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chemicalseb · Post by **chemicalseb** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:59 am

I've been trying to find a good kick and snare for ever!! literealy for ever. Im going crazy. What is the best one shot kick and/or snare library out there? I mean the best that you have ever heard. The one that high quality producers use, like BT, or Tiesto.

I know BT has released a sample cd but i know those are not one shot samples. And if anyone has tried his sample cd, how is it? (not just great or awsome, i mean how is it in technical terms)

tee boy · Post by **tee boy** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:34 am

Its good mate, very. Both his CD's are top notch, but i do often question used able they are. I mean, Breaks from the Nu Skool is brilliant stuff, but useful only if you need totally premade beats. I think most people prefer a little more input than that. I do have both releases though, and they are great for inspiring new sound design ideas.

Tell you what - Airwave, Armin, Corsten have all used these samples in their tracks. If you've listened to any those guys then you already know most of the BT samples, well!

As for creating hits, I recommend you look to as many sources as possible. Sample them off records, synthesis them with drum synths like Stomper etc, take them from old drum machines (or find samples of), get them from sample CD's, sample them off ROMplers and workstation, download them off the net... or even create them yourself!

BT for example usually does a lot of layering. His sounds tend to come from all those sources, but of course they are totally unrecognisable once stacked up and processed. I'd imagine Tiesto does a similar thing, although I know he has sound designers work for him. He does have a 909 which i remember him saying he uses alot.

So, thats pretty much it. Some good sources that i like are:

Redrum - used all over BT's sample CD, some really nice hits.

VST Drumsynths - Stomper, CM505, Freshly Killed Beat, Limelite etc

Sample CD's - Native Synthetic Drums, Wired (bit much though for a couple of kicks)...

Websites - Hollowsun (brilliant site, loads of freebies), errr do a Google!

Hope this helps

freeztar · Post by **freeztar** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:38 am

go here and get the "Miscreant kit"

http://www.kvr-vst.com/bank.php?getbank=83&order=date

Actually check out all those kits. You don't have to have battery to use them as all the wavs are there.

Igor 4000 · Post by **Igor 4000** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:48 am

MicroTonic has, quite possibly, the best library of kicks there is out there. They seem to really stand out in a mix nicely.

DORUMALAIA · Post by **DORUMALAIA** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 7:11 am

http://www.dorumalaia2.com/freerefillswavsamples.htm

All the drums (more than 800 mb's free !)!

Enjoy !

Doru

dunholy · Post by **dunholy** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 7:39 am

Doru u rock!
If I ever make it as a producer I´ll definetely have to thank u. And I know many people here in Peru feels the same way.

OUTSTANDING QUALITY SAMPLES

chemicalseb · Post by **chemicalseb** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:11 am

Thanks a lot guys. I now know where to look for good kicks

kaden · Post by **kaden** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:17 am

There was a time when true hipsters got their kicks on Route 66.

Musta been one honkin' big music store on that street...

K

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:58 pm

freeztar wrote:go here and get the "Miscreant kit"
http://www.kvr-vst.com/bank.php?getbank=83&order=date
Actually check out all those kits. You don't have to have battery to use them as all the wavs are there.

Ooh, nice.

I've done sfz maps of Optimist and Ambient... Might have to play around with Optimist for a while (it's got a nice set of hihats - I want to get it onto a CC1 mapping).

Whoomph · Post by **Whoomph** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:50 pm

DORUMALAIA wrote:http://www.dorumalaia.com/freerefillswavsamples.htm

All the drums (more than 800 mb's free !)!

Enjoy !

Doru

Thanks here too Doru ,

love your refills/music

Your an inspiration to say the least .

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 7:53 pm

Also try out the Diskodiktator Analogue Rhythm Boxes Refills. Tons and tons of samples, lots from not-so-well-known machines.

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 8:43 pm

pljones wrote:I've done sfz maps of Optimist and Ambient... Might have to play around with Optimist for a while (it's got a nice set of hihats - I want to get it onto a CC1 mapping).

Okay, The Optimist's mapping is up and it's really nice! The Ambient Kit isn't - the author appears to have vanished so I can't get permission to publish a derived work. Oh well.

http://www.drealm.org.uk/sfz <- go here

(but get the samples from K-v-R first).

snooky · Post by **snooky** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:09 pm

About the BT sample CD´s...which one would you consider to be the "best"...or most usefull?

Anyone?

nutekk · Post by **nutekk** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:28 pm

i always try to stay clear of sampled kiks for
progressive or trance.

you have more control with a synth.
i find waldorf's attack is able to create brutal
kiks with a bit of tweaking.

the perfect kik for one track may be the crappy kik for another.

Ackelito · Post by **Ackelito** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:36 pm

nutekk - true.... do you know other drums synths that has a clean output and lots of control?

i need lots of new kicks and samples is not they way i wanna go, iv been fiddling with dr008 drumsynth, but id like to try other synths aswell... is there any free ones that is good?

point me to the right direction

laters

Good kicks needed!!