Drumdrops Folk Rock kit for BFD, Kontakt, Trigger and others

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2015/11/17 06:35:52 (permalink)

Drumdrops Folk Rock kit for BFD, Kontakt, Trigger and others

This looks interesting, even though I am sworn off drums for as while.
 

The Vintage Folk Rock Kit is an awesome kit for a 60s / 70s Folk Rock or Indie rock sound. We used the engineering skills of the legendary engineer / producer Phill Brown (Laura Marling / John Martyn / Rolling Stones) whose indepth knowledge of recording bands during these years helped mould the sound of the kit. The Kit used was a beautiful old 1966 Ludwig Hollywood kit and it was setup by legendary drumtech Martin Oldham. To direct us on the sound of the kit we used Folk specialist drummer Martyn Barker (Rufus Wainwright, Richard Hawley, Katherine Williams) who sampled the kit using sticks, hotrods and brushes which effectively gives you three kits - nice !

 
They have there usual first 10 get it free thing running, otherwise its £40
 
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Phill’s idea was to create a 1960s drum sound with a modern twist. Instead of positioning the microphones close to the kit he wanted to capture a natural drum sound and record the ‘dead’ room. He used only five microphones on the kit: one on the kick, the snare, two kit microphones placed around the kit which provide a surprisingly good stereo picture, and a mono overhead. All of the mics were recorded through API mic pre's.

 
 
post edited by Glyn Barnes - 2015/11/17 06:47:25

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    pwalpwal
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    Re: Drumdrops Folk Rock kit for BFD, Kontakt, Trigger and others 2015/11/17 08:08:59 (permalink)
    phill brown's book "are we still rolling?" is a great read! shame he didn't record these from across the lake ;-)

    just a sec

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    gmon72
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    Re: Drumdrops Folk Rock kit for BFD, Kontakt, Trigger and others 2015/11/17 17:24:44 (permalink)
    I like a change a pace with these type of kits to get a different perspective on drum recording.  Granted it's not as flexible as direct mics everywhere, etc.; however it's fun to take an old school approach to a track.
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