Reviews

  • Funkadelic Vocals

    Rating: 9/10

    This pack made me instantly put on platform heels and star shaped sunglasses. All vocal. All mothership. All funk. What was super useful was the number of options with each phrase. Everything broken down into layers, with a couple of different chants per 'song'. And lots of spoken word stuff for that added spice. When is Vol 2 coming out?


    TEFLON: Drum & Bass

    Rating: 9/10

    I came for the drums, and stayed for the everything else. This pack is full of the sounds of modern neuro drum and bass. Tight punchy drums, split into one shots, loops, tops and variations, and loads of bass and melodic elements too. Made it super quick to get ideas up and running, and then tweak them into something usable. Recommend.


    Zen Ambient

    Rating: 9/10

    I found this pack incredibly useful. What is so difficult with delicate and evolving sounds like these is recording them in detail without extra noise creeping in, and that is something that has been done incredibly well here. There is a wide range of sounds perfect for immediate use, or to use as a sound source for further mangling and adaptation. I particularly enjoyed exploring the bowls.


    Hybrid Cinematic

    Rating: 8/10

    Crunchy, gritty, large, and deep, all of the sounds in the pack instantly add that cinematic flavour to whatever you are working on. The loops are well arranged, and in key, as are the FX and one shots, which is also very handy for quick turnarounds. The only drawback to this pack was I just wish there was MORE of it. Only two BPMs are featured for the loops (although there is MIDI too), and only a couple of loops in each key at these BPMs. That being said, there is no filler here either.


    This is absolutely top notch. The sounds themselves are great straight out of the box, but the flexibility that comes with providing the Serum patches takes the whole thing the next level up. I came for some glitchy top loops, but got a whole lot more inspiration to begin new projects using this pack. Great stuff.


    Techno Guide

    Rating: 9/10

    Cracking stuff. Loads and loads of crunchy drums from one shot kicks through to snare layers and top loops and more. Bubbling bass and piercing synths. I found everything I needed to build everything from complete tracks through to starting ideas to jamming with modular.

    Amapiano Hitmaker

    Rating: 9/10

    Loved this pack. Full of the sounds of long summer evenings and low slung grooves. There is loads of variations for all elements, from the drums to the basslines to the vocals. I particularly got a lot out of how many different sounding kits there were. Enough to bring a vibe to any situation.


    Future Dancehall

    Rating: 8/10

    If you've grabbed an RV pack before then you know what you're in for here. A huge (over 1GB!) array of sounds, loops, textures and samples. These can be used to build a track from scratch, throw ideas into a blender, or to just add that one missing element that will take your track to the next level. I found the drum sounds particularly useful as they are super punchy and crunchy and hit in all the right places.


    This does exactly what you'd expect it to do. I mean, you don't come to a Celtic Folk Songs pack looking for wubs. Fiddles and guitars are the game here, and they sound great, very well recorded, very varied to bring anything from just a touch of Irish through to a full blown jig to anything you are working on according to taste. Would greatly appreciate a follow up pack to this!


    Lush pads and ethereal melodies, complimented by deep rolling grooves that could go on for days. Everything in this pack sounds like the sun going down in a field in late July. All the ingredients are here to make some deep liquid DnB straight out of the box, but there are also the tools and one shots to dig a bit deeper if you want to explore more of the music yourself. A great pack for beginners and old timers.


    This pack does exactly what it says on the tin. It feels like what I imagine would happen if the music for Stranger Things was somehow supervised by UKF. Gritty churning bass sounds, and crisp punchy drums, not to mention everything else you could need to make a drum and bass rinser from the Upside Down. Will be reaching for this pack often.


    Disco Lookbook

    Rating: 9/10

    This pack is rammed full of great loops, ideas, parts, hits basslines (live and synth), guitars, and the drums! The drums are super crisp and just punch through with the bare minimum of additional mixing. The whole pack was instantly usable for me, and made fixing a couple briefs simple and easy in almost less time that it took to download and unzip! This will be a go-to for me in the future when I need a touch of disco with some modern muscle.


    KNUX: Grime

    Rating: 8/10

    This is the best grime pack I've come across yet. Heavy beats, raspy synths and crunchy drums, all held together with a good degree of swagger. What I really like was that a lot fo the packs were ready to drop straight in as a full track, but also broken down into parts allowing for development of ideas without having to reverse engineer the sounds! Great stuff.


    Soul Magic

    Rating: 10/10

    Is this the first time I ever rated a pack 10/10? Because this is the real deal. The recordings sound fantastic, the lines themselves are great, and the whole thing just oozes authenticity. I came looking for some horns and some drums, and stayed for everything else they made in here too. I apologise to everyone I'm making beats for at the moment because this pack is going to get used in all of them.


