Black Beauty Collection - Mastered and Raw Samples
The Legendary Black Beauty …
Download our most popular collection pack featuring over 700 samples spanning both multi-velocity mastered files with Slate Trigger presets, as well as raw one-shot samples. This collection includes 4 Black Beauty Snares, a Pearl and DW clone, a Ludwig Raw Brass, and a vintage Ludwig Nickel over Brass. If you’re looking to add some brass tones to your snare library, look no further. Our customers like to keep a Slate Trigger session saved with all 8 of these drums, each with 5 articulations, and blend over a century of brass tones together for a truly unique snare drum sound.
Here’s what’s included:
2017 5” Black Beauty Hand-Hammered - Mastered Sample Pack & Raw One-Shots
2019 5” Black Beauty 110th Anniversary Edition - Mastered Sample Pack & Raw One-Shots
2020 5” Black Beauty with Imperial Lugs - Mastered Sample Pack
2021 6.5” Black Beauty with Imperial Lugs - Mastered Sample Pack
2021 5” Ludwig Raw Brass - Mastered Sample Pack
1919 5” Ludwig Nickel over Brass Concert Dance Model - Mastered Sample Pack
2021 DW 6.5” Black Nickel over Brass Black Beauty clone - Mastered Sample Pack & Raw One-Shots
2011 Pearl Chad Smith Signature Black Nickel over Steel - Mastered Sample Pack & Raw One-Shots
Each of the 8 Mastered Sample Packs include:
10 Mastered Samples
1 Slate Trigger 2.0 Preset Instrument File (.tci) with 5 Articulations
More than 40 individual Velocity Samples
Each of the Raw One-Shot Packs includes over 90 natural single-shot samples with various microphones and strikes like rimshot, rim click, ghost notes, Big Fat Snare and more.
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This Mastered Sample Packs each include 10 24-bit Sample Files with a sample rate of 48kHz, professionally recorded with 11 mics, including Coles 4038’s and AKG C414’s and mixed on an SSL 4000 console. The 10 samples include:
Mastered Best Sample (_drumName.wav)
Sample with Close Mics
Sample with Room Mics
Sample with Tone Control Ring
Sample with BigFatSnare Sound
Sample with No Dampening
Sample with RimClick
Sample with Rimshot
Sample with Snares Off
Roland SPD-SX Compatible Best Sample
Additionally, a Steven Slate Audio Trigger 2 preset Instrument File (.tci) is included for easy drag-n-drop into Slate Trigger to layer or replace existing snares in your mix. The Instrument File includes 5 Articulations:
Open (no dampening)
ToneControl
BigFat
RimShot
RimClick
Each Articulation has multiple Velocity and Round Robin samples to provide a very dynamic and responsive Trigger replacement, replacing everything from ghost strokes to the loudest rimshots. These individual files are also included, in case you want to create your own MIDI or use another Trigger application.
The Raw one-shot packs each include 90 samples featuring different sounds like Tone Control Rings, BigFatSnare toppers, Rim Clicks, Rim Shots, Ghost Notes (Grace notes), and more.
