The studio and the recording

COATED-19 was recording at Sonic Debris Studios, Dan Korneff’s self-designed facility in New York. The live room at Sonic Debris is bright, even sounding, and is specifically tuned for rock drum recording.

The drum kit was selected from Dan's extensive drum collection, for a modern sound that works across many genres of music. Dan mic’d and recording the kit through Sonic Debris’ vintage SSL 4000 E/G console, and processed through console and outboard eq’s and compressors. Dan, who is an accomplished drummer, personally played the kit for the sampling session. You’ll find the samples are consistent with just enough variation to sound human and “live."

Finally, Dan modeled elements from his drum mix signal flow: a vintage SSL listen mic compressor, and a tube emulation inductor based equalizer, and programmed the unique parallel processing found in the COATED-19 drum sampler. You’ll love these drums.