Native Instruments AbbeyRoad 60s User Manual - 2.3 The Kits
Abbey Road 60s Drums – User’s Manual – 8
Peter is Abbey Road’s Director of Engineering and is one of the worlds top recording engi-
neers. He has been responsible for the remixing of the Beatles Yellow Submarine, Anthology
and the John Lennon back catalogue. Other artists Peter has recorded/mixed for include Air,
Keane, U2, Panic at the Disco, Amy Winehouse and Kanye West. Peter also works with many
of the film industries celebrated directors and composers and has produced film scores such
as Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Shrek the Third, Harry Potter (Order of Phoenix and Half-blood
Prince) American Gangster, Hell Boy 2 and Terminator Salvation.
A keen user of vintage equipment, Peter is responsible for introducing some of Abbey Road’s
best loved equipment to the audio products community in the form of Abbey Road Plug-ins.
Drumming duties were performed by Ralph Salmins, one of London’s top musicians. Ralph
has worked for the likes of Tori Amos, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Macy
Gray, Elton John, Tom Jones, Madonna, George Martin, Alanis Morissette, Mike Oldfield and
Kelly Rowlands.
2.3 The Kits
Two vintage kits were chosen for the Abbey Road 60s drum project:
The first kit is a Gretsch Round badge White
Marine Pearl (Jasper Shell) from the early
1960s. The size of the drums recorded were
24", 13" and 16". Gretsch has been making
drums since 1883 with the round badge se-
ries being made up until 1971, whereupon
the octagon-shaped badge was introduced.