Features

• aims at recreating the magic vibe and sound of an historical record

• features the same exact kit used on the “Black Album” by Metallica

• same microphones and recording path as used on the “Black Album”

• engineered by Mike Tacci (originally the assistant engineer on the “Black Album”)

• recorded in the same room, at One On One studio (now 17 Hertz) in North Hollywood (CA)

• 12.5 GB compressed on disk and downloads

• 25000 samples

• 1 full drum kit

• 17 drum pieces

• sampled in full detail: up to 286 samples per articulation divided into up to 11 round robins (Kontakt)

• 5 round robins on Cymbals and more than 16 dynamics each

• the best of both worlds: the power of BFD for drums, the ease of use and integration of Kontakt

• up to 3 close mics on each drum piece

• 4 sets of room mics: Overheads (2xU87), a mixdown of Close Room (2xAKG C12) + XYs Room (a set of 4 AKG414), Far Room (2xTelefunken ELAM 251s), Rear Room (a single AKG414)

• warm and deep sound, processed through an analog tape machine (Studer A800)

• advanced mixing and management thanks to our custom advanced scripting

• digitally recorded at 24 bit / 88.2 KHz, released at 24 bit / 44.1 KHz

• features presets mixed by Mike Tacci

Kontakt Features

• Read the dive-in manual for the Kontakt version here

• custom 3D graphics with animation on snare drum changes

• build your own kit

• very quick startup times

• advanced RAM management thanks to RAM purge

• up to 3 Close and 4 Room mics

• tuning, velocity curve and AHD envelope controls on each drum

• advanced engine, shared with all future drum libraries

• 10 global factory presets

• innovative integrated MIDI file player

• 10 MIDI Styles, 800 Patterns, billions of possible combinations

• up to 11 round robins

• large number of velocity splits (always > 16)

• 30 custom IR reverbs

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  The Black Album Drums (Kontakt)

  NEW: now includes Drum Particles Kontakt instruments – Black Album edition, for even more power and flexibility

  Read below for more info. Free for all registered customers, old and new.

  IMPORTANT NOTE for past customers: the BFD version of this product is now discontinued – if you seek support for it, please drop us an email and we’ll do the best we can to help or direct you to the BFD Drums guys for further help

  

  The vibe and sound of an historical recording at your fingertips

  The Black Album Drums is a drum library for Kontakt 5.5 (full version) inspired by the drum sound featured on the “Black Album” by Metallica from 1991:

  • it features the kit played on that record, not just the same model, that exact kit (a 1980 Gretsch with Zildjian cymbals and a Tama Bell Brass snare)

  • 2 snares (we added an extra Ludwig 1970s vintage Black Beauty), dual kicks (L&R), 5 toms, 4 crashes, 1 china and an additional ride cymbal.

  We approached the production of this library with an enormous amount of respect and love for the sound we wanted to capture: one of the signature sounds of the history of Rock and Metal music. To this extent, we were lucky to track down a large number of information and material regarding the sessions we were inspired by.

  Please Enjoy these videos and audio demos describing the features of the library and further info on the recording sessions and see you in a bit, below here.