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Standard Beat Company has launched In Search Of Angels, the first in a series of thematic sound sets designed to bolster your production sound library.

Purposely lacking any kind of flash or processing, the singular goal of Angels was to create the perfect side stick.

Hundreds of samples from multiple sources have been painstakingly reduced to include only the most usable and interesting sounds.

The sample pack is available to purchase for Native Instruments Battery 3 (includes 59 hits in 24-bit WAV format), priced at $9.95 USD.

More information: Standard Beat Company / In Search Of Angels

When you need some solid electronic drum sounds, Goldbaby’s sample packs are always a good place to turn to. With Goldbaby’s Urban Cookbook Vol. 1, Hugo once again provides quality sounds to help you cook up some delicious dishes, urban style.

Want to cook up some delicious beats… well then you probably need my cookbook. The ingredients are full of saturated fat, MSG, a heap of sugar and are not suitable for a low cholesterol diet. The recipes are perfect for these dishes: Hip Hop, Dub Step, Drum & Bass, Breaks, Grime, Dance Hall, Electro… Although chefs making other dishes like: IDM, House and Techno will appreciate the varied high quality ingredients.

Punchy Kicks, Solid Snares, Hi Hats, Toms, Percussion, Claps, Cymbals, Layering tools, FX, Vinyl Hits, Chord Hits, Bass tools and Rex Loops… just over 1 GB of the freshest ingredients.

The sample pack includes various formats and comes with patches for most common samplers.

• 3,398 samples (24-bit quality).
• 200 REX loops.
• 142 Maschine kits (plus 7 projects) and 13 instruments.
• 49 presets + 145 kits for Geist.
• 135 Battery 3 kits.
• 136 Kontakt 4 kits.
• 141 EXS24 patches for Logic (can also be imported in Kontakt, Ableton Live Sampler, Halion, etc.)
• 50 Kong kits, 140 NN-XT patches and 9 Combinators for Reason 5 and above.

I checked out the Maschine version which also comes with the patches for Kontakt, Battery and EXS24. The Maschine kits are divided in folders – Combos (4), Drum Kits (52), FX (20), Hits & Chords (31), Percussion Kits (20), and Vox (15), and to help you find the right type of sound some of the kits are tagged in categories like analog, digital, sfx, etc.

The Kontakt instruments include bass, drum kits, FX, hits and chords, individual drums, layering tools, and vox. It may look like this is basically the same as the Maschine content but there are a bunch of different instruments in here (same for the EXS24 format which you can also load in Kontakt).

While browsing the different kits and instruments it struck me that Goldbaby’s samples always sound “fresh” and up-to-date. The Cookbook includes a fair share of sounds that are similar to the ones in other Goldbaby sample packs, but Hugo records all content for each sample library specifically for said library, which makes sense since Goldbaby’s studio equipment is regularly updated with new gear.

Besides all the kits and patches there is a lot more sample content than was used for the kits so there is a lot to explore, and swapping out sounds within kits is easy. In Maschine the kits come with some lovely patterns and the included projects are a nice bonus, as are the REX loops which feature various percussion loops, fx loops, grooves and more.

In all, this pack has lots of unique content with that vintage Goldbaby vibe. It’s kind of like crate digging without having to do all the hard work. Instant satisfaction!

Check below for an example of the type of thing you can cook up with Goldbaby’s ingredients. A few more demo mp3s can be found at the Urban Cookbook product page here.

So what do I think?

With Urban Cookbook Vol 1, Goldbaby does what Goldbaby does best: deliver quality drum sounds with a vintage feel. I think Hugo did a fantastic job with the kits. The combination of sounds in each kit is inspiring and everything is really well produced to get that typical fat, punchy, deep sound. I know a lot of thought went into creating and processing the samples and making sure the kits work well musically, and it shows.

The additional sounds are fantastic. Beautiful chords, guitar strums, useful sound fx, string type sounds. Just love it. Now don’t think this is construction kit type stuff, but these are just a bunch of lovely sounds to compliment the drum/percussion content. Signature Goldbaby.

After spending some good time with this new pack (and already using it in some projects), I think the Urban Cookbook may well be my favorite Goldbaby library to date. Go check it out!

