We do our best to avoid “cute kitty with music gear” photos at Synthtopia. You can only get so excited about another shot of somebody’s cat peaking out of their Buchla modular synth or sleeping on their Korg OASYS. Jaded as we may be, though, this is the cutest kitty DJ in the world. Ohhhh,… Read More The World’s Cutest Kitty DJ
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Image: Ethan Hein Saturday Synth Porn: This is a visual representation of how you hear a looped sample, in this case, one of the most popular drum loops of all time. Based on a screenshot of the break in Recycle. The big shapes at three and nine o’clock are the snare drum hits on the… Read More Funky Drummer Loop Visualized As Infinite
Tonehammer Anti-Drum II contains over 4.400 samples and 75 different instrument patches, each designed to represent a unique texture. Description: The library contains a variety of instruments, including boom whackers, PVC pipe percussion ensemble to flower vases, glasses, rainsticks, soda bottles. Also included are a set of music box samples, which were recorded in several… Read More Tonehammer Anti-Drum II
Ryan Gruss has started a fun new blog that features frequent posts that feature free drum loops, along with stories about the inspiration behind them. Here’s an example: Today’s loop is dedicated to Richard Starkey aka Ringo Star. Ringo was the drummer in an underground pop band from the 60’s called The Beatles. I highly… Read More Free Live Drum Loops
2009 Winter NAMM Show: Scheduled for release in later Spring 2009 is the Mixosaurus KIT B virtual drum library. Description: “B” as in Big … Boom … Bubinga! We’ve set up a fine TAMA Starclassic Bubinga kit in the big, ambient Teldex Lounge, fitted it with EVANS heads and completed the package with a set of Cymbals by… Read More Mixosaurus Intros New Virtual Drum Library
Bluezone has launched a new drum loop library, House and Tribal Drumloops Pack. All of the loops are recorded at 136 bpm. The pack is in WAV and AIFF with 128 drumloops and 232 drums, offering filtered loops, twisted percussion and dirty drums. Technical Specifications: 722 files in 176 MB Data Royalty-Free
Cluster Souund has launched House O’ Matic – a flexible multi-format library designed for Tech House productions. It features 925 Mb of construction loops and grooves, filtered micro breaks, fat basses, chord synths, vocal loops and more. In addition to the WAV loops & samples, the library contains hundreds of multi-format instruments, drum kits and sliced loops (Rex2… Read More New House O’ Matic Sound Library
Sonic Couture has released a new drum loop library – Tremors – that they describe as dark, paranoid, funky and downright unclassifiable. Ranging from 65 bpm to 150 bpm, the tempos shift, double up on themselves, and then turn themselves inside out. Full Loop Compatibility Tremors has been fully processed into Rex Files and Apple Loops… Read More New Loop Collection Is Dark, Paranoid And Downright Unclassifiable
Toontrack Music has announced the Claustrophobic and Twisted Kit EZX expansions for EZdrummer. Descriptions: The Claustrophobic EZX The Claustrophobic EZX marks a new step for Toontrack in driving the development of percussive samples. The audio team at Toontrack has utilized drumhead selection, room and microphone configurations to fuse the qualities of a high end drum… Read More Toontrack Music Intros The Claustrophobic and Twisted Kit EZX Expansions for EZdrummer
