Happy Friday! You know what time it is, time for the much anticipated music producer freebie mag!
For my own personal pleasure (its ma birthday), we're kicking off this list with samples from some Newgrounds greats, followed by offsite samples, plugs, and finally a limited time opportunity to score a promotional plugin.
After hours we'll hit the good reads, odds, and ends! Stay tuned for what's new with yours truly all the way down! (ty @schoenerbeats for pointing out I missed the verb "hit" right here lol)
(FREE) SAMPLES FROM THE JOLLY FOLKS ON NG
I was actually inspired to drop my own packs by many of the great folks on this list, and I think I'll have to do a sample pack demo or two now that I mention it. Those are always fun! Just look at this list!
Each of these packs is certified from a producer on NG, who I think is cool. The sample pack links are either directly to their userpage posts about the packs, or to a place that has the descrip (if any)
@Quarl says: ^ Soro with a few authentic funky bass samples and some trumpets. I started a sample folder for his material ages ago, worth nabbing. Though it's specifically a big band jazz funk I have a feeling I'll end up dropping these on some random dnb at some point.
And I'm inclined to agree. @Sorohanro stays dropping fire!
@SnaresWorks Deathstep Pack - SHOTS FIRED, And a TEAROUT pack! (my favorite sounds)
@UnoriginalEntity Drum Loops & Breaks
@JohnMontoya's TR-909 emulation
@Demonicity's 1+ year sample pack!, aaaand a Christmas Pack!
@Dry's sample pack, breaks, synths, vox (Dry is also on X)
@VixageOfficial's Mayhem of Chaos Vol.2
@Dadush's quarantine sample playlist (One of my favorite stops during Quarantine for inspo was here)
@CDJeremy's Vol.1 pack & demo, 8-bit and beyond
@ALGOfficial's Christmas pack (but I would still use it in July)
Unlike a lot of other sites, on NG I think it's pretty easy to just swap over to the audio tab, hit a couple CD's from the year of the sample pack, and take a guess at what you may have inside! Was real convenient as I was archiving everything. More packs please <333
Off-site Freebies!
Free Samples
Solar 42 for decent sampler - a sample project by Venus Theory, of whom I'm a massive fan. The batch of 10 Decent Sampler patches is actually called Solaris, based on the Elta Music Solar 42, an ambient drone synth that's great for scoring.
Loop Stash Vol. 1 is free on Modern Producers, with tags like 808 Mafia, Quavo, Pvlace, Gunna, etc. But you can listen to the preview there yourself and see how you like it. To my ear it sounds great for contemporary hip-hop.
Anno Domini drum kit is another big Modern Producers freebie. Well worth checking out! It's big on size and quality. I would call it the flagship sample pack of the company.
Also, you can find the entire selection of free kits at the bottom of Modern Producers' site with a nifty little hidden link. Out of sight but definitely not out of mind!
Off the bat, there are omnisphere banks, melody loops, and all sorts of other files to be flipped. My personal favorite out of these is Nirvana Melody Loops, just waiting to be chopped. The first page alone is 4 columns, 7 rows deep of packs. That's 28 packs on page 1 alone. A steal!
Modern producers ofc is geared toward hip-hop and electronic producers, but genres are always converging. You never know when you may need something in this game.
DNBsamples.co.uk has TONS of samples for making drum & bass. Several artist packs, and a ton of others. Double check that you don't have some of them already, as most if not all of these are not produced by the site owner themselves.
Not ALL the packs are STILL available, but I found quite a few that did and made this worth mentioning! The (*) DNB Sample packs are behind simple SoundCloud and insta social lockers, but a simple 1 character and opening the instas (most are defunct) will unlock the drive links to get them!
Also of note on the site are the Free VST section (small), non-free Sample Packs, and mastering. All in all it's a pretty cool genre specific site! And you know how I feel about genre-specific. Genres are useful to quantify the type of sound I want, but they are not necessarily exclusive!
DnB Academy got some free samples AND some Vital presets! Plus a nice lil taster article for first timers.
Plugins
The plugin section we have this month is especially fire. We're seeing things on the free market that are blowing my MIND is even possible!
Coolest compressor ever, Spectral compressor -- throw chords on it!
