Revival Snare Drum Sample Library: Volume 1

From the archive of beat maker, author and Revival Drum Shop founder José Medeles (1939 Ensemble, The Breeders) comes one of the world’s most extensive curated collections of unique and vintage snare drum sounds.

Decades in the making, the library was recorded at Vancouver’s Bocce Recording, under the thoughtful guidance of producer Mark Powers and engineer John Morgan Askew, and encompasses 57 unique, classic, vintage, and antique snare drums, offering a sonic palette of 1,425 pre-blended samples for you to use individually or as round robins in your DAW.

Also included are the original 7,125 samples captured from all mics involved in the process, giving you a grand total of 8,550 samples to use as you choose. Within this offering you will find not only 2s and 4s, but the rimshots, cross-sticks, ghost notes, and room dynamics to bring organic and authentic life to your drum mixes.

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WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS COLLECTION:

Blended/mixed samples (25 per drum) which feature five round-robin options for each of the following five sounds:
• Center stroke
• Ghost note
• Rimshot
• Side stick (cross-stick)
• Snares off (center stroke)

Original/un-mixed samples (a total of 125 per drum) from each of these microphones used in the recording process:
• Shure SM57 (bottom)
• Beyerdynamic M 201 TG (top)
• Coles 4038 (overhead)
• AEA R88 MkII stereo ribbon (room) 
• AKG C451 B stereo pair (room)

All samples are 24-bit 44.1 kHz WAV files

Library size: 5.9 GB

A list of all snares, with details about their era, size, shell construction, and number of lugs is included, as well as a photo of each vintage snare at the top of its folder of samples.

Curated and performed by José Medeles JoseMedeles.com
Produced by Mark Powers PowersPercussion.com
Recorded by John Morgan Askew at Bocce – Vancouver, WA BocceRecording.co
Studio assistance by Ryan Moore and Keith Mikami