Heavy Mental 1 features the playing of studio drummer Tony Morra and the massive acoustics of the Big Boy Room at The Sound Kitchen. Drummer Tony Morra puts his heart and soul into this collection.
Discrete Drums Pro Sets are recordings of pro drummers in multitrack 24 Bit WAV and pre-mixed 16 Bit 44.1 stereo formats for use with most DAWs that import WAV files.
Heavy Mental 1 Pro Set Includes:
- Drum Loop Formats:
Multitrack 24 Bit WAV Files with Pro Tools Sessions*
Stereo 16 Bit - Apple Loops and WAVs**
One Shot Samples
Audio Previews for Easy Auditioning
- Nearly 15 GB of Content
- 16 Sessions at a Variety of Tempos
- Styles: Metal, Hard Rock, and Alternative
- Sessions Divided into Parts Including Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Intros, Outros, Fills, Solos, Breaks, and More.
*Multitrack 24 Bit WAV drum recordings offer the most flexible mixing possibilities, as all tracks are delivered separately. Eight tracks of drums to mix, process and tune the way you want to fit your track. Mix, process, tune, distort, and mangle these drum and percussion tracks to suit your needs. For use in Pro Tools, Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo, Cakewalk, Sonar, and other digital audio sequencers that import WAV files. These drum libraries were recorded using renowned drummers, engineers, producers & recording studios.
**Pre-mixed 16 Bit 44.1 stereo drum loops. Build the drum track you want from these amazing performances. More than typical drum loops, which are usually 2 bars long, you get song segments ranging from 2 beat intros, to 16 bar verses, choruses, bridges, and more! Compatible with any program that opens 16 bit WAV files: Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Cubase, Sonar, Logic, Reason, Recycle, Live, Acid, BOSS BR-1180 CD & BR-1600CD, Roland CDX-1, VS-2480, VS-1824, Yamaha AW4416, Akai DPS 16 and more.
Recorded at the Legendary Sound Kitchen "Big Boy Studio"
The Sound Kitchen is the Southeast's most prestigious recording facility. Many of the biggest names spanning all music genres have recorded here (3 Doors Down, Amy Grant, Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Guy, Chicago, Dixie Chicks, Jimmy Buffett, Keith Urban, and many more. The remarkable Big Boy Studio includes 3,000 square feet of tracking space, six isolation booths, and a Yamaha C-7 grand piano. Big Boy is a beautiful and spacious studio, measuring 45 feet by 74 feet in length. Sound Kitchen's "Big Boy Studio" Web Site
Tony Morra, Drummer
Tony Morra started playing drums at age 3 in Queens. His professional career began at 16. He played every club in New York area (Bitter End and CBGB). Tony's MySpace says, "Played for many Artists in Nashville and worldwide. I'm producing new bands and artists: Ayeshia Woods, Aja, Amy Grant, Bruce Springsteen & Joe Grushecky (old friends - we redid "Code Of Silence"!) Paul Taylor (Winger), Rod Morgenstein (Winger/Dixie Dregs), Alex M (Laguna Beach), Avalon, Dean Samms, Kaci Brown, Britt Nicole, Rebecca ST. James, Kogure (Japanese Heavy Metal Singer), Movie-"Chronicles of Narnia" Movie- "Just Married", Dominick Chianese (Uncle Junior on the "Sopranos), Jennifer Paige, Cherie Adams (Formerly of "Avalon"), Van Zant and more."
Tony Morra talks about his experience playing drums for this in EQs Making of Heavy Mental & More About Tony Morra on the Bios Page
About Tony's Drums Used to Record Heavy Mental
From an
EQ Magazine interview with Tony about this product.
EM: What drums - snares and cymbals in particular - were used and why?
