Loops de la Crème has announced the release of 80s Snares, a sample pack that offers the essence of the 80’s for tomorrow’s music.

The music of the 80s is definitely an endless source of inspiration for today’s top producers and artists. 80s SNARES pays tribute to this decade of genius, excess and innovation by providing a complete set of royalty-free tools for the modern producers:

Choose one of the 151 mix-ready samples for instant vibe and results: these huge and flashy, out-of-this-world snares were created by using gear, sounds and techniques pioneered in the 80s.

Want more control on your snare sound? 80s SNARES features 208 lovely raw samples ready to be further processed and combined to fit perfectly in your productions. Organised in 9 sub-folders, these one-shots include snares, toms and claps from vintage 80s drum machines as well as acoustic snare and acoustic cross-stick samples.

The included Kontakt programs will let you recreate typical 80s sounds or invent totally new snares in a simple, fun and intuitive way!

80s Snares features

  • 125 raw acoustic samples (acoustic snares, cross-sticks, room snares…)
  • 83 raw electronic samples (electric snares, toms, claps, noise samples…)
  • 151 mixed samples organised in 6 sub-folders (short, medium and long snares, claps, extra, Kontakt exports).
  • 14 category sets (Kontakt nki).
  • 53 custom snare presets in multi format (nkm) (full Kontakt 5 required).
  • Stereo and mono WAV, 24bit, 48kHz.
  • Total size uncompressed: 137MB.

The sample pack is available at an introductory 50% discount until October 31st, 2014, priced at 12 EUR (regular 24 EUR).

A Free 80s Snares pack is also available.

Free 80s Snares

Bring the power, excess and feel of the 80’s to your tracks with these 20 one-shot samples taken from loops de la crème’s 80s Snares.

More information: Loops de la Crème