Yo what’s good fam!
Today I’m checking out some drums from Waves Factory
This one is called Tea Towel Drum
Let’s see what’s good!
So what is Tea Towel Drum?
It’s a drum kit for Kontakt based off of the “tea towel” technique from the 60s and 70s which the Beattles and other artists used to give the drums and damper sound.
They would place towels over the snares and toms, which gives it that softer more mellow sound that many associate with that time period.
This is a library that was recorded in the exact same way, with the towels, to give that feel and sound.
It’s a straight forward instrument that loads up in Kontakt, has some parameters you can tweak for each of the 8 mics, and thats about it.
Quick Specs
- content: 8.27GB
- format: Kontakt 3.5 or higher
- price: $9.95
How does it sound?
It sounds really good, this drum kit definitely has a mellow, organic sound to it.
More of a soft warm feel as opposed to loud and bright, though you can tweak it with the custom mic controls it still retains that mellow tone.
There really isn’t much to say here, it’s pretty much a well recorded, organic sounding drum kit.
They even allowed for mic bleed to be recorded so if you hit the bass drum, you get sound from all 8 mics, which gives it more of a live sound.
The samples are great, no noise or hiss or other undesirable artifacts.
So what’s the bottom line?
Bottom line is this, sure there are more detailed dedicated drum libraries with more bells and whistles but there’s nothing at this price that sounds this good.
You can’t find a folder full of well recorded acoustic drums for this price, let alone a fully designed Kontakt instrument.
The update even includes a multi output option so you can mix each sound separately.
The price to quality ratio is pretty crazy here, and if you look on their site, they price all of their products like this, none of which appear to lack in quality.
I give this instrument 3.5 out of 5 subs, it’s a great, straight forward, awesome sounding drum kit.
Not a lot of bells and whistles, not a lot of features, but if all you’re looking for is a great acoustic kit you can pull out and play, then definitely check this out.
I also love the mellow/organic tone that the tea towels bring to it, definitely provides a contrast to many of the big and bright libraries around.
Go on over and check them out man, seriously: http://samples.wavesfactory.com/?p=494
leave a comment below, let me know what you think
Man it has a good sound to it.
@Kruz, No doubt fam, def work checkin.
No brainer…buying now. Thanks for the heads up.
@Madbull Studios, figured you’d like the sound lol
I bought a guitar sampled from these guys, and it was nice also. Most of their libraries are around $10. Maybe not the greatest, but good quality stuff for a really good price.
@Angelinni, agreed man, thanks for checking it
Love the old 60s 70s sounds…not even a 2nd thought for me…got it.
@sky, word man, it’s def worth it
$10…what! Talk about budget-beat making, you can’t get much better than this. There are times when deeper products can distract your creative process due to their vast controls/parameters, as the K.I.S theory goes, “keep it simple”. (i.e. BFD Eco). Well worth the investment of time and coin in my book.
@jamari, yeah exactly man, sometimes you just need something simple that sounds good
Just got it. Cool for $10 I like that Beatles kinda sound!. Only thing is I can’t get it to add to the library list on the left in Kontakt 4. It’s in my files of course but won’t let me add it library list on the left. Know what I mean? Any ideas?
@thomasgreco, it’s not a kontakt player library so you either load it from files or create a quick load menu and add it
@thomasgreco, you have to go to Files Tab and search for the .nki files. Once you do that you can add each nki file for Tea Towel Drums to the Quick Load section.
Thx Madbull.
Thx Madbull. I see the NKI files on the left now what how do ya add em?
You can either drag them over to the Rack window like normal to play them. To add them to Quick Load open the Quick Load window. There is a icon for it at the top or you can just right in the Rack view to bring it up. Then just drag the .nki files over to that. You can create category folders, sub folders, etc by right clicking.
Yup that I get,what I mean is to add the Teatowel kit to the Library list on the left just like if you have Komplete and all the instruments are there on the left to pick from.
@thomasgreco,
The creator of Tea Towel Drums sample library didn’t compile those samples with the .nkc files to allow you to add it as a Library in Kontakt. Probably because they would have to pay a licensing fee to Native Instruments so the way you have to bring it up is how I explained above.
@Madbull Studios, oops, didn’t see you already answered the question lol.
@Madbull Studios, yup I see that now,thanks for your patience man,hey ya taught me a few things today thanks Madbull! A great $10 spent.
Hey man, is there more than 1 velocity layer?? They sound really nice!
@TheTripJunkie, yes, there’s like 6 of em.
No problem Thomas thats what we are all here for.
Thank You
@Shep, thanks for checking it out fam!
I love your reviews.Probably gonna pick this up.Hey Joe i think you should host a beat contest.I think you would be a great judge 🙂
@Ryan, thanks for watching bro! I don’t do the beat contest thing, too much work lol.
http://soundcloud.com/thebuddharats/tea-towel-drums-test
I love this kit… It sounds great.
@Drew, no doubt fam, some good stuff
love dem kits dey hot mi bro.
@Blac Sam, word, thanks for watching.