Sonor Vintage Series Drums & Agean Cymbals Sound Demo at Spytunes Recording Studio

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Check out this beautiful, great sounding Sonor Vintage Series drumkit & the super nice Agean Natural Series cymbals, recorded at Spytunes Recording Studio B with Audio-Technica microphones! It's been a while since the digitaldrumming channel has seen new video content, as I am usually pretty busy producing product videos for drum-tec electronic drums & running the every day studio business.
It was about time to change that, so I'll be using this astonishing drum recording setup for many future music, drum cover and jam session videos to be released here on the channel exclusively.
Which doesn't mean there won't also be electronic drums demos & music performances in the future too! While the Sonor kit is set up in the recording room of my homestudio, a beautiful drum-tec e-drum kit is sitting in the editing room, ready for mind blowing sample triggering ;-)
Thank you so much to drum-tec electronic drums, Sonor Drums, Agean Cymbals, Audio-Technica microphones & GIK Acoustics for their kind support & great products!
Drum kit & recording equipment rundown:
Vintage Series "Vintage Red Oyster" Finish
20x14 bass drum
10x8 & 12x8 toms
16x14 floor tom
14x6.5 snare drum
Sonor hardware
Agean Natural & Natural Z Series cymbals:
14" Natural HiHat
17" Natural Z Crash
21" Natural Ride
18" Natural Crash
16" Natural BRX Crash
12" FX Stack
8" Natural FX HiHat
Audio-Technica Microphones:
AT 2500AE Kick in
AT 4047 Kick out
AT 2300AE Snare top
AT AE3000 Snare bottom
AT ATM450 HiHat
2x AT 4050 Overheads spaced pair
2x AT 4080 Room Stereo
Room acoustic panels by GIK Acoustics
Recorded through my beloved vintage analogue Soundcraft 6000 recording console
Please get in touch if you have any further questions & make sure to subscribe to the ‪@digitaldrumming‬ Channel!
#sonordrums #ageancymbals #cymbals #schlagzeug

[@RecruiterOfoz]

That's it. From here on out, Ralf should be the only person demoing drums on KZbin.

[@digitaldrumming]

Haha, thank you so much man!

[@nilshartmann8866]

I love the cymbals! Nice piece of drumming either. I need to check out those cymbals, definitely

[@digitaldrumming]

@@nilshartmann8866 Danke dir Nils! Schau mal unter www.ageancymbals.de! Lg, R

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Boy I sure would love to play that set. I've got TD17. I live in an apartment. But would love to get on a Sonor again. Enjoy! Nice agean cymbals

[@bigstein098]

Very musical playing and the red finish on those drums is fantastic.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much!

[@ryanaston4367]

Absolutely wonderful playing sir...truly. That drum sound is incredible and I'm sure a large part of that is from your hands.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much for your kind feedback Ryan! :)

[@GothanielLP]

Gorgeous set and excellent playing

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@TheAnalogRebellion]

Beautiful drumming that showcases the kit so well. Thanks for the video.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much!

[@RogerSmith-sm9en]

How could anyone not dig this?! Superb playing, beautiful kit/beautiful sounding kit...well done

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much Roger! :)

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Nice video had a Sonor in 69 till 1974 love the sound. Course with various Zildjian cymbals always a nice combo Great Jazz set.

[@mfournier01]

Beautiful tone from those drums and the dynamics in your playing really show the versatility that acoustic drums still provide! As a drummer who used to play a “Phonic” series Sonor kit in the 80’s, I can attest to their build quality and attention to detail. I now of course, play a modified TD3-30 sampling SD3 but it’s always nice to go back once in awhile...Thanks Drum Tec

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much for your kind feedback, that's nice to hear!

[@DrumRoody]

That has to be the best sounding kit I have ever 👂

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you :) yeah the Vintage Series is absolutely great & a pleasure to use. Kind regards!

[@cjg786]

Yeah man they always say it’s not the kit but the drummer behind it, but it’s superb when you hear someone take the musicality of the drums and make them sing. Some nice dynamics to show their tone . The video makes them look as awesome as they sound.

[@digitaldrumming]

@@cjg786 Thank you very much Caleb! :)

[@brianking3825]

I usually listen to a kit for just a few minutes in videos like this, but the playing was just so fantastic I listened to the entire video! Truly some marvelous grooves! Thank you for sharing your talent on such a beautiful set of drums. Looking to purchase one and wanted to listen to some recordings first. I'm so glad I found this!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much for your kind feedback Brian, happy to hear that! :)

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[@kasonkyrie1914]

@Corbin Nickolas instablaster :)

[@corbinnickolas5802]

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[@corbinnickolas5802]

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[@dustyjann2121]

I’ve never heard of this drummer. Badass…! Very tasteful. That is how you demo an instrument for the customer to hear ‘every sound’, practically. They need this drummer at the next PASIC/major event.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thanks Dan! You can find more videos on my channel digitaldrumming or also at drumtecTV, where I've done hundreds of electronic drums demos during the past years. Thanks for dropping by & kind regards!

