Savatage Drum Sound

[Kade K]

Hi all,

I know this is a pretty specific request, but I love the drum sound that Savatage has, specifically on Gutter Ballet, Streets, and Mountain King albums. I am wondering what SDX will get me closest to this, or how I can edit an existing preset to get close. I currently just have the Core Library and the Fields of Rock. Also open to tips on general 80s heavy metal drum sounds.

Thanks in advance!!

Operating system: Windows 11

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[drumjack52]

Death and Darkness – it’s surprisingly versatile. Savatage – the forefathers of Trans Siberian Orchestra

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Kade K]

Thanks for the reply! I was looking a death and darkness and thought that may be the one. Especially some presets on the death portion.

[drumjack52]

Kade K wrote:

Thanks for the reply! I was looking a death and darkness and thought that may be the one. Especially some presets on the death portion.

Once you get beyond the presets it’s an amazingly versatile library for just about anything (Rush/Metallica/rock/mainstream pop, etc.). I use the DW kit and mix in ProTools using multi-out from SD3. The only thing I wish it had was 4 rack toms as I need that to cover Rush music. I have to put in an Xdrum and pitch it to fit in. There are kits in other SDX’s that have 4 rack toms but they’re concert toms (no reso head).

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Kade K]

From what I can tell based on my research Savatage’s drummer at that time used a Mapex kit with 3 kicks. Not sure on the exact model though.

[drumjack52]

Kade K wrote:

From what I can tell based on my research Savatage’s drummer at that time used a Mapex kit with 3 kicks. Not sure on the exact model though.

I think Pink’s drummer Mark Schulman used 3 kicks.

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Listening to Savatage, I think the SDX that will get you closer to the drum production in the mix is The Rock Foundry.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

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[Kade K]

Thanks for the Reply! I will have to check out a walk through of that one.

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