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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This sample pack is the SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 BUNDLE. It is the SDD4 main pack and the expansion pack bundled together at the Nice Price. 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. I kind of went crazy on this one. The 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
Dan Martinez - Preset programming
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.
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.
This sample pack is the SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 BUNDLE. It is the SDD4 main pack and the expansion pack bundled together at the Nice Price. 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. I kind of went crazy on this one. The 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
Dan Martinez - Preset programming
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.
This sample pack is called 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. I kind of went crazy on this one. The 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. So live. So dead. So have fun making music with these samples!
SPECS:
3.61 GB of SUPER DEAD DRUMS (All loops and one shots)
1006 loops … I think … somewhere around there.
237 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 available in SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 BUNDLE only.
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.
This sample pack is called SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 EXPANSION PACK. The main feature of this expansion pack to the main pack of SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 is that 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!
SPECS:
1.48 GB of SUPER DEAD DRUMS (All loops and one shots)
408 loops … I think … somewhere around there.
286 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 available in SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 BUNDLE only.
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.
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 Don Toliver (“E85”), Gwen Stefani (“Shake the Snow Globe” and “Hot Cocoa”), Stephen Bishop’s “Now that I’ve Hit the Big Time” (feat. Eric Clapton, Sting, Nathan East, and Marcus Eaton), 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), Pomplamoose, 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 (2026 Grammy Nominated for Best Soundtrack), Elio, Arcane, Thelma, The Color Purple (2023), A Man on the Inside, Elsbeth, Palm Royale, Megamind, The Old Man (composed by Patrick Warren and T Bone Burnett), Grotesquerie, Cobra Kai, Paint (composed by Lyle Workman), Renfield, Get on Up, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman, Welcome Home Franklin, Twisted Metal, MLB Fox Sports, NFL Fox Sports, and Wednesdays with Gramps.
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.
“Jake is my first choice for all playing and teaching recommendations.”
— Peter Erskine
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This is SUPER LIVE DRUMS and SUPER LIVE DRUMS - GREAZY WIL EDITION bundled together at a nicely bundled rate!
Greazy Wil and I spent a day at EastWest Studios in Studio 1 and recorded a bunch of loops and one shots very much inspired by the big, live drum sounds of the 60s and 70s (see John Bonham). Expertly mixed by Wil who's credits include Killer Mike, Hozier, and Jon Batiste to name a few, Kit A features a 1950s Gretsch 3-ply drumset with no hole in the front head, and a heavy DW Bell Brass snare. A supplementary Kit B features a Gretsch USA Custom bass drum with a ported head and a Gretsch Bronze snare tuned a little lower than the bell brass, which offers a nice contrast. In addition, we used a tape machine to achieve a tape slap effect timed to each groove's tempo, which serves as the ALT mixes for the pack. Tons of loops and tons of one shots - I kept losing count when trying to tally it all up!
SUPER LIVE DRUMS - GREAZY WIL EDITION features all the same loops and one shots as the main pack, but all of the mixes are specially tailored and stylized by Greazy Wil. Most loops have 3 mix variations which are all heavy on the vibe spectrum. Check the soundcloud reel below for a taste.
SPECS:
OVER 6 GB of SUPER LIVE DRUMS (All loops and one shots)
2434 or so loops (I lost count)
TONS of one shots (I lost count)
2 kick options
2 snare options
1 1950s Gretsch drumset
Shaker and Tambourine loops
Shakers, Tambos, and weird percussion one shots
GREAZY MIXES
48 kHz/24 bit file delivery (stereo mixes)
Presets included for Ableton, Battery 4, Kontakt, Logic Sampler, Logic Drum Machine Designer, and Trigger 2, and will only work if you have both the main pack and the Greazy Wil Edition.
CREDITS:
Jake Reed - Drums
Greazy Wil - Engineering and Vibey Mixing
Dan Martinez - Preset programming
Cover design by Jamie Breiwick B Side Graphics
Jake Reed plays Gretsch drums, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, and Remo drumheads.
Recorded at EastWest Studios Studio 1 on April 15, 2022.
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.
This is all of my sample packs in one bundle at a nicely bundled rate: SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 1, SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 2, SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 2 EXPANSION PACK, SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 3, SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 3 EXPANSION PACK , SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4, SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 4 EXPANSION PACK, SUPER LIVE DRUMS, SUPER LIVE DRUMS - GREAZY WIL EDITION, and SUPER NATURAL DRUMS.
A $400 value for $175!
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.
This is a bundle of SUPER DEAD DRUMS VOL 1, VOL 2, VOL 2 EXP PACK, VOL 3, and VOL 3 EXP PACK at a nicely bundled rate!
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.