[@MiguelKooreman76]

Ralf, you are a master of your craft! Love your dynamics and feel. Very inspirational.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Miguel! :)

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Ive watch this video many times excellent playing .

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much Jim, that's great to hear! :)

[@punacunningham9151]

Nice tone on the snare toms as well.

[@HaydesGrooves]

Sound amazing. Beautiful playing as usual Ralf

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much Hayden! :)

[@robsvibe]

This guy grooves like a mother ! And that's a great ride cymbal.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much! The Ride is a 21" Agean Natural Series, these cymbals are absolutely gorgeous, you can also check them out in this other video if you like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqKXXpWOa9eFmqc Kind regards!

[@robsvibe]

@@digitaldrumming Thank you very much. I will check that out. And again, great playing :)

[@BumpNrun69]

First time I've ever seen Ralf not behind an e-drum set. He still makes any set sound dynamic. Although Sonor didn't need any help in that department. Great pattern play for that type of set.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@digitaldrumming]

BTW: There is much more acoustic drum related content over here if you like! kzbin.info Kind regards!

[@philipchurchill6508]

the beat your laying down at 4.13 , fantastic playing

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you Philip!

[@Rifle56]

Outstanding drumming and a very helpful demo! Thanks for showcasing the Aegean Cymbals along with that sweet Sonor Vintage kit....they're a great match!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much for your kind feedback! Agean cymbals are great & I will actually be doing several more demo videos for their other cymbal series very soon. I've recently used the Agean Beast Series for the first time, and I guess these will remain in my personal setup for a while :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZi9qZSJn6yVo7M Kind regards!

[@DrummerPayne1979]

Kit sounds amazing and so does your playing. Thank you for posting this, now I have to buy a Sonor Vintage kit lol

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much! Oh man I’m sorry, there will even be more vintage series demos coming up shortly with two other beautiful finishes 😶🥁😄 kind regards!

[@arbogast4950]

By far my favorite kit. I love how warm and punchy they are. I wish there was a VST for this kit 🤣

[@digitaldrumming]

Yes the vintage series is great, maybe I'll have to cut some samples in the future ;-D

[@yehudarakia137]

Great sounding drums Awesome drummer !!! 👌

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Yehuda! :)

[@traviswoodall6547]

I own one of these Vintage Series kits and I can attest that they’ll make you just want to close your eyes and improvise like this for hours. They’re so inspirational and effortless to play…but I have NEVER heard Agean Cymbals before and I am NOW going to have to go down that rabbit hole. Thanks a lot!😂

[@digitaldrumming]

Hey Travis, agreed on all points :) Agean cymbals are great, that's why I have actually started working for them as an artist/endorser a while ago. Great guys, and beautiful handmade cymbals from Turkey. You can check out several demos of their different cymbal series here on the channel if you like: kzbin.info/aero/PLK094D8xDGexPYWD7DiQjUApBT-bQHeHw Kind regards!

[@RalfBarth]

Who‘s the reseller in Germany? It seems drum-tec only has the Low Noise Series available?

[@digitaldrumming]

@@RalfBarth Hey Ralf, currently there is no Agean distributor for Germany unfortunately. You can get the low noise models from www.drum-tec.com and order everything else from www.ageanmusic.com, kind regards!

[@michaelcavazuti3270]

Beautiful drums and great playing they play like butter,,,sooooo smooth!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Michael & a happy new year!

[@michaelcavazuti3270]

@@digitaldrumming Same to you!

[@DUALMOTION]

Oh yeah! digitaldrumming is back! Many things changed in 2 years since your last video.

[@digitaldrumming]

Absolutely, it's good to be "back"! Some great new cooperations have turned out (Sonor, Agean), my new (home) studio was finished in summer this year finally, and most importantly lots of great music coming up soon too :-D kind regards!

[@dhmtbr2551]

I enjoyed that performance very much !

[@digitaldrumming]

Great to hear, thank you very much!

[@richbuck100]

Great playing, phenomenal shot selection. LOVE these drums

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much!

[@brianlindsay1386]

Great set. Gotta love the look and sound of those drums. Thanks

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you Brian! :)

[@baterizmo]

Rdiculously good playing 😲

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@dustyjann2121]

That hihat bell at 3:19. This dude is badass.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thanks man!

[@schlagzeugvideocoach]

Wunderschönes Set und Spitzen-Drummer! Vielen Dank für das tolle Video und Alles Gute!

[@digitaldrumming]

Vielen lieben Dank & alles Gute zurück aus Mainz!

