Meet Al Schmitt and the rest of the team involved in recording the Decades SDX for Superior Drummer 3 at Capitol Studios. Audio demos, more videos and information here: www.toontrack.com/product/dec...
The messed up thing is practically all the Beatles material was also recorded with the engineers having little to no access to EQ. All these guys from that era are true giants in audio, being able to achieve the records they did with the equipment they had.
"And Norm? God bless him! He is amazing, I don't know how many guys can do what he does." - Dear Norman, you can end your career right now. It won't get better than this. ;) To have a sample library recorded by the greatest audio engineer ever lived on earth is mindblowing. Congrats, Toontrack. And congrats, Norman. ;)
RIP Albert Harry Schmitt. I just found out he's been dead sense April 2021. I know he was old but it's still a shock for me because Al is a big idle of mine. I just wish ToonTrack would make Superior Drummer accessible for the blind because this would get me as close as I'm going to get to working with him sense I know I'll never be able to.
What has that got to do with songwriting? I have never used it for writing songs, only for bypassing working with a real drummer when recording. I cannot imagine how a sample library can help write songs.
I can only hope to be this aware and on top of it at 89!! what a dear soul with an incredible work ethic... so glad you guys did this with someone as prolific as Al.
Even though I've raced home from work to buy and start downloading this new library, just wanted to watch the video while it's downloading to get the full story. Can't wait to load them up later tonight! Not to mention another library recorded on a 80 series Neve!
@@piotrpawlak9265 I'm sure there are spots even in a room as 'good' as this one that are bad for certain applications. Sometimes if a room is terrible the best place for the mics maybe a different room.
of course he does, you think he doesnt use the eqs on that massive neve desk!? he does for mixing. He is referring to eq curve settings and filtering on the mics themselves and where he places the mics gives more or less low or high end. He didnt need compression back in the day due to tracking to tape which has natural compression. He is old school and sure wanted to keep dynamics.
bought it for my acoustiv drums i have now a very wide range of drums core libary, rock foundry, decades & custum shop & ukpop ezx :)) could be the best sdx so far
Toontrack has come such a long way from when they did the horribly compressed and dated sounding SD 2 core library and the endless metal centric stuff. Enjoying these new libraries so much.
The thing is at least with the original metal foundry if you loaded up the individual kits not presets they were really versatile. Same with the Metal Machinery but I'm not a fan of the progressive foundry if we're talking only superior 2 stuff..
I don't know if people understand how important it is to actually have musicians who can play consistently hit the drums the same every time in the same place with the same amount of power it really is a dance and when you have an engineer as good as Al Schmidt you better be recording musicians who can play
It is funny because drummers criticise sample libs for repetitive sounds and you now write that this is their own aim - people always find some problem.
omG this is almost a solemn moment....just looking at this guy we learn something, im very fascinated by him so i bought his book called "The Magic Behind the Music" and he made me almost cry with all the philosophy behind the recording sessions...after watching so much trash on internet about mixing, this book brought me to the flat zone. He is now 90 years old and he is the most sweet person i ever seen, for all those who likes to track recordings...learn from the master, just like Bruce lee. PS- by the way...who disliked this video was one of those trash youtubers who thinks that knows everything, i mean it was satan himself, because this isnt a matter of opinion is just a fact
The Snare is located in the stereo field as Al Schmit wanted it to be, as he was the one positioning all of the mics. We watched in awe as Al graciously explained his theories on micing, and what he goes for in a drum sound. The last thing we would do in this situation is try to impose any other opinion or theory on Mr. Schmitt.
