Platinum Samples - Evil Drums

Joe Barresi is synonymous with Rock, having engineered and produced some of today’s greatest modern rock bands. Joe’s credits include Tool’s “10,000 Days”, Wolfmother “Cosmic Egg”, Queens Of The Stone Age’s QOTSA and “Lullabies to Paralyze”, Bad Religion’s “New Maps of Hell” and “The Empire Strikes First”, as well as albums with Weezer, Turbonegro, Backyard Babies, Clutch, Pennywise, and more.

Featuring 6 full drum kits, 6 kick drums and 6 snares the Evil Drums Expansion Pack is unlike any other expansion pack available. Recorded to analog tape at two legendary rock studios using compression and EQ, Joe Barresi has captured a diverse ensemble of drum sounds with unprecedented detail and full bleed to create a unique and exquisitely evil expansion pack. Evil Drums also includes MIDI grooves performed by Pat Wilson (Weezer, The Special Goodness).

Platinum Samples is the first third party company to release Expansion Packs for Toontrack Music’s best selling Superior Drummer® 2.0 software. The expansion pack requires that Superior Drummer® 2.0 be installed and is both Mac OS X and Windows compatible. Superior Drummer® 2.0 supports Digidesign’s RTAS format, as well as VSTi and Audio Units technologies.

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Point by point

• Joe Barresi’s credits include Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Wolfmother, Bad Religion, Weezer, Judas Priest, Turbonegro, Clutch, Pennywise & more.

• Includes 6 full drums kits, 6 additional kicks and 6 more snares (a total of 64 drums & cymbals)

• Features drums manufactured by Gretsch, Ludwig, Tama, Pork Pie, Ayotte, Drum Workshop, Noble & Cooley, Zildjian and Paiste.

• Evil Drums are the only Superior Drummer® 2.0 SDX expansion pack where the drums were recorded onto analog tape.

• Recorded at two of Joe’s favorite studios using vintage Neve consoles as well as Joe’s own esoteric collection of mic pres, EQ’s and compressors.

• Evil Drums has unprecedented detail with full bleed for ultimate realism.

• Includes bonus MIDI Grooves performed by Pat Wilson (Weezer, The Special Goodness).


Instrument List

Kit 1 - Pork Pie Tobacco Satin
Kick - Pork Pie 18x22” Tobacco Satin
Snare - Ludwig 6.5x14” 70’s Black Beauty
Hat - Zildjian A Series 14” Master Sound
Hi Tom - Pork Pie 8x10” Tobacco Satin
Mid Tom - Pork Pie 9x12” Tobacco Satin
Floor Tom - Pork Pie 14x16” Tobacco Satin
Crash 1 - Zildjian A Series 18” Medium Crash - Brilliant Finish
Crash 2 - Zildjian A Series 19” Medium Crash - Regular Finish
Ride - Zildjian A Series 22” Ping Ride

Kit 2 - Ludwig 70’s Clear Vistalite
Kick - Ludwig 14x22” 70’s Clear Vistalite
Snare - Ludwig 5x14” Vistalite
Hat - Paiste 15” Giant Beat Hats
Hi Tom - Ludwig 8x12” Vistalite
Mid Tom - Ludwig 9x13” Vistalite
Floor Tom - Ludwig 16x16” Vistalite
Crash 1 - Paiste Signature Series 18” Full Crash
Crash 2 - Paiste Signature Series 19” Full Crash
Ride - Paiste 24” Giant Beat

Kit 3 - DW Classic Radio King
Kick - Gretsch 18x24” Grape Stain
Snare - Tama Signature Series - Stewart Copeland 5x14”
Hat - Zildjian 14” Constantinople
Hi Tom - DW Classic Radio King (Reissue) 8x12”
Floor Tom - DW Classic Radio King (Reissue) 16x16”
Crash 1 - Zildjian K Series 18” Medium Thin Dark Crash
Crash 2 - Zildjian K Series 19” Medium Thin Dark Crash
Ride - Zildjian K Series 24” Light Ride

Kit 4 - Gretsch Natural Blonde Maple
Kick - Gretsch 16x22” Natural Blonde Maple
Snare - Tama Rosewood 3.5x14”
Hat - Zildjian A Custom Series 13” Master Sound
Hi Tom - Gretsch 8x10” Natural Blonde Maple
Mid Tom - Gretsch 9x12” Natural Blonde Maple
Floor Tom - Gretsch 14x16” Natural Blonde Maple
Crash 1 - Zildjian K Series 19” Medium Thin Dark Crash
Crash 2 - Zildjian A Series 19” Medium Crash
Ride - Zildjian K Series 22” Heavy Ride

Kit 5 - Pork Pie Glamouflage
Kick - Pork Pie 18x24” Glamouflage
Snare - Zildjian/Noble & Cooley Alloy 7x14”
Hat - Zildjian A Series 15” Rock Hats
Hi Tom - Pork Pie 10x13” Glamouflage
Mid Tom - Pork Pie 14x16” Glamouflage
Floor Tom - Pork Pie 16x18” Glamouflage
Crash 1 - Zildjian A Series 18” Dark Medium Thin Crash - Brilliant Finish
Crash 2 - Zildjian A Custom Series 20” Medium Crash - Brilliant Finish
Ride - Zildjian A Series 24” Ping Ride

Kit 6 - Ludwig Psychedelic Swirl
Kick - Ludwig 14x22” Psychedelic Swirl Red
Snare - DW Classic 5x14”
Hat - Zildjian 12” Oriental Trash Hats
Hi Tom - Ludwig 9x13” Psychedelic Swirl Red
Floor Tom - Ludwig 16x16” Psychedelic Swirl Red
Crash 1 - Zildjian 18” Platinum Rock Crash
Crash 2 - Zildjian 20” Oriental ‘Crash Of Doom’
Ride - Paiste 26” 602 cracked

Extra Kicks
Kick #1 - Gretsch 18x24” Grape Stain
Kick #2 - Gretsch 16x24” Pink Stain
Kick #3 - Pork Pie 20x24” Puke Green Sparkle
Kick #4 - Pork Pie 20x22” Red, White & Blue Glass Sparkle
Kick #5 - Pork Pie 18x20” Mustard Seed Brown
Kick #6 - Pork Pie 18x24” Tobacco Sunburst

Extra Snares
Snare #1 - Tama Superstar “Big Red” 8x14”
Snare #2 - Ludwig 70’s Supraphonic 6.5x14”
Snare #3 - Ayotte wood hoop Green Day stain 5x14”
Snare #4 - Zildjian/Noble & Cooley 5x14”
Snare #5 - Pork Pie Glamouflage 6x12"
Snare #6 - Tama Rosewood 8x14”

Kits 1, 2 & 3 recorded at Grandmaster Recorders, Ltd.
Kits 4, 5 & 6 recorded at Sound City Studios