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Marc McClusky x Sound City.

What it is: 
A collection of top-tier drum samples recorded by Marc McClusky at Sound City Studios. 

How we use it: 
Pair lightly processed One Shots with pre-mangled samples for a professional sounding drum track. 

Why it's cool: 
Smack Drums brings the expertise of Marc McClusky and the legendary drum sound of Sound City to your in-the-box recordings. A multi-platinum mixer/composer/producer, Marc McClusky began with a boombox, Tascam 4-track, and a set of Radio Shack microphones. That's when the obsession began. 

Since then, artists from Weezer to Social Distortion, Everclear to Motion City Soundtrack and beyond, countless artists have turned towards Marc McClusky to get their tracks to sound, well, only in a way that McClusky could make them sound.

From Atlanta to LA - where he had his own spot at the now legendary Sound City - McClusky's techniques are something that could only be gained via years of industry experience. Until now. 

Recorded by Marc McClusky in Sound City - "the birthplace of many of the greatest recordings in rock and roll history" - Smack Drums brings you expertly recorded, top-tier, musical drum samples. Each sample is lightly processed to provide for a professional sounding mix immediately after download, while providing an excellent foundation for mangling, distorting, saturating, and EQ-ing that fits your particular track. 

On top of that, Smack samples bring pre-mangled samples designed to layer on top of the other samples in the pack. In short, you get the tasteful side of McClusky's engineering paired with his idiosyncratic coloring for full-on, album-ready drums. 

Recorded in one of the most famous studios in world before it was gutted and the console removed. These drums samples share a common tonality with artists such as: Nirvana, Weezer, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and countless others. A Neve 8028 console and vintage Nuemman mics set the tone and punch. A 14x6.5 Brass Snare, 13x9 rack tom,14x14 floor tom and a 18x22 bass drum gives you a classic studio sound to add to your recordings and mixes.Look no further than Smack Drum Samples City of Sound Pack.

Marc McClusky is a platinum and gold award winning producer, mixer and composer based in New York. He has had multiple top 5 billboard albums and a #1 album on iTunes. Some of the artists Marc has worked with are: Weezer, LetLive, Motion City Soundtrack, Everclear, Ludo and many others. His career covers almost every genre from pop to rock and orchestral to hip-hop. He also is a composer and mixer for TV, Media and Film. Some of his credits include ESPN 30 for 30, Coke, Brain Health, SAP, Knife Skills (Oscar Nomination) and he scored the first 2 seasons and composed the theme song for the wildly popular YouTube show TapleTop.

Features: 
  • All instruments take full advantage of Trigger's multi-sample expression
  • DRT One Shot Files
  • 480 Samples in total
  • 1 Snare, 1 Kick Drum, 2 Toms and Reverb Samples
  • Multi Sampled at Multi Velocities Hard, Medium and Soft
  • Close Mics, Stereo Room Mics, Mono Room Mics, Overhead Mics, One Shot Samples, Smack Samples and Reverb Samples
  • Recored with Vintage Neumann, Coles and Telefunken mics with a Sound City’s original Neve 8028 console

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