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We don’t talk much about country music at Synthtopia. Maybe it’s because we still have bad memories about Switched-On Buck.
If you need country music drum loops, though, Beta Monkey Music has released Pure Country IVa new drum loop library recorded in Nashville that features brushes in 3/4 and 6/8 time. There are 340+ brushed [...]

 

Beta Monkey has released Groove Construction Kits II, a collection of acoustic drum and cymbal samples.
Groove Construction Kits II offers 100% pure acoustic multi-velocity drum and cymbal samples for use in all software and hardware samplers. The samples represent some of the most popular drum and cymbals available, including such industry standards as DW, Pearl, [...]

 

Beta Monkey Music has announced the release of Drum Werks VIII, with over 650 versatile acoustic rock drum loops in REX2 format. This collection is packed with rock feels and phrasings, both straight and shuffled, laying it down for any guitar-driven music.
Drum Werks VIII offers a cohesive single session of drum grooves for songwriters looking [...]

 

Beta Monkey has released what they call “the remedy to the common-time blues” - Odd Time Meltdown.
As the third installment in the Signature Series, Odd Time Meltdown is a complete package, inspiring users to get their grooves on in 5, 7, 9, and beyond.
Beta Monkey designed the collection to let users quickly build authentic yet [...]

 

Beta Monkey Music is getting funky with the release of Rock Hard Funk, a two-CD collection of funk and funk-rock drum loops and samples.
“With this latest addition to the Beta Monkey collection of drum loops and samples, we’ve included the kinds of grooves and features that our users have requested over the past year. Plus, [...]

 

As the first release in Beta Monkey Music’s Signature Series, the new Jazz Essentials offers authentic and expressive drum loops for traditional jazz.
The royalty-free collection features more than 400 loops in pure and true detail, covering authentic jazz phrasing from a cool and relaxed 100 bpm, a blistering bop at 325 bpm and all points [...]

 

Beta Monkey has released a new collection of drum loops, Alt and Modern Rock 3. With nearly 700 MB of 24 bit grooves for today’s rock styles, Alt and Modern Rock III features a combination of contempory drum grooves and feels.
Featuring more than 530 24-bit drum loops and 128 multi-velocity drum and cymbal samples organized [...]

 

Beta Monkey Music has released several of their most popular drum loop and sample libraries in Apple Loops format for use in GarageBand, Soundtrack, Logic Express 7, Logic Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro 4. The sets include 3000 brand new Apple Loops and song starters in total.
Drum Werks Vol. IV: From straight-ahead rock to [...]

 

Beta Monkey Music has released Drum Werks Volume VI, featuring over 700 acoustic drum loops in eighteen different groove sets, from 6/8 blues ballad grooves to driving 180 BPM rock shuffles. Drum Werks VI is targeted towards the bluesman or classic rocker.
For musicians writing Blues, Bluesy-Rock or related genres, Beta Monkey’s Drum Werks Volume VI [...]

 

Beta Monkey Music has released two of their most popular and versatile discs in REX2 format: Drum Werks Vol. IV and Alt and Modern Rock Drums I.
Now Beta Monkey drums loops can be used in Steinberg’s Cubase VST,
Propellerhead’s Reason, emagic’s Logic V5, Digital Performer, Audio
Genetic’s Alkali, Spectrasonic?€™s Stylus RMX, and more.
Drum Werks Vol IV: An [...]

 

Loud. Fast. Aggressive. That is what the latest sample disc from Beta Monkey is all about.
Double Bass Mania, with over 1000 double bass grooves, groove variations, fills, one shots, and samples, is designed for creating the heaviest of tracks. Covering a wide spectrum of tempos and feels and drawing inspiration from Racer X, Slayer, Pantera, [...]