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Volume 2 SNARES

Never Snare: This extremely deep maple snare models Dave Grohl's snare on Nirvana's NEVERMIND album.

AC Snare: This 5 ½ inch snare is made of bronze, and is extremely deep and fat sounding. Its models Phil Rudd's sound from AC/DC.

Green2 Snare: This snare models the quick and ultra cracky sound of Tre Cool's snare sound from Greenday.

ToneDef Snare: This high pitched, ultra punchy sound models Abe Cunningham's sound from the Deftones. It is a bell brass snare tuned very high for an amazing CRACK!

Led Snare: For this snare, Steven imagined a modern day snare with a hint of the old school Led Zeppelin sound. Adding in this snares Z4 gives a larger then life, vintage but modern tone.

Old Zep Snare: For this snare, Steven recorded a vintage Ludwig Supraphonic from the 70s in a stone castle. It has the vintage tone of drummer John Bonham from Led Zeppelin. The A version uses the closer mics in the Z4, the non A version has the far room mics for the Z4.

Snare 2 is a very large brass snare, tuned medium for a big sound with a good amount of crack and low end thud.
Snare 2A is the same large brass snare with dampening to shorten the decay, for a large yet quick sound.
Snare 4 is another maple snare, tuned medium for more thickness and a fatter attack. Great for pop rock.


Snare 5 is one of my personal favorites. It's a steel drum with a ton of chunky crack and a nice thick resonance. Very punchy, great for all styles of music, but slamming on rock and metal.

Snare 5A is the dampened version of Snare 5, for a quicker decay.

Snare 8 is a huge maple snare, tuned low for a huge thud and thick snarey sound, for slow ballads and slow rock and pop songs.

Snare12:
Snare12 was made for a mixer who wanted a thuddy snare with a bit of crack and cut. It is a large alloy snare tuned medium tight.

Snare12A:
Snare 12A is the open version of Snare12, adding a beautiful decay and slight ring.

Snare13:
Snare 13 is an all around winner in many styles of music. Sampled from a beautiful maple snare drum, it was made for a pop producer who wanted a workhorse sample that could be used in a variety of his mixes.

Snare13A:
Snare 13 is the open version of Snare13, and adds a bit more sizzle and decay.

Snare14:
Snare14 was made for a mixer who described his ideal sounding snare by pointing Steven to various different sounding snare drums on some classic albums. Combining the best aspects of these snares, Snare 14 was born with a thick fat presence and snarey overtone. One of Steven's personal favorites, this snare sounds great on almost anything.

Snare18:
Snare18 was made for a pop and rock mixer who wanted something “quick, with some good snarey SPLAT!”. It sounds great in medium to fast rock and pop and can add a great crispness when mixed in with the original snare.

Volume 2 KICKS

Never Kick: Based on Dave Groh's kick from Nirvana's Nevermind, this kick is ultra low and fat and splatty. Great for rock.

AC Snare: A big Sonor maple snare with lots of punch and presence, for an old school rock sound. Modeled after the sounds of AC/DC.

Green Kick: Quick, snappy, and punchy describes this maple kick, modeled after the sounds of Greenday.

ToneDef Kick: This kick has a great full bodied sound with a thick attack. Modeled after the Deftones. Make sure to pump a bit of Z4 with this beauty.

Blimp Kick: This kick is a modern day version of the classic 70's Zeppelin sound. It's a little tighter and more punchy then the oldzep kick.

OldZep Kick: This 14” x 26” maple Ludwig kick is a replica of the original. It has a big boomy sound and is sampled with two sets of room mics in a stone castle. The A version has closer room mics, the non A version has far room mics.

Kick2:
Kick 2, a 22” maple kick drum, is an all purpose rock kick with a tight pointy punch in the upper mids. The point can further be accented with more upper midrange eq if desired.


Kick4:
Kick4 revisits the 22” birch from Kick1, and this time with a different head, but similar gear chain. It is similar sounding to kick1, but has a faster decay and slightly different tonal character.
Kick8:
Kick8 is an old classic kick with a great thuddy sound and a bit more midrange then the other felty kicks. Great for a lot of rock and pop.

Kick9:
Kick8 is a large 24” kick that had a huge subsonic boom to it. We captured it and it works great in lots of mixes, either alone, or as an augmenter to add bigness.

Kick11:
Kick11 is a very midrangey and thick kick great on rock pop and hard rock. It was made for a mixer who had been using a sample that was reminiscent of Kick11 but lacked the multiple velocities. Steven mimmicked the sound of the sample with a 24” maple kick but enhanced it with an even richer sound then the mixer's original sample.

Kick12:
Kick12 is a thick sounding felt beater kick that is a true beauty. Try it on everything from pop to metal. It was made for a mixer who wanted a kick that could “cut without too much click”.

Kick15:
Kick15 is the “METAL KICK2”, (METAL KICK 1 IS KICK5). It is a bit lower and beefier then Kick5 with a similar smacky click on the top. It was made for a very famous metal mixer who wanted something less generic sounding then the current sample he was using.

Volume 2 TOMS

Never Toms: Two oversized maple shells with thick 2 ply heads tuned ultra low for a fat SPLAT, modeling the sound of the toms from Nirvana's NEVERMIND album.

Old Zep Toms: These vintage Ludwig maple toms are a replica of the original John Bonham recording kit. They have a great boomy vintage sound and are awesome for rock.

New Maple Toms: This four piece, 4ply maple tom set have a nice punch and are tuned so they have a slight note change in their resonance. Great for rock and metal, can be eq'd even more on the top end for more bite.

Fat Toms: This three piece set is from a rare custom kit. The shells are birch and the toms are bright with a nice fat low end.