Source Direct – Black Rose album cover

Source Direct – Black Rose

Single 2015

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2015 single Black Rose.

Music from Black Rose

Artists on Black Rose

Gear Used On Black Rose

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Source Direct – Black Rose (2015). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Studio Equipment used by Source Direct on Black Rose

Audio Samplers

Roland S-750 Sampler

Avg price: $325.00

In a YouTube comment from 8 years ago (currently the top comment in the linked video), the members of Source Direct detailed their sub-bass creation process. Responding from their official YouTube account, they state:

I have just read all you folks arguing about where and how the SNAKE STYLE bassline was created… I’m gonna tell y’all direct from the source to educate and inform. I sampled a TR808 Kick Drum with its parameters set to give me the longest sustain possible… sound sent through my desk and EQ... sampled on a ROLAND S-750 then sculptured into a decent chest “thudding” attack and slow decay with longer sustain option using the 750’s “forward & reverse” looping function. Then with a little sprinkle of Jimmy’s SOURCE DIRECT magic, layering, EQ and compression you create this warm buzzin sub bass line. Similar was used in THE CRANE & BLACK ROSE for anyone who hasn't heard those tracks yet. Give it a listen guys. Hope this clears things up for anyone still questioning… Thanks for all your support and positive feedback people, it means a great deal and energises me to get into the studio as much as possible and finish the many new tracks in the creation process at “TOP STATION”. Respect! SD

Source Direct also mentioned the Roland S-750 as one of their 3 main samplers in a 1990s Future Music Magazine interview detailed by Youtube Groovin' in G.