Black Oyster Drum Kit

Darrell is a 10x Grammy® Award-Winning (Foo Fighters, Beck, Radiohead, the White Stripes, Switchfoot, Cheap Trick), 3x TEC Award-Winning (Radiohead, Beck), and Emmy Nominated Los Angeles-based recording & mix engineer with over 26 years’ experience - working in world class commercial studios in Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, London, Paris and many other locations throughout his amazing career. He’s mixed several top 10 albums and radio chart hits including Beck’s ”Sea Change”, “Morning Phase” and “Colors”; the Foo Fighters’ “Concrete And Gold” & "Medicine at Midnight", Dream Widow’s Self Titled EP (a companion piece to the horror comedy film “Studio 666”), Twenty One Pilots’ “Trench”, and projects for Foster the People, Barry Gibb, and Paul McCartney to name just a few.

The Black Oyster kit drum instrument really showcases Darrell’s signature sound – whether he’s working with alt-rockers, heavy metal icons or even a pop legend like Paul McCartney (whose band the Beatles put a drum kit just like this one on the map), his drums always sound so…alive and real.

The production here is punchy & present, and the kit’s tone is warm & resonant, making it a great kit for just about any style of music – but especially rock, alt-rock & hard rock, where the drums really need to stand out in the mix.

• Swap kit pieces effortlessly—mix and match snares, kicks, toms, and cymbals.
• Use the One-Shot Editor to import or layer additional snare and kick hits with tuning, decay, and velocity options.
• Custom Thorp Presets span multiple eras (classic 70s, 80s power, 90s alt, 2000s heavy rock).
• Additional MIDI groove packs will expand the library in the future.

• Tracked in Studio A at Sweetwater Studios, USA, with world-class outboard gear, vintage mics, and spacious live room acoustics.
• Every drum hit captured across multiple velocity layers, round robins, and left hand/right hand nuances to create realism and depth.