hip cool breakbeats - more on the underground tip (rex...)

[rSphere]

using live 6, stylus rmx, reason, some reaper.

i am looking to expand my breakbeat library - i have all the extra packs for stylus.

the sound i am hoping to find - funky hip hop-ish underground vibes. more along the tribe called quest, digable planets angle than contemporary pop hop.

any libraries one can recommend? rex would be ideal for import into stylus/reason.

[dmichaelsmusic]

I've got a few breakbeat products most of which are from the Big fish site (www.bigfishaudio.com) that are breakbeat oriented. All have rex files so they should work out great for you. Breakbusters, Breakbeat Jazz, Smokers Relight and Broken Breaks are all pretty smokin'.

I also have total rex from zero-g. that has some breakbeat material on there but it's more of a grab bag of all sorts of styles. some of it is good and other material is only ok in terms of it's quality.

[LOOPxDIGGA]

here u go man...THE breakbeats used by digable planets and tribe called quest, plus many many many more....
this place has a massive collection of breakbeats straight off the original vinyls....and even better, its all free...
http://www.phatdrumloops.com/old_site/

[defjamm]

here u go man...THE breakbeats used by digable planets and tribe called quest, plus many many many more....
this place has a massive collection of breakbeats straight off the original vinyls....and even better, its all free...
http://www.phatdrumloops.com/old_site/

thank you very much, awesome link!

[LOOPxDIGGA]

yeah man...i came across that link like 6 or 7 years ago...im surprised it doesent get thrown around more often...

[Caleb]

What an interesting guy that runs that free loop site.
Have you read the "About" section?

I'm not 100% sure of the legality of what he's doing - but it's one time that I've wanted it to be.

This is like a drum beat/break evangelist - an underground preacher. Spreading the word - the sound - the rhythm etc...

Regards
Caleb

[LOOPxDIGGA]

i dont think the guys around no more though...at least doing what he does on the net anyway....that site hasnt been updated since before i even came across it...

[declassified]

A few packs with drum breaks:

http://files.filefront.com/doubleclickp ... einfo.html

http://files.filefront.com/Bernard_Purd ... einfo.html

http://files.filefront.com/101sBreakbea ... einfo.html

http://files.filefront.com/Manzel___Bre ... einfo.html

If you get these, you will have enough for a lifetime.

[Highvoltage]

is filefront slow as hell, or its just my connection?

anyway declassified, you rock, i already had 101s, and collected and sampled purdie loops myself (along with more than 1000 others (we just gotta love breaks, aint we?), so im interested in the other packs...

[declassified]

we just gotta love breaks, aint we?

yeah

be sure not to miss this: http://web.mac.com/drumbreaks/iWeb/Site/Numeric.html

it's a database with 1336 drum breaks, many of which aren't in the 101 pack.

don't know about filefront, i can imagine it's slow.

[LOOPxDIGGA]

whoooah...that link above is a nice link also....never been to that one....

[declassified]

also good: www.the-breaks.com (you can search for a tribe called quest and see who they've sampled)
also has a good forum: http://www.the-breaks.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=2

and of course, the Grid: http://www.dogsonacid.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=4
which is more drum'n'bass-focused, but they also use breaks.

this german forum has lots of samples: http://www.producer-network.de/forum/index.php

oh and: http://www.darkbeats.com/sampleswap/

that's all i can think of right now.