jonnyg Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Anyone looking for some very decent free drum multi-samples should check out the following link http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/06/24/free-sample-shootout-2-acoustic-drums-full-kits/ The link's been around for a while now but it has recently been updated with some new additions. Particularly good are Erkans cymbal files (all in .wav format). This contains a great selection of ride, crash, china's and hats. If you go to this link (which is shown on the site anyway) http://www.mediafire.com/?7m94lyyvk4ay6 - you can just download the ones you like the sound of. However, trawling about a bit, I found this link http://erdo.se/downloads.html which will let you download all the samples as a single RAR file (600+ samples - 350+ Mb). These really are worth having. Also new is a really nice 1965 Ludwig Super Classic kit. Unfortunately you're going to have to have Kontakt 3.5 or above as the samples are all in Native Instruments compressed .ncf format. I have the full version of Kontakt so I could uncompress them back to .wav files for use in other sampling software. You may be able to do this in the free Kontakt player but I've never used it so I don't know. If you can it's a pretty easy job. There's other good stuff as well (check out Big Daddy Drums - Basement Drums etc) but the Erkans and the Ludwig were the standout items for me. Check it out, it doesn't get better than legal and free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BentonC Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Most excellent- thanks a bunch for the tip! Always looking for good, cheap samples (can't get much cheaper than FREE!!! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beat Poet Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You're better off getting a real drummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyg Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 You're better off getting a real drummer I'm far from the best in the world but I am a real drummer. Same as I'm a real guitarist, bass player, keyboard player and singer. However, as I'm working in a room 12'x10' I record with an Alesis DM10 kit and MIDI triggered samples or maybe comp a track from 1 or 2 bar patterns I've recorded previously. Multi sampled kits have come on a long way in the past couple of years and I doubt that there are many people who could distinguish between some of the better sampled kits and a real kit in a mix. For example, for £250.00, Kontakt's Abbey Road 60s/70s/80s kits give me the sound of kits I could only dream of owning recorded in a room that I couldn't afford to hire even for a day. Plus, if I record MIDI rather than audio, any editing is very simple and I can swap kit pieces until I get exactly the sound I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobB Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I have had good luck using Drum Core, but I will gladly check out the samples you mention. Always looking to add to my sonic arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest min Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Always looking for good, cheap samples (can't get much cheaper than FREE!!! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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