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MIDI Focus – Aggressive Drum & Bass Beats Sample Library – Free Samples

5Pin Media proudly presents their 20th MIDI FOCUS SERIES release – AGGRESSIVE DRUM & BASS BEATS produced by uber beatsmith Dan Larsson. This collection covers the more energetic style of Drum & Bass Beats made popular by the likes of Noisia, Black Sun Empire, Blockhe4d and Pendulum to name a few.

When it comes to no-nonsense slamming breaks and beats Producer Dan Larsson is the Don!

Designed for both producers and DJs alike the sounds and MIDI are arranged across 13 drum kits with 10 patterns per kit, all clearly labelled for quick and easy access.Each kit is ready for laying down as either a full production backing track or to use as a mix tool when DJing.

To make the combination of patterns to sounds virtually endless the kits and MIDI have all been mapped consistently and as close to the GM standard as possible allowing for the playing of any kit with any of the included MIDI files. So be bold and experiment, we guarantee you will be rewarded by the results.

NI MASCHINE 1.8 & 2.0 users are presented with 13 5Pin Media Tagged Maschine Projects complete with labelled patterns ready for your productions or live DJ sets.

Ableton Live 8 and above users are presented with a Live Project containing 13 drum racks and 130 labelled MIDI files ready for your productions or live DJ sets.

Formats included are: Live 8 Drum Racks, Maschine, Kontakt 3, Battery 3, NNXT, EXS24, Halion and SFZ.

As an added bonus we have also included all the audio WAV files and MIDI (Drums Bass, Synths and FX parts) from the featured demo track comprising

19 WAV loops, 4 WAV Stems and 8 MIDI files all labelled to the corresponding song part.

Setting a new standard in MIDI based sampleware, the 5Pin Media Midi Focus Series.

▪ 24 Bit Quality
▪ 156 Drum Samples
▪ 130 Drum MIDI Files
▪ 19 Bonus Music Wav Files
▪ 8 Bonus Music MIDI Files
▪ 13 Drum Kits
▪ 1 Live8 Project
▪ 1 Maschine 1.8/2.1 Pack
▪ 13 Soft Sampler Patches for Kontakt3, Battery 3, EXS24, Halion, NNXT and SFZ
▪ Please Note: Requires NI Maschine 1.8.2 or 2.10 + for Maschine Projects.

Download Demo Here

Air-Drum into a DAW or Sampler MAC PC

Aerodrums has announced that its air-drumming instrument can now be used to sequence drums in Digital Audio Workstations, or to trigger drum samplers, via MIDI.

Aerodrums has announced that its air-drumming instrument can now be used to sequence drums in Digital Audio Workstations, or to trigger drum samplers, via MIDI.

Aerodrums was launched at the NAMM show in January to serve as a substitute to a drum kit when there are space or noise constraints.

“I had to stop drumming when I went to college because of noise and lack of space. Now I can carry Aerodrums in my shoulder bag and my neighbors can’t hear me drum when I wear headphones.” said Richard Lee, co-inventor of Aerodrums.

The instrument provides musical expressiveness on par with acoustic or electronic drum kits. It works by observing the drummer’s gestures using a high speed camera connected to a computer.

“With Aerodrums you can record your drumming into a DAW without the need to mic a kit or setup edrums” said Yann Morvan, director of Aerodrums.

Aerodrums’ output includes accurate note velocity, continuous hi-hat openness and more. Since MIDI events can be routed in software from the Aerodrums program to the DAW or sampler, there is no additional hardware related latency.

