

We also included three stacked setups for more aggressive sounds. Included with the kit are ten cymbals from Meinl, recorded with beautifully smooth condenser microphones. Or why not load all six toms at once for a huge progressive drum kit! These were recorded with the same microphones as the kick drum to allow you to find the perfect balance of tones between the entire shell set.

We complement the kicks and snares with a set of six tom drums - two floor toms and four rack toms - which allow you to choose whether you want a set of three lower tuned toms, or three higher tuned toms. Our approach of using a combination of dynamic and condenser microphones on the snare gives you maximum flexibility, and we used a ribbon microphone on the snares too. The kit was recorded with three snares across eight variations, giving you a range of dampened and resonant tones, as well as low and high tunings. An AEA R84 ribbon microphone was also used to provide a different texture to the kick. The kick drum was recorded in three variations dampened, fully open, and without the resonant head, and was captured using the infamous Audix D6, Sennheiser E602, and the AKG D112. Our engineers used a range of exceptional microphones perfectly suited for heavier music.
