The Gretsch 1960s Round Badge Kit - Kontakt 5 Pack has been built for the full version of the latest version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5. The Pack comes with the Drumdrops Kontakt Instrument which has a full mixer, step sequencer, MIDI grooves and utilises 17275 separate drum samples for added realism.
The Gretsch 1960s Round Badge Kits are legendary kits. Currently they are one of the most sought after kits from that era. We recorded this kit to capture a certain sound, the sound of the late 60s and early 70s that came out of the Royal Studios in Memphis. Home to legendary producer and founder of Hi Records, Willie Mitchell. This studio was responsible for recording hit after hit from famous Soul Artists such as Al Green and Ann Peebles. We have studied and recreated the drum sound.
Unlike the one microphone, large open room drum sounds coming out of Motown and Stax in the 60's/early 70's, Willie Mitchell preferred a small dry room, often using three or four microphones on the drum kit. To capture the same sound we used the perfectly suited dry live room at Miloco's The Square. The concept behind the mic positioning is unique to this release. We used four mic's, each placed in carefully selected positions around the kit, so each mic captures the drum kit as a whole, meaning you can use any one mic as your drum sound, or you can blend any or all of the mic's to create your ideal sound. (depending on the pack you purchase).
The drum kit was produced, mixed and recorded by South London drummer Timmy Rickard who has studied the grooves and sound of this great era. The kit is a classic sounding late 60s kit with wallets placed on the tuned down snares, a tea towel was used on the floor tom and we have recorded the ride with and without a chain.
The kit comprises a 20" x 14" Kick drum, 13" x 9" Rack Tom and a 16" x 16" Floor Tom. The snares used were a combination of a Gretsch Renown Maple 14" x 6" snare with a Red Sparkle finish (c.2010) a Gretsch Renown maple 14" x 5" snare with a Black Oyster Swirl finish, a Ludwig Acrolite 14" x 5" (c.1970) and a Ludwig 400" 14" x 5" snare (c.1960). Cymbals were wonderful dark sounding Bosphorous New Orleans Hi Hats (2 x 16" Crashes), a 20" Ride and an 18" Crash. We have also included shakers, tambourines or congas.
The recording took place in Miloco's The Square Studios in London. As only five microphones were used we utilized the vintage external mic pre's (Telefunken V76's, Neve 1066, Calrec PQ1061) recording straight to Pro Tools. All of the kit microphones used were ribbon microphones. We used 3 x Coles 4038 ribbons around the kit and for the overhead an STC 4021 ball & biscuit. We also setup a room microphone which was a U47 FET running through a Calrec PQ1061 Mic Pre. In our Kontakt 5 pack all five microphones can be accessed on every drum in our mixblend feature.
The "Kontakt Pack" has been designed exclusively for the latest full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5. The pack includes up to sixteen velocities of each articulation and up to 5 round robins. In total it contains an incredible 17275 samples. Included in the Kontakt pack is the latest version of the Drumdrops Kontakt 5 instrument. The key features are:-:
The Kontakt 5 Pack of the Gretsch 1960s Round Badge Soul Kit is out now and can be bought from the Drumdrops store for £ 45.00.
Reviewed By beeny [all]
February 20th, 2015
Version reviewed: 1 on Any OS
This kit is the 3rd I've bought from Drumdrops and I wasn't disappointed.
Captures the vintage soul sound really well (a must for anyone interested in dry compressed sounds ie Flaming Lips, Tame Impala) but I could see it working in a lot of genres.
Didn't think I'd find a kit that could top their Ludwig kit but the kick on this one is so weighty! Couldn't choose a favourite between the two.
Have a listen to the Royal Drops sample library. It was made with the same kit and I think it's a good indication of what you'll be getting.
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This kit is the 3rd I've bought from Drumdrops and I wasn't disappointed.
Captures the vintage soul sound really well (a must for anyone interested in dry compressed sounds ie Flaming Lips, Tame Impala) but I could see it working in a lot of genres.
Didn't think I'd find a kit that could top their Ludwig kit but the kick on this one is so weighty! Couldn't choose a favourite between the two.
Have a listen to the Royal Drops sample library. It was made with the same kit and I think it's a good indication of what you'll be getting.
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