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Finding well-recorded and sonically interesting samples (preferably for free) is challenging; pretty soon, you've exhausted most of what's easily available on Nettie. I recently discovered a promising cache (152 tones in one zip file) on loopsdelacreme.com and after listening, I ended up dumping about 2/3 of them. From the 50 odd remaining shots (most of which were not standard 'drum kit' fare), I was able to assemble a conventional 18-shot kit I have aptly named 'Creme'. The shots, while not outstanding, are consistent and at least satisfy the 'well-recorded' criteria - three cheers for loopsdelacreme for making this cache available for free. Check out my 80s synth pop audio demo and then pop over to loopsdelacreme and see what else they have cookin'.

Ephnik is a collection of world (and other stranger) sounds that are, for the most part, heavily processed. The idea here was to create a palette that could be run in conjunction with a conventional drumkit, either in a breakdown section or as a percussive bed layered over the drums.

Pure is an attempt to create a user-ready acoustic drumkit (kick, 2 snares, 4 toms, rimshot, hihats, 3 crashes, 1 splash and a china) using samples as clean and unprocessed as possible. The kit is divided into two patches; A is all the drums, B is all the cymbals. In this way punchy compression can be added to the drums and perhaps a slow phase can be added to the cymbals. I believe this provides a slightly more usable kit. I have also included a midi file of the demo I programmed. I hope you like it. Ramlee

(Apologies to anyone who has downloaded 'Heavy'. I have remapped the two preset patches and now every shot is assigned to its own note number. This new mapping should work with your midi keyboard. Cheers.

A 2-part kit that can be loaded into your DAW as separate instances of LM-9. If you're familiar with the HR-16 and HR-16B, you'll immediately recognize the toms. There is a second snare in the B set. The 'Bruford' snare in set A is not exactly heavy but it has such a nice ring to it, I couldn't resist.

An odd assortment of one-shot perc tones

My first attempt at an LM-9 preset. I spent about a week backtracking through blogs and threads covered in cobwebs to finally discover and master the lost art of LM-9 preset patch creation. This is just the beginning!! In this archive you will find a detailed explanation of how to create a new preset patch for the LM-9. If you require any advice or software, let me know.