Simon Phillips Talks About the Studio Drums for Groove Agent | Interview

Music-industry legend Simon Phillips recorded and mixed his customized studio drum set exclusively for Groove Agent. His very own concept of drum sound based on 40 years of playing, recording and mixing music has been captured in this premium VST drum library which includes 6 GB of samples and grooves.
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[@preisseldrums]

What a legend, one of the few drums you can immediately recognize by sound and style.

[@yellowquantum4240]

He has been huge since a kid. I am 3 years younger my teacher in 1978 introduced me to Simon. Today he is a master and so knowledgeable . Guru!!!

[@fusionhead1]

I've always loved Simon's drumming and with his band Protocol, he stands as one of the best and most important figures in fusion music today.

[@brianwest2394]

one of the best in the world.

[@stevemountford3707]

Excellent. Simons my favourite player not just for his amazing feel and technique but his engineering skill and how he captures the instrument - looking forward to getting this.

[@demonicsweaters]

I love that man. Such a great drummer, such a great sound, and such an eloquent gentleman.

[@damirfenrich5439]

👍

[@ClaudioFanara]

Thank you Simon !! The best. and thanks to Steinberg.

[@DuroSamples]

SIMON! you're the man.. Thanks for sampling your drums. Superb! Gonna be all night messing with it... Love the Ballad low tune kit..

[@AnthoReco]

About time someone brought Simon Phillips' drumming into the digital age, and what a fantastic job you guys have done doing so.

[@giulianodipaolo_]

Such a nice point of view: visualizing the sound... wow!

[@DuroSamples]

I've been waiting for this moment for 20 years... my fav drummer's drum kit sound. This kit is the best so far in the Groove Agent line up...

[@DidierMartini]

+Salvador Peláez 20 years ? it seems you missed it ;) ... Simon's drum kit sound has already been sampled in the past by best service, in the library Artist Drums / Artist Grooves (in this library, there is as well, Dennis Chambers, and some other nice drummers, but the library is old).

[@DuroSamples]

Boddy.. already had those, not that great by the way, very limited layers, I even made a hybrid of Denis and Simon kit... this one is way better... So yes, since I've been following this drummer, I wanted to have his samples... actually since 1992..

[@DidierMartini]

+Salvador Peláez it was not to tell that it was great or not, just to tell that one has been done in the past (didn't know if you were aware of it or not, sorry). yes, the best service was not great, but it's old, at least, the octobans was not that bad ;). i'm like you, following and fallen in love for simon since 1992. (when he replaced Jeff on the Kingdom of desire's Toto Tour). Symbiosis / Tambu played a big role as an influence on some of my tunes. i was on the way to record with simon in 2009/2010, but .... big healt issues (hearing ones) on my side and couldn't do it. i don't know at which point the steinberg one is great (can't listen to music normally anymore, only few minutes per week / month, sometime one hour at best, and that when i use that hour to make some music) and there is no trial version, so difficult to judge. i purchased the Looploft loop library for christmas (unfortunatly if i knew steinberg would release that, i would have never bought the looploft one, especially because there is No midi version of each groove like the omar hakim one). it's not great, no enough varations per song, Mixed tracks only for studio one, and more than that , no midi, so completly useless (at least for me). I'm interested by the steinberg release because of the kit and because the groove areavailable in midi so we can change the bass drum placement or any other instrument if needed to suit our tunes. did they recorded it with any Midi captor on simon's kit, or it has been "reprogrammed based on audio recording ? but i don't know at which point it's great or not. is the kit already mixed or not? by simon himself or not ? i never used groove agent, i have cubase 8 Pro, with the SE version, but don't know what i would lost with it if i purchase the steinberg library and use only the SE version because no money to by the non SE version. if you own it, any advice or comments would be welcome, thanks !

[@DuroSamples]

I'm downloading it.. I will let you know as soon as possible... Next drum I will nag about is Vinnie Colaiuta! Oh YEAH! SImon Phillips is now using Nuendo.

