Regular 159€
Sale 95€
This is the much anticipated continuation of Toontrack’s New York Studios Legacy series, focusing on capturing the best studios in the New York area. Recorded in the renowned Avatar Studios and featuring several vintage and custom kits, this session is best described as a prequel to the much praised core library in Toontrack’s award-winning Superior Drummer, also recorded in Avatar studios and by the same team, engineer duo Neil Dorfsman and Pat Thrall together with drummer Nir Z.
Avatar Studios is known for having one of the world’s finest acoustic environments for recording and has won several industry awards. Since its inception in the 1970s, it’s hosted bands and artists like Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Journey, Kings of Leon and The Clash.
The drums were recorded through a Neve 8068 console and signal chains of modern and vintage studio gear by an engineer/drummer team that has decades worth of experience behind the console and in the tracking room. Between them, they have worked with artists covering the whole gamut of genres, from classic rock (Kiss,Meatloaf, Bruce Springsteen) to soul (Joss Stone, John Mayer) and modern pop (Beyoncé, Katy Perry).
FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
• Recorded in the legendary Avatar Studios in New York City
• 18 GB of raw, unprocessed drum sounds recorded through Neve, Pultec and GML signal chains
• Three (3) full kits (Ludwig, Slingerland, Rogers) and additional snares
• Several setups of different cymbals
• Included MIDI library played by session drummer Nir Z
• Included presets for instant mix-ready sounds
| Kick | EV 868 / Neumann U47 FET -> Pulteq MEQ-5 -> GML EQ 8200 |
| Kick Comp | Kick Bus -> EQP Pulteq -> GML EQ 8200 -> Neve 32264 Comp |
| Kick PZM | PZM -> Pulteq MEQ-5 |
| Kick Sub | Yamaha NS10 Sub |
| Snare Top | Shure SM56 |
| Snare Bottom | Shure SM57 |
| Snare Comp | SnareTop -> Pulteq -> Neve 32264 Comp |
| Snare Rim | Countrymen 101 taped to the rim |
| SD Sansamp | SnareTop -> Sansamp |
| Tom1 | Top Sennheiser 421 / Bottom Sennheiser 421 -> Bottom to Drawmer Gate -> Both bussed to Pulteq EQP |
| Tom2 | Top Sennheiser 421 / Bottom Sennheiser 421 -> Bottom to Drawmer Gate -> Both bussed to Pulteq EQP |
| Tom3 | Top Sennheiser 421 / Bottom Sennheiser 421 -> Bottom to Drawmer Gate -> Both bussed to Pulteq EQP |
| Hats | AKG451 |
| OH | Schoeps CMC5U -> Pulteq EQP |
| Near AMB | KM54 -> SSL Comp |
| Mid AMB | Coles -> Distressor |
| Far AMB | Neumann U87 -> LA-3A |
| Brauner Mono | Trowbridge preamp -> Trowbridge Comp |
| Mono SM7 | Shure SM7 -> Neve 32264 Comp |
| Bullet | Bullet -> Mesa Boogie Amp -> SM53 |
| Phone | Phone Mic |
| EMT140 | EMT140 Plate Reverb |
Snare drums
5.5×14″ Burned Edge Zebra Snare (DS)
5.5×14″ GMS Aluminum Nir Z Prototype High Tuned (DS)
5.5×14″ GMS Aluminum Nir Z Prototype Low Tuned (DS)
5.5×14″ Rogers Kenton 1963 (DS)
5.5×14″ Slingerland Wood 1964 (DS)
6.5×14″ Ludwig Black Beauty 1982 (DS)
Hi-Hats
16″ Manhattan HHX Crash/16″ HH Medium Crash (DS)
Racktoms
10×12″ Slingerland 1964 (DS)
11×13″ Ludwig Maple Shell 1979 (DS)
9×12″ Rogers 1966 (DS)
Floortoms
10×13″ Rogers 1966 (DS)
14×14″ Slingerland 1964 (DS)
16×16″ Ludwig Maple Shell 1979 (DS)
16×16″ Rogers 1966 (DS)
16×16″ Slingerland 1964 (DS)
16×18″ Ludwig Maple Shell 1979 (DS)
Crash cymbals
14″ Sabian HHX Evolution Crash (DS)
16″ Handhammered HH Duo Crash/17″ Evolution Effeks Crash (DS)
16″ Sabian HHXtreme Crash (DS)
17″ Sabian AA Thin Crash (DS)
17″ Sabian HHX Legacy Crash (DS)
17″ Sabian HHX Xtreme Crash (DS)
18″ Sabian AA Thin Crash (DS)
18″ Sabian HHX Legacy Crash (DS)
18″ Sabian HHX Manhattan Crash (DS)
18″ Sabian Hand hammered HH Thin Crash (DS)
Chinese cymbals
12″ Wuhan Chinese (DS)
14″ Sabian AAX Mini Chinese (DS)
16″ Sabian HHX Evolution Ozone Crash (DS)
17″ Sabian Evolution HHX Effeks Crash (DS)
20″ Sabian HHX Chinese (DS)
Splash cymbals
10″ MAXX STAX Splash (DS)
10″ Sabian HHX Splash (DS)
12″ Sabian HHX Evolution Splash (DS)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
18 GB of free hard disk space, DVD drive, 2 GB RAM.
A working Superior Drummer 2.3 (or above) installation.
