Presets needed .....please

[WayneDB]

Hello Everyone,
I'm working on a a bunch of songs and am wondering if anyone out there has any presets that I could try. I've tried all that are included with AD Drums and found nothing suitable. I'm looking for anything that would suit or sounds like Radiohead, Athlete, Coldplay, Travis or type stuff. Or indeed ANYTHING thats stylewise, in this area ie acoustic based music. I would really appreciate it if someone could help out plus it would save me loads of time as I am playing and recording all the other instruments myself. Cheers

[Niklas XLN Audio]

I hear you! Ive been doing some acoustically oriented music of my own lately, and Im a big fan of the type of sound you describe.
Give me a few days to collect my presets and we could probably post them as a download next week!

Be alittle patient though because we are swamped with work. But I really wanna help you here. So with a bit of persistance you can have some presets soon!

Thanks for posting!
talk more soon.

[WayneDB]

Hello Niklas,
Thanks for the response. I'm sorry if I appear anxious its just that I want to get this project completed soon. When I asked the question I was aiming it towards others using the program in the AD drums community to see if anyone had come up with anything interesting. I totally understand the pressures you must be under, having to cope with all our requests and demands but the thing is you made a f***ing excellent program and we all want to get the best out of it. lol. Once again many thanks. Wayne.

[Lars XLN Audio]

There is a preset for download in the user area, "Acoustic Pop", used in the audio demo of the same name. Don't know if this is close to what you're after but it's a nice preset anyway

[WayneDB]

Still waiting!

Surely someone must have something?

Come on guys be charitable lol

[Hackenslash]

Still waiting!

Surely someone must have something?

Come on guys be charitable lol

I have to build a couple of presets this week. Give me a song example and I'll see if I can replicate it for you.

[WayneDB]

Hello and thanks,
The sound I'm looking for is something similar to Travis ( The weight, Safe, Re-offender, Follow the light) (The Invisible Band Album) most of these songs use a similar drum sound. I have messed around for ages and had no joy. It seems that there always is one kit piece that is difficult to get right. If you come with anything in this area it would be fantastic. Also if you come up with any variations that would be amazing! Also if you have anything Beatleish from any period or indeed anything at all I would to try them. It would save loads of hassle as I've written all the songs, played and recorded all other instruments and doing vocals and this would save tons of hassle. Phew ! Many Thanks

[Hackenslash]

For the Beatles stuff, you should try pulling the low end out of the dry sonor kit. They used mostly Slingerland drums, which are quite easy to replicate. The trick is to EQ with little or no low frequency, as the lower end was not transferred to tape in those days very well. Hence they all sound so thin and, IMHO, cheesy and 'orrible! If that's what you're after, though, that's the way to proceed. I have begun acoustic treatment on the pit this week, so it'll probably be next week or the week after before I am really ready to start bulding presets in earnest. I have constructed a big rock preset, with an without reverb for live differentiation, that I could probably stick up tomorrow, if I have time. Watch this space.

[WayneDB]

The rock pre set you have sounds interesting. Look forward to that. Since my last post I have managed to get a decent sound by taking the metal pre set (believe it or not) and taming it down by reducing reverb levels and changing some kit pieces. It will be ok for now and it allows me to progress with recording other layers. The sophisticated pre set is another good one but the toms sound shit. lol. Bass drum and snare sound nice but after messing around for hours I couldn't get the toms to sound good without ruining the sound of everything else. Maybe I'm just crap with the program. ha ha. Speak soon. Cheers.

[Ashermusic]

For the Beatles stuff, you should try pulling the low end out of the dry sonor kit. They used mostly Slingerland drums, which are quite easy to replicate. The trick is to EQ with little or no low frequency, as the lower end was not transferred to tape in those days very well. Hence they all sound so thin and, IMHO, cheesy and 'orrible! If that's what you're after, though, that's the way to proceed. I have begun acoustic treatment on the pit this week, so it'll probably be next week or the week after before I am really ready to start bulding presets in earnest. I have constructed a big rock preset, with an without reverb for live differentiation, that I could probably stick up tomorrow, if I have time. Watch this space.

Actually Ringo played Ludwig, not Slingerland, in their classic era and almost always through a Fairchild compressor. And I still think that it was one of the great sounds.

BTW, the book "Recording the Beatles" is a treasure.

[Lars XLN Audio]

[quote="Ashermusic"]
BTW, the book "Recording the Beatles" is a treasure.[/quote]

Just got it, it's incredible!

[Hackenslash]

For the Beatles stuff, you should try pulling the low end out of the dry sonor kit. They used mostly Slingerland drums, which are quite easy to replicate. The trick is to EQ with little or no low frequency, as the lower end was not transferred to tape in those days very well. Hence they all sound so thin and, IMHO, cheesy and 'orrible! If that's what you're after, though, that's the way to proceed. I have begun acoustic treatment on the pit this week, so it'll probably be next week or the week after before I am really ready to start bulding presets in earnest. I have constructed a big rock preset, with an without reverb for live differentiation, that I could probably stick up tomorrow, if I have time. Watch this space.

Actually Ringo played Ludwig, not Slingerland, in their classic era and almost always through a Fairchild compressor. And I still think that it was one of the great sounds.

BTW, the book "Recording the Beatles" is a treasure.

You're spot on, but sonically they are very similar. My other points stand, though.

[WayneDB]

Hello,
Tried the eq suggestion with the sonor kit and with a few tweaks I got it sounding pretty good on a track yesterday.

Thanks