Aerodrums is an air-drumming instrument. It runs on your computer and understands your drumming intent by watching you drum through a high speed camera. Aerodrums fits in a backpack with your laptop, feels and sounds as good as a real drum kit, can be silent to others around you, and is affordable. Here is a teaser video illustrating some of Aerodrums’ advantages:

Aerodrums is available Amazon.com for $160. You will also need a Sony Playstation 3 Eye camera to run Aerodrums

Aerodrums Air Drumming Percussion Instrument

The camera is available on Amazon for between $6 and $30:

PlayStation Eye

Dubstep Supercharged NI Maschine, Ableton Live Pack, Wav – Free Samples

Niche Audio is proud to present another top notch Genre Specific Maschine & Ableton Live pack. ‘Dubstep Supercharged’ – is a collection of 15 totally authentic Dubstep kits for a new generation of Dubsteppers. Taking its lead from artists such as Barely Alive, Zomboy, Pegboard Nerds, Skrillex, Must Die, Far Too Loud, and 501, the packs sound focusses on the clubbier side of the genre.

Dubstep Supercharged was primarily designed for the ultimate hands on experience when used in conjunction with a pad controller, or keyboard. All sounds are meticulously created and sampled one shots which then utilise choke groups enabling sounds to be cut off at the precise moment another sound/pad is triggered. The result is instant inspiration and gratification infusing the user with the ability to create mind boggling variations in real time. Jamming the samples via your pads or your keyboard in real time is a highly addictive and enjoyable experience – we guarantee it!

Producers can also use any of the 13 kits or, 13 colour coded projects as a starting point to get their ideas down fast. Easily edit some midi notes, perhaps swap some samples and within minutes a completely new kit and pattern has emerged indistinguishable from the original. Whilst you can use any BPM you wish, the pack was designed around the optimum Dubstep tempo of 140.

Expect to find 13 Kits with 16 samples in each, including processed Drums, Piercing Basses, Hard Hitting Wobbles and Mid Tones, Chords, Vocal Hits and Special FX. Also included are 13 colour coded projects to act as a starting point for your productions. 2 special kits which feature a bank of vocal hits and Special FX samples for additional sample layering. All of this combines to create an involving sound palette intended to inspire and excite the Dubstep producer.

Please Note

If you don’t own Maschine or Ableton Live you can purchase the One Shots version and get access to the sample content for each kit. This version includes the sounds exported with all relevant FX and EQ settings which can be used in any DAW, and includes patches for Kontakt, Halion EXS and SFZ compatible soft samplers. The patterns are not included.

All samples and patterns are 100% royalty free and can be used in your music production legally if you have bought an original copy of the content.

Note: To get the most from this collection you will need either Maschine 1.8, Maschine 2.0+ or Ableton Live 9

Tech Specs
Dubstep Supercharged – Maschine 1.8 & V2.0
▪ 15 Maschine kits (2 special kits)
▪ 13 Projects
▪ 240 Samples
▪ 65 Patterns
Dubstep Supercharged – Ableton Live
▪ 13 Live sets
▪ 15 Custom Drum racks
▪ 240 samples
▪ 65 Midi Patterns

Download Demo Here

Selected Techno Signatures Sample Library – Free Samples

Inspire Audio welcome Russian talented Simon Ermakow also known as Hells Kitchen with an inspiring collection of royalty free loops and snippets aimed to techno producers worldwide.

Simon Ermakow is one of the most notable Russian producers responsible for the wealth of material that has emanated from Russia under the tag techno. Simon, also known as Hells Kitchen has released music on Black Hole / Moonbeam Digital / Blendwerk / PFL and many others!

Selected Techno Signatures features more than 2,7gb of inspirational samples for the next generation of EDM music producers who are looking to take their music production to a higher level.

All samples were created at 24 bit, and includes 167 WAV loops in 125 bpm, and an additional 290 snippets for techno and tech-house, bass and house producers worldwide. Also included are over 50 ready to play sampler patches for Kontakt and EXS24 compatible samplers. Apple loops and REX files are also included in Selected Techno Signatures.

A must-have for techno fans, but also an awesome repertory for sound-experimentalists.

So check the demo and enjoy Selected Techno Signatures.

