Black Magic Snare Drum Samples

Add a little bit of magic to your drum sound with a Ludwig Black Magic Snare, recorded with a medium/low tuning for adding weight to your snare drum sound. Perfect for house of worship snare drum replacement / doubling.

Recorded with AKG C414s on Overheads, Nuemann u87s as room mics, SM7B on Snare bottom, and Slate Digital ML-1 Mic on snare top.

Featuring:

• 5 x different velocities (soft, medium soft, medium, hard, extra hard)
• 7 x round robins for each velocity for a total of 35 samples per articulation
• 4 articulations:
  • "Big" includes a mix of close mics, overhead mics, and room mics.
  • "Natural" includes a mix of close mics & overhead mics.
  • "Dry" is snare top and bottom mics isolated.
  • "Rooms" is just room mics so you can blend to your taste
• Steven Slate Trigger2 Preset with all articulations built in, making it easy to quickly replace or double your snare drum recordings.