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The Rooms of Hansa SDX features drums produced by Grammy Honour-winning recording/mixing engineer Michael Ilbert in 1 of the about iconic studios currently in existence: the Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Frg. With a broad and handpicked collection of drums captured in all 4 available rooms on the studio premises, this SDX showcases an incredible width in regard to both tonal range and ambience.

Welcome to a unique collection of drums, all touched by the inimitable soul of a studio whose legacy is forever etched in music history.

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

Half dozen (6) complete kits in addition to many optional configurations
In total, 12 snares and seven kicks as well equally a broad collection of hi-hats and cymbals
Produced by Grammy Award-winning recording/mixing engineer Michael Ilbert (Adele, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Pinkish, Muse, Ed Sheeran)
Recorded at the legendary Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Germany
Features 4 individual room configurations including the iconic "Meistersaal"
"Meistersaal" setup recorded in 5.ane surroundings with ii boosted height/ambience microphone pairs
Also includes an extra stereo ambient captured in the famous Hansa staircase (available for select kits)
Comes with a drove of pulsate MIDI grooves

AUDIO DEMOS.

FULL PRODUCTIONS

DRUMS &
PRESETS

TOOLS &
ARTICULATIONS

THE MAKING OF.

See the team and get a glimpse of what happened behind the scenes during The Rooms of Hansa SDX session.

HANSA –
THE STUDIO
BY THE WALL.

HANSA –
THE STUDIO
By THE WALL.

Since its inception in 1913, the magnificent edifice on Köthener Straße No. 38 that houses Hansa Tonstudios and the iconic Meistersaal – just a stone's throw away from Potsdamer Platz in Berlin's Kreuzberg district – has served as a ballroom, a concert hall, a theatre and a place for the arts. However, what forever ingrained the spirit of this place in the cloth of our culture was neither of those things – it was the music immortalized between its 4 walls decades afterward. The Meistersaal was get-go converted to a studio in 1961, the aforementioned year as the Berlin Wall was erected just shy of 150 meters from the building. Only in wasn't until the mid-'70s, when the Meisel brothers Tomas and Peter bought the building and restored it to fully meet the standards of a recording studio, that its true gilt years under the Hansa Tonstudios monicker began. Since and so, countless classic albums have been recorded and mixed inside the building – many of which literally inverse the course of music history.

David Bowie
"Low" and "'Heroes'" (1977)

Iggy Popular
"The Idiot" and "Lust for Life" (1977)

Marillion
"Misplaced Childhood" (1985)

Depeche Fashion
"Blackness Celebration" (1986)

U2
"Achtung Infant" (1991)

R.E.One thousand.
"Plummet into At present" (2011)

David Bowie
"Depression" and "'Heroes'" (1977)

Iggy Popular
"The Idiot" and "Lust for Life" (1977)

Marillion
"Misplaced Babyhood" (1985)

Depeche Mode
"Black Celebration" (1986)

U2
"Achtung Infant" (1991)

R.E.Grand.
"Collapse Into At present" (2011)

THE ROOMS
& THE DRUMS.

For this SDX, our ambition was to represent the unabridged sonic scope of natural ambiences that Hansa has to offer. As a result, we scoured the land for the best-suited drums, captured all four rooms in the building and felt compelled to also blend in some elements recorded in the famous Hansa staircase. Combined, the sonic possibilities are endless – from tight, minimal and dry to big, reverberant and massive.

THE MARBLE ROOM.

Contradictory of its somewhat moderate size, the reflective surface of the walls and ceiling of this "stone" room makes for an ambience that sounds huge. Luckily, the hardwood flooring finer breaks up the diffusion and keeps the disuse in check – making information technology the perfect ambience for controlled but still reverberant rock drums. In combination with the boosted ambience aqueduct recorded in the all-concrete environment of the adjacent Hansa staircase, you'll be able to dial in pulsate mixes with an enormous and unique natural reverb.

"This is the definition of a versatile recording room. But a great room for large-sounding and punchy rock drums."
– Michael Ilbert

"This is the definition of a versatile recording room. Merely a slap-up room for big-sounding and punchy rock drums."
– Michael Ilbert

THE TWIN SHELL KIT.

