Korg Volca Beats Loop Pack

I just reviewed the new Korg Volca Series for Keyboard Magazine and the full report will be coming in the March 2014 issue. Until then, let's just say I'm quite taken with the Volca Beats groove box. Sooo… 

Since these analog babies are backordered, well, everywhere, I figured it might be a cool idea to post a loop pack for y'all.

To keep things useful and interesting, I mixed up the pack with some full grooves, some kick/snare patterns, some hats and some top percussion loops.

Everything is 24-bit/44.1 and all loops are two bars long. I even did a bit of multiband compression and limiting, so they're good to go.

Also, it's worth mentioning that every loop is 123 BPM, because house.

You can download it all here:

Francis Prève's Volca Beats Loop Pack

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Cheers!

SoundBible.com

Just stumbled across this site yesterday.

Definitely worth checking out.

soundbible.com

Slim Phatty Loop Six-pack

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Moog's new Slim Phatty has become one of the cornerstones of my sound for 2011. Oh sure, I'm still madly in love with my Oberheim SEM for its raw aggression, Vermona Mono Lancet for its versatility, and Doepfer Dark Energy for its micro modulararity, but for rafter-shaking bass and in-your-face leads, the Phatty is my go-to synth.

I just reviewed it for Keyboard and the details are in the current issue, but if you want to know why I'm head over heels for this beastie, check out this six-pack.

Six loops. All yours. Royalty free. Have fun.

Links after the jump...

Free Loops: Korg Monotron Sixpack #1

Last week, fellow Sentinel Billy Jay and I were tinkering with our Korg Monotrons and I decided to record the experiments. Since Billy's a bit of a Monotron virtuoso, the results were worthy of posting as a Sixpack.

We really dig the Monotron, not 'cause it's cute like a little raccoon, but because it's duuuurty. So don't expect pristine little riffs. That's not what it's about.

Loop links and tech notes after the jump...

Exclusive: Choppers #1 Loop Sixpack

Last night, I apent a couple of hours screwing around with gated effects in Live. Some cool stuff happened… Y'know, somewhere between that Afrojack thing and trance, but neither - or both. Your call.

Either way, I ended up with a new sixpack of loops for you to fool around with in your spare time.

Tech notes:
- All loops are 128 BPM.
- All loops are eight bars long.
- What you see/hear is what you get. I tested it on a couple of systems and the Zip file works as expected.

Download Choppers #1 Sixpack (AIFF format)

Free Loops: M-Audio Venom Sixpack (Ableton and raw audio formats)

Did someone say free loops from a synth that's only been out for two weeks?

Yessiree.

Last weekend, I was noodling around with the presets on M-Audio's new Venom synth. Some are my babies (like Sleepwalk and Mysterio), some are from other developers.

I figured I'd hit record, in case inspiration struck, which it did.

The results are in this sixpack. Six loops. All yours. Royalty free. Have fun.

Tech notes:
- Everything's in the key of C.
- All loops are at 128 BPM.
- All loops are eight bars long.
- Since I played it by hand, there's a bit of warping to tighten the grooves.

Download M-Audio Venom Sixpack (raw loops)

Download M-Audio Venom Sixpack in Ableton Live 7.0.18 format

Update: In addition, today M-Audio just kicked off a contest to win a Venom. Nice coincidence.

SampleMagic + Toolroom = Whoa!

Speaking of Toolroom... What happens when my favorite soundware developer collaborates with one of my all-time favorite labels?

http://www.soundstosample.com/info/Sample_Magic/Toolroom_Records_Samples_01/812

Yep. SampleMagic just released a library of Toolroom loops and samples, and frankly, I'm robo-psyched.

Definitely gonna add this one to the studio collection. Werd.