Independent Drum Lab (INDe Drums) Nesting Shell Pack – Reviewed

February 18, 2025

Here’s the latest video from the Drummer’s Review Live Room featuring an Independent Drum Lab (INDe Drums) Nesting shell pack

Featuring:

20″ x 14″ Bass Drum,
12″ x 7.5″ Rack Tom,
15″ x 8.5″ Floor Tom
14″ x 3.75″ Aluminium Piccolo Snare,

Construction:

Bass Drum & Toms:

5-ply, 4.3mm Maple Shells,
Low Mass Shell Hardware,
Bass Drum & Floor Tom Split at Centre Point.

Snare:

1.5mm hand rolled and riveted aluminium shell,
8 x dual-ended low mass lugs,
1.6mm chrome over steel triple flanged hoops.

Filmed January 2025 at Paul Caboche Studios, Cornwall, UK. (scroll down for recording & equipment details)

“First impressions when unboxing and setting up the kit were really good. The natural finish combined with the fairly unique sizes gives the kit a classy, boutique feel…”

INDe Says…“This is the ultimate kit for the gigging drummer. Carry your complete INDe drum kit in one standard bass drum bag! Our nesting kits “Un-Nest” in seconds, and sound just as great as our regular Flex-Tuned drums. These are built with our lightweight maple shells, split in half and joined together with our exclusive Quick-Link connectors, which weigh a total of less than 100 grams per drum, and effectively join the drum to resonate as one. Nesting kits are build to order and ship in 6-8 weeks. Custom sizes and finishes are available too- click the button below for a quote!“

“…the Aluminium piccolo snare gives a loud, crisp and well projected tone that sings through the studio nicely. For a piccolo it has much more depth and body than we were first expecting making for a very nice overall drum.”

Independent Drum Lab (INDe Drums) Nesting Shell Pack:

RRP: $3000.00 (approx.)

“Overall and the kit sounds incredible and is a pleasure to play. It has a fullness of sound that we thoroughly enjoyed and feels every bit a boutique kit.”

Pro’s:

Highly musical, full sound
Excellent construction and attention to detail
Several key innovative design elements

Con’s:

None!!

For more details on the INDe Drums Nesting shell pack, head to:

https://www.indedrum.com/

Recording Details:

Filmed at Paul Caboche Studios (Cornwall UK).

Microphone List:

Kick Rear: Electrovoice RE27ND
Kick Front: Electrovoice RE27ND
Snare Top: Electrovoice PL80
Snare Bottom: Electrovoice PL80
Hi Hat: Oktava MK-012-01 Cardio
Ride: Oktava MK-012-01 Cardio
Toms: AKG C414B
Over Head wide: AKG C414B (pair)
Centre Over Heads: AEA R88 MK2 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Front Centre Room : AEA R88 MK2 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Wide Room Mic’s: sE2200T Tube Mic’s (pair)

Recording Process:

Microphone Pre amps: 16x Rupert Neve Designs 5052

Pre amp outs to Avid HD analog to digital converters connected to Avid HDX card

Recorded into Pro Tools Ultimate latest version running HDX cards mounted in an Apple Mac Pro 2019 16core.

Audio Template Details:

No EQ:

Direct microphone sound – no EQ either pre or post recording applied from the Neve 5052 Pre-Amps EQ section.

Basic EQ:

Basic EQ setting using the EQ section of the Neve 5052 mic Pre-Amps. No post recoded EQ or processing applied.

Full Studio Mix:

Post EQ section of the Neve 5052 mic Pre-Amps plus post production EQ, gating, parallel compression and some reverb added to the snare and toms. There was also some room mic processing along with parallel drum bus adding compression and reverb to the overall sound.

A Note From Paul…

“The microphones were set up with the overheads and room mic’s measured to the centre of the snare drum to keep the phase of any stereo pair in phase. The AEA R88 MK2 mic’s being stereo mic’s had no issue with phase but the front centre room mic and centre overhead where aligned with each other to keep the same stereo image. The phase reverse switch on the front kick mic was used to correct the phase between the two bass drum mic’s. The phase reverse switch was engaged on the bottom snare mic to correct the phase between the two snare mic’s. Hi pass filters only used on the hi hat mic, Ride mic and overheads. The AKG C414B mic’s on the toms have very little proximity bass boost so can be considered a pretty flat representation of the toms. The same can be said for the Electrovoice PL80 mic’s on the snare drum. Every effort was made so that the NO EQ sound example audio on the video was as true a representation of what the drums sounded like in the live room. The live room of the studio has been treated to also provide a neutral sound close to the drums with the room mic’s then giving a true representation of what the drums sound like in the room. Using 16 identical Mic Pre amps also helps with electrical phase so there is no difference between tone and phase of the Mic Pre amps. The brief for recoding the drums was to give as true a representation as possible of what the drums actually sound like and to then give examples of what can be done to the sound of the drums.”

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