Steven Slate Drums

"I have tried a ton of sample libraries in the past few years and I have never been shocked by any of them till I got Steven Slate's. Steven just gets it. Hands down. He's a mixer and an engineer. He even tracked them to tape! This guy simply understands drum tones and how to capture them. The front end processing is perfect and usable is ANY genre of music. I will not work without them."

Jeff Juliano
(producer/mixer/engineer
Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer,
Lifehouse, OAR)

"I've got tons of samples gathered over the years , but now , I've also got the Steven Slate Samples ...... clean , fat and punchy snares and bass drums , at last I've got a "go to" library
with multi samples that are just great."

Mike Shipley
(producer/mixer Nickelback, Shania Twain, Def Leppard,
AC/DC)

Bob Kulick and Brett Chassen
(producers/engineers/musicians
KISS, George Lynch, Motorhead...)

"SICK!! Exactly what I've been
missing in every sample I've ever heard.
Steven has taken it to a whole new level. The samples really are outstanding..
They really have the perfect blend of
thickness and attack. They have a "maturity" that other samples lack"

Steve MacMillan
(mixer/engineer
Rod Stewart, Seal, Kelly Clarkson)

"The Steven Slate drum collection is a great tool for augmenting existing sounds. Several of the snares work perfectly for adding that bright in your face crack to a snare that sounds a little boxy on it's own."

Ross Hogarth
(producer,mixer,engineer
Jewel, Motley Crue, Ziggy Marley)

"Recently, I started using The Steven Slate Drums..
I am extremely pleased.. The extra air and
depth of the sounds is a fine upgrade to my Drumagog library. Keep up
the good work ! "

"Absolutely, positively, the best thing to happen to my mixing thus far. I'm now getting those huge drum sounds that you hear on the radio. Can't thank you enough..."
Ben Washington, recording engineer, Los Angeles CA

"Oh hell, now I have to go back and remix all my latest tracks. Compared to my newest mixes with your drum hits, the old ones sound puny! Thanks so much for making a kick ass product."
Evan, studio owner, Los Angeles CA

"I predict your sample CD is going to be as much a studio neccessity as a 57 or some NS10s."
Chris, studio owner, producer, NYC, NY

"I loaded them and It really felt like cheating
These things are so ****ing amazing and they fit in and cut trough !!
Normally I would put a kick and a snare 2000dB louder then the rest just to let them cut trough. But these things have such sonic power it's really incredible."
Blor007 (gearslutz.com post)

"These samples are SOOO FREAKIN' GREAT!!! Every project I've worked on has
turned out 1,000,000 times BETTER that I ever expected!!! These drum sounds are
making people's heads turn who ever hears them! This is great. I have TONS of drum
samples, Thanks to you I will never again have the need to waist time going through
drum sounds. Everything I need is in this awesome library. Can't wait to get the
Cymbals pack and sampler upgrades to go along with the set!"
Joe Teresi, NY

Absolutely hands down the best drum samples I've ever used. Steven Slate Drums are the new standard in modern record production. Simply amazing.

producer/engineer
Tom Benvenuto
B Digital Recording

Coming Soon...
Steven will take you step by step into the depths of
the finest drum replacement plugin on
the market. Learn how to do
complex automations and special tricks to make the most realistic sounding
replaced/augmented drum tracks!

Jay Baumgardner
(producer/mixer/engineer Evanessence, Papa Roach, Hoobastank)

"The Steven Slate Drums collection contains some of the best sounding drum samples I've heard. The variety is fantastic, I can find a drum sound for any given mix. All the samples have a great PUNCH and PRESENCE that is way beyond any other drum collection I've heard. Truely an invaluable tool for a rock mixer. And they taste great too. "

"Overall impressions about the whole library - almost pissed my pants, the sounds are fantastic and the Z4 is the shit.

I am currenlty mixing a second project - metal/HC (which is the type of music I do most) with heavy detuned guitars and really heavy drums - first time I have a feeling that the drums are just as they should be - they are heavy and punchy and cut through that "guitar wall". a soon as the mix is done I will post some samples.

definitely one of the best things I have spent money on and the customer service is A+ as well"
David Kelosi
morpheus records

The following demos use live drums with hits replaced with Drumagog. All samples on this page come in Wav/GOG and in drumkit form via KONTAKT

Michael Wagener
(producer, mixer, engineer Metallica, Kings X, Queen)

"Normally I'm not a big fan of drum replacement, but the Steven Slate Drum
library makes it easy to integrate pristine samples with the original track.
All the samples in the library sound very natural and organic. Great tools."

Dave Way
(producer, mixer, engineer
Sheryl Crow, Fionna Apple,
Paul McCartney)

"These samples are just what I need - a vast library with GREAT
sounding drums that instantly and easily fit into a mix.
Drum replacement can be a tricky thing. The samples need to be designed
to work WITH the track. And that's what Steven has done so well here.
All these samples just seem to sit so well with little or no fuss. It's
never been easier to beef things up and get a mix happening. "

STEVEN SLATE USES:

The band names appearing on this website are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated with Yellow Matter Entertainment, LLC.

These trademarks are used solely to identify the bands whose drum sounds were studied during Yellow Matter Entertainment's drum sound development.

-36 Drumkits with GOG files !!
-11 Drumkits that RECREATE classic drum sounds from your favorite albums!!
-Kontakt/Wav/Drumagog!!