KVR Audio

Manc Chris · Post by **Manc Chris** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:25 am

Hi all. I'm looking for a great sounding rock kit to load into my sample editor.

I have a track completed, but I'm struggling to match the kit sounds, (Kick from one kit, snare from another etc) so, would like to DL a complete and matched rock sounding kit.

Best bet?

zeoy · Post by **zeoy** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:33 am

http://www.autodafe.net/samples.asp

GSCW kits 1&2 by Gyro hosted by autofade

grab'em before it's too late. Excellent!

Manc Chris · Post by **Manc Chris** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:37 am

zeoy wrote:http://www.autodafe.net/samples.asp

GSCW kits 1&2 by Gyro hosted by autofade

grab'em before it's too late. Excellent!

Have them already. Not too keen. Don't really work with the track and the cymbals are very shoddy.

zeoy · Post by **zeoy** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:53 am

Manc Chris wrote:
zeoy wrote:http://www.autodafe.net/samples.asp

GSCW kits 1&2 by Gyro hosted by autofade

grab'em before it's too late. Excellent!

Have them already. Not too keen. Don't really work with the track and the cymbals are very shoddy.

Hmm . OK let me think. Here's what I was doing before , during the only freeware era:

build a kit from GSCW Kicks+Toms, NSkit7 snare (maybe layered with a GSCW snare) and use Kingston's ruffriders/easyriders for cymbal/ride work

The latest BFD demo I tried sounded good too (only stereo , no multi out though but no time limits or noise bursts etc.)
Addictive Drums demo may have something useful too (only one kit, no toms but no other restrictions)
Peter aka Spe3d had a very nice kit with great character. No idea where it's hosted ATM.
Check the Yppse stuff too at Kara's site here http://www.kara-moon.com/index.php?modi ... m001_02_02

Manc Chris · Post by **Manc Chris** » Thu May 31, 2007 12:33 pm

Thanks for your help Zeoy. Much appreciated.

BTW, any miserable Scousers stil littering the streets there?

Cordelia · Post by **Cordelia** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:01 pm

Hey Manc Chris,
What sort of rock kit are you looking for? After a lot of struggle, I found a vintage Ludwig kit online, and I've finally stopped looking.
It comes with 8-16 layers, overheads, room mics. The files are a little disorganized, but I was making my own sample set for the FLStudio drum sampler, so I was loading/tweaking the kits myself. I believe the kit comes ready to load into Kontakt or Battery. 16 or 24 bit, less than $20 download, and the guy who made them was very helpful, answered all my email questions.
It's not a "pristine" kit, I have the Battery Studio kits, they are perfectly recorded, but never fit into the mix. In contrast, the room mic samples for the Ludwig kit are very sweet sounding, and I've found that by adjusting the balance between the OHs, room mics, and straight samples, I've had no trouble getting the drums to gel. I also like the addition of batter samples for the kick and top and bottom snare samples. The cymbals are OK, not the best part of the kit, the toms are really nice.
My music is very 60s pop-ish, so it is perfect for me. I also love Ludwig drums, and have searched long for a good sample set. At the time I bought these, there were no Ludwig kits, other than a Reason refill, available to buy.
Taste in drum sounds is a very personal thing, but I remember from his site some good demo mp3s, and an interactive demonstration that was cool. Worth a check:

www.kubamajerczyk.com

fr4ncesco · Post by **fr4ncesco** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:21 pm

check the bonzo drum kit

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:03 pm

+1 on the Bonzo drum kit!

LOOPxDIGGA · Post by **LOOPxDIGGA** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:57 am

hmmm...bonzo drum kit,...havent come across this before...ima check it out....especially seeing a +1 !!

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:48 am

just get the demo for some of the big VSTi's ....and rip the samples.

Addictive Drums etc etc

PaulG · Post by **PaulG** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:58 pm

DrumsOnDemand.com one-shot's CD is one of the most "production/mix-ready" rock drum sample sets I've used, (and I've used just about everything besides AD.)

It's cheap and easy, and you get 7 or 8 great kits with totally different snares and kicks. A no-brainer even if you choose to add more to your collection later.

PaulG · Post by **PaulG** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:59 pm

You could try www.stevenslatedrums.com too for ready-to-go rock drum kits.

ChimeraMan · Post by **ChimeraMan** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:08 pm

+1 for Addictive Drums. Even though the demo is only one kit, I was pretty impressed, just cycling through the given presets, at how that one kit can sound so different with the built in processors. Very quick solution.

Slate · Post by **Slate** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:17 am

thanks Paul, there are a lot of audio demos at our site but we have not yet added some nice ones including a deftones inspired demo that is all the rage of the hard rock and metal guys... here is a link to that one

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo/deftonessnarekick.mp3

and here is a pop rock demo featuring another set of samples:

www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo/snare4kick2.mp3

all samples 100% replace original hits..

Steven
Hear drum samples used by the industry's top mixers at:
www.stevenslatedrums.com

Rock drums samples wanted