[Adam Weber]

No problem haha. I was actually kind of surprised I was able to get a base sound since none of the drums they used to sample S2.0 or Metal Foundry have similar shell qualities to bubinga, which is what Portnoy used to record that album.
I’ve done a little more work on it and it also works with the 18×22 kit in Avatar if you lower the pitch to around -8.6 and use the plastic beater. Only thing I’m having trouble with is getting more resonance out of it.

[Adam Weber]

-Choose the 14×24 kick from the Avatar kit, use the felt beater and lower the pitch to -3.5
-Attack = 6.5ms
-Decay/Sustain = 8.3ms at 15.8%
-Hold = 2.00ms
-Release = 154ms
Set all three mics to output 1 then add
-Compressor: Threshold = -19db, Attack = 15ms, Ratio = 5.0:1, Release = 100ms (no make up gain, auto make up gain on)
-EQ (from left to right): 0 Gain, -15 Gain, 1 Gain, -2 Gain, 2 Gain (leave everything else alone)
-Transient: Attack = 0, Sustain = -1
Should sound close enough. You may need to change a few things depending on the mix for your snare, toms, etc, but I’m sure you can work around it if you really want this kick sound. Good luck!

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