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crumbledfingers · Post by **crumbledfingers** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:04 pm

I'm searching for a plugin or soundset that will give me the slick, solid, clean sound of mid-90s drums. Not looking for gritty or cheesy, but whatever was the state of the art from 1994-1997 for pop, rock, R&B... generic is the term. High-quality and clean, but limited in the way that samplers of the era were limited, and with the compressed quality that comes from using the digital outboard gear available at the time. Do you know the sound I mean? Think of how a producer back then would approach the drums for an MOR kind of ballad, with shakers, triangles, some light congas, a close-mic'ed kit. Seal, Sting, Natalie Merchant, that kind of pristine blandness is what I'm after, but in plug-in form. What are some of my best options?

sergiofrias · Post by **sergiofrias** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:37 pm

Roland Jv-1080 ,korg M1 comes to mind

ramseysounds · Post by **ramseysounds** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:15 pm

Just download some free wav files and use a sampler?

sinemotor · Post by **sinemotor** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:44 pm

Roland Cloud Zenology has a couple of drum expansions which sound like that and Stylus RMX is another option.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:13 pm

This is all the kits from the Korg Triton Studio. That was the most used rompler in the 90's:

https://www.jrrshop.com/jrr-sounds?dir= ... _from_date

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:26 pm

Tal Sampler might have this. It's a great product in case you like old-school samplers.

crumbledfingers · Post by **crumbledfingers** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:14 am

Uncle E wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:13 pm This is all the kits from the Korg Triton Studio. That was the most used rompler in the 90's:

https://www.jrrshop.com/jrr-sounds?dir= ... _from_date

Triton came out in '99 as far as I know?

mholloway · Post by **mholloway** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:26 am

Uncle E wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:13 pm This is all the kits from the Korg Triton Studio. That was the most used rompler in the 90's:

Korg Triton release date: 1999.

The M1 is the hugely popular / heard everywhere Korg workstation of the 90s.

mholloway · Post by **mholloway** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:27 am

dbl post

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:20 am

I think it's more about the performance, processing, and production techniques of the time than the actual kit. The artists you cite used session musicians in their productions.

Vinnie Colaiuta was Sting's drummer in the '90s, and Hugh Padgham was his Producer/Engineer during that time. Natalie Merchant's self-produced Tigerlily credits three different percussionists (including the drummer).

You should be able to get what you need from any decent drum/percussion sampler with the right processing.

GRUMP · Post by **GRUMP** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:36 am

https://samples.kb6.de/downloads.php

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glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:21 pm

https://freevsts.com/proteus-vx/

NAD · Post by **NAD** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:14 pm

Have a look at Psychic Modulation PulseCode.

crumbledfingers · Post by **crumbledfingers** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:16 pm

telecharge wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:20 am I think it's more about the performance, processing, and production techniques of the time than the actual kit. The artists you cite used session musicians in their productions.

Vinnie Colaiuta was Sting's drummer in the '90s, and Hugh Padgham was his Producer/Engineer during that time. Natalie Merchant's self-produced Tigerlily credits three different percussionists (including the drummer).

You should be able to get what you need from any decent drum/percussion sampler with the right processing.

That's what I'm starting to realize as I research more and more. I have Addictive Drums but haven't delved very deep into it, maybe that's my best shot. I probably will pick up the M1 plugin at some point too.

I remember spending an arm and a leg for a Yamaha PSR keyboard in that era, and it had these really crisp and punchy drums in the GM bank, with that dark and grainy reverb. Probably something I could approximate with any old GM soundbank and Valhalla Vintage reverb.

crumbledfingers · Post by **crumbledfingers** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:18 pm

GRUMP wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:36 am https://samples.kb6.de/downloads.php

Donate!

The motherlode!! Thank you! I will definitely donate, this is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.

Sampler/ROMpler for slick mid-90s drums