The Surdo is a Brazilian bass drum usually made of wood or metal with skin on both sides. Traditionally used in samba and other derivative styles the surdo has been within this niche since the carnival in the 1920’s remaining relevant to this day in typical modern musical styles of Brazil.
Made with goat’s leather or synthetic (plastic) the larger Surdo with a deeper sound has roughly 75cm (29,5 inches) in diameter and the smaller around 40 cm ( 16 inches) with a higher pitch.
The Surdo was played by Muletone Audio developer Leandro Abreu and musician Felipe Ramos, a percussionist from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Assembled Loops:
- Afoxe (165) bpm
- Cells (145 bpm)
- Cells and Fills (145) bpm
- Pagode (95 bpm)
- Pagode baiano (145 bpm)
Rhythmic Loops:
- Brazilian Rhythms (148 bpm)
- Cells (80 bpm)
Single Hits:
- Surdo 1
- Surdo 2
- Surdo 3
- Surdo high
- Surdo Emsemble (Multi)
Fully Dynamic
The samples offer from the slightest touch to the strongest attack providing more freedom to create dynamic rhythms and beats.
Perfect Ambience
Use the convolution reverb and create a perfect environment. Unlike other Brazilian libraries each instrument is recorded with dry ambience preserving the real character of the instrument.Mic Placement. 2 microphones were used in different positions. Mix or use the sound you like within the mix.
Kontakt VST / AU / AAX
- Version: 1.2
- 342 Samples.
- Recorded using Apogee converters and preamps.
- Everything recorded at 44100Hz, 24bit.