This is a very special kit, custom-built by Berlin-based boutique drum manufacturer Udo Masshoff. The stand-out feature in these drums is the the then-chosen "twin shells." These shells make use of both steel and maple, resulting in drums that produce very warm, powerful and unique tones with an amazing frequency range.

"These are simply my all-fourth dimension favorite drum kits and snares. Udo just got it right with these! They can be played difficult without choking and also soft and still sound huge with a lot of presence and a smashing low end." – Michael Ilbert

Audio DEMO

KICK

14×24″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Shell
Batter caput: Evans Level 360 Head
Resonance head: Remo Powerstroke 3 Ebony
Beater: Wood

SNARE

6.5×xiv″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Vanquish
Batter head: Remo Controlled Sound Coated Black Dot
Resonance head: Remo Administrator Hazy

RACK TOM

nine×thirteen″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Shell
Batter head: Remo Emperor Coated
Resonance head: Aquarian Performance II

Flooring TOMS

14×16″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Shell
Batter caput: Remo Emperor Coated
Resonance head: Aquarian Performance Ii

14×18″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Shell
Batter head: Remo Emperor Coated
Resonance head: Aquarian Operation 2

HI-HAT

15″ Paiste 2002 Crimson Characterization Heavy Hi-Hats

RIDE

24″ Paiste 2002 Carmine Label Medium Ride

CRASH CYMBALS

eighteen″ Paiste 2002 Ruby Characterization Medium Crash
16″ Paiste Formula 602 Mod Essentials Crash
20″ Paiste 2002 Red Label Medium Crash

ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTS

KICK
14×22″ Masshoff Stainless Steel
Batter head: Evans Emad Clear
Resonance head: Remo Powerstroke iii
Beater: Woods

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THE TWIN SHELL KIT (DAMPED).

Every bit an alternative, we recorded the Twin Crush Kit in a more damped way by applying tea towels to the toms. We also added Michael Ilbert's personal and favorite Masshoff snare drum, the mighty 14×8″ "Big Master" – a pure powerhouse made of stainless steel.

AUDIO DEMO

Boot

14×24″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Shell (tuned depression)
Batter head: Remo Emperor Coated
Resonance head: Remo Administrator Coated
Beater: Felt

SNARE

8×fourteen″ Masshoff 'Big Chief' Stainless Steel (copper finish)
Batter caput: Remo Fiberskyn (damped with Snareweight, Moongel and tissue)
Resonance head: Remo Administrator Hazy

RACK TOM

9×thirteen″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Beat
Batter head: Remo Emperor Coated (damped with tea towel)
Resonant head: Aquarian Operation Two

FLOOR TOMS

xiv×sixteen″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Beat out
Concoction head: Remo Emperor Coated
Resonance caput: Aquarian Performance II (damped with tea towel)

xiv×eighteen″ Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin Vanquish
Batter head: Remo Emperor Coated
Resonance caput: Aquarian Functioning 2 (damped with tea towel)

Additional INSTRUMENTS

SNARE
viii×fourteen″ Masshoff 'Big Principal' Stainless Steel (gold ceramic cease)
Batter: Remo Administrator Renaissance
Resonance head: Remo Ambassador Hazy

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THE ACRYLIC KIT.

This is the personal kit of German drummer icon Armin Ruehl and the very same one he's played on many of his many tours with Herbert Gröenemeyer. The acrylic shells of this kit produce a very direct and focused sound – rich with college-mid overtones although with a warm, round tone with a deep low-cease. To make information technology even more than interesting tone-wise, we added four six" acrylic octabans in varying lengths of viii, ten, 12 and fourteen" – giving y'all a monster kit with seven toms.

