Available for download, The Slate Digital Chris Lord-Alge Expansion Pack is a collection of drum samples designed for Steven Slate Drums, a virtual drum instrument. Steven Slate Drums allows you to program realistic acoustic drum sounds within your DAW with no drummer required. With the Chris Lord-Alge Expansion Pack, you get a separate kit recorded by well-regarded engineer Chris Lord-Alge at Ocean Studios in Burbank, California.

Both Chris Lord-Alge and Ocean Studios are well-regarded names in the engineering world. The engineer is famous for his hard-hitting rock sounds, while the studio’s large drum room has seen its share of classic recordings. In capturing this kit, a slew of vintage microphones and gear was utilized, includes C12 microphones and Neve modules. The kit was processed and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge using all of the gear he customarily employs.

The sounds provided here are geared towards rock and hard rock. They will fit into modern and classic variants of those genres. Multiple snares, kicks, toms, hi-hats, crashes, and a ride have all been provided for use in Steven Slate Drums.