2020 Tama Starclassic Walnut-Birch Samples
Incredibly Unique Sound … This beautiful snare has a Neon Oyster finish combined with Black Nickel hardware, but it sounds even better than it looks. It offers a beautiful combination of Low to Mid tones from the 2 plies of American Black Walnut along with the strong attack and projection produced from the 4 plies of Birch. One of our favorite sounding snare drums.
Specs:
Dimensions: 6.5” x 14”
Shell: Walnut and Birch
Batter Head: Tama G1 by Evans
Resonant Head: Tama Snare Side 300 by Evans
Snares: Tama 20-strand
Tuning:
Fundamental Pitch = 199 Hz
Batter = 314 Hz
Resonant = 386 Hz
LUFS: -17.0
* Download links will be displayed on the checkout confirmation page for your purchased samples.
Incredibly Unique Sound … This beautiful snare has a Neon Oyster finish combined with Black Nickel hardware, but it sounds even better than it looks. It offers a beautiful combination of Low to Mid tones from the 2 plies of American Black Walnut along with the strong attack and projection produced from the 4 plies of Birch. One of our favorite sounding snare drums.
Specs:
Dimensions: 6.5” x 14”
Shell: Walnut and Birch
Batter Head: Tama G1 by Evans
Resonant Head: Tama Snare Side 300 by Evans
Snares: Tama 20-strand
Tuning:
Fundamental Pitch = 199 Hz
Batter = 314 Hz
Resonant = 386 Hz
LUFS: -17.0
* Download links will be displayed on the checkout confirmation page for your purchased samples.
Incredibly Unique Sound … This beautiful snare has a Neon Oyster finish combined with Black Nickel hardware, but it sounds even better than it looks. It offers a beautiful combination of Low to Mid tones from the 2 plies of American Black Walnut along with the strong attack and projection produced from the 4 plies of Birch. One of our favorite sounding snare drums.
Specs:
Dimensions: 6.5” x 14”
Shell: Walnut and Birch
Batter Head: Tama G1 by Evans
Resonant Head: Tama Snare Side 300 by Evans
Snares: Tama 20-strand
Tuning:
Fundamental Pitch = 199 Hz
Batter = 314 Hz
Resonant = 386 Hz
LUFS: -17.0
* Download links will be displayed on the checkout confirmation page for your purchased samples.
Included with purchase are 10 24-bit Sample Files with a sample rate of 48kHz, and 1 Roland SPD-SX compatible file (16-bit, 44.1kHz), all professionally tracked with 24 mics in our new South Studio designed specifically for drums.
Mastered Best Sample (_drumName.wav)
Sample with Close Mics
Sample with Overhead Mics
Sample with Room Mics
Sample with Wall Mics
Sample with Ceiling Mics
Sample with Floor boundary Mic
Sample with remote Stairway Mic
Sample with RimClick
Sample with Rimshot
Best Sample for Roland SPD-SX
Also included are 30 individual velocity samples with 5 different velocities containing 3 round robins each: one set of 15 files for All Mics, and one set of 15 for only Room Mics (excludes the close mics 1-5 below). This allows you to easily create MIDI files and/or trigger replacements. You can also use the Room Mic-only velocity files for layering or creating a unique sound enhanced by our incredible drum tracking room.
Take a listen …
Tracking Signal Chain Used across 24 Mics:
Top: Lauten Audio Snare Mic > Neve 1073 > dbx 160
Top: Sennheiser 409 > Neve 1073 > dbx 160
Top: SM57 > Neve 1073 > dbx 160
Shell: SM57 > Neve 1073 > dbx 160
Bottom: SM57 > Neve 1073 > Pultec EQP > dbx 560
Front: AKG 414 > Newton > SPL TDx
Stereo Overheads: sE T-1’s > UA 710 > UA 1176
Stereo Room: R-121’s > API 212L
Stereo Room: Coles 4038’s > API 212L
Stereo Room: Lewitt 440’s > SSL SuperAnalogue
Room behind Gobo: AKG P220 > UA 6176
Room: Beyerdynamic M 160 > SSL SuperAnalogue
Floor: Lauten Audio 220 FET > Neve 517
Ceiling KSM32 > UA 710
Ceiling: MXL 250 > UA 610 > Distressor
Ceiling: R144 > SSL SuperAnalogue
Wall (barn wood): AKG 214 > Neve 511 > Distressor
Wall (brick): KSM32 > UA 710 > UA 1176
Wall (quadratic diffuser): 47 FET > UA 710 > UA 1176
Remote Stairway: R1 MKIII > SSL SuperAnalogue > Pultec EQP > Bluey 1176
