Legacy of Rock SDX - The Making Of

Meet Eddie Kramer and get a glimpse of what happened behind the scenes at AIR Studios during the making of the Legacy of Rock SDX.
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[@CeciShaw]

This is just perfect! 3 of my favorite drummers! Keep doing more Artist please!

[@Stormchaser189]

Eddie is the pinnacle for me. I could hear the soul oozing out of these samples from the first 2 bars. Right On toons !

[@thore535]

It's a celebration to watch you guys at work. You did rock music a great service. Capturing those sounds an making them available to all of us, even to young musicians and producers who don't even know who Charlie Watts, John Bonham and Mitch Mitchell are means really passing on the legacy of those increadible drummers. Thank you.

[@XiyuYang]

Just when I thought I'm done after Death&Darkness, Decades, and Rooms of Hansa...

[@skythemusic]

These last 4 SDX libraries along with UK Pop have raised the bar for sure...all 5 are the best drum sample libraries ever produced.

[@olajohanssonfagelskolan2614]

I'm actually crying a bit out of happiness here... bought it today.

[@alainpatry]

More of these artist focused expansion packs please! Not just rock but pop too!

[@kaiyp123]

Agree.. we need raw perfect drum sound to edit to fit with our style music. No need something sound just focus to 1 genre

[@talkbackbutton]

@@kaiyp123 Toontrack have like 20 libraries with hundreds of drums already but you can not find your sound yet? Are you real dude?

[@kaiyp123]

@Andy Zett It's true bro ! Only 1 pack fit to my music is Kick and Snare, which have alot of sound to choose and they all easy edit because it not focus to any specific genre. Will be great if Toontrack do the same with Cymbals and Toms

[@MyronDavismd]

Ok. After THIS I won’t need anymore drums. This is the last SDX I’m buying. There... I said it again. This time I mean it

[@olajohanssonfagelskolan2614]

@@lewisalexander eeexactly! Used those exact words on my wife as I bought it today...

[@steff4602]

Legend 😂

[@mdwayne741]

This sounds incredible.

[@StereoAnthony]

Amazing! Downloading now

[@dave1812]

I'd Love to see a Prog SDX with Mike Portnoy's Kits! Simon Phillips Kit would be awesome too!

[@JohnnyDePaula]

Are u crazy??? We want more extreme metal (Thrash, Death, Grind) toontrack have a lot of stuff for this kind of music, please, NOOOO!

[@Max333A]

It sounds amazing! Bravo!

[@MrAcEsNeIgHtS1188]

Awesome! Please keep these going. I would love to have a collection from Tom Werman!

[@rhythmista7707]

As a drummer for the past 35 years and a fan of all 3 drummers, knowing precisely what each drummer used in terms of gear, how they tuned their kits, and what heads they used, I'd say its very close, but no cigar.. Both Eddie Kramer and this drummer did a superb job, but its not quite the same. Most of Bonham's sound came from the way he played the drums, and you simply don't hear that element captured in this recording. The Charlie Watts sound wasn't precise is either, nor Mitch Mitchell's. The lacking element in all three was the higher tuning on all drums which they did not achieve here. What I'm hearing are modern variations of very old school tuning and sound techniques. Bonham didn't use a powerstroke 3 clear head on the vistalites. He used black dot clears all around with felt strips on both reso and batter sides, like the big band drummers would use to muffle their bass drums , which wasn't often. And they used ambassador and calf heads which were the only ones available at the time. Mitchell's kit came close, but again as Bonham did, he tuned his drums way higher than usually tuned for those sizes, again using that jazz/Big band era element for tuning, which I find wasn't captured here. Mitchell also used ZILDJIAN avedis cymbals and Charlie used the italian made Ufip, and Bonham used paiste.. With that said, let's call these sounds what they truly are. Modernized, over perfected drum sounds from three legendary drum sounds, but still a little further away from the originals.

[@mos6507]

It's amazing that Eddie Kramer is still around, let alone as spry as he is. I guess he was really young in the 60s.

[@skythemusic]

He was in his mid 20s making those records and looks fabulous even today.

[@4stringz.]

I have the EZX version and love it!!! It’s my favorite EZD expansion so far

[@assshakerstudios549]

Ooooo...This is awesome! Did they also do the secrete trick on John Bonham's drums by smashing it I wonder?

