One example is, it's very hard to treat bottom end of kick correctly without subwoofer in a home stdio. Blending top end of cymbals, or achieve perfect phase control are also difficult for people. These are the engineer's works. It is our constant belief that achieving this kind of work is the responsibility of the engineer, and these techniques and knowhow should be provided to the music creator.

People always make such an effort trying to tweak this and that to improve the sound of their songs. But in fact, the reason that so much EQ and Comp has to be inserted is trying to improve the quality of sound libraries that are incomplete. That's the big problem. Furthermore all of this takes up a lot of the user's time, so it became our desire to create a superior sound library that would not waste any of your time and allow you to devote it towards musical creativity instead.

Drum Tree is of course recorded at 96kHz/24 bit , but what is even more important than high resolution is during the mixing and mastering process, whether conditions were perfect and you got everything you hoped for, sound wise.

The sound we provide is the strength. Sound that does not become lost even when mixed in a crowded tracks. Sound that does not lose its lively presence and groove even when the fader is lowered. As veterans know, this is what is truly important, not just how great it sounds in solo.

Perfect sound from the first time you load it. No need for after editing, dream quality sound and presence all the way through. With this specific goal in mind, we set about producing a sound library that embodied all of this and it became our mission and uncompromising focus for a year and a half.

Many engineers agree using physical analogue gear over plugins will create superior quality. Drum Tree has many technical points, but this is the one I only use the best hardware equipments that I believe, to treat Drum Tree sounds. ( Normally in studios you are recording drums with other instruments at the same time, so usually this level of focus on drums cannot be achieved.)

When I say there is no need for EQ with Drum Tree, it doesn’t mean that I have done too much EQs. What it means is that, through huge effort, the sound energy of both analogue and digital domain has been captured without any loss, producing astounding resolution and incredibly vivid phase. All of this can be expressed thanks to the careful harvesting of premium sound from our finest instruments and equipment.

Having mixed and mastered thousands of songs over a 20 year period, It is a dream come true for me to release a product into the market, having never encountered a drum library like that. It was this desire to have such a powerful drum library that was head and shoulders above the competition, that became the main reason for the production of Drum Tree. Once production began, it was a process in which I poured all of my enthusiasm, experience, original techniques and industry secrets in regard to recording methods.

That's why you don't need any plugins for Drum Tree.

Rather than brand name or material quality, what is more important to a music creator is what exactly the drummer and sound engineer were aiming for when they created these sounds.

Even from one kick, the speed and clarity are needed through the loud wall of guitar in any rock track.  Conversely for Neo-Soul and R&B tracks the fat and tender bass drum is crucial. For the traditional Jazz, it’s not about the intensity of the kick, standing alone, it is more so the overall unity of the drum kit.

The tuning and fine adjustments a drummer makes can differ considerably between genres.

There is an unlimited number of methods for music processing, but that universal drum sound that so many seek can be roughly divided up into genres and organized into about 20 different varieties. Every other variation will also have its roots set in these basic sounds.

Digital recording techniques have taken a serious improvement in recent years. The last Drum product we released, Drum Premier TAPE in 2010, was recorded entirely with Studer 24ch analogue tape. This time however, we decided to go all for digital recording, although for some genres, it seemed necessary to use tape to capture the right tone and feeling, and so tape was used.

Greatest hits are loved by many and have a big effect on the music later. For this reason, the representative song we chose for each genre is a major, well known one artist can use for reference. This doesn’t imply you should copy the songs of the past, rather it gives you the feel and tastes incorporated in that genre with which you can go on and attempt to create your own greatest hit of the future, combining modern day recording techniques and flavors of past successes.