TM: I used my main Drum Workshop [DW] kit that I use here in town for sessions. Steve [Marcantonio] and I have worked quite often together and he loves the way they sound. (Although, Steve can make a tin can sound amazing.) These drums are special for me. This is the first kit I got from DW as an endorser. So there's sentimental value, but damn, these things sound awesome! They're very versatile. We didn't retune the toms at all. If I needed the fills to be big and fat, I'd use my larger toms in the setup. I have four toms, 8"x10", 9"x12", 11"x14", and 13"x16". I used a 16"x 24" kick from the kit I have in my home studio (the Downtown Batterie). It's very big and punchy. As for snares, well, I'm a snare junkie. I think I have 38 right now. [laughs] So, we had a lot to choose from. I did use a lot of metal drums, you know, brass shells. Plus an incredible Ochiltree snare I have. On a few tracks I used DW's Edge snare. Let's see, what else? My grandfather's Slingerland from 1929, and an old '40s Radio King that belonged to my dad. For cymbals I used Paiste 2002's Dimensions. They're bright and cutting, with this incredible "sheen." I went with these thinking that we needed something to blast through a lot of guitar. I know Steve is very particular with overheads, and I knew if I went with the Paistes, he wouldn't have to brighten up the overheads to get the cymbals to speak, which could really alter the overall kit sound. I wanted to give Steve a clean, bright, yet punchy sound. But I did change up the ride cymbal, come to think of it. We went with an old washy ride on some of the tracks - an old '60s 22" A Zildjian. I might have also used a 22" Sabian from the '80s. It's all bell and weighs as much as me! It's heavy and has no wash at all. For hi-hats I kept things pretty much the same: Paiste 15" "heavy hats."
STEVE MARCANTONIO: We changed up snares a lot and sometimes cymbals. Tony was always on top of the tuning, which is essential if you want your drums to sound good.
Steve Marcantonio, Engineer
Steve Marcantonio Mix Interview: "Steve Marcantonio is a master at the task [engineering]. Given his trademark punchy drums, well-placed guitars and tastefully present lead vocals, it's no surprise that the client list of this former Jersey boy reads like a who's who of country. His work encompasses classic Nashville as well as the edgier side of the genre, including projects for Rodney Crowell, Deana Carter, Billy Falcon, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, George Strait, Alabama, the Warren Brothers and Vince Gill, among others."
Steve Marcantonio talks about how he engineered this in EQs Making of Heavy Mental.
More About Marcantonio on the Bios Page
Rick DiFonzo, Producer & Engineer
Rick DiFonzo is the key player behind Discrete Drums. He says, "I'd planned a drum library because I was not happy with the products available at the time. I come from a rock background, having played guitar on and/or toured with Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Roger Waters, Belinda Carlisle, Joan Osborn, Cyndi Lauper and others. The drum libraries at the time were limp, and despite claims to the contrary, did NOT rock. I decided to go with a multitrack format, as no one else had done it. I needed drum tracks for my writing, and knew lots of great drummers from my days as a session and touring guitarist. At that time there was only one drum library that rocked, and although the drums sounded great, and the drummer was great, the stereo mix was swimming in room ambience - and not in a good way. It was then that I went to a friend of mine with the idea of a multitrack drum library, and he invested in it. I went into the studio right away. Discrete Drums grew from my need for rocking drums that I could mix myself. Now users can customize the sound of the drum kits recorded by great drummers and make it sit in a track just the way they want."
Rick DiFonzo talks about the making of this product in EQs Making of Heavy Mental.
More About Rick DiFonzo on the Bios Page
Licensing
Owners of a license to this drum content may use them in their recordings royalty free.
End User License Agreement and Terms of Use for Discrete Drums Products: All rights reserved. The sounds and performances on these discs are licensed to the original purchaser for use in music production only. Copying, duplicating, selling, electronically transmitting, renting or other uses of these sounds and performances not specifically for the purpose of music production is prohibited by law. When you purchase this product, the content is licensed, not sold to you, by Sonoma Wire Works (owner of the Discrete Drums brand) for music production. The original purchaser may use these samples and performances in a commercial or non-commercial recording without any additional licensing fees. Any commercially released product that utilizes any performances from this library should include credit to the appropriate artist(s) in a form similar to the following example: "Drums by Greg Morrow."
Availability
"Heavy Mental 1 Pro Set" is distributed on DVDs, and is a re-release of the "Heavy Mental Pro Set" that was previously available on CDs and may have contained different formats at the time of purchase.
Discrete Drums is a Sonoma Wire Works brand.
