4D Sounds - Sphere studios drum library (TesseracT & Monuments)

[Tesseract]

Hi guys,

Thought i'd share this here as I used to post a fair bit on these forums ages ago.
I've released my first drum sample library which was recorded at the amazing Sphere Studios in London with Jamie Postones (TesseracT) and Mike Malyan (Monuments) behind the kits. The live room there sounds incredible and really compliments drums. Quite a short decay but enough to add plenty of depth.

The session was engineered by studio owner Francesco Cameli who has worked with an extensive client list that includes the likes of Queen, Phil Collins, West Life, Gary Moore, Bullet For My Valentine, New Model Army and TesseracT. Martin Oldham (clients including Maroon 5, Keane, Elton John, Killing Joke and Razorlight) was also on hand as drum tech for the session.

We sampled a Vibe kit (my favorite) and Mike's DW kit and one Ludwig Black Beauty snare. All recorded through lovely gear (Neve, Prism, Neumann, Royer, Telefunken etc)

It is available for Kontakt (5.10.6066 or higher), Slate Trigger or as WAV @ £25. Kontakt is recommend as long as you're patient with Kontakt's routing setup.

For more details check the website here. Would love to know what you think
http://www.4dsounds.com/download-drum-samples/sphere-studio-drum-samples

Some examples and photos...

 

[crillemannen]

Sounds good man! But always hard to judge without it being in context with music. You'd probably benefit from having it mixed in with some heavy guitars too. Good luck!

And i PM'ed you too

 

[Downtime]

You'd probably benefit from having it mixed in with some heavy guitars too.

Yepp. Right now it sounds pretty cool, but I'm not quite in (despite my serious sample-acquisition-syndrome). But a slight mix with some guitars coulg get me on board I think.

Downy

 

[Tesseract]

Will look into that when im back from tour

 

[Downtime]

Will look into that when im back from tour

Great, can't wait to listem to them in some context. On the other hand, if my SAS kicks in, I'm probably buying it in no time anyway.

 

[nezvers]

I'm wondering are they mixed or raw or touch of EQ/comp?
I'm really close to push buy button.

 

[Charles J]

Pulled the trigger; absolutely LOVE THEM.

BEAUTIFUL fucking snares and the rooms are LUSH, yet... it's all UNIQUE!

GET AT EM!

The demo's impressed me but not like WHOA HOLY FUCKING SHIT; but due to my drum sample obsession, they were 90% there and I had to grab em.

DO ITTTTTTTTTT

 

[Tesseract]

Hehe thanks Charles, glad you like them. The room mics are the important bit, especially for the snare.

The samples are raw. I personally don't like processed samples as everyone will want to do different things to them and it will be specific to the genre/song.

One thing i should mention is that they are quite hot so you may want to bring the inputs down at least 6db. Franc always records with his Neve in mind where hot signals are your friend

 

[Charles J]

Hehe thanks Charles, glad you like them. The room mics are the important bit, especially for the snare.

PRECISELY, the room samples ALONE are worth the price of admission!!!

 

[eternally_gutted]

PRECISELY, the room samples ALONE are worth the price of admission!!!

+1

Best ones I´ve purchased for sure. Stoked to try them in a mix.

 

[dezed123]

Hehe thanks Charles, glad you like them. The room mics are the important bit, especially for the snare.

The samples are raw. I personally don't like processed samples as everyone will want to do different things to them and it will be specific to the genre/song.

One thing i should mention is that they are quite hot so you may want to bring the inputs down at least 6db. Franc always records with his Neve in mind where hot signals are your friend

How did you make dat a little bit ringy sound of the snare on the 'chug chug' demo?

 

[Random3]

Considering picking these up once I have had a look, can I ask why Kontakt is specifically recommended? Is there a reason not to use Trigger or is it simply because Kontakt naturally allows greater control?

Also just to check this would include kick snare and toms for both kits, and then an extra snare sample which is the Ludwig?

 

[greyskull]

Sounds great dude.
Love the room sound

 

[HOFX]

These do sound good. Slate really needs to open up his SSD4 format for custom kits - licence it out to developers, or take a cut on the sample sales.

If using Trigger, can you have multiple velocities for a sample per slot? Or is it single shot?

 

[Megin]

Sounds really good. But nothing about the price?

 

[Manicompression]

Everyone did notice that this thread was started in 2013 right?

 

[dezed123]

So what?) By the way, maybe somebody can share some mixes with those samples?

 

[Manicompression]

Oh, I'm a fan of necrobumping over making new threads, I just wouldn't expect the OP to still be paying attention or remember the details of how he got the ring just right on a snare drum 2 years ago. Carry on