More information: Goldbaby Productions / Urban Cookbook Vol 1

Standard Beat Company has introduced Boiler Room Beats, a new collection of drum samples and loops.

Loosely influenced by both the architectural qualities of the Standard Beat Co. recording studio and the roomy stylings of mid-nineties Beastie Boys records, Boiler Room Beats gives programmers a set of unique tools to create everything from massive hall beats to intimate down-tuned classics.

We took a makeshift kit, threw some bad mics on the floor, put some classic mics in the hall, and put a really good AEA ribbon overhead. We also sampled various percussion pieces including bongos, cowbell, bodhran, and doumbek.

Boiler Room Beats features

• Multi layer, velocity sensitive drum kit for Native Instruments Kontakt 4 and Battery 3.
• 299 individual hits in 24 bit .wav format.
• 42 processed loops in both .rex and 24 bit .wav formats.
• Composed using all original samples recorded with Lavry Blue conversion.

The sample pack is available to purchase for $29 USD.

More information: Standard Beat Company / Boiler Room Beats

Industrial Strength Records has released Dirty Alley Drumstep, a collection of breaks and fx by 6Blocc.

These sounds were designed with the 6Blocc chops that twisted dubstep remixes of Fugees, Dr. Dre, Method Man & Redman, and Bone Thugz n Harmony. 6Blocc has been heard collaborating with Cypress Hill producer DJ Muggs and San Fran’s Bassnectar. On top of running his 6DUB label, his recent releases can be caught on Foul Play, Ultra, Terminal Dusk, Moonshine, Mad Decent, and Lo Dubs. This man’s music never relents!

Dirty Alley Breaks comes ready to wreck with all its essential elements keyed up at 175 Bpm. Tear any Drumstep or Drum ‘n’ Bass track in half, max out your production, or seamlessly weave edgy breaks into Hybrid Hardcore. Dirty Alley Breaks is Acid Wav, REX2 and Apple Loop-ready. All drum shots are nailed in Battery 3, Logic EXS, and Native Instruments’ almighty Maschine.

Dirty Alley Drumstep features

• 1.11 GB content, 24-bit quality.
• Includes 152 breaks, 271 Apple Loops, 170 REX2 files, 23 hard claps, 31 hard cymbals, 27 fx loops, 20 hard kicks, 19 hard snares, 24 hard subs, 50 overdrive bass.
• Kits for Battery3, Maschine and Logic EXS.

The sample pack is available from Loopmasters for £23.95 GBP.

More information: 6Blocc Dirty Alley Drumstep – Breaks & FX

Pavel Vladykin has released Acid Bass, a soundset featuring 34 bass sounds for the Sylenth1 software synthesizer by LennarDigital.

Purple at the traffic lights. We continue to move on Acid way. Today, we are met by Acid Bass. Tight, solid, massive, sharp as razor, fast as the blade, it spreads everywhere. You can not hide from it, can not leave, can not escape. All that you can – it is surrender, surrender to his power. Perfect for Acid but not only =) Can be used on any style which needs energy of Bass.

Acid Bass is available to purchase from Sampleism for £3.50 GBP. A free preview featuring 12 Sylenth1 presets can be downloaded from the product page.

Pavel has also recently released Acid Drums, a collection of Battery 3/Kontakt kits, and Acid Arps, a soundset featuring 32 programmed acid arps for Sylenth1. These titles are available at £3.50 GBP each.

More information: Pavel Vladykin at Sampleism

Standard Beat Company has released Dark Downtempo 4, a construction kits beats sample library.

A continuation of the top seller from the beatserv days, Standard Beat Company’s release of Dark Downtempo 4 integrates elements of dub, trip hop, and down-tempo into an essential set of tools for cinematic chill-out production.

Eighteen (18) beats include construction kit style variations for a total of 80 loops. Also included are two kits of individual hits (101 total) in Native Instruments Battery 3 and 24-bit WAV format

Dark Downtempo 4 was composed using all original samples recorded with Lavry Blue conversion, AEA and Peluso Ribbon mics, and the Placid Audio Copperphone for a distinctly intimate and vintage sound.

Dark Downtempo 4 (24-bit WAV/.rex/NI Battery 3) is available to purchase for $29 USD.

More information: Standard Beat Company / Dark Downtempo 4