in the free Kontakt Player.

The drums were recorded in a home studio by Jamie Coghill and then edited, mixed and processed by Blanketfort Audio.

The kit recorded consisted of:

Pearl Prestige Session Select 4 piece kit:

22x16” Kick

16x16” Floor Tom

12x10” Rack Tom

14x6.5” Snare

Zildjian 14” Nee Beat Hats

Zildjian 18” A Custom Crash

Zildjian 19” A Custom Crash

Paiste 402 Ride.

SRDrums comprises 561 samples, divided into 5 kits:

- Dry: Mixed with simple eq and compression, no special processing, for a clean, punchy sound.

- Cst: All samples were recorded to cassette via my trusty Technics RS-B16 deck. This gives them a more trashy punch, particularly in the cymbals.

- R2R: All samples were run through my dying Sony TC-352D reel to reel which gives them an even more trashy, punchy, destroyed sound.

- HSW: All samples were recorded at double tempo, an octave up, onto my Sony TCM-40DV walkman, then recorded back at half speed, bringing the samples to their original pitch and tempo… sort of. Very lo-fi sound, not a lot of bottom end but heaps of character. This is a mono kit.

-WMO: This is an expanded version of the WMO kit from Drums for TAL Sampler, which was my attempt at a ‘One mic’ style drum kit. All samples were taken from the snare mic recording, except the snare samples, which were taken from the kick mic. Great for neo-soul and breakbeat style drums. This is also a mono kit.

Each kit consists of 4 round robins per drum/cymbal, and in some cases, multiple keys (2 kicks, snares etc) which increases the round robins to 8.