Toontrack SDX Area 33 - Origin

Even though the Area 33 SDX arguably is the most all-encompassing metal-related drum library ever recorded, the Thordendal/Bergstrand/Margarit team felt they had barely scratched the surface. They needed to get back to the roots – back to the beginning. In this continuation, they catapult themselves to formative years when heavy metal as we know it still was in its cradle. From there, they work their way up until where the first SDX picks up. Welcome to the continuation that begins before the first one started: the Area 33 – Origin SDX.

• Engineered and produced by Fredrik Thordendal and Daniel Bergstrand
• Recorded at 33, Fredrik Thordendal’s personal studio in Stockholm, Sweden
• Featuring five (5) unique drum kits
• Toms for each kit recorded in two different configurations: open and damped
• A total of 12 snares, 11 bass drums, 76 toms, 3 hi-hats and 24 cymbals
• Recorded using 11 ambience microphone positions (of which seven in stereo)
• More than of 130 GB of sampled drums and cymbals
• Sampled by drummer Leo Margarit (Pain of Salvation)
• Drum tech and tuning by Urban Näsvall and Rickard Gustafsson
• Includes a wealth of mix-ready presets inspired by classic hard rock, heavy metal and more from the late 1960s through to the 1980s