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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