[@schlagzeugvideocoach]

@@digitaldrumming Thank you Sir! 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@arnebetzen2911]

Fantastic drummer… Nice drums.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Arne!

[@rhythmista7707]

One day, and hopefully after this coronavirus disappears and we can go back to gigging again, I will own one of these vintage series kits..Ok, maybe not, but i can dream, can't I ? Great video demo 👍

[@digitaldrumming]

:-D yes absolutely!

[@philipchurchill6508]

It is clear to me after watching a few sonor beech drums videoos and noow this that it has its own sound a lovely thin and crisp sound like it is made from ricepaper or something , that is the besty I can do to describe this lovely almost japanese bamboo type sound , I love it ,lovely playing btw and what a finish on the kit , that laquer and those lugs , is this jewellery or art ?

[@desmondseeto4293]

Sweet sounding kit done justice by some mean chops

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Desmond! :)

[@Tiger_Smash59]

sounds great , tasty playing too

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you Neil! :)

[@seppopyykko6300]

Man I think you are always an ecellent drummer but man I love your sound on these REAL drums :D

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much! :)

[@polarnatten]

I have heard these drums live and here the bass drum sounds as if it was stuffed with oversized pillow. The overall distinct character of these drums is also somehow "matte" and subdued. It's all a matter of personal preference though. Beautiful drums anyway!

[@digitaldrumming]

Hi, well it's all a matter of heads/tuning, beater microphones & mixing :) well and the drummer of course... Although the Sonor vintage series is surely going for a more vintage sound (as the name indicates), I cannot confirm that this would be a sound flexibility limiting factor when setting up the kit. If you use a clear power stroke head on the kick, put a little pillow inside, tune accordingly & maybe even use a plastic/wood beater, I don't see how you couldn't get a modern / more aggressive sound out of it without any problem. Kind regards!

[@ProjectBeats_]

Always crisp playing Ralf 🔥💪🏽 One day imma own a Vintage Sonor! 😅

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@stevekimball7697]

Yes! Best drums made.

[@digitaldrumming]

Absolutely! 🥰

[@P.DuncanMonk]

@@digitaldrumming Sonor .... the Mt.Everest of drum kits.

[@DustyCowdog]

Man, this cat is such a great drummer.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@mlklotusmann6749]

Great playing!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@a.k.ahades9054]

Wow great sound snare

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@hamadbernes1980]

Nice Job... great drummer and great drumkit. Sonor Always best opcion for drummers who likes sound better...

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@GaiusBaltar55]

You sound even better on accoustic drums !!!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@mikolajgrzywacz]

Beautiful sound

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you Mikolaj! :)

[@klausagerbo7213]

Really nice playing and great sounding kit, Ralf. What kind of cymbal is the low placed smaller one on your right side? Sounds like a stack... really cool sounding...

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Klaus! Yes that's a little stack that Samet from Agean prepared for me, I really love it. You can find another dedicated demo on the Agean cymbal setup here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqKXXpWOa9eFmqc Kind regards!

[@Cowdog1]

Sonor❤❤❤❤

[@jaggass]

Chester Thompson played a Sonor drum kit on Phil Collins's Serious Hits...Live! tour. It sounded fantastic on the Live In Berlin show.

[@digitaldrumming]

Interesting!

[@tmaddrummer]

Beautiful playing and kit! Did you have to special order to get these particular sizes? Thanks!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much, I think the shells are all standard sizes, but am not 100% sure as I got the kit from Sonor directly :) Kind regards!

[@groovedetector]

Einfach nur heftig.. Danke für die Videos. Hast du die BD bohren lassen? Hatte noch nie ein Vintage Kit mit Bohrung und Tomhaltern gesehen.

[@digitaldrumming]

Danke Andres! Ja die "neuen" Sonor Vintage Series kits gibt es auch mit Bohrung: www.sonor.com/instruments/drums/vintage-series/vintage-series/?L=0 Viele Grüße!

[@theendearingproductions]

Superb Drumming!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Markus! :)

[@the_newvoice]

Sounds really alive

[@pauldrums4196]

Your playing is really wonderful to listen to, and your sound is so full and rich. How do you get that snare so rich and full, do you use extra plugins for that? Or do you master the mix or something?

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much Paul, a lot of the snare sound also comes from the OHs & room, and there is some eq/comp applied to the kit too, but nothing drastic. Also the mic & preamp selection shapes the sound quite a bit. Kind regards!

[@pauldrums4196]

@@digitaldrumming Aah ok, thanks a lot Ralf, for sharing the info. I ordered them right away, haha! I'm very curious how the Audio Technica's sound in my studio.. 🙂

[@paulmatthews5837]

Hi Ralf! Was it easy to get these toms to sound quite punchy like you have in this recording? I really like how you got a great balance of having (what sounds to me) like quite a short sustain but still feel really warm - which is what this kit is all about. I've heard a few other recordings of these drums sounding quite boomy.

