Creating 8-Bit Music for Video Games

P2P | 14 June 2022 | 225 MB

There’s nothing quite so satisfying as playing old school games and listening to the incredible 8-bit soundtracks that were forged by composers with very limited software capabilities and storage space. This class is all about the discipline that went into creating some of our favourite soundtracks. This means only using 8-bit sounds for the entire song we compose, with no convenient extras of any kind added. For this class, I’ll be using Ableton Live 11 with the plugin ‘Magical 8-Bit’ by YMCK. I’ll be re-scoring the free indie video game demo ‘Brave’ developed by Smaex. If you’d like to follow along, you can download ‘Magical 8-Bit’ and install it into your DAW of choice. I hope you’ll join me, I’d love to hear what you’ve created using the wonderful and instantly recognisable 8-Bit sound we all know and love.

Funk & Disco Bass MULTiFORMAT

TEAM MAGNETRiXX | 18 December 2013 | 382 MB

.:ACiD/WAV, AiFF, REX2, ALP:.

‘Funk & Disco Bass’ is a collection of live electric Bass guitar loops in various tempos and keys. Good for Disco, Funk and Dance. Inspired by classics from the 70s and beyond. There are 101 loops in multiple formats. Each download also includes 101 REX2 loops. These sliced Recycle files are great to chop basslines up and make something entirely new using Reason or Ableton Live. ‘Funk & Disco Bass’ features Electric Bass loops sounds like Sly Stone, Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang and Daft Punk. Each ‘Funk & Disco Bass’ loop contains key and BPM information within the file name and comes fully ACIDized for Sony’s Acid, Rexxed for Recycle, or Apple Looped for use in Logic ProX, Garageband and works in all your favorite DAWs.

Raw Warehouse Grooves

FANTASTiC | 30 November 2015 | 358 MB

“Raw Warehouse Groove is a drum pack comprising of heavy duty drum hits and rhythm / groove loops. Big thumping 808 kicks and rusty percussion are captured from old drum machines and processed to give them that extra grit. Based around the sounds and machines that created the big warehouse party favourites of old, the sounds and loops including in this pack will add a lot of flavour to even the simplest of tracks.

KiCK! Argon Drums Vol.1

P2P | 26 September 2022 | 778MB

Contemporary Club & House Kick Drums

100 Modern, Solid Kicks + Expertise. This is a sample pack I’ve wanted personally for my entire career. A hand-curated collection of modern kick drums that provide instant punch and perfectly controlled subsonic audio that won’t swamp your production. Resampling through one of the world’s most revered sampling drum machines, Separating the transient and body portions of every kick for endless mix-and-match, adding a whole collection of kick layers and wrapping the whole lot up in our renowned sampler formats.

☯Meet The Drums☯

FANTASTiC | 23 September 2022 | 117 MB

Groovy, punchy, dynamic, and not overcompressed – just mix ready out of the box – check out Meet The Drums! 50 drum loops created with attention to details to help you create some smash hits. The pack covers a range of genres from club oriented styles to modern R&B and Pop and will for sure fire off your next tune, or fit into the one that’s in the making. All you need to do is choose a drum loop, drag it to your DAW and jump into the process of music making with no hassle by focusing on melodies, chords and basses! Have fun! Meet The Drums contains 50 drum loops, 205 Mb material (24-bit WAV) ready to use in your favorite sampler or sequencer, both hardware and software, including: Cubase, Logic, GarageBand, Digital Performer, Sony Acid, Ableton Live, Adobe Audition, Cakewalk Sonar, Pro Tools and many more.

RnB Moods MULTiFORMAT

AUDiOSTRiKE | 10/09/2015 | 1.16 GB

RnB Moods is a beautifully produced collection of Trap, Hip Hop, Soundtrack and RnB production tools that will elevate your tracks to new levels of smoothness and depth and satisfy your production needs with a huge range of must have loops, samples and endless inspiration. This diverse and melodic sample pack features an extensive portion of contemporary RnB track builders, booming Trap drums and complex hi-hat rhythms, warm harmonic pads, glossy synth melodies, warped piano licks and wonky MPC Hip Hop drum loops. The essential collection of genre bending loops and samples covers a range of tempos for ultimate flexibility, from 68 through to 110 BPM and everything in between. You can download this awesome R&B sample pack in 24 Bit Wav, Acidized Wav file formats, each of which come jam packed with sampler instruments for Kontakt, Halion, Maschine, EXS24, Sonar SFZ, Motu MachFive, Ableton Sampler and NNXT, all 100% Royalty Free.

Liquid Chill MULTiFORMAT

FANTASTiC | 13 May 2016 | 705 MB

‘Liquid Chill’ is a gorgeous Tropical House and chilled out Electronica sample pack, overflowing with inspirational organic music loops, laid back melodic ideas and smooth harmonies that will lay the perfect foundation for your next sun soaked production. Perfect for Deep House, Downtempo, Trip Hop, Tropical House and Pop productions, the range of sounds in the library cover everything from deep sub basses, crisp drum sounds and percussion, to melodic mallet loops, laid back lead synth grooves, vibrant guitar lines and plucked melodies. This collection of Tropical House samples is 100% Royalty-Free and available to download as WAV formats, with playable sampler instrument patches for Kontakt.  Patches included are for Ableton Sampler, NN-XT, Maschine, Motu MachFive, Halion, SFZ and EXS24.  Download now and add a little sunshine to your productions.

Liquid Soul MULTiFORMAT

AUDiOSTRiKE | 11/06/2015 | 807 MB

Welcome to the future. Its deep, its beautiful and its downright smooth. Liquid Soul is a gorgeous melting pot of silky smooth RnB, futuristic beats and deep, soulful House sounds. Oozing with class and sophistication, this cutting edge sample pack will inject character and soul into your next track and provide you with all the tools you need to craft the sound of tomorrow. This exceptionally well produced sample library is packed full of smooth Rhodes licks, deep analogue bass samples, precise percussive patterns, live and electronic drum loops and samples, evolving lead lines and deep, evocative pads, plus all the one shots and sampler patches you need to craft this style.

Deep House & Disco

Quakeaudio | 11-11-2014 | 275 MB

Loops = Apple Loops, Samples = WAV + Sampler Instruments

Wipe the sweat from your eyes, pull yourself away from the speakers and embrace the silkiest of tones held within the deep house war chest that is Samplephonics Deep House & Disco. Whether you’re producing the most delicate of sunset classics or crafting the filthiest 4 a.m. deep house monster, this glorious sample library guarantees to provide the tools needed to design your next perfect deep house track. Taking influence from 1970’s disco guitar stabs and bass lines but with the touch of a modern producer in the prime of his career, this truly unique collection fuses together the vibe of Niles Rodgers and Chic with the raw deep house aggression of Disclosure and beyond. Expect to hear Moog style bass lines, complimenting funk guitar and synth lines, classic disco & deep house drum loops, soaring analogue leads and beautifully programmed percussion loops guaranteed to add some spice and movement to your next musical composition.