The 10 Best Drum Sample Packs
The backbone of your tracks…. Drums. Unless you’re a master of ambient, or a meditation music guru, chances are you need a drum sample pack to give your listener some rhythmic elements to groove and dance to. From breaks, decontructed drum kits, to electronic drum elements, there’s sure to be something in this arsenal to keep your tracks rhythmically interesting.
So… here we go! The 10 best drum sample packs currently available on RouteNote Create!
Dead Groovy (100BPM)
This pack is as ‘dead groovy’ as it gets! A bunch of completely raw drum recordings for you to soak your teeth into and add your own signature flavour.
https://create.routenote.com/pack/dead-groovy-(100bpm)
“Great drums, recorded well! Here, we tried to get the recording environment as neutral as possible so that you can add your own sparkle to the grooves and one shots within. Recorded on the following drums: Pearl Masters Custom. 22×16, 13×11, 16×14 Ludwig LM402 Snare Zildjian Avedis and K line Cymbals. Played and processed by Brinley Hall, these grooves will help you set up the ultimate solid foundation for your tracks.“
Real Acoustic Drums
Catalyst Samples are providing you with a whole selection of drum loops in various tempos to keep your rhythm section on it’s toes in this drum sample pack!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/real-acoustic-drums
“‘Real Acoustic Drums’ by Catalyst Samples brings an astonishing sample pack! Have you ever wanted your own drummer in your DAW? Then look no further! Expect to find 126 loops of pure drumming goodness. This pack is full of loops and fills recorded at 70 BPM, 90 BPM, 120 BPM, 140 BPM, 170 BPM. Sound Designers of this product wanted to tick all boxes and genres, covering House, Rock, Dubstep, Trap and Funk. Perfectly recorded with industry-standard mics in a superbly treated acoustics room.“
Brushed Toms
A more niche pack here, but we definitely though we needed to include this here. Get some unique brushed tom sounds into your tracks with these out of the ordinary drum samples!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/brushed-toms
“This collection features deeply sampling multiple coated and uncoated toms using different types of percussive brushes.“
Crate Break Remakes
Breaks that sound like they’re straight from the record crate! A huge variety of stuff to keep you break tweakers busy in this one!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/crate-break-remakes
“Daytoner’s been digging through dusty vinyl crates for decades so it’s fair to say his love for drum breaks is insatiable! He’s used this research to craft his own loops for various record releases and now, for the first time, he’s made over 40 of his remade breaks available in this sample pack for producers of any genre to manipulate. Each loop has been lovingly recreated using real kits or software instruments combined with vintage processing to generate the atmospheric sound, grit and groove of the funk and soul pioneers of the 60s & 70s. The pack includes 34 drum loop patterns, plus variations, totalling 46 x 24 Bit WAV loops ranging from 80-130bpm“
Cut The Breaks
Beats Cooking have been cooking up a bunch of funky breaks for you here in this one! Dusty downtemp bangers, to higher tempo funk and dance breaks – a wide range of choice here!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/cut-the-breaks
“This new sample pack from Beats Cooking is heaving with B-Boy Breaks for your hip hop & funk productions.“
CLAPS
This one is super self explanitory – CLAPS – is a pack of unique, production ready clap samples made from scratch. Drag & drop these into tracks for instant clap magic!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/claps
“Featuring 50 expertly designed CLAPS. All claps were created from scratch using a combination of live recordings layered together with FX processing & sound design techniques. Each sample is unique and ready to drag & drop into your DAW. These CLAPS can be used when producing hip-hop beats or a variety of different musical styles. Add these CLAPS to your collection of drum samples today!“
FUNKY DRUM BREAKS
This one from WFZ is jam packed full of full-fat funkyness! Get involved!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/funky-drum-breaks
“WFZ Samples present: FUNKY DRUM BREAKS Samplepack FUNKY DRUM BREAKS Grooves + Stems + One Shots is a collection of 20 drum grooves ready to use. Performed with acoustic drumkit, recorded with analogue equipment, then digitally processed and layered with percussions for a big and full sound! All the drum breaks are available in multi track / stems and with a huge selection of multi velocity one-shot samples you can recreate the whole drum kit (human claps included).“
Creativity Beats
Designed specifically to boost your creatvity by giving you as much variety as possible, this drum sample pack by ZachOnDrums is one to go for if you often find yourself stuck, or looking for new novel ideas!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/creativity-beats
“This sample pack is reminiscent to my own, natural style of playing. The loops in this pack use unusual rhythms, uncommon percussive sounds and creative signal processes, to provide your music with rhythmic intrigue. If you’re tired of the same old beats, and feel you’re stuck in a musical rut, this is the sample pack you need. There are many unique percussion one shots from rare and interesting drums in this pack – such as octabans, rare sized floor toms and cowbells (and who couldn’t use more cowbell?!). Within each one shot folder, there are special FX one shots which were made using a multitude of innovative and stylish time-based, destructive and dynamic based effects.“
Barrys Ultimate Fakes & Beats Vol 2
Needing no introduction, NEW BAP Sounds very own Barry Beats hits you with his ultimate fake breaks and beat. Sounding just as if they’ve been dug out of a record crate, they’ve been perfectly creafted to give you that authentic sampled feel.
https://create.routenote.com/pack/barrys-ultimate-fakes-&-beats-vol-2
“New Bap Sounds return with the eagerly anticipated follow up to Barry’s Ultimate Fakes & Beats Vol 1. People, raise your glasses for the imaginatively titled Barry’s Ultimate Fakes & Beats Vol 2! Barry Beats AKA Si Spex has yet again come through with that goooood stuff i.e the sort of crazy ill drums your samplers have been longing for. We all know that drums are the foundation stone for any dope beat and with drums as serious as these your tracks are guaranteed to hold there own against literally any competition. As with the previous volume, these drums have been inspired by and modelled on the original ‘crate dug’ Drum Breaks of yesteryear. Unlike old original vinyl breaks Barry’s drums are perfectly on grid, tempo matched and processed enabling you to drop, chop or program them with ease. In total Barry has cooked up 10 brand new, highly characterful Break beats, each containing multiple loop variations as well as the breaks multi velocity one shots. This gives you ultimate control over each Drum Break. But hey, why read about it when Barry has gone out of his way to prepare a fully narrated audio preview demo showcasing his fake breaks in real world situations. Hear for yourself the Ultimate power of Barry’s Fake Breaks!“
Modern Vibe Drum Loops
A bunch of electronic drum loops in various styles to kick start some inspiration in the your next EDM banger!
https://create.routenote.com/pack/modern-vibe-drum-loops
“SJL Modern Vibe Drum Loop pack is filled with 74 unique handcrafted and inspiring drum loops to help take your production to a higher level! This pack brings together a versatile collection of unique and creative drum loops that will help you start beats and get ideas flowing. This sample library is full of creative sound design and forward-thinking production that innovates and pushes boundaries.“
Get access to all the above packs and much more today!
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