vintage Jazz Funk Drum Kit test track

[MichaelJohn]

I created a short test track using Orange Tree Sample's free Jazz Funk Drum samples.   I love vintage jazz kits.  This is a small vintage kit using vintage 20's, 30's, and 60's era drums.  Perfect for small club jazz piano trio etc.   The samples are unedited in any way, no panning etc.   Playing with the Plogue sfozando sample player in Cakewalk Sonar.  I did add a touch of room space effect.

Let me know what you think!

Cakewalk Sonar
Effects: Melda Production MConvolutionEZ
Upright Bass: SampleTank 4
Piano: Iowa Piano
Vintage Jazz Drum Kit:  Orange Tree Sample's free Jazz Funk Drum samples playing Plogue
   Kick: 15x15 Ludwig - 30’s era mahogany marching snare with its original calf-skin head on the resonant side;  Remo pin stripe on the batter side.   Medium DW felt beater. 
   Snare: 14x5.5 Ludwig -  20’s era (rare; with no badge) chrome over brass 8-lug. Fiberskyn Ambassador head on top; Diplomat snare-side bottom. 
   Rack Tom: 12x8 Gretsch -  6-ply maple/gum satin pink flame wrap; stop-sign badge. Fiberskyn Diplomat head on top; clear Diplomat head on bottom. 
   Floor Tom: 14x14 Gretsch - Coated ambassador head on top; Aquarian Classic Clear on bottom.
   Hi-hat Top: 13.75” K. Zildjian Istanbul  60’s era. 
   Hi-hat Bottom:  14” A. Zildjian Istanbul  70’s era top hat used as a bottom hat. 

Track fixed on 12.15.25:

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by MichaelJohn

[KSband]

They sound good. So do you play them on your keyboard or what.

[MichaelJohn]

I can't play drums, just keys.   So I found two midi drum loops in the Cakewalk Content folder and edited them to fit, and added a few extra hits here and there, to sound more human.   The bass line is also a midi clip that I made edits with.  

[MichaelJohn]

Note- the track has been corrected.  The first post mix was messed up, two drum tracks were playing together.    The track is now fixed (play in the first post) and now the drum kit is mixed correctly, which is how they recorded it.  I did no mixing on the drums.  And now you can hear how nice this kit sounds.

 

Edited 12 hours ago by MichaelJohn