A premium drum sample expansion for TRIGGER by Steven Slate Drums, adding unprocessed snare, kick, and tom samples with multiple microphone channels for effortless mixing and customization.
Purpose and Content
This expansion enriches the TRIGGER drum library with a carefully selected collection of acoustic drum samples. It adds numerous snares, kicks, and toms, sourced from vintage kits like early sixties Ludwig and modern builders such as Noble and Cooley, plus a unique jazz cocktail kit. The samples are intentionally left unprocessed, capturing the natural character of each drum.
Recorded with close mics, overheads, and room channels, every drum provides a full sonic picture. Snares additionally include bottom mic samples, allowing precise control over the snare’s sizzle and brightness. This raw approach gives producers the flexibility to shape tones to fit any mix.
Key Capabilities
Each drum comes with separate close, overhead, and room microphone channels, plus bottom mic samples for snares. This multi-channel setup lets users blend different perspectives to achieve the desired depth and space. The samples respond well to equalization, compression, and other processing, making them a versatile starting point for sound design.
TRIGGER’s six sample channel architecture allows layering these deluxe samples with the original Steven Slate samples. This combination enables users to craft hybrid drum sounds that maintain the punch of one source while adding the character of another. The phase-accurate replacement engine ensures that layered samples align correctly in time.
Workflow Integration
Integrating the expansion into an existing TRIGGER setup is straightforward. Users can load the deluxe samples onto the six available stereo layers, mixing them with classic samples to taste. The unprocessed nature of the recordings means that additional EQ and compression can be applied without artifacts, allowing for surgical tonal adjustments.
The included room and overhead channels enable users to recreate a live drum ambience or tighten the sound by removing them. Bottom snare samples can be blended in to add crack or brightness. This modular approach suits both quick mixing tasks and detailed production work, from rock to jazz.
Practical Applications
This expansion is ideal for music producers, mix engineers, and songwriters using TRIGGER for drum replacement or enhancement. The variety of kits covers a wide tonal range, from vintage warmth to modern attack, making it suitable for genres like rock, pop, funk, and jazz. The unprocessed samples allow for creative sound shaping.
In a mixing session, users can replace weak drum hits or reinforce existing tracks with the deluxe samples. For music production, the samples can be triggered by MIDI to create realistic drum parts. The availability of room and overhead channels ensures that the drums sit naturally in a mix without excessive reverb or delay.
Key features
- Numerous unprocessed snare, kick, and tom samples
- Close, overhead, and room channels per drum
- Bottom mic samples on all snares
- Six stereo sample layers for layering
- Phase-accurate drum replacement engine
- Vintage and modern drum kits included
- Seamless mixing with classic Steven Slate samples
Best for
Best for producers and mixers using TRIGGER who want a versatile, unprocessed drum library that can be shaped with EQ and compression, and who value having close, overhead, room, and bottom mic options to craft natural or enhanced drum sounds.