Good Producer Packs?

[Goodfellow]

Mostly interested in makin hiphop beats, so I was wonderin if you guys knew any good CDs/DVDs you know of, or ordered off the net etc producer packs, sample kits.. that kinda shit

I got this sample kit from Dre,Alchemist,Premier,Dblock,Timbaland etc etc .. its fuckin killer. All the beats I've been makin lately are comin out of that..

Also if you know good ones for house that'd be cool too.

[-evil-duerr-]

make your own samples?

[optimum sound]

those dre and timbaland are not the real ones...

[Goodfellow]

i know ^^ ahah but theres lots of good shit in there .. i mostly used it for all the kicks hats and snares in there. i had to narrow it down to like 500 or so things i could use

that's why I'm tryin to find some good DVDs or whatnot

evil duer - meh. I'd rather just have a huge library of shit that sounds good. then i can rip out/layer guitar and piano and stuff from classical songs and what not

[Wood]

just do some google searching... you should be able to build up a pretty decent library of sounds at no cost. i've got thousands of drum samples, breaks, etc that i've downloaded for free, all legit.

[inside]

This one is phat! Vinylistics 3 never leaves my harddrive. It's increadbly versatile and complete.

http://www.bigfishaudio.com/4DCGI/detail.html?617

[Goodfellow]

i looked vinylistic up on google.. is it more like loops rather than samples ? i don't like workin with loops as much, i like creatin my own sounds.. idealy i want a sample pack with ex) bass guitar, single samples goin thru all the chords etc , same with a sax and stuff. then single samples of synths and sounds .. wish i could just get a pack that has a full range of notes and chords for various sampled REAL instruments.

i already have all the drum pieces i need .. hmm

[b0ld]

its all about being original and creating your own samples....

[inside]

Originally Posted by GoodFlow

i looked vinylistic up on google.. is it more like loops rather than samples ? i don't like workin with loops as much, i like creatin my own sounds.. idealy i want a sample pack with ex) bass guitar, single samples goin thru all the chords etc , same with a sax and stuff. then single samples of synths and sounds .. wish i could just get a pack that has a full range of notes and chords for various sampled REAL instruments.

i already have all the drum pieces i need .. hmm

Oh, I see. vinylistics does come with sngle hits. All drums though. I'm not too sure then what would be good then as I work mainly with soft synths.

[Code]

Try Limewire; you have to get picky because there's alot of crap, but I've nabbed a few choice sample sets from there.

I don't think you have to stay away from packaged sample sets. Yes, it is better to make your own, but until you know what you're doing I don't see why you can't get started with some pre-made samples. Twist em, grunge them up, cut them, compress the shit out of them, make them your own. I have more respect for people creating loops from single hit sample packs then the old "patch a few tempo matched, common sounding, dinky loops together"

[Wood]

Originally Posted by b0ld

its all about being original and creating your own samples....

hmmm, i hafta strongly disagree there.... if we're talking drum sounds, it's unlikely you'll be able to generate the same quality sounds through synthesis on your home setup, that you'd get from using sounds that have been engineered in a professional studio. You can be original using sampled drum hits - eqing, effects & layering will make the sounds your own. Even if you're using full sampled breakbeats, there's no limit to how creative you can get by chopping, layering, re-arranging.

not that i'd discourage anyone from trying to synthesize good sounds from scratch... but i don't think it's the be-all-end-all of originality. Some of us are more interested in writing music than synthesizing sounds - i don't believe using pre-made kits inherently makes your end product less original. Besides... do you really think you can create a drum sound that's completely distinct from anything used previously & still sounds good?

[oddmud]

I have to agree with wood. I used to be of the same mindset that we should not use loops or samples from others, instead create our own in order to be "original". It's about what you use, and how you use it. Hiphop is the most unoriginal music out there, but it still can be done in a unqiue way.

So I say USE LOOPS! USE THEM TO HELL AND BACK! just use them in an original manner.

[Bevvy Swift]

Originally Posted by Wood

hmmm, i hafta strongly disagree there.... if we're talking drum sounds, it's unlikely you'll be able to generate the same quality sounds through synthesis on your home setup, that you'd get from using sounds that have been engineered in a professional studio. You can be original using sampled drum hits - eqing, effects & layering will make the sounds your own. Even if you're using full sampled breakbeats, there's no limit to how creative you can get by chopping, layering, re-arranging.

not that i'd discourage anyone from trying to synthesize good sounds from scratch... but i don't think it's the be-all-end-all of originality. Some of us are more interested in writing music than synthesizing sounds - i don't believe using pre-made kits inherently makes your end product less original. Besides... do you really think you can create a drum sound that's completely distinct from anything used previously & still sounds good?

100% agreed. as usual.