"This is a unique and one-of-a-kind kit. Instant vibe with large tom sounds." – Michael Ilbert

Sound DEMO

Boot

16×24″ Wahan Supreme Classic Acrylic
Concoction head: Remo Powerstroke 3 Clear
Resonance head: Remo Powerstroke 4 Clear
Beater: Wood

SNARE

14×5.five Masshoff Stainless Steel / Maple Twin shell
Batter head: Remo Controlled Audio Coated Blackness Dot Head
Resonance head: Remo Ambassador Hazy

High TOMS

half dozen×8″ Wahan Acrylic Octoban
Batter head: Remo Ambassador Articulate

half dozen×10″ Wahan Acrylic Octoban
Batter head: Remo Administrator Clear

6×12″ Wahan Acrylic Octoban
Batter head: Remo Ambassador Articulate

6×14″ Wahan Acrylic Octoban
Batter caput: Remo Ambassador Clear

RACK TOMS

viii×12″ Wahan Supreme Classic Acrylic
Batter head: Remo Pinstripe Clear
Resonance head: Remo Administrator Clear

FLOOR TOMS

14×xiv″ Wahan Supreme Classic Acrylic
Concoction head: Remo Pinstripe Articulate
Resonance caput: Remo Ambassador Clear

xiv×16″ Wahan Supreme Classic Acrylic
Batter head: Remo Pinstripe Clear
Resonance head: Remo Ambassador Clear

ADDITONAL INSTRUMENTS

CHINA
18″ Paiste 2002 Novo Ruby-red Characterization Mainland china

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THE ROTOTOMS KIT.

Why terminate at octobans? For the Acrylic Kit, we also recorded a setup featuring rototoms in 6, 8, 10, 12 and fourteen" sizes. These were recorded to go in the standard tom positions and will provide that feature, piercing slap sound for the toms. In combination with the thunderous Wahan bass drum, the smack of the Masshoff snare and the soaring voice of the Red Label cymbals, yous'll have a classic but even so profoundly unusual kit.

Audio DEMO

KICK

24×16″ Wahan Acrylic
Batter head: Remo Powerstroke 3 Clear
Resonance caput: Remo Ambassador Coated due west/ half-dozen″ hole
Beater: Wood

SNARE

14×seven.five″ Wahan Wood
Concoction head: Remo Controlled Audio Coated Black Dot
Resonance head: Remo Ambassador Hazy

Loftier TOMS

six″ Remo Rototom
Batter head: Remo Pinstripe Clear
Resonance head: None

viii″ Remo Rototom
Batter head: Remo Clear Heads
Resonance head: None

RACK TOMS

10″ Remo Rototom
Batter head: Remo Pinstripe Clear
Resonance head: None

Floor TOMS

12″ Remo Rototom
Batter head: Remo Pinstripe Articulate
Resonance head: None

14″ Remo Rotom
Batter head: Remo Pinstripe Articulate
Resonance head: None

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MEISTERSAAL.

Located direct below the principal/live space is the Meistersaal – the indisputable crown jewel of the Hansa legacy and arguably 1 of the most iconic recording rooms in the world. The majestic ambience of the Meistersaal can be heard on seminal works by the likes of Nick Cave, U2 and R.E.Grand., merely to name a few. Yet to this day, the Meistersaal remains a vivid Berlin landmark and is a common finish on guided tours of the urban center. Since this room no longer is officially an operational part of Hansa, the corporeality of projects recorded here are few and selected very carefully. However, with the help of Michael Ilbert and the owners of Hansa Tonstudios, we were given the unique opportunity to capture drums in this historic space. This SDX would only not have been complete without the iconic ambient and aureola of the "Large Hall by the Wall." The gear Michael used to capture the Meistersaal drums features a handpicked option of U67s, extremely rare M50s and a whole array of V72 pre-amps, merely to requite a few examples. Nosotros also captured the room with a classic 5.0 environs microphone positioning setup with the add-on of four extra height microphones, giving you fifty-fifty more surround possibilities. Furthermore, an additional amplifier was set up in the room to play back and heighten the low frequencies of bass drums and toms.

"This is merely a unique room. Put any instrument in at that place, mic it upwardly and it comes out amazing. I think this is a room that makes you a better performer. If those walls could speak…"
– Michael Ilbert

"This is merely a unique room. Put any instrument in there, mic it up and it comes out amazing. I remember this is a room that makes you a better performer. If those walls could speak…"
– Michael Ilbert