SPITFIRE SAMPLES ROCK HISTORY WITH THREE LEGENDARY DRUMMERS RECORDED AT ONE LEGENDARY LOCATION. CREATING A NEW BENCHMARK IN DRUM SAMPLING, THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF PLAYABLE KITS AND AN EXHAUSTIVE SELECTION OF SEARING LOOPS ALL WITH SYMPATHETIC MIXING OPTIONS.
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In what has to be the most historic set of recordings made for a sample library to date, we proudly presents three legendary drummers recorded in one legendary location… Headley Grange. Anyone with a modicum of historical rock music knowledge knows that this former Victorian workhouse, a private — some say haunted — residence nestled in the heart of England’s rural Hampshire, has played host to some of the most influential Sixties and Seventies recording artists that this country has produced, with fellow Brits Bad Company, Fleetwood Mac, and Genesis all spending some productive time there. This unassuming family home really made its mark on the rock music map with the timely arrival of the legendary Led Zeppelin, who made some remarkable recordings there when writing parts of their eponymous Led Zeppelin III and Led Zeppelin IV albums, as well as their Houses Of Holy and Physical Graffiti fifth and sixth album followups, between 1970 and 1975. Indeed, it was here in 1971 that producer Andy Johns and drummer John Bonham conspired to create what has come to be regarded as the definitive rock drum sound for Led Zeppelin IV closer ‘When The Levee Breaks’. Sampled (early on by British synthpop pioneers Depeche Mode and many more since) and long since imitated on a legion of rock recordings, Roger Taylor of Queen — no stranger to distinguished drumming himself — has described it thusly: “It was the benchmark — the sound that so many people strived for. It just sounded like thunder. We were like, ‘Wow!’”.
It has been 40 years since the house was used for such thunderous activity so it is with great honour that we, Spitfire Audio were invited in to make one last set of recordings. With such a historic burden resting on our shoulders we set about assembling the best cast and crew for such an endeavour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btk7FTobl5k
The Grange is an exhaustively produced drum library that aims to pick up where those legendary bands left off. To see what other legendary drummers would make with the space and their searing talent and to see what new definitive and classic sounds could be made in this hallowed space. We welcome Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roger Taylor Of Queen, and dance stalwart Andy Gangadeen whose numerous percussive adventures include work with Massive Attack, Chase & Status, Rudimental and Labrinth.
The Grange is made up of 6 multi sampled, uber realistic and springy out of the boxy kits, with every hit performed by these legends. So you’re not playing Chad’s kit, you’re playing Chad playing Chad’s kit! An embarrassment of loops and phrases which all interlock together with a mixed and mixing system that either gives you quick instant gratification or deeper control of the host of rarefied mics used via Neve and API pre-amps to a pristinely maintained 2” vintage Studer tape machine.
HERE'S PAUL'S WALKTHROUGH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Zpy9yAtVw
AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD TODAY AT THE INCREDIBLE PROMO PRICE OF £149 (offer ends 5th February 2015)FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BUY GO HERE
QUICK STATS
10779 groups
118645 zones
38557 samples
154588 seconds / 2576 minutes / 42.9 hours
56446 mb / 55.12 gb (uncompressed 32bit wav)
COMES BUNDLED WITH A FREE COPY OF KONTAKT PLAYER
HERE'S CHAD HELPING US LAUNCH THE PROJECT AT THIS YEAR'S NAMM CONFERENCE:
(for the easily offended it does contain some profanity!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjvBrV3TYZ4
