Radio Royalty ’40 Drum Sample Library
A legendary drum kit heard on The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Twenty One Pilots' "Vessel", and many more hit records. Sampled by the producer who recorded and mixed these records.
An Iconic Drum Kit - Now In Your Mix
In 1940, Slingerland built a Radio King kit with an astounding 26-inch bass drum. Eighty years later, genius drummer Matt Chamberlain pointed Greg Wells to it in a Seattle drum shop, and it became the go-to kit Wells builds his record productions on. If you've listened to radio in the last fifteen years, you've heard this phenomenal kit over and over again.
• 336 drum samples at 96 kHz/24 bit - close, overhead/underhead, and room mic perspectives
• 18 ready-built Slate Trigger instruments for instant drum replacement, 4-5 velocity layers and 4-5 alternating round robin takes per drum
• the 26" Kick comes in two tunings, Wells' two most used snares (Black Beauty and a deeper Bell Brass), rack tom, floor tom
• works at any session sample rate as your DAW automatically converts
• $79
Microphones love this drum kit like some people are photogenic in front of a camera lens. It is the secret weapon on more of my records than any other instrument I own. Amazing drummer Matt Chamberlain graciously pointed me to it in Seattle years ago, and it's been the backbone of everything since — Greatest Showman, Vessel, Teenage Dream, so many sessions. Now it's yours, exactly the way I hear it in my studio.
Greg Wells
Producer, Mix Engineer, Drummer, Founder
Hear Radio Royalty '40 Drum Samples in action
Close Mic Drum Samples Demo
Underhead Mic Blended Drum Samples Demo
Watch the Radio Royalty drums recorded on Pensado's Place "Into The Lair"
System Requirements
- 336 WAV samples at 96 kHz/24 bit that work in any DAW or sampler
- Slate Trigger instruments require the full version of Trigger 2
- 4 GB free disk space recommended
FAQs
Find answers to common questions about Radio Royalty '40.
How do I get the files?
Instantly. After purchase, your download is ready in your account — one zip with the WAV library, all 18 Trigger instruments, and your license.
Can I use the samples on my releases?
Yes — commercial releases, film, TV, games, live, everything, with no extra fees ever. The only things not allowed are redistributing the files themselves or reselling them as samples.
Which formats are included?
WAV (96 kHz/24-bit) and 18 Slate Trigger .tci instruments — plus the EULA and your license.
Radio Royalty '40
336 drum samples at 96 kHz/24 bit from the 1940 Radio King kit
Heard on The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Twenty One Pilots' "Vessel", Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", and more
18 ready-built Slate Trigger instruments included
$79
