The sampling revolution transformed drum sounds even further. ![]() These new 'super-sounds' were the result of clever processing - one memorable example is the drum sound on Phil Collins' 'In The Air Tonight', created using a combination of heavily compressed room ambience and triggered noise gates. Snare drums mutated from a quick bash into something more like a nuclear explosion, accompanied by bass drums recorded in the Taj Mahal and tom-tom fills resembling rapid cannon fire. ![]() When the epic, studio-created drum sounds of the '80s had to be translated to a stage setting, sample triggering from drum kits came to the fore - and our man Gavin Harrison began his personal quest for the ultimate setup.ĭuring the early 1980s, drum sounds on records began to change.
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