▪ 24 Bit Quality
▪ 2.79GB
▪ 167 Wav Loops
▪ 167 Apple Loops
▪ 167 Rex Loops
▪ 20 Bass Sounds
▪ 18 Clap Sounds
▪ 30 Hi Hat sounds
▪ 50 Kicks
▪ 80 Percussion Snippets
▪ 50 Snares
▪ 22 FX Sounds
▪ 53 Soft Sampler Patches for EXS24 & Kontakt 4.2.4+

Download Demo Here

Puncture Kit – Beats Cycling Sample Library – Free Samples

Loopmasters proudly welcome David Osborne with an exclusive set of edgy live beats suited to many electronic styles of music including Dubstep, Drum & Bass, House, Hip Hop, Garage and Breaks.

Unless your Bradley Wiggins not many people can say they ride to work on their work, so the idea of mounting an acoustic Drum Kit on bicycle isn’t a thought that enters most peoples head, however Australian Born David came up with the idea whilst fixing a puncture in London’s Green Park, staring at the upturned frame the thought “my drums could fit on there” hit him and Puncture Kit was born.

Dave’s unusual drum kit is no gimmick, it is a fully functioning bike and how he transports his gear around he simply rocks up on his bike, unloads the drums, flips the bike upside down and bolts them back on ready to play.

Due to the physical size of a bicycle the instruments need to be compact, however the small sizes and quirky percussion pieces happen to create the perfect tones, frequencies and dynamics for the type of sounds found in modern electronic music.

A typical Puncture Kit live show could be either David performing solo or an original bass heavy electronic set that travels from Hip Hop, Funk, Jazz, Dubstep, Breakbeat and Jungle using David’s own backing tracks to accompany him.

His dynamic performances at festivals, events and private shows have included The 2013 Tour De France, The BRIT Awards after party 2013 at London’s 02 Arena, solo support act for bands such as Florence and The Machine, The Black Keys and Bombay Bicycle Club, The London 2012 Olympic Games Cycling Race and Glastonbury Dance Village and busking to surprised crowds in Oxford Street.

Teaming up with Alex Pettman of Debut Audio Mastering, the collection was recorded at Studio 284 in Brighton using a large selection of vintage mics and a whole range of traditional and unconventional techniques to capture the right live drum sound with an edgy modern twist.

All manner of tricks and experiments were used including old t-shirts on drums and cymbals to add artificial damping, old cracked cymbals on top of snare drums for trashy backbeats, kick drums stuffed with toys or played with warped skins…anything to replicate and mimic unique electronic drum sounds that could then be played with the real swing of a live drummer.

In Detail expect to find 1.7Gb of 24Bit 44.1 Quality Loops including 196 Puncture Kit Loops, 160 Studio Kit Loops at BPMs of 90 to 175 and 751 Multi Velocity Drum One Shots, 12 Puncture Kit fills, 42 Studio Kit fills, 356 Rex2 Files and 4 Soft Sampler Instruments for Kontakt, Halion, Exs24, Nnxt and Sfz formats.

Beats Cycling is a diverse set of royalty free samples that draw inspiration from the classic breakbeats featured on many great tracks and includes infectious modern beats made versatile with ambient and close mic-ed variations of both loops and shots. Each sound carefully processed with an all analogue path including classic EQ & compression. So check out the demos and sample Puncture Kit – Beats Cycling TODAY!

Puncture Kit

1 x single speed custom bicycle, 2 x 10 inch snare drums, 6 inch snare drum, 10 inch kick drum, 8 inch tom, 16 inch ride/ crash cymbal, 12 inch ride/ crash cymbal, 10 and 12 inch hi hatsand misc percussion

Custom Studio Kit

14 inch snare drum, 10 inch snare drum, 22 inch kick drum, 10 inch tom, 18 inch ride/ crash cymbal, 21 inch ride/ cymbal and misc percussion

Tech Specs
▪ 1.7Gb
▪ 24Bit 44.1 Quality
▪ 90 to 175 BPM
▪ 196 Puncture Kit Loops
▪ 160 Studio Kit Loops at BPMs of 90 to 175
▪ 751 Multi Velocity Drum One Shots
▪ 12 Puncture Kit fills
▪ 42 Studio Kit fills
▪ 356 Rex2 Files
▪ 4 Soft Sampler Instruments for Kontakt, Halion, Exs24, Nnxt and Sfz formats.

