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Free Beat Friday #8 – Fast HEAVY Rock Drums

Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #8 – A fast HEAVY Rock drum Shred-Up!….We’ve done a couple of up-tempo heavy rock drum sessions lately. So we were WELL in the mood for a bit of shred…

Free Beat Friday #7 – Block Rockin’ Breakbeat

Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #7 – A block rockin’ breakbeat!…. In case you didn’t get the reference (!?!) this month’s Free Beat Friday is affectionately influenced by a fairly well known track by the Chemical Brothers.

Radial ProRMP REAMP Box

If you want to get ANY pre-recorded signal OUT of your DAW that is as close as possible to an instrument (guitar/bass/instrument pickup) and a musician standing in front of an amplifier, this box is the answer…

Free Beat Friday #6 – Dancehall Drum Loop

Blog story about the recording of Free Beat Friday #6 – A dancehall Drum Loop…. We recorded this STONKING dancehall drum loop back in December. So we can’t really remember! But it must’ve been cold and we fancied something steamy and exciting to warm up…

Deep Dry Soul Kit – Soul Samples

Blog story about the recording of “Deep Dry Soul Kit” – a sample pack containing 41 drum hits recorded across 11 different voices at 4 different velocities. Classic-sounding soul samples produced with a 70’s drum sound.

Sound Skulptor MP573 – Building a Neve (style) Mic Preamp

A build diary and review of the Sound Skulptor MP573 mic preamp. It’s a DIY kit of a Neve 1073 style microphone preamplifier. This is the story about why and how we started building our own gear. Written by The Beat Shed session drummer, Merlin Matthews.