Seriously, I saw this and was blown away. Those who love a colorbass sound but have been too intimidated to try it themselves will be shocked at how accessible this plugin will make those flavors for you. The only caveat I can see is some minor routing headache if you use a DAW besides Ableton. But you'd have to deal with that with a paid plugin anyway. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! The trick works with inverting the polarity of the downward compression.
Transpanner - Check out this article from BPB! In short, Transpanner is a poorman's Dolby Atmos for 3D panning. Definitely worth copping! (No windows version yet, but it is expected!)
Shoeless overdrive pedal by Resington on Youtube!
Plop this bad boi before your amp/cab for brutal guitar tone.
Demo video goes into all the specifics, full track and soloed!
DL Link, note there are some other plugin freebies including a cab sim!
Dynamic masking frequency compensation
SlimVerb - Limited Time Freebie - does what it says on the tin!
Limited Time Freebie! Soul Squash Funk Vibes Compressor
@AlbeGian: Initial Audio is doing a sale for its 10th anniversary. Among the several discounts you can find, one of the highlights is their Dynamic EQ plugin which you can get completely for FREE until the end of March.
@LD-W: LIMITED-TIME FREEBIE!
Softube throughout the whole of March are giving away their VCA Compressor for FREE! (RRP: $149). I'd 100% advocate grabbing this, as it's near enough the best dbx160-emulation on the market
Site is under high-levels of traffic due to the above right now. This one was also recommended to me by Schoener Beats over on X! Two witnesses that this is a pretty cool deal.
Limited time chance at a promotional plugin!
The developer of DistorK over on X, KiTiK.dev, is looking for folks to promo his new distortion and degradation plugin! Check it out.
If you'd like a promotional copy, you can contact him on X! You might just get one if you show that you have a broad enough audience to make it count!
Good reads, odds, and ends
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Perfect vocal fader automation, every time (YT)
DnB intros made easy (YT)
@Midnights-Ocean's list of music related companies (NG)
TapeStop in less than 1 minute, nuff said (YT)
An actual ethical use of AI - sample generator (YT) - Not your typical AI sample "generator" that really just scans and repacks some splice samples or whatever. It's... much weirder than that, and kind of cool!
And that rounds off this month's list of freebies! A metric TON!
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Artist News
As for me, things have been going pretty great! Picked up a side job, making some extra cash, got commissions going. SHATTER has been an absolute smash! We dropped to Spotify just yesterday and hit the Newgrounds frontpage! Even got a single comment on Beatstars. You know how rare that is!
Thank you all so much, not only for the FP but your words! The feedback I received pre-release and post-release helped a lot in my decision-making to distro-distro-distro. <3
Available on all your typical distributors.
Next up I'm working on a metallized remix of a RushJet1 remix of MM4 Sequel Wars Boss theme, Episode 4 of SE1 Legend of Korra fandub, and a slew of collabs with @SkankyMojo, and a commission for @Jozarto is in the mix for the culmination of the beloved Ultimate Dragon Ball.
Might have an internet band on our hands soon so I'm excited for what's cooking. Also, @FarFromSundown, @Trunotfals, hit me up if you ever have a musical itch. I got some wild ideas I'd like to lay down!
You can still expect in the next year:
-additions to Take My Cymbals in the form of small paquettes
-a full version of Adreanaline (see sample demo)
-Comms for F-Gents (Reduce Team)
-some tasty dnb and perhaps hip-hop beats
-Imma rap
-Maybe even a music video for SHATTER?
Time will tell, but we gots some plans baby! I got a cool riddim bass AI voice I'd like to sample for y'all too, since it was a big part of our last drop making a splash this week!
Special thanks to all my supporters @MATRVG @MariogD @Cyberdevil @JimmyTheCaterpillar. Another trip around the sun for me is soon to pass. Here's to many more together!
Ciao!
Quarl
Tonight is date night with the husband or else I'd have more to say! Don't tell him I was here D:
Thanks for the tags, epic poast :3
ADR3-N
Your secret is safe with me! But it's also on the internet for all to see O:
Yvw, tags well deserved! @ me if you ever drop a sample, even a snip! I've been busy at work the past few weeks and super exhausted between that and comms, but I've always loved your sounds (many fivens uwu) especially when you dropped that vibrator I think it was in a stay at home pack LOL. Anyway I'd hate to miss the next wonderfully weird creation because of such a mundane thing as passing out sleep in my comp chair