The people behind RS Drums
Our Story
RS Drums was built on a simple idea. Give musicians and producers drum sounds that feel alive and inspiring right out of the box. What started as a passion project between friends has grown into a collection of libraries, samples, and tools designed to make writing and producing music easier, faster, and more fun.
We’re constantly exploring new ways to capture, program, and deliver drums that spark creativity, whether you’re building full productions or just sketching out ideas. At the core, RS Drums is Anup Sastry and Alex Rudinger, and everything we create is shaped by the same goal, helping you bring your songs to life.
Drummer · Engineer · Performer
Alex Rudinger
Alex Rudinger has built a reputation as one of the most precise and versatile drummers in modern metal, with a touring and recording career spanning over a decade and a half. His credits include The Faceless, Whitechapel, Good Tiger, Intronaut, Conquering Dystopia, Threat Signal, Light the Torch, Monuments, and Revocation.
Alex also runs his own home studio, where he tracks session work as both drummer and engineer for clients around the world. His ear for tuning and his attention to technique are widely recognized in the drumming community, and that meticulous approach translates directly to the world of drum sampling, where consistency and clarity of every hit shapes the final sound. Alex’s identity is rooted in his playing first and foremost, and that drummer-first perspective brings a player’s intuition to how a virtual instrument should feel and respond on the kit.
In 2025, Alex joined Trivium as their full-time drummer for their North American tour and upcoming album cycle.
Drummer · Engineer · Producer
Anup Sastry
Anup Sastry has spent over a decade and a half touring and recording as a drummer with some of the most respected names in modern metal and progressive music, including Skyharbor, Jeff Loomis, Periphery, Devin Townsend, Marty Friedman, Polyphia, Zeal & Ardor, Monuments, Intervals, Chimp Spanner, and Dearest. Beyond the kit, Anup has built a parallel career as a producer and engineer, mixing and engineering records for artists like Erra, Gore, Exist, and Scale The Summit, among many others.
Years of capturing drums for both records and visual media gave him a deep understanding of what makes a virtual drum library actually feel useful to a working producer. Anup brings the perspective of a producer first, with a deep sense of how drums sit inside a modern production workflow and what makes a virtual instrument feel truly useful to the people writing and recording records.
His work has reached far beyond the music world, with drum recording and engineering credits on Devil May Cry Season 2, Arcane Season 2, Hello Kitty Island Adventures, Rocket League, and projects for Riot Games and Capcom.