Sonic Reality was in the studio with Ken Scott and Bob Seibenberg, the drummer from Supertramp, recreating THAT sound! It is fascinating watching Ken do it. We put up the Supertramp tracks and then matched it up to the recorded tracks using the same gear! Ken got a U67 on each tom (hard to find, we had to rent them from Ocean Way Studios), a KM56 on the snare (interesting! I m always using a 57 for that but the KM is obviously crispier) and Coles 4038 ribbon mics for overheads which I’ve never used that way but they sound great! The character of the drums are authentic here and we A/B it with the original and it sounds like we are going back in time recording Crime of the Century… but for a NEW century. Well, it IS 96k and going to be chopped up into loops, slices, multi-channel drum kits you can play, Rexes, Apple Loops and all the rest… eventually making its way into your favorite sampler formats one way or another.

What we do is try to capture the sound and feel of the drummer in these sessions. We use a familiar song as a starting point but then go OFF from there with variations of the snare, kick, hats, ride, tom fills which are unrelated to any particular song but would be useful for someone’s new music they are making with the library. You can write a completely new style tune of your own but use THIS particular 70’s analog sound to do it. There’s material in there that could be used for a lot of styles. There are a couple of rap songs out there using Supertramp hooks (“don’t you look at my girlfriend”) and there were quite a few new grooves we did that I could picture some rap producer making a hit out of. Some good loose funk in there too. GREAT rock and classic rock grooves galore of course. It’s like you had Bob come play on YOUR album since there’s so much variety PLUS you ALSO have the playable kit which is worth the purchase alone! I can’t wait to play this kit and extra snares, percussion and various noises from the keyboard in our I-Map!

One other thing that is very cool about this is that we’re sampling to 2 inch analog tape and using a Trident A Range like the one that Ken used at Trident Studios in England. We’re video documenting it so you ll get to see some of this on www.studioprofiles.com. I am going to start posting behind the scenes videos like mad of this and also other Studio ProFiles sessions and even a little mini documentary on Genesis at some point with footage I have of Nick Davis mixing Mama in 5.1 and the guys rehearsing for the tour (which you can already see a little bit of at www.youtube.com/sonicreality )

Co-producing this with Ken Scott is an incredible honor for me and Sonic Reality. We’re thrilled about it! It’s been both a learning experience and we’re proud of being a part of his history. We had Ross Garfield, the Drum Doctor, helping us as well on top of several audio experts. One of these days we’ll have a live camera streaming on the web for one of these sessions so you can really be a fly on the wall if you wanted to. There were some stories I know I can’t tell but there are plenty of great ones that we can and will. Brian Kehew who wrote www.recordingthebeatles.com has been instrumental in putting this together. You should check out that book by the way. It’s fantastic. The most detailed info about any band recording that I’ve seen.

That’s it for now. This week Ken and I are recording Bill Cobham! Another challenging session recreating sounds of the 70’s with one of the most influential drummers of all time. See  you again soon! – Dave Kerzner (aka Squids).

“For decades people have asked me how I got this sound or that drum sound on so and so’s record. Now they can not only have that information but they can get the authentic drum sound itself!” says acclaimed engineer/producer Ken Scott.

Dave Kerzner, CEO of Sonic Reality adds “It’s amazing we were even able to find all of the original vintage gear to make this product in 2008 but now Ken’s classic warm 70’s drum production is preserved for all time”.

For this unique sample collection Ken Scott, ground-breaking producer and engineer who has recorded The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, America, Supertramp, Elton John, Devo, Missing Persons and many other classic bands is revisiting his past by recreating warm vintage multi-track drum and percussion sounds using the same rare recording equipment he used back in the day. It’s a high-end “retro” drum library/plug-in like no other featuring Sonic Reality’s deluxe iMap and GM multi-track drum kit mapping and multi-track Rex grooves for the Infinite Player. It covers a diverse range of styles from 5 of the most influential drummers in the world and includes engineering and production elements from one of the most accomplished record producers in music history.

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About Sonic Reality:

Sonic Reality(http://www.sonicreality.com) was started in 1996 by Dave Kerzner to meet the demands of sampler owners looking for every type of sound from drums to orchestral instruments to vintage keyboards, world instruments and more. Since then Sonic Reality has created the sounds for many award-winning products such as Interactive Drum Kits, Miroslav Philharmonik, Sonik Synth 2, Ocean Way Drums, and the new Studio ProFiles Drum Masters series for the Infinite Player virtual instruments.