Rick Marotta's Yamaha Recording Custom Sample Pack

The iconic kit used live and in the studio with legendary artists:

• Hall and Oates (Live)

• Carly Simon (Live)

• Carole King (Live)

• Jackson Browne (Studio)

• James Taylor (Live & Various Recordings)

• Featured in the James Taylor – “Her Town Too” music video

🥁 2 Kick Drums

• Sizes:

  • 24” x 14”

  • 22” x 14”

• Rick’s personal tuning with original heads

• Felt and plastic beater variations

• Mic positions:

  • Dry

  • Close Room

  • Far Room

• Dynamic articulations:

  • Soft

  • Medium

  • Hard

  • CRACK!

🪘 1 Snare Drum

• Size: 14” x 6”

• Rick’s tuning with original heads

• Dynamic articulations:

  • Soft

  • Medium

  • Hard

  • CRACK! x2

  • Side stick x2

• Mic positions:

  • Dry

  • Overhead (OH)

  • Close Room

  • Far Room

🥁 6 Toms

(Selected from the full Yamaha range used by Rick: 6” to 16”)

• Sizes include:

  • 6”x6”

  • 8”x6”

  • 10”x8”

  • 12”x8”

  • 13”x9”

  • 14”x10”

  • 15”x11”

  • 16”x14”

  • 16”x16”

• Rick’s tuning with original heads

• Mic positions:

  • Dry

  • Close Room

  • Far Room

• Dynamic articulations:

  • Soft

  • Medium

  • Hard

  • CRACK!