Best Wendel Drum Sample Pack?

[axm]

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I saw that one of Roger Nichol's proteges offers the aptly titled "Wendel Sample Pack (https://wendelsamplepack.com/)".

Has anyone compared it to any of the other Wendel packs (e.g. Samples from Mars (https://samplesfrommars.com/products/wendel-from-mars))?

[MCMorrise]

The official Wendel Sample Pack has over 500 unique samples from Wendel and Wendel Jr., AFAIK no duplicates, all converted from Roger's original raw PCM files, all dry.

Meanwhile, Wendel From Mars is strictly Wendel Jr. samples. Each sound comes in a few tunings, and there are at least two versions: dry and run through tape/EQ/comp/etc.

It's nice to have the options afforded by both. If I had to choose, I'd get the official Wendel Sample Pack. I just haven't used Wendel From Mars as much as I expected to, but that's okay because I got it in the All Samples From Mars collection during a Black Friday sale, and I've definitely reached for a lot of other SFM libraries.