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).
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What's there sounds great! But...
...where are the hihats?
There are most definitely hh-.wav and hh_.wav files in the samples folder, but they are not referenced in the .dspreset file.
Consequently, they don't work when played...
What's an easy fix for this?Thanks!
Fixed the hihats
Love the sound of this set and wrote code to put the hihats in. I uploaded the new code on my own profile. You're welcome to use that and delete my upload.