Where do you guys in the States buy your samples?

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Posted by cryophonik on May-02-2008 18:34:

Where do you guys in the States buy your samples?

Hey addicts,

I'm just curious to know who you guys here in the US buy your drum and FX sample collections from? I have several of the Vengeance CDs (Club vols I & II, Sound FX, House vol.I, etc.) and I like many of their single-shots, but I'm looking for some of the newer sample sets from Vengeance and/or other companies (e.g., Ueberschall, etc.). The problem is, I cannot find any suppliers for these samples here in the States. Back when I ordered my Vengeance CDs from Dolphin (UK), they took 6 weeks to arrive, came from Japan (wtf?), and the CD cases looked like they had been run over by a train when they arrived.

Any suggestions? I'm really just interested in single-shots, but if they also contain some loops, that's OK - seems pretty standard nowadays. Downloadable sets would also be fine, as long as they're high quality and NOT pirated.

Posted by hasbone on May-02-2008 20:20:

Loopmasters stuff is usually downloadable.

http://www.loopmasters.com/

Though i'm not sure it's exactly what you want.

Posted by piku303 on May-03-2008 00:50:

have you tried making "new" kicks out of the ones you've already got? layering and combining kicks is really the way to go. what i do is find a kick with good attack and cut off all the lows and layer it over a pure sine wave kick that i made from scratch. sounds really good....

Posted by Storyteller on May-03-2008 01:16:

I got a couple from www.resonantvibes.com
Good support too.

Direct downloads after payment

Posted by atxbigballer1 on May-03-2008 01:38:

I like www.bigfishaudio.com! There fast,also u get your sample cd in a week or less!

Posted by zodiac9 on May-03-2008 23:30:

I've collected so many percussion samples from this forum and the net, that I don't need to buy any. There's a lot of free samples on the net. I guess if you want to ensure quality, you can buy samples. The ones I've gotten for free are great though. I use synths to make FX.

Posted by Dj Nacht on May-06-2008 04:27:

Drumazon, Nepheton, Waldorf Attack

All champions! I never use samples anymore unless its like strange african drums and stuff

Posted by DJ Robby Rox on May-06-2008 05:52:

vipzone and ebay packs (you obviously need to know the sellers rep) but I've bought some AMAZING sf2's from both ebay and vipzone, just that ebay is always cheaper..

Posted by dannib on May-07-2008 10:02:

in my experience VIP Zone samples are an absolute joke. Like someone previously said, www.bigfishaudio.com are the best place to buy in the US. They are the main sample library distributor in the states.

If you are just looking for single hit drums, try "Drums Overkill". This is far far superior to the vengeance stuff, which is all just sampled from other peoples records.

Posted by derail on May-07-2008 13:24:

quote:
Originally posted by dannib
This is far far superior to the vengeance stuff, which is all just sampled from other peoples records.

Let's see some hard, solid evidence for this. I keep hearing this, and people say "such and such a kick obviously sounds like it was ripped from such and such a track".

I just want solid proof. Either this is true or it isn't. The way Manuel Schleis describes the process of creating the Vengeance samples, it isn't true, so naturally I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say.

Posted by DJ Robby Rox on May-08-2008 02:45:

quote:
Originally posted by dannib
in my experience VIP Zone samples are an absolute joke. Like someone previously said, www.bigfishaudio.com are the best place to buy in the US. They are the main sample library distributor in the states.

If you are just looking for single hit drums, try "Drums Overkill". This is far far superior to the vengeance stuff, which is all just sampled from other peoples records.

Interesting, thanks for the tip, I'm gonna check bigfish right now.

Posted by atxbigballer1 on May-12-2008 03:13:

quote:
Originally posted by atxbigballer1
I like www.bigfishaudio.com! There fast,also u get your sample cd in a week or less!
also check out the m-audio sample cd on there site www.m-audio.com or in your pro music store!

Posted by DjAyTeKnOtRoNiC on May-12-2008 03:43:

Recently i decided to take a little break from production but i cant really stop 100 percent so i have been trying to synthesize my own percussions and bass drums. If you haven't looked into the tutorials by airwave you should. Kick
Clap
Hihat
Snare

Also Freesound Is a great resource.

Posted by jupiterone on May-12-2008 19:08:

the only ones i've actually bought we're the ones with Battery.

other than that i get everything else for free from freesoundproject and sample them from tracks myself. no point in buying the same shit everyone else is recycling

Posted by Dj Nacht on May-12-2008 20:11:

quote:
Originally posted by DjAyTeKnOtRoNiC
Recently i decided to take a little break from production but i cant really stop 100 percent so i have been trying to synthesize my own percussions and bass drums. If you haven't looked into the tutorials by airwave you should. Kick
Clap
Hihat
Snare

Also Freesound Is a great resource.

Finally someone with a brain!