Hey guys! I told you I'd be back with good news! Well, now it's official; I've updated ALL of my free sample projects. You can get them on Gumroad!

https://itsjustadrean.gumroad.com

I'd been meaning to make one of these for quite some time, like a few years. Suddenly the desire to knock it out in one go hit me like a truck. So, decisions were made this week, and you may notice some minor changes if you have copies of my products.

Changelog:

Take My Cymbals is now ADR3-N's Free Metal Drums. I figured this suited the sample pack contents better, even though the majority is cymbals!

New cymbals include Wuhan China, O-china, Dark China, and multiple crashes. The file size is a modest 310 MB zipped.

Adreanaline has received a major update. Includes new chords, drum loops, and construction kits. Strange new SFX added; blown metal pipes, a literal minke whale boing, and a broken FM radio. I recommend copying and replacing this version over your existing Adreanaline folders; the entire pack has been normalized to better suit modern sample pack conventions!

If you're new here, Adreanaline incorporates multiple hard genres and styles. I highly recommend it for anyone tired of their old trap and hip-hop cymbals, who needs unique, face-melting 808s, or who really likes Japanese kabuki/temple perc. You won't be disappointed.

Other Sample Pack Updates: Virtually no changes to Saudade Drums Remastered and CTK-2400 keys, except the project page is prettier, duplicate folders have been removed, and the README files are much more succinct.

We also have a new arrival!

Meet CTK-2400 Drums. This pint-sized library is perfect for channeling lo-fi virtuosos like Red and Method man. Its limitations are sure to stimulate your senses and may even inspire Ludacris when properly summoned. (See: Rap City Freestyle, Stung Pilot) Smells like "the 80's called, they want their synth drums back," and "is that memphis rap I hear banging from your mama's basement?"

In other words, it's an excellent choice for synthwave, olskool low-budget rap, and Nu Jack. Exceeds the utility of its parent instrument when paired with a velocity sensitive sampler.

Full details here. Don't worry, it's free (pay what you want).

PS: Setting this stuff up on Gumroad was so easy a caveman could do it. My only complaint is I need not one image but two for every project to look pretty. Otherwise I really like the interface. Now you can EASILY find my products, understand what I do, and donate if you like what you see, all in one!

I've also got a convenient little page for my mixing and mastering services btw, which I have offered for a solid year now. It's $25 MAX. If you need an engineer that won't break the bank, hit me up!

Do yourself a favor and set up a Gumroad if you haven't already. I got a "sale" on one of my products before I even finished typing up this post. It works!

Other news: Now that I'm back, I have some (ok a lot of) goals!

Projects/Releases to come:

• An issue of the music producer freebie mag around the 25th
• An e-book on steering your indie music career in the right direction (drafting stage)
• 20+ more cymbals to be added to ADR3-N's Free Metal Drums (formerly Take My Cymbals), 30% done
• A trailer/cinematic percussion sample pack (for scoring on a low-memory budget), 20% done
• New slap house track dropping Friday, Jan 24th
• Collab with @AED-4, for shiggles, production stage, drop TBA
• Collab with @SkankyMojo, brainstorming stage
• Collab with @FarFromSundown, in revisions (check out his new single with Ilya Mirosh!)
• Episode 8 of the Legend of Korra Fandub, release TBA, directed by Annalise Rackerby
• Expanded BG sound engineering for further episodes of LoK
• Newgrounds 30th Anniversary Collab to drop in the next month or so
• Sampling patches from my girlfriend's Yamaha keyboard
• Remastering projects from my old, damaged drive (2018 and prior)
• Final stages of VA for @MATRVG's fully voiced CoD Black Ops 6 Series!
• Multiple remixes and covers, midi projects, and so on
• Ethnic percussion pack, outlining stage, to sample and record

That's just the big stuff I can remember. Suffice to say I got a LOT left to do! Wish me luck and plenty of ADHD med refills, haha.

Despite how labor-intensive these projects can be, I'll be sticking with a pay-what-you-want model for my sample packs and instruments. I truly believe it works. If you find value in them, help me keep it that way!

Big shoutout to my supporters! @MATRVG, @MariogD, @Cyberdevil, @JimmyTheCaterpillar. You're awesome, and I wish more people were like you!

Until next time, see you around!

Donations:

https://ko-fi.com/adr3_n

https://www.patreon.com/adr3_n