[@johnh.george9059]

great drum sound really wish I had the money to buy my the time I get the cash SD4 will be out

[@j0n.p]

This, along with Decades, are the best sounding and complete libraries for Superior Drummer. There's 4 or 5 that I really can't tell the difference between, sound wise. But those 2 that I mentioned sound amazing on anything (Jazz, Rock, Funk, etc). Wish there was a world kit (African, Brazilian, etc) or an updated Free Jazz kit (Sticks and Brushes are very dated and had terrible presets) instead of another generic rock kit.

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Love this!

[@humhead08]

First SDX I purchased within the first 5 minutes of the demo...................

[@BadChizzle]

Love the idea behind it. Must have been a lot of long hours, to get it done correctly... and walk away feeling good about it.

[@Trackformers]

I want all of these kits, but recorded in the Galaxy Studio room!! Holy fuck that rooms sounds perfect in every single way... Toontrack will you ever record kits in that room again??

[@JoaoVitor-nq1bu]

Gonna echo some of the comments bellow, I'd buy a Mike Portnoy and a Neil Peart kit!

[@ricklang_drummer]

Agreed. Though LOR is epic, there already is a NP kit from Sonic Reality made for BFD2/3.

[@DimitrisVoutsas]

awesome

[@scmetemete1430]

Sounds good...Did u use the jet black kit of this sdx in the intro of this video?

[@chipvdrum]

Fantastic guys. Man! And on first listen, these snares sound immediately useful across a broad spectrum of styles. I have felt in some past SPD3 SDX’s there have been one or two snares I’m so psyched to play, then they’re tuned in a very particular style, super-cranked for example, or the snares are super loose or conversely, choking the drum, which might be exactly what they were going for, but, might be only useful as a particular effect. I find myself not using them much. That said, it is fun to layer one of those “quirky” snare sounds on top of something more “traditional” for added depth, ring, snare sustain or attack. WHAT IF: you could record the snares, with say, 3 or 4 different snare tensions, that we could then choose from, maybe even implemented in an update as a “virtual snare strainer”. With the bleed, and surround, we would need what, an 8 terabyte drive for one SDX? Haha Congrats guys, I can’t wait to get my hands on this one, love what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with!

[@toontrack]

Hi, Thanks for the kind words. And thanks also for some solid input and snare ideas!

[@wickedlyblind6950]

How about an Alex Van Halen kit some day?

[@mdwayne741]

Right.....I always loved his snare sound. AVH!

[@IntheDAW]

so now i gotta get another sdx

[@RabihRihana]

F+++ yeah!

[@chrischoir3594]

I'm curious why you didn't hire Jason Bonham to play the drums? or al least someone who can emualte Bonzo .

[@wyrlismike]

Hey drummer guy! Was Mitch Mitchell very much influenced by jazz? Haha I kid, I kid. Great sdx guys!

[@Salantsoundstudios]

Sounds fuckin greatttt!

[@robsco1249]

Give us Ian Paice kit!

[@JohnnyDePaula]

SDX The Metal Foundry have an Ian Paice signature snare, use with the Ludwig Silversparkle and be happy!

[@robsco1249]

@@JohnnyDePaula What cymbals they have? Paiste 2002 and...? Strange the IP kit Is in the Metal foundry... thanks

[@JohnnyDePaula]

@@robsco1249 in The Metal Foundry have Sabian, Zildijan, paiste and some Bosphorus cymbals and a P.S. : it's only the unique Ian Paice Snare, not the kit...a lot of bands used the Ludwig Silversparkle in 60's and 70's

[@robsco1249]

@@JohnnyDePaula thanks for the informations.

[@robsco1249]

@@JohnnyDePaula Are the Paiste signature 22 full ride and 2002 15" crunch hats available? Strange Paice snare Is under the metal and not rock name.

[@JimijaymesProductions]

When I'm saving up to just get SD3 and now I want all the expansions, ill stick with BFD because otherwise Ill spend several grand on drum libraries......:S

[@patrickkreman5424]

Drum products finally sound like drums

[@cjverburg]

Only 167 GB...

[@LocaliLLocano]

Take my money!

[@jhonackerman9624]

Eddie Kramer walked right past me at NAMM a few years ago and I just didn’t have the courage to say hello. #FAIL