Download Demo Here

Selected EDM Drum Hits & Loops – Free Samples

“Selected EDM Drums” features 117 MB of sample material hand-picked from a selection of the most popular sample packs released to date. They have picked the best EDM Drum Loops and Drum Shots then put them in this library.

In detail the pack includes 50 Drum Loops and 50 Drum Hits includes, 10 Claps & Snares, 10 Hihats, 15 Kicks and 15 Percussions. All loops & samples are in 128 BPM.

Great for EDM – whether you are making big-room, electro, progressive, house, techno, minimal or other forms of electronic music, this collection could be a great starter point for new inspiration.

Please Note: This is a drum ONLY pack, other sounds NOT included in the pack and are for illustration purposes only.

Download Demo Here

Progressive Electro Sample Library – Free Samples

Hit-Makers present Progressive Electro: 412MB of essential EDM tools fusing the best of electro and progressive to devastating effect.

Inspired by EDM stars such as Wolfgang Gartner, Chris Lake, TJR and Hardwell, Progressive Electro comes correct with stripped and slick beats, stacked and slammed synths, beefy basslines and epic FX – all bristling with chart-topping appeal.

Primed from drag ’n’ drop action, all loops are tempo-synced at 128bpm and key-labeled where applicable.

From floor-pounding drums (offered with kick-free and perc-only variants) and hands-in-the-air leads to sub-smacking basses and crowd-teasing FX loops – all can be mixed and matches at will to create hundreds of new track ideas.

Producers should expect to find 45 epically massive, relentlessly driving and thumping bass loops as well as 45 individual one shot bass hits for use in any sampler.

A whopping 240+ layered drum hits consists of 80 claps and snares, 19 hi-hats, 85 kicks and 71 percussion hits which compliment 60 thunder-charged drum loops with full, kick-free and percussion variants for maximum useability. 25 spot and tempo synced FX loops and hits include epic white noise risers, verb impacts and bleep oriented samples.

44 of the hookiest, most memorable hands-in-the-air synthesizer loops come eq’d and compressed for ease of use and sound quality complete with 50 individual synth shots in a range of textures and sounds. The pack is rounded off with 20 super-funky top loops guaranteed to put a groovy spin on any four to the floor track.

Tech Specs
▪ 24 bit Quality
▪ 412MB
▪ 45 Bass Loops
▪ 50 Bass One Shots
▪ 60 Drum Loops (with Full, Top and Kick free variants)
▪ 25 FX One Shots
▪ 44 Synth Loops
▪ 50 Synth One Shots
▪ 20 Top Loops

Download Demo Here

Ukulele Sample Library for NI Kontakt & EXS 24 First Look Video

The Wavesfactory Ukulele Bundle is the ultimate sample library bundle for writing ukulele music! The bundle contains two powerful and versatile libraries for Kontakt – “Ukulele Strum” (also for EXS24) and “Ukulele Finger” which are over 1.3GB in total!

Ukulele Strum is divided in 5 octaves – with the right hand you play downstrokes and with the left hand you play upstrokes. Major and minor chords were recorded in upstrokes and downstrokes (5 velocity layers and 3 round robins), along with fret noises, open strings and mutes. Also included are midi files with predefined patterns to use in your track, or to help build your own ones.

Ukulele Finger sampled individual notes of a ukulele played with fingers (4 velocity layers and 3 round robins). All notes have been sampled (no pitch shifting), with fret and release noises sampled also to provide more realism.

If you want to add ukulele to your tracks, you need this bundle! (Full version of Kontakt 3.5 or higher required – won’t work with Kontakt Player!)

Get both here from VST Buzz ( Limited Time )

Wavesfactory Site Ukulele Finger

Wavesfactory Strum Ukuele Finger

Histibe Dubstep & Grime NI Massive Presets

Patchworx 53 – Histibe Dubstep and Grime is a powerful collection of highly tweakable NI Massive sounds including Basses, SFX, Pads and Synths complete with macro controls and full Native Instruments Library integration.

