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Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:49 pm
by OfficialDAPT
Please just don't say "vengeance." If it is vengeance, i'd like to know which one out of the many packs they make. I currently own the xfer sample pack and some vengeance sample packs but a lot of the kicks suck. Don't get me wrong there are some good ones but I haven't been impressed overall. The music I make mostly is Dubstep btw.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:02 pm
by curmee
OfficialDAPT sample pack is the best.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:46 pm
by ehbes
HAM drum machine has done some nice packs
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:57 pm
by blinx
You tried making you own yet? After reading some stuff id be interested in using a 909kick, 808kick and maybe even a tom or to layered to taste along with ample amounts of comrpressio on the higher punchy freqs and then cut the 808 or sidechain it with the bassline so you get a "juicy" kick drum.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:01 pm
by komanderkin
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:24 pm
by OfficialDAPT
Cool ill check out the links! Any more?
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:35 pm
by VirtualMark
Vengeance... there's a new one just come out, got some nice sounds in it. I also like to make my own, kicklab is quite good for this.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:15 am
by OfficialDAPT
What genre the new vengeance one that you're talking about for?
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:26 am
by Sine69
Layer up samples

From what I can tell, a lot of the "popular" producers use vengeance samples anyways.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:27 am
by Sonika
I wouldn't look for just "dubstep" genre sample packs...
and check out loopmasters, just browse around, their sample packs are all GOLD imo
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:25 am
by OfficialDAPT
I do layer!
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:18 am
by jetpack
OfficialDAPT wrote:I do layer!
When is your album dropping?
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:56 am
by VirtualMark
yeah it doesn't really matter about the genre. i saw a pack the other day that said 'dubstep strings' and i thought wtf are dubstep strings? seems more of a marketing tool than anything imo. just hunt through the samples until you find ones you like that fit your tune.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:32 pm
by Hircine
VirtualMark wrote:yeah it doesn't really matter about the genre. i saw a pack the other day that said 'dubstep strings' and i thought wtf are dubstep strings? seems more of a marketing tool than anything imo. just hunt through the samples until you find ones you like that fit your tune.
140 bpm string loops from F to G minor?

Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:59 pm
by e-motion
I like Vengeance House Essentials for kicks. With layering.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:39 pm
by dubm
Does anyone have recomendations on frquencies to listen for when choosing kicks to layer?
sounds silly.. but I think I remember DJ Fresh talking about this.
It seems like someone might know.. considering you get all the "clicks" of producers having similar sounding kicks that just aren't quite the "same"..
e.g. the hardcore darkside (limewax, dylan, current value) drum n bass kick compared to a liquid (icicle, alix perez) drum n bass kick
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:46 pm
by e-motion
A/B with other producers kicks, sample one of you fav producer kicks for analysis, etc.
I know I did it

Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:17 am
by OfficialDAPT
jetpack wrote:OfficialDAPT wrote:I do layer!
When is your album dropping?
Hahaha I'm not signed. Fairly new to producing.
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:04 pm
by stepwriterun
I've been pretty happy with Driven Machine Drums and Driven Machine Drums Strikes Back. Your best bet is to download the Demo samples and check them out.
http://www.drivenmachinedrums.com/
Re: Best sample pack for juicy kick drums?
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:25 pm
by Earjax
My favourites are: halftones free pack which you can get here on DSF, I also have a ton of dnb packs, my favourites being octane and DlR's (especially good for kicks and snares) and Danny Byrd's. The only good dubstep pack I've ever come across is phaeleh's.