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The SSD David Bendeth Expansion Black Friday deal takes 50% off, which puts it at $49 until Dec 31, 2026. It is a drum expansion for Steven Slate Drums (SSD) and TRIGGER, with 5 preset kits built around the sound of producer David Bendeth.
Bendeth is a multi-platinum producer, engineer and mixer. His credits include Paramore, Breaking Benjamin and Underoath.
His records are known for an explosive rock sound, and the drums get most of the attention. The audio community has been talking about them since the opening snare fill on Paramore's 'Misery Business'.
It is a set of ready-made kits that bring the classic Bendeth drum sound into your own tracks. You load it into SSD or TRIGGER and pick a preset.
Bendeth pre-processed the sounds himself, so the kits arrive already shaped by the person behind the records.
The expansion gives you 5 preset kits and a drum locker's worth of individual pieces:
Bendeth mixed his own classic samples into the top two velocities of the live sampled drums. These are the same samples used on all his records, according to the maker.
In practice, the hardest hits you play trigger his signature sounds. Softer hits stay with the live sampled drums underneath.
Steven Slate Drums is required to use this expansion. It adds to your SSD and TRIGGER setup and does not work as a standalone instrument.
If you already run SSD for rock or metal drums, this slots in as another set of kits next to what you have loaded.
Yes. The Black Friday deal takes 50% off the SSD David Bendeth Expansion, bringing it to $49, and it runs until Dec 31, 2026. It is an add-on pack of 5 preset drum kits for Steven Slate Drums and TRIGGER.
You get 5 preset kits made up of 3 snares, 2 kicks, 4 toms, 2 crashes, 1 ride, 1 china and 1 hi-hat. Every sound is pre-processed by David Bendeth himself.
Yes. The maker states that Steven Slate Drums is required to use this expansion. The presets are built for both SSD and TRIGGER, so it works as an add-on to your existing drum setup.
Bendeth mixed his own classic samples, the ones used on all his records, into the top two velocities of the live sampled drums. Hard hits bring in his signature sounds, and the kits come pre-processed by him.
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