Aimed at underground urban producers this boosted Patchworx pack comes complete with not only 64 custom presets and 64 MIDI files but included in the download are 64 Wav rendered versions of the selected patch and associated MIDI files for instant inspiration. Histibe has also included 5 drum loops and 2 vocal loops as featured in the demo.

This pack has been inspired by artists including Burial, Noisia, Dizzee Rascal, Kanye West and labels such as Hyper Dub, Vision and Subtitles.

Patchworx 53 Histibe contains 25 Dirty Basses 6 SFX, 8 Gritty Pads and 25 Nasty Synths useful for producers of Dubstep, Grime, Trap, Breaks and Filthy Electro.

If you are using the Native Instruments Massive synth and want a highly useable collection of freshly crafted urban presets from a top producer then this collection is for you.

The Patchworx series are brought to you by Loopmasters, and are a creative resource for producers who are looking to produce and perform their own musical parts, using genre specific sounds which have been designed by experts in their genre.

Please Note: The Presets come as Native Instruments Massive 1.3+ .NMSV files so please ensure you have the latest version of Massive before ordering.

Tech Specs
▪ Native Instruments Massive Presets
▪ 25 Basses
▪ 6 SFX
▪ 8 Pads
▪ 25 Synths
▪ 64 MIDI Files
▪ 71 WAV Loops

Download Here

Jake Childs – Shades Of House Sample Library – Free Samples

Loopmasters presents Shades of House by Jake Childs, an inspiring collection of Royalty Free House loops and samples that move from Deep to Funky, featuring 370 expertly produced Drum, Bass and Instrumental sounds ready to drop into your House Productions.

Produced exclusively for Loopmasters by Jake Childs, Shades of House features a solid set of audio tools for all producers of House music including tight Crisp Beats, Syncopated Funky Basses, Chunky Synth Chords and Evolving Synth Loops. Each loop and sound has had the full Jake Childs treatment with just the right amount of EQ and FX to ensure they will sit well in a mix.

A musician from an early age taking up Trumpet, Guitar, Bass and Keys Jake Childs has always followed his dream and his opened minded approach to sound has seen his personal musical journey go from Punk to Techno through to House.

Throughout his production career Jake has worked with many top producers with remixes for artists such as Carl cox, Blaze, DJ Pierre, Johnny Fiasco, Vernon & DaCosta, Da Sunlounge to name only a few and his original tracks have seen great success on labels including Bush/Boo, Takt , Bluefin, Uniform, OM Records, Ministry Of Sound, Freerange, Drop Music, Dust Traxx and Jamayka .

In Detail expect to find 509Mb of 24Bit 44.1Khz samples including 41 Bass Loops, 20 Full Drum Loops, 38 Top Loops, 6 Spoken Word Monologues, 40 Music Loops, 154 Drum Shots, 28 Bass Hits, 20 Synth Stabs, 23 SFX Sounds, 149 Rex2 Files, 64 Soft Sampler Patches for Kontakt, Halion, Exs24, Nnxt and SFZ formats.

The collection is also available as Apple Loops, Ableton Live Pack and Reason Refill versions to purchase separately.

No matter what style of House you choose to produce, there is something here for everyone so check out the demos and sample Jake Childs – Shades of House TODAY!

Tech Specs
▪ 509Mb
▪ 24Bit 44.1Khz
▪ 41 Bass Loops
▪ 20 Full Drum Loops
▪ 38 Top Loops
▪ 6 Spoken Word Monologues
▪ 40 Music Loops
▪ 154 Drum Shots
▪ 28 Bass Hits
▪ 20 Synth Stabs
▪ 23 SFX Sounds
▪ 149 Rex2 Files
▪ 64 Soft Sampler Patches for Kontakt, Halion, Exs24, Nnxt and SFZ formats.