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:
FarFromSundown
Hell yea!
ADR3-N
What do you think of potentially making a synthmetal pack? There's a collab feature on gumroad