Super Dead Drums Vol 4
SUP! Jake Reed here. SDD4 is out now with tons of loops & one shots. Grab the bundle to get 3 more snare options, more loops, more one shots, and playable instrument presets.
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Super Dead Drums Vol 4
Super Dead Drums Vol 4
Super Dead Drums Vol 4
The tones in this volume are deeper and warmer than the first three volumes, have a slightly longer decay, and dare I say, are a bit more hi-fi. There are also twice as many tempo options than the other packs and 4 different snare options. I kind of went crazy on this one.
SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL4 BUNDLE
The SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 BUNDLE is the SDD4 main pack and the expansion pack bundled together at the nice price. The main pack snare is an older Ludwig hammered bronze 6.5×14, the bass drum is a new Gretsch Broadkaster 3-ply 14×22, and the toms are 1950s Gretsch Broadkasters 3-ply 9×13 and 16×16.
For the expansion pack there are 3 different snare options: a 1980s Ludwig Black Beauty 5×14 tuned high/tight with a quick decay, a 1980s Ludwig Black Beauty 6.5×14 tuned low/gooshy/dead, and a 1960s Gretsch round badge very muffled and dead. This is the same drum I used on SDD vol 1 and 2, but for this pack there is no cloth covering the drum head so there’s a snappier transient with more stick attack. I also shortened up the toms compared to the main pack and recorded some alternate tom one shots and fills so there’s a shorter option. Contrastingly, there are also some longer kick one shots as an option from the shorter, punchier kicks in the main pack. Oh yeah, and there’s also a ride option in this expansion pack - an old A Zildjian - which I want to say is from the 50s. I used it on the Bob Dylan biopic. It sounds awesome. It was super fun recording all of these snare options, and I hope it serves as a nice addendum to the main pack!
So live. So dead. So have fun making music with these samples!
Specs
5.36 GB of SUPER DEAD DRUMS (All loops and one shots)
1414 loops … I think … somewhere around there.
523 fills
TONS of one shots - most drums have about 8 velocities with 4 variations per velocity or so
48 kHz/24 bit file delivery (stereo mixes)
Presets are included in this bundle for Ableton, Battery 4, Kontakt, Logic Sampler, Logic Drum Machine Designer, and Trigger 2.
Credits
Jake Reed - Drums
Keith Armstrong - Engineering and Mixing
Cover design by Jamie Breiwick B Side Graphics
Jake Reed plays Gretsch drums, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, and Remo drumheads.
Recorded at Mountain View Studios Jan-April 2025 in Pasadena, CA .
This pack is royalty free, as long as it is not used as part of another pack or library.
Since this is a digital download, all sales are final.
Photos By Charlie Weinmann
Jake Reed
Jake Reed is a professional drummer based in Los Angeles. He has performed/recorded with Kali Uchis (“ILYSMIH”), Artemas (“I Like the Way You Kiss Me”), Khalid (“Heatstroke”), d4vd (“My House is Not a Home”), Kait Dunton, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Laufey, Katy Perry (“All You Need is Love” single), Tyrese (“Love Transaction”), Cannons (“Sweeter”), Bruses “La Lista” and “Transplante De Corazon” (2024 Latin Grammy Nominated), Siddhartha “Acapulco” (2024 Latin Grammy Nominated), IDK, Seth MacFarlane, Glen Hansard, Kris Allen, Benny Sings, Logic (aka Peanuts), Matt Forbes, Larry Goldings, Adam Levy, Les McCann, Freda Payne, Mako, Ellis Hall, Tommy Torres, Grace Kelly, RUEL, Bruce Forman, Cow Bop, Bill Cunliffe, Bob Mintzer, Bill Holman, and Johnny Mandel. He also records for TV/film music, such as A Complete Unknown, Arcane, Thelma, The Color Purple (2023), Palm Royale, Megamind, The Old Man (composed by Patrick Warren and T Bone Burnett), Grotesquerie, Cobra Kai, Paint (composed by Lyle Workman), Renfield, Welcome Home Franklin, Twisted Metal, MLB Fox Sports, NFL Fox Sports.
He has also published a drumset instructional book Jazz Drumset Etudes, vol 1 (Alfred Music), been published in Modern Drummer magazine, released a solo album Reed Between the Lines (2020), and released six sample packs - SUPER LIVE DRUMS, SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL. 1-4, and SUPER NATURAL DRUMS.
He has a BM from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, as well as, an MM and DMA from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where he was Peter Erskine’s teaching assistant for five years. He endorses Gretsch drums, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, and Remo drumheads.
