Sugar Percussion Solid Stave Alaskan Yellow Cedar Snare Drum Review

Nick D'Virgilio presents a premium, solid stave snare drum from Sugar Percussion. Alaskan yellow cedar is a soft tonewood used in acoustic guitar tops. Its natural softness - 2/11 on the density scale - lends this exquisite Sugar Percussion snare a pillowy warmth and doughy attack that excel for the studio. From towel-dampened classic rock to the deepest doom metal, the Sugar Percussion Alaskan Yellow Cedar is never harsh no matter how hard you hit it. Its shell is handbuilt from a single tree for consistent tone and grain quality throughout.
Sugar Percussion Alaskan Yellow Cedar snare - www.sweetwater....
Drum Kit - Gretsch USA custom from Sweetwater’s Studios
DW 9000 series hardware
Cymbals:
Meinl 22" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Ride - www.sweetwater....
Meinl 19" Byzance Extra Dry Thin Crash - www.sweetwater....
Meinl 18" Byzance Extra Dry thin crash - www.sweetwater....
Meinl 14" Byzance Extra Dry hi-hats - www.sweetwater....
Mics:
Kick in - Shure BETA 91 - www.sweetwater....
Kick out - Telefunken M 82 - www.sweetwater....
Snare - Audio-Technica AE2300 - www.sweetwater....
Rack tom - Audio-Technica ATM350 - www.sweetwater....
Floor tom - Audio-Technica ATM350 - www.sweetwater....
OverHeads - Audio-Technica 5045 - www.sweetwater....
Room - Neumann FET 47 - www.sweetwater....
Gear Nick used to create the music tracks -
Play-in music:
AIR Hybrid3 plug-in - 07 Sequenced, 015 Highly Strung patch - www.sweetwater....
Stylus RMX - core library, RMX Grooves, 68-Small Blocks, Small Blocks Beat - www.sweetwater....
Loom plug-in - 06 Moving Pads, Echo Field-RD - www.sweetwater....
Modular V2 plugin - C.Engel, Basses, CE-Taurus1 - www.sweetwater....
Midplay music:
Toontrack EZkeys plug-in - Electric MK I - www.sweetwater....
(Piano riff from the MIDI pack “Classic Soul”, Swing 4/4 - Soul Blues)
Fender Precision Bass - www.sweetwater....
TwoNotes “Le Bass” pedal - www.sweetwater....
Playout music:
AIR Velvet plug-in - 1 Mark 1, 03 MK1 Tremolo - www.sweetwater....
Xpand2 - fretless bass
Gibson J45 acoustic guitar - www.sweetwater....
recorded with a Neat Microphones Beecaster USB mic - www.sweetwater....
Spectrasonics Omnisphere - Pads+Strings - “Afterglow” patch - www.sweetwater....
PRS SC250 electric guitar
TwoNotes “Le Lead” pedal - www.sweetwater....
iZotope DDLY delay plugin - www.sweetwater....
AIR Hybrid3 plug-in - 19 soft leads - 26 Theremin vox - www.sweetwater....
Antelope Orion Studio recording interface - www.sweetwater....
Pro Tools 12 - www.sweetwater....