![]() These are originated from vintage plates, hardware and coveted real rooms, which, when used with drums, push the limits of what can be done with a single drum kit. The IR Reverb module in our engine currently features 36 unique proprietary impulse responses. Insert channel-specific controls in the settings page, like hi-hat control, snare bleed, or cymbals/percussions management Intelligently switch pan-pot and width controls in case of mono or stereo channels (and stereo Rooms get both width and pan for maximum flexibility) Grant drum-specific control on tuning, velocity curve and attack, hold and release times - instant damping, gating or creative effectsįeature an exclusive ADH envelope on Room channels for creative effects Give you up to 4 mixable Close mics on Kicks and Snare, 2 for hi-hats, rides and toms ![]() Insert a built-in global and channel-specific preset managementīe a MIDI mapping agnostic - we already built in support for a large number of articulations (input from you for future productions is very welcome!)Ĭolor-coding for easy recognition of drums on Kontakt keyboard nki just to load another kitįeature a full-fledged mixer with mute, solo, 4 insert effects: EQ, comp, transient and tape Manage RAM very efficiently with purge - no need to load separate. Give you the chance to easily build the kit in both the 3D (DrumKit) and Mixer pages In January 2016, we reunited with Mike at 17 Hertz to create a set of signature presets for Kontakt which will place his own take on this historical sound under your fingertips or drumsticks.įeature up to 11 round robins - hitting a drum many consecutive times will hardly trigger the same sample Add to this a wonderful attitude and the ear of an expert engineer together with a deep knowledge of the room, since he used to be assistant engineer at One On One Recording for quite a few years early in his career. Mike had a lot of first-hand memories and information regarding the original recording session and was crucial in helping us getting as close as feasible to our source of inspiration. area for more than 25 years and has engineered for Metallica, Whitesnake, Impellitteri, Eros Ramazzotti, George Lynch, Vasco Rossi, Richard Marx, Megadeth, Michael McDonald, REO Speedwagon, Bad English, L.A. Mike, a northern California native (and of proud Italian origins), has been a top notch recording engineer in the L.A. None of this attention to detail would have been possible without the expertise and direct hands-on experience we gained by hiring Mike Tacci to engineer the sampling sessions. Then we decided to add a bit of options based on our taste and ears, always to augment the possibilities given by the library The studio currently doesn't feature the same mic locker as the one the original production had at their disposal, so we had to rent quite a bit of material. The net is awash with myths regarding those sounds. The original recording featured a quite amazing recording setup and mics. To the original kit setup we added a vintage 1970 Ludwig Black Beauty 6.5 inch snare and a ride cymbal to augment the expressive power allowed by the library. The drums are in perfect shape (just a little bit of rust on the Bell Brass) and were equipped with matching drum heads, After the initial setup we spent quite a bit of time matching the tuning of the drums to the one on the record before we set off to sample the drums. Featuring Lars' Zildjian cymbal set of that time and the famous Tama Bell Brass 6.5 inch snare drum. The "Black Album" was tracked using a 1980 Gretsch drum kit Ross Garfield rented to Metallica during the long months they were resident at One On One starting autumn 1990. Please Enjoy these videos and audio demos describing the features of the library and further info on the recording sessions and see you in a bit, below here. To this extent, we were lucky to track down a large number of information and material regarding the sessions we were inspired by. We approached the production of this library with an enormous amount of respect and love for the sound we wanted to capture: one of the signature sounds of the history of Rock and Metal music. It features the kit played on that record, not just the same model, that exact kit (a 1980 Gretsch with Zildjian cymbals and a Tama Bell Brass snare)Ģ snares (we added an extra Ludwig 1970s vintage Black Beauty), dual kicks (L&R), 5 toms, 4 crashes, 1 china and an additional ride cymbal. The Black Album Drums is a drum library for Kontakt 5.5 (full version) inspired by the drum sound featured on the "Black Album" by Metallica from 1991: The vibe and sound of an historical recording at your fingertips
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