[@DuroSamples]

I think I've heard Symbiosis about a 1,000 times

[@thedronedownunder3919]

I'm an old Judas Priest fan from the start,can't I remember thinking 'who is this awesome drummer' on Sin after Sin. Turns out it was Simon Phillips. This guy is truly amazing on so many levels. Wow.

[@siriusfun]

And to think he was only 20yrs old on 'Sin after Sin'!

[@jeffhickman10]

Met him, GREAT guy, fabulous drummer. Been a HUGE fan since I was a kid. They say never meet your heroes, not always the case.

[@user-xf7hn8gq6w]

love your sound

[@ancientdesertsr]

I love using your Groove Agent Studio Drum pack. Do more! Do more!

[@larryshelast8979]

Such a great guy !!!

[@M_Dutch97]

Fantastic drummer!

[@eckenschneck]

Very nice!

[@rodrigochaves8169]

Great drum sound.

[@howardruiz5768]

ES SIMPLEMENTE IMPOSIBLE QUE ESTE HOMBRE SEA DE ESTE PLANETA ES REALMENTE INCREÍBLE MÚSICO DE UN NIVEL EXTRAORDINARIO.

[@discotekrio9120]

Maestro!!.

[@enricofavento5885]

SIMON= VERY SPECIAL SOUND!

[@TheEJ1408]

Wow!

[@GeorgeTdR]

Respect

[@damianocogo1221]

Simply i love you.

[@zenkyjugo7888]

simon has original sound and approach to drumming...he and billy cobham are drummers with recognizable drumming style that comes from 70's especially "spectrum"album,very inspiring...

[@ovonisamja8024]

Finaly, some quality and useful stuff from steinberg.

[@rogerdickmajer7305]

Das ist es!

[@vincealbertmusic]

1:21 Gong drum hit where?! :p

[@thomasspencer2510]

bassdrum

[@DanielGlue]

Can you tell me whether this can also be used as plugin for other DAWs, such as Presonus Studio One? Thank you!

[@BedoyaMJuanP]

Which kind of headphones is he using?

[@TorbenMougaard26]

Love the drums ,- the Jazz drums also .. 8 out of 10 tracks i use the Simon Phillips Drums ... Thanks for at awesome product . There is often some problems when i use the drums for demo´s for later real drum recordig . The drummer say´s , i can´t play drums like that .. Well , do the best you can , mate .. :) . I think the sophisticated and hard drum parts are very over the top. Hard to use. I would prefer more light preset variations, rather than very hard. No one but Simon would be able to play them anyway . ! That my point .

[@nielswil]

On which Groove Agent are we talking about? Nr4 or 5?

[@SONORSQ2guy]

Best advice 4:00

[@ikevmusic]

Does anyone know if this works with an electronic drumkit (I have a KAT KT3 that works nicely with EzDrummer) and I'd love to get some Simon sound out of it. I can't find ANY information about this anywhere, which is weird. If it works, I'm switching !!

[@steinberg]

+iKev Music & Stuff Hello, this is an expansion pack for Groove Agent 4, in order to work you will need Groove Agent 4 as well.

[@ikevmusic]

+Steinberg yes sorry I meant if groove agent works with edrums

[@damirfenrich5439]

Where he lives now, after lost his home and studio i L.A.? Thanks..

[@Pentoute45]

How did that happen ?

[@walriley48]

Forest fires in the area.

[@Pentoute45]

thanks man, sorry to hear that.@@walriley48

[@the6ig6adwolf]

What record did he work on with Frank?

[@nickordich7469]

That's what I wanna know

[@isaacvandoren4733]

does anyone know what he uses for his extra snare?

[@SvenTheSveed]

Isaac Van Doren think it's a 10x6 steel popcorn

[@isaacvandoren4733]

Jonathan C Thanks!

[@DlikinDrums]

Hello! can use this video on my channel ?

[@steinberg]

HI, yes, you can add it to one of your playlists and /or share it as well.

[@steinberg]

You are just not allowed to download it and re-upload it to your channel.

[@bartroijakkers]

21totoyears,1993+21=2014?

[@13ben74]

Zappa is always right

[@danielschroder6678]

I do not think this was a good explanation or demonstration at all.

[@SpeccyMan]

That wasn't what this video was about, now was it? Try again!