Dave wrote:
And just so this isn't all about me and my needs... If anyone has requests/complaints about the "70s_Ludwig_Kit" I'd be happy to consider them.
I love the snare variety. I play with a couple drummers up here that use a lot of those same tasty techniques (not just all rimshots from above the head... not that there's anything wrong with that either...). I use this kit a LOT, especially for jazz and funk grooves. Here are my ideas on improvements, very similar to Mike Carlyle's requests: -- I wish the cymbals had as much variety as the snare-- there's a fairly good range with the hi-hat, but a longer sizzle would come in handy, and maybe some "flams" or "diddles" recorded as such (rather than zooming in and stringing 6 of the same hits together). I also noticed that neither the "hi hat foot" nor the "hi hat (default)" cancels things like sizzles or open hits... -- The ride could use another bell (like closer to or further from the post), maybe a rim hit with the side of the stick, and a second "default" recorded a little differently, so that it doesn't sound stale when used in an 8th-note ride pattern. (don't know if you read my last post, but your "ride (default)" was the first one that I tried snipping the front end off to add as a second ride hit, which is getting me by, but it's not ideal).
I've already got a closed-hi-hat version of the kit and am adding more dynamics to the cymbal sounds. Hopefully I'll have something to share in the next month or so.
Yay!! Like I said, I love this kit. This and the Hemberger Stereo Kit (slightly personalized/modified) are pretty much it for me lately. (BTW-- anyone know who did the Hemberger? I need more good toms for it...) Mike wrote:
I absolutely LOVE the approach that you used to build your kit. When I realize how silly I was, trying to build your "buzz" and "flam" hits with carefully spaced sounds from my ns_kit, I have to totally rethink my approach. That's how eye-opening it was for me.
I'm the same way-- I can't see the point of messing with the ns_kit, because for all its variety, it's nearly impossible to get it to sound as realistic as Dave's "real" recordings of those techniques.