Gretsch Catalina Ash
My go-to drumset recorded in my studio.
Byalessandrovagnoni
The story
Hi everyone, Alessandro here. I’m a musician, drummer, teacher involved in many bands (past and present). I also work as a record/mix engineer and as a session drummer. The idea of capturing the sound of my instruments (drums and other gear) deals with a real need: I think that when you’re using drum samples (it’s not a common practice in my case but sometimes helps) would be better to use the same sounds as the instruments recorded. The Gretsch Catalina Ash is my go-to drumset cause its incredible versatility considering that it’s a very economic kit. I can guarantee it has a unique sound if you use the right skins and tune them correctly. So these are essentially my sounds, recorded in my studio.
In the preset you can find 3 knobs:
– mic (close mic)
– room (room mics)
– reverb
Wide variety of mics used for the recording: Takstar, Lewitt, Blue, Samson, Marantz.
Skins: Remo Emperor coated (batter on toms and Snare), Remo Ambassador clear (resonant side on toms), Remo Power Stroke 3 coated (kick, batter).
Interface
Reviews
Almost perfect
Hihats does not responded well in here but if fixed can become a 10/10 drum kit. Also, a crash could be added to. I would easily turn this kit in my-one-to-go.
Great sound quality, need to fix "samples" folder
The samples folder must have a capital S or DecentSampler wont find the samples.
Renaming folder from "samples" to "Samples" fixed the issue in my case.I love this kit!
Thank you! This is a great sounding kit, especially for typical rock songs!