Drum Tools 01 – High-End Drum Library Produced With Exotic Outboard Gear...

[wave alchemy]

After many months of creative sound design and sonic manipulation we are extremely proud to announce the release of our first Drum Tools library!

Drum Tools 01 by Wave Alchemy provides over 1950 exquisitely produced electronic drum samples. All sounds in the collection have been built from the ground up using a vast array of analogue circuitry and exclusive high-end outboard gear. Great care has been taken to capture the tone / vibe and warmth of the equipment used and all sample editing and file naming has been done by hand for maximum precision.

The drum samples in Drum Tools 01 have been created by the creative layering and processing of drum machines, synthesizers / modulars, field recordings and the recording of live drum and percussive instruments.

To give you an idea of the high quality to expect, we giving away 150 free samples taken directly from the Drum Tools 01 library. You can grab these here:

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.p...MGNEbUxIRGc9PQ


Gear used to create the library?

Sound Sources:

Future Retro XS
Korg MS-20
Jomox XBase 999
Jomox Airbase 99
Jomox Mbase 11
Vermona DRM MK11
Elektron Machinedrum UW
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-606
ARP Odyssey
Minimoog Voyager + VX-351 / CP-251
Nord Lead 3
Waldorf Pulse
Roland TB-303
Korg ER-1
Various Live Recordings & Percussive Instruments

Sound Shaping:

Thermionic Culture Vulture Mastering Version
Sherman Filterbank 2
Moog Filters & Envelopes
Korg MS-20
Empirical Labs Distressor
SSL E Series EQ
SSL E Series Compressor
SPL Transient Designer
API 512c Pre-amp
SPL Gainstation Pre-amp

Pricing of Drum Tools 01 is £39.95

Formats included: 24-bit Wav, 16-bit WAV + drum patches for Ableton Live 8, Battery, Kontakt, Reason NNXT, Halion, EXS24 and SFZ

Drum Tools 01 is available now at: Drum Tools 01 - Minimal Techno | Sample CDs & Sample Packs - Wave Alchemy


Why choose Drum Tools?

• Exquisitely recorded, 100% original drum hit samples
• Built from the ground up - Never ripped from vinyl or similar
• Carefully selected signal chain making use of an extensive selection of boutique studio gear and sought-after outboard
• Edited by hand for maximum precision
• Carefully layered & Processed with meticulous attention to detail
• Recorded in 24-bit using top-flight AD converters

[gregmuso]

As I said in your other thread I think these samples are really great. I am using them on a remix I'm working on ATM and they completely blow away the Vengeance samples I usually use.

Keep it up

[wave alchemy]

Glad you like them

[wave alchemy]

Here is an audio demo which showcases a few of the sounds from Drum Tools 01 (right click save as)

http://www.wavealchemy.co.uk/demos/W...01_320kbps.mp3

Best Regards,

Dan

[droogs]

downloading the free kit

[Stitch333]

ex⋅ot⋅ic

[ig-zot-ik] Show IPA –adjective
1. of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized: exotic foods; exotic plants.
2. strikingly unusual or strange in effect or appearance: an exotic hairstyle.
3. of a uniquely new or experimental nature: exotic weapons.
4. of, pertaining to, or involving stripteasing: the exotic clubs where strippers are featured.

Personally, I think the branding of your samples as created with
"exotic outboard gear" is a bit disingenuous and misleading.
"Professional", "Broadcast quality": sure, I can see that.
But not exotic by any stretch of the imagination.
Branding is one of those tricky things where you want people to check out your wares,
but you don't want to make people feel lied to.
That's how I felt when I read the list of both drum machines and outboard.

Now, if you bought that outboard either at a strip-club or from guitar center overseas,
then you could make a semantic argument that these samples, were indeed, recorded using "exotic" gear.

Just one asshole's opinion that wasn't asked for.

[:Metaphor:]

Get over it, Stitch-- it's just marketing.


Personally, I think these sound amazing. You guys are providing really high quality samples, at reasonable rates, with a generous amount of samples in the demo pack. I like your business model, and I'm really, really impressed!

[Stitch333]

Originally Posted by :Metaphor:

Get over it, Stitch-- it's just marketing.


Personally, I think these sound amazing. You guys are providing really high quality samples, at reasonable rates, with a generous amount of samples in the demo pack. I like your business model, and I'm really, really impressed!

1) I wasn't talking to you.
2) My critique was to a flawed business model in an overly competitive and saturated market. Instead of just kissin' someones ass, why don't you open your eyes to the bigger picture give some input that someone can actually use to improve their product. Oh, that's right, you are "really, really impressed!"
3) People pay for, and make money with, my advice.
4) and who are you again, anyways?

To the original poster: good luck!

[MMski]

Now that you're done stretching your E-penis...

Good samples

[wave alchemy]

Stitch333,

In hindsight I admit that "Exotic" isn't the best of wording to describe the actual gear used.

I'm not a marketing expert by any means. I produce music and design sounds. Me and Steve are a two man band and do all production, marketing and advertising ourselves.

Sorry if I offended you

Please feel free to give any feedback on the samples if you find time to have a listen. thumbsup

Dan

[wave alchemy]

Quick Update for those interested:

Drum Tools has just recieved a very positve review from Tom over at Waveformless. You can read the review here:

Waveformless: Review: Wave Alchemy Drum Tools 01 - Minimal Techno & Tech House

On top of that, here are a couple of quotes from users of our Drum Tools 01 library:

"What a fantastic, and infinitely useable sample CD - I'm very impressed!" Chris Lake

"A great quality package including all the sounds you will need to create a complete groove. You'll always find something useful in this drum collection!" Martin Eyerer

I hope everyone is enjoying the sounds

Dan

[wave alchemy]

Here are 2 new very positive Drum Tools reviews for those interested

One is from Audio News Room, the other from Rekkerd.org:

Drum Tools 01: Techno samples heaven | AudioNewsRoom

Review of Wave Alchemy Drum Tools over 1,950 exquisitely produced electronic drum samples