[@digitaldrumming]

Hey Paul, tuning & the room play a big role for sure, also getting phase right with all the different mics on the kit is crucial. There is not too much eq/compression on this demo actually, just carved out some muddy frequencies here & there (as you would do in most cases when mixing drums). The room I am recording in sounds very good & is treated with lots of different GIK acoustics panels to deliver a natural room sound, which affects the sound of the stereo room mics & overheads mostly. And finally the great Audio-Technica mics that I am using exclusively for recording drums play a big role as well. In the end it's a pretty long chain that needs to be set up right when recording such a complex instrument. And I love that Sonor kit! :) kind regards!

[@user-KRS77]

❤️🥁❤️

[@zivhoresh8663]

fantastic playing , a real musical part may i know if this vintage series is more or less prestige then the SQ2 sets or the ProLite for example ?thank you also what's your cymbals set up thet sound amazing

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much! I think the Vintage Series has a different idea/approach but is on par with all the high end Sonor series quality wise, you can find more specific info here: www.sonor.com/instruments/schlagzeuge/vintage-serie/vintage-series/?L=1 In this video I am playing the Agean Natural Series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqKXXpWOa9eFmqc Agean has many great cymbals, you might also check out some other demos I have done for them recently if you like: kzbin.info/aero/PLK094D8xDGexPYWD7DiQjUApBT-bQHeHw Kind regards!

[@zivhoresh8663]

@@digitaldrumming thanks foe your elaborated answers and time 🙏

[@digitaldrumming]

@@zivhoresh8663 You're very welcome!

[@MELONenSURPRISE]

This is the only German drummer i've ever heard that plays with a feeling...the rest are alll about chops and technique

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you so much for your kind feedback! :)

[@timofelber]

Wonderful! Would you mind sharing how you tuned these toms? They Sound great!

[@digitaldrumming]

Hey Timo, thank you very much! I think it was pretty straight forward tuning with top & bottom head tuned to the same pitch, very little muffling (only small moongel pads). Kind regards!

[@Groovix2020]

Woooooooowwww

[@jjcaine5225]

Is that the Sonor 4000 series pedal? How does it compare with a giant step or perfect balance pedal? Great sounding kit!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much! The pedal works great, cannot comment on the others you've mentioned unfortunately as I haven't used those yet. I am kind of a hardware pragmatic ;) as long as I can set up the pedal the way I need it, I can work with it. I had actually used super simple budget Yamaha pedals from ebay with great results in my youth, and hardly ever felt the need for something more "complex" for a foot pedal. But that's just me, there are probably plenty of great foot pedals out there, that I have not yet encountered :) kind regards!

[@tobyvattilano7846]

@@digitaldrumming that's because you are an amazing talent.

[@digitaldrumming]

@@tobyvattilano7846 Thank you so much Toby :)

[@Laurent216]

Genial

[@digitaldrumming]

Danke dir Laurent!

[@popeyesailor9571]

you get a like from me just because of using a tom mount on the drum that ALWAYS gets muffled. tighten that other snare for crying out loud.

[@sliberti1]

Tasty!

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you Steve! :)

[@DrumRoody]

Smoooooth

[@digitaldrumming]

:-D

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Whats the cost of the that set with hardware without cymbals. 10 12 16 and 20?

[@digitaldrumming]

Hey Jim, unfortunately I am not a Sonor dealer & therefore can't give you any pricing info. Please check out the Sonor distributor of your country or a local drum shop. Kind regards!

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Actually im in Florida and called our local dealership. Thanks for the response though. Keep playing and ill watch. Thanks. Sale presently on a similar sonor out the door 1400. Cymbals not included. However still have my 20 K and 16 crash from previous set sold my china and 18 crash .

[@budda777pl]

D**m. This is good 😍.

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you very much Maciej! :)

[@judithhuamanbarzola4485]

this is also works in the drum sonor vintage series the agean cymbals

[@digitaldrumming]

Hi Judith, I don't understand unfortunately?

[@jonathanbormann5077]

Would love to know your tuning process.

[@digitaldrumming]

Hey Jonathan, the drums were tuned pretty straight forward with both heads at about the same pitch. Kind regards!

[@daniellaerachannel]

that technique ...

[@digitaldrumming]

Thank you :)

[@richbuck100]

Why mention Sonor...

[@digitaldrumming]

Why not? :) I gladly mention all of my endorsement partners (Sonor drums, Agean cymbals, Audio-Technica mircophones, GIK Acoustics), because of their ongoing support at being a professional musician & content creator. Besides, it gives poeple the possibility to find specific sound demos through YT/Google, while they wouldn't find it if I just wrote "super cool solo drumming by me" ;-D Kind regards!

[@모데라토-l2j]

Good