Joey Sturgis Miles McPherson Drums [KONTAKT]

The Miles McPherson Drums library is a collection of recorded, edited and mixed drum samples for the Native Instruments ‘Kontakt' platform. The collection comprises two sampled kits, a Yamaha and 1972 Rogers kit recorded at Starstruck studios, Nashville and Miles McPherson’s personal studio (respectively); each performed by acclaimed pro drummer, Miles McPherson (Kelly Clarkson, Paramore).

► Includes:

• Two Kontakt Instruments, one for each kit. 6 GB Download.
• House Kit and Studio Kit. Details below.
• Ultra Realistic Drum samples performed by Miles, Engineered by Joey
• Right and Left hit articulations, Snare Wires on and off, Full Kit Bleed.
• Intelliswitching for automated R | L triggering.

► THE KITS

HOUSE KIT

Drums: 1972 Rogers Kit
Recorded at: Miles McPherson’s Personal Studio
Drummer: Miles McPherson
Engineer: Joey Sturgis

Miles - The kit we used for this session is the kit I received for Christmas from my folks when I was 13 years old. It was my first kit and consequently still my favourite. It originally had a 22” inch kick, but I found a white, 14” x 24” Rogers shell on eBay that was made in the same year as my kit; 1972. I stripped the hardware from the 22” and stuck it on the 24”. I’ve been using this 13”, 16”, 24” configuration for about a decade now.

This kit was sampled using Yamaha hardware, DW pedals with a DW beater, Remo coated emperors on toms, Remo clear Powerstroke Pro on kick, Remo Controlled Sound Black Dot on snare, and Vater 55BB wood-tip sticks.

For cymbals we used all Meinl Byzance series crashes, hi-hat, ride, and a china. 15” Medium Traditional hats. 19” and 20” Medium Brilliant Crashes. 24” Medium Traditional Ride and an 18” Dark China.

STUDIO KIT

Drums: Yamaha Kit
Recorded at: Starstruck Studios, Nashville Tennessee
Drummer: Miles McPherson
Engineer: Joey Sturgis

Miles - If I’m honest, this kit is somewhat about promoting my own agenda. I’m a fan of heavier music and I’m a fan of big drums, but I don’t feel like it’s often enough that the two coexist. When Joey and I were talking about doing this library, this kit immediately sprung to mind. It’s a combination of my last two touring kits. My Maple/Birch customs that I used with Kelly Clarkson and the Club Customs I had for Paramore.

The kit is a 24”x18” Maple Custom bass drum, 13”x9” Club Custom rack tom, 16”x15” Club Custom floor tom, and an 18”x16” Club Custom floor tom. The snare is a chrome-over-brass 14”x6.5” Paul Leim signature. This snare drum has handled 95% of my workload for the last 5 years. It’s my baby! The Club Custom toms are 6-ply Kapur wood, which gives them a warm, dark, and distinctly vintage character.

For this library, I truly wanted to marry huge, dark, older sounding drums with the best of the best in modern and high-end mics and signal processing. The cymbals that I felt best paired with this direction were all my biggest Meinl Byzance cymbals. 21” Medium Traditional Crash, 22” Medium Traditional Crash, 24” Medium Traditional Ride, and 16” Medium Traditional Hi-Hats. We also included an 18” Extra Dry Thin Crash and an 18” Vintage Series Trash Crash to replace the traditional role of a china.

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