“Rhapsody in Bohemia” is a drum sample pack for Slate Digital’s Trigger plugin (with accompanying 24bit WAV files) that pays homage to the fat, vintage sounds of Queen drummer Roger Taylor but with a modern slant. These samples are recorded with a view to sounding extremely natural, fat and full of tone and as a result they are capable of being used in a wide range of genres where an organic vibe is desired. The pack features a gorgeous Ludwig classic maple kit with a 22x16 kick (In both dampened and wide- open tunings), 12x8, 13x10 and 16x16 toms and capped off with a 1968 Ludwig Supraphonic 400 chrome over brass snare drum. Each drum comes with separate control over the close mic’ed signal, stereo overheads, a mono room, stereo room, auxiliary close vintage U87 track and a special print of the studio echo chamber enabling the user to quickly move between tight and punchy to wide open and ambient. The kick and snare drums feature 6 velocity layers with multiple samples per layer and also includes a second articulation for triggering hard hits. The toms feature 5 velocity layers with multiple samples.

The microphone list used to capture the samples is as follows:

Kick Close - RE-20

Snare Top - SM57

Overheads - Neumann U87

Stereo Room - Royer 121s

Mono Room - Coles 4038

Auxiliary close Mic - Vintage Silver Neumann U87

All captured through API preamps.

The “Bites the Dust” kit was also captured using the Ludwig 22x16 kick and Ludwig Supraphonic snare, but in alternative tunings.

The microphone list for that capture includes:

Kick Inside - RE20

Kick Inside 2 - Sennheiser 421

Snare Top - Sennheiser 421

Snare Top 2 - Beyer M201

Snare Bottom - AKG C414 Silver

Overheads - AKG C414 Gold