Modern Retro Drums (15GB) – 4 Full Drum Kits

Two kits that helped shape the sound of the 90s, Modern Retro Drums features 4 full drum kits sampled from:

A 1997 Sonor Designer kit played with sticks and hotords

A Tama Starclassics kit played with stick and brushes

The kits come with 4 sets of cymbals sampled from a Zildjian set (sticks and hotrods) and a Turkish set (sticks and brushes) and additional Cymbals (Sabian and Ufip) and 6 snares from Ludwig, Sonor and Tama, presented in 13 different versions.

These kits have been largely used since the ’90s to craft some of the best selling music ever recorded.

The Room

After a through analysis of the best selling singles from the 90s we realized, contrary to our belief, that drums featured a rather large real room sound, even if sometimes very low in the mix. So we opted for an historical room in Italy that is not operating anymore as a recording studio. When we were granted access to this space, we had just a few days to setup and capture the drums.

The Drums

Another recognizable sign in music of the ’90s is the importance in the mix given to the kick: if the ’80s saw loud snares, the ’90s where all about kick sounds, mixed rather up front and with a lot of work on both the “click” and bottom of the kick sound. For this reason, we opted for an extensive use of microphones on the kicks and we prepared the two kicks we had at disposal in no less than 13 different ways.

The 6 snares offer a range that goes from piccolo snare to lowly detuned and muted either using a cloth or various damping materials, resulting in 13 very usable sounds.

Even if slightly different in regard to recording technique, the single drums from each kit can be easily mixed since they share the same room, mics and positioning in the room.

Drummer For Kontakt – A Custom Engine

Developed over two years by Chocolate Audio, the user interface is thought out to be easy and quick to learn and use while featuring the power-user tools some of us love to tweak when working with drums.