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Slate · Post by **Slate** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:47 am

Steven Slate Drums Signature Drumkits v2.0 will be shipping this week.

Here are two updated demos recorded by Scott from Vita Et Musica. The drum sequencing on these demos is nothing but impressive. There is NO additional eq or compression on any drum pieces, the drums are straight out of Kontakt, all Steven Slate Drums.

First is the "RINGY RADIO KIT":
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo2/RingyRockKit.wav

Next is the "DREAM KIT" inspired by the sounds of Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo2/DreamKit2.wav

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:37 am

Slate wrote:Steven Slate Drums Signature Drumkits v2.0 will be shipping this week.

Here are two updated demos recorded by Scott from Vita Et Musica. The drum sequencing on these demos is nothing but impressive. There is NO additional eq or compression on any drum pieces, the drums are straight out of Kontakt, all Steven Slate Drums.

First is the "RINGY RADIO KIT":
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo2/RingyRockKit.wav

Next is the "DREAM KIT" inspired by the sounds of Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater:
www.stevenslatedrums.com/demo2/DreamKit2.wav

Are these going to be mapped for bfd2 also?

Slate · Post by **Slate** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:35 am

Yes they will be available for BFD2 soon.

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:45 pm

Slate wrote:Yes they will be available for BFD2 soon.

Awesome

Slate · Post by **Slate** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:26 am

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:36 am

paveloso · Post by **paveloso** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:56 pm

Oh, well... Had to give it some thought - I was trying to be compassionate to my credit card - but finally gave in. These sound so freakin' great!

Looking forward to receiving my box.

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:26 pm

Good choice!

Brent

paveloso · Post by **paveloso** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:37 pm

koolkeys wrote:Good choice!

Brent

Yeah! And Steven was kind enough to model Tommy Lee's sound, which I requested in this very forum - so to me this is almost like custom-made!

Thanx, Steve!

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:09 am

Just a quick demo using the Steven Slate Signature Series. This is a basic kit called "Meat and Potatoes Kit". This is with NO processing at all, and without any other instruments so you can hear the drums by themselves. So straight out of the box with absolutely no changes on this kit.

I did the groove by quickly randomizing the settings in Jamstix. This is my first time trying to map Jamstix for these drums so I hope the transitions are good there. Not every kit piece is represented in this piece, but it's a basic funk groove with some toms thrown in. Also, it's based on power and includes some ghosting and such.

Anyways, enough talking. Let me know what you think!

http://www.brentrandallmusic.com/ssdjamstix.mp3

More to come in the next few days.

Brent

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:50 am

I just realized that my volume levels were a bit low there. Sorry about that. They won't be as punchy as Steven's demos. But again, NO compression or effects or anything has been added. Just added Jamstix, subhosted Kontakt3, randomized settings and changed mappings to match the kit, hit play for 32 measures and rendered.

I'll put more effort into some future stuff. Pretty busy for two or three more days.

Brent

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:57 am

They sound great. Would be good if there was some sort of crossgrade. I have BFD2 and Addictive drums so..............

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:23 am

Well it's really not the same thing though. Those two are dedicated players, and these are just samples. Not that I'm against it of course, so don't get me wrong. But Steven said there WILL be a BFD2 version.

I've not heard the BFD2 drums yet, as I don't usually listen to or demo stuff I can't afford(don't want to disappoint myself). But I HAVE heard AD, and even was a beta tester as many were. I love AD. However, the Steven Slate drums have single-handedly replaced almost everything in my drum library, and I felt I had a pretty big drum library. They just sound fantastic.

I don't mean to put down anything else of course. They are great. But these drums just make it so darn easy.

Brent

Slate · Post by **Slate** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:43 am

Brent I think your demo sounds great. Meat and Potatoes kit is a fun one. One thing I noticed was the hi hat has a bit less Z4 (ambience sample) then the rest of the kit.. was that how it was preset? If so I gotta turn that up. Great work though, nice complex little beat.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:44 am

koolkeys wrote:Well it's really not the same thing though. Those two are dedicated players, and these are just samples. Not that I'm against it of course, so don't get me wrong. But Steven said there WILL be a BFD2 version.

I've not heard the BFD2 drums yet, as I don't usually listen to or demo stuff I can't afford(don't want to disappoint myself). But I HAVE heard AD, and even was a beta tester as many were. I love AD. However, the Steven Slate drums have single-handedly replaced almost everything in my drum library, and I felt I had a pretty big drum library. They just sound fantastic.

I don't mean to put down anything else of course. They are great. But these drums just make it so darn easy.

Brent

I don't really understand the product. It is just the samples. So how is room ambience controlled. There are different versions included for different samplers I gather. RM5?

I know this is different to AD and BFD. The reason I mentioned a crossgrade is because for me personally I can't justify getting something like this (even though it sounds

). So I am really a lost customer unless something (like a crossgrade) made it easier to justify, like an enticing price. Not that it is expensive, that's a relative thing. For me it is too expensive to go "I have BFD and AD but I will grab this as well". It does sound fantastic though.

Steven Slate 2.0: Signature Drumkits.. Drum MODELING??