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Regularly giving away The Net's most authentic free high quality
wav samples!
 __Free
Pads and Rhodes Hits
 This
pack of 27 samples contains authentic pad sounds and a number of
Rhodes hits. Very usable to put a bit more vibe into it. Typical
sampler input material.
Get them here
__Free
Drum and Percussion Hits
All
Fresh this new Drum and Percussion pack. These are cuts from engineered
drums and conga. Some hits leaning towards a Breaks sound and others
with that smooth Dub flavour.
Download here
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Muchos Bonus Acapellas
AudioBrutality is now offering a free Acapella bonuspack of more
than 100 full studio recordings with the purchase of the full Sampledatabase.
That's a huge extra on top of the 3.500 large, 24 bit quality, Synth,
Brass and Drum samples.
Get
it all on this page
 __Free
Funk Scratches
This
free pack contains eightteen authentic scratch samples with that
oldskool funk flavour. Vinyl Grip at 24 bit audio quality.
Download it here
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New-York Brass Samples
NewYork Brass Samples Library. A very decent list of soulful brass
licks and samples. Including smart tutorials on brass recording
techniques and top 10 brass recording tips.
See for yourself.
__Free
Amped Synths Pack
This
free pack contains 80 MB of amped and effected synthesizer samples.
Download this unique pack for heavily effected source sounds for
pads, fx or leads. 80 wav samples, all in 24 bit audio quality.
Download it here
__Tip:
Royalty free lyrics
On the lookout for public domain blues songs I bumped into a nice
niche site listing some of the free early 20th century blues artists
whose work is copyright free, at least in the US. Check out pdmusic.org
if you're in need of some free song lyrics with a bluesy edge.
If you're specifically after HipHop lyrics
this site is probably a good starting point, listing 'the best
rap battle hip hop lyrics available at the internet'.
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Free Plugins
If you're on the hunt for free plugins be sure to visit this one.
Gersic is claiming to be the biggest online AU, VST and RTAS free
plugin database on the web and should get you going at least. Visit
this site at: Gersic
__Download:
Free Electro Funk Samples
This
40 MB sample collection holds some exceptionally expressive stab
sounds, all with an overdriven character. Perfect for Drum and Bass
and Techno music styles. All are .wav samples in 24 bit audio quality.
Download it here
__Tip
: Music Producer Interviews
At recordproduction.com you can check out 124!! online video interviews
with leading record producers. Even if you're not necessarily into
drewling over the phattest gear or on the lookout for interesting
new working methods, this is some entertaining material. Visit this
site at: Recordproduction.com
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Tweakable Combinator Patches
Producer-Central
is giving away a Refill with 26 carefully crafted Combinator patches
for Reason. The categories are Atmospheres, Audio in (effects),
Bass, Drum (1 patch), FX, Synth and Templates. These Combinator
patches might be a source for inspiration as well as adding some
interesting sounds to your library. The Drum and Bass templates
give insight into two different ways to use Reason for live performance
although they'll need more work to be up for the job.
All Combinator patches have as much knobs pre-assigned as possible.
Have fun with these!
Download the Spectralism Refill
Contents:
Atmos - Pulse Trap.cmb
Atmos - Question Pad.cmb
Atmos - Spacing Duck.cmb
Atmos - Star Movement.cmb
Atmos - Story Line.cmb
Atmos - Triple Pad.cmb
Audio in - Bass Enhancer.cmb
Audio in - Filter Chopper.cmb
Audio in - Synth Multi FX1.cmb
Audio in - Synth Multi FX2.cmb
Bass - DnB Control.cmb
Bass - DnB Massive.cmb
Bass - Ice Bass.cmb
Bass - Wah Bass.cmb
Drumcoder.cmb
FX - Broken Radio.cmb
FX - Pitching.cmb
FX - Reso Sweeper.cmb
Synth - Classic Arpeggio.cmb
Synth - Deep Chords.cmb
Synth - Horn Driver.cmb
Synth - Pulse Life.cmb
Synth - Transcend Arp.cmb
Temp - DnB Playa.rns
Temp - Dub Mixer.cmb
Temp - Hardcore DnB Machine.cmb
Check for more
free Combinator patches on Producer-Central.
__Article:
11 Great Free VST Plugins
The
vast amount of freeware plugins nowadays is a great luxury but it
may sometimes be hard to find the tools that do the job best. A
plugin folder bulking with hundreds of free plugins can sound great
to some but my personal experiences show this is more of a burden
than a help in effective music production. That’s why in this
article I’d like to highlight a couple of free plugins that
are absolutely worth downloading and probably perform as well as
many shareware counterparts...page
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: Reviews
Recommended: Reviews
The people from Gearaudition have a unique approach on reviewing
studio gear. They rendered the output of several hardware and software
effects in identical settings to audio files. These can be auditioned
on the website. This way everyone can make up their own mind on
which device sounds best. At the moment comparisons of top equalisers,
compressors and preamps can be made. Visit this site at: Gearaudition
__Download:
Free Amped Synth Sounds
This
free sample pack equips you with them gritty sounding synthesizer
stabs and hits. These sounds were made with an Access Virus running
through various outboard effects. All to get that rough edge with
hardware sprinkle, recorded @ 24 bit through Focusrite converters..
Download the zipped
sample pack here.
__Article:
Mixdown Balancing..
Making a good sounding mix is not just about getting the levels
right. If only it would be that simple. You might sometimes find
yourself not being able to point out the problem in a mix while
not knowing exactly how to get the sound right. In that case it
helps to analyse your mix on these five dimensions: Stereo spread,
Dynamics, Distance, Frequency and Volume.
page
__Akai
MPD24 USB Controller
An impressive new device on the market is this controller from
Akai. The mpd24. This baby looks like it can take the occasional
beating for which it's made, unlike some of the other controllers
found in the market. The MPC's are impressive machines and still
quite popular considering their fairly high second-hand prices.
The pads on the MPC's obviously are a reason for that. Looking for
killer beats and melodies on a masterkeyboard just isn't the same.
Some of the spec's: Velocity, Aftertouch, 6 sliders, 8 endless rotary
knobs, a tasty looking LCD display and 4 banks which gives you 64
pads. It's USB powered and a sample cd of all the Akai drummachines
comes with the package. The mpd24 is getting good reviews from what
I've seen. You might one to
__Tip
: Free Samples
 A
website worth visiting is the Techno focussed Analogik website.
Here you can download the original MPC factory drum samples, several
analog synthesizer samples and other useful stuff in wav format
(royalty free). Visit this site at: analogik/downloads.
__Tip
: Tutorials
The Modcam site contains a very respectable tutorial on various
production techniques for Reason users as well as general info that
might contribute to getting better at producing. The author makes
good use of screenshots and related links and the tutorial covers
some really essential tricks for producing professional dance tracks.
Visit this site at: modcam/emusic
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