ProducersOnTheRun Vol. II: The Safari Drum Kit

The journey continues! This time around I was travelling through the land of the Big 5: South Africa. I’m back with the 2nd instalment of the popular “Producers On The Run” drum kit series: “Vol. II: The Safari Drum Kit”. Travelling across the country the goal was to capture at least a little piece of South Africa’s rich culture & nature. With this mindset I was facing plenty of opportunities to record & modulate new aspiring sounds. “Vol. II: The Safari Drum Kit” features recordings of various percussionists, animal sounds (Elephants, Baboons, Gnus, etc.) & traditional rituals. If you’re looking for a bundle of crazy animal FX, wild percussion sounds, vocal chants & hard hitting drums/808’s, this drum kit is made for you!

Safari Drum Kit Overview:

• Contemporary drum samples layered with processed & modulated field recordings from the heart of Africa
• Hard hitting Kicks & Snares and a bunch of wild sounding layers
• Real animal sounds (e.g. Elephant, Baboons, Gnus, etc.) modulated into fascinating FX samples & one shots
• Big “Percs & Hits”, “Vox” & “Animal Sounds” sections filled with African percussions, innovative loops, nature ambiences and chants/screams
• 208 one shots & 42 loops divided into 11 folders (808, BD, HH & Cym, Loops, Perc Loops, Percs & Hits, SD, SD Layers, FX, Vox, Animal Sounds)

24 Bit / 44.1 kHz WAV format (compatible with all DAW's e.g. Pro Tools, Ableton, Cubase, Reason, MASCHINE, Logic, FL Studio...)

261,4 MB uncompressed, 250 samples in total

Production process:

Arriving in South Africa the journey started at Kruger National Park east of Johannesburg. At the very beginning of my trip I was getting invited to a small village in the middle of the south african bush. There I had the chance to be a part of a traditional ritual which I luckily recorded. I was amazed by the authentic sounding percussion drums, singing and chanting of the tribe. In the following days I joined several trips & game drives through Kruger Park to record all types of noises from different animals. All samples have been recorded with the Zoom h4n mobile recorder using its build-in microphones and have been processed with industry standard mixing techniques. The result is a high quality drum kit for producers with high expectations. To find out more about the production process of “The Safari Drum Kit” read more on my blog: Tracking for Tracks: Safari Drum Kit

Sounds included:

• 13 808’s
• 15 Kicks
• 31 Snares
• 20 Snare Layer
• 51 Percussion & Hits
• 29 Hi-Hats & Cymbals
• 13 FX
• 19 Vox
• 17 Animal Sounds
• 16 Loops
• 26 Perc Loops