    Holograms - Synthwave

    Rating: 9/10

    The best of that 80s sound brought completely up to date with washed out synths, punchy drums and blade running bass. I found the one shots drums to be immediately usable, dropping straight into drum racks and switching between options. And the loops can serve as either inspiration, or solid foundries themselves to build songs on.


    Pure Funk

    Rating: 9/10

    This pack is filled with funk fire. From crunchy one shots to loops to entire track builders, everything oozes authenticity. Particularly the horn sounds in here which are a huge step above the average horns you find in sample packs. This one does exactly what it says on the tin.


    Big drums, big bass, big leads. In short, this pack is big. Enough variations on the lines to switch things up in a track and keep it interesting, and enough one shots to build things yourself from the ground up. And the bass pressure in these samples is huge, and yet controlled. Punchy, big warm, and brutal.


    Retro Funk Vocals

    Rating: 9/10

    A huge collection and an incredibly versatile selection for each track. There are multi samples breaking each line down into parts, clean, dry, delays, vocoders, all ready to bring the funk to any production. Most of all, these vocals ooze funk, both in content and delivery. The harmonies sound great, and the whole package is well worth it.


    Boogie Funk

    Rating: 9/10

    Super clean samples, and yet somehow super dirty in all the right places. I initially came looking for some vocal samples, but found a treasure trove of bass licks, drum grooves, and synth vibes that made me feel like I was in Minneapolis in the purple rain. Recommended for anyone looking to build tracks from the ground up, or to add that little bit extra flavor to something that's already there.


    Vintage Movie Vocals 3

    Rating: 9/10

    This is the third of the Vintage Movie Vocal packs I have downloaded, and there is a good reason for that. Resonance Sound provide a wonderfully curated collection of dialogue, excellently edited and treated and ready to drop straight into any project, bringing that typical vintage sound and depth to any project. I was particularly looking for sci-fi samples and there are plenty here to go around. Recommended.


  • Afrotrap Spirit

    Rating: 9/10

    I really like these hybrid packs that throw together two seemingly quite different genres, as they always bring fresh ideas to work with. Immediately I found myself using some of the guitars, which is why I came looking for such a pack, but before long I was reaching for other elements too. Recommended to bring a different angle on genres we are all familiar with.


    Neo Soul & RnB 2

    Rating: 9/10

    Indispensable collection of Neo Soul and RnB sounds, loops and samples. Well made, and well organised, in order to be able to create entire tracks from scratch, or to bring that extra bit of sauce to a work in progress. Got the first pack, and this one is just as useful.


    Undercover Funk Vol 1

    Rating: 8/10

    Another great collection of funk and disco samples and loops. I used nothing but this pack to fill a TV brief that used Soul Train as a reference, and then used another sample to bring a bit of three-is-the-magic-number vibe to a hip hop beat. Versatile and well done.


    Tough, punchy, gritty, and slick. Well designed synths, basses, and of course a multitude of drum samples to bring an edge and style to any tech house production. The well laid out pack makes it easy to find ideas and build into working projects.


    Quality as high as you'd expect from a name like this. Punchy drums. Pressure bass. Crunchy leads. And the flexibility of one shots and complete loops, and also sampler patches and presets mean this pack caters to everyone from beginners to experienced, and will instantly help your workflow.


    Dramatic Cinema 2

    Rating: 8/10

    Really well done collection of tracks ready to use,and manipulate across a wide variety of applications. It is always so helpful in packs like this to have both the audio and the MIDI, making extended development much simpler! Definitely recommend. And as always with Rankin Audio, you know the quality is right up there.

    Rankin Audio delivers again with a cracking collection of dark cinematic textures. The kits themselves are all full of drama and intelligently designed sounds that instantly sit well in any project, and the full songs are also very useful, being divided into separate parts and even the MIDI making rearranging and re-contextualising much easier. Rankin Audio stuff is clearly made by producers, and for producers, as they know exactly what will be useful without going over the top.


    Funk And Jazz

    Rating: 9/10

    This is an absolutely cracking collection of funk beats, riffs, and textures. The lines are all really tight, and punch in just the right places. Particularly useful is the full mix and also the separations, enabling the use of individual instruments throughout any arrangements.


    A wonderful collection of sounds that all have the most important quality in this context, movement. These sounds feel like they are breathing. They easily fitted together, making the creation of interesting and enveloping ambient beds incredibly quick and easy.


    Tribal Skins

    Rating: 8/10

    This is a fantasically well recorded, and very versatile collection of less common percussive sounds. They instantly bring a distinctive flavour to any groove. Particularly useful also with Battery and Kontakt patches, meaning these sounds are literally at your fingertips straight away.


    Simply a great collection of authentic sounding disco acapellas, in tone, delivery and importantly vocal content also. The ease with which these are all usable, from full treated vocals through to the individual harmonies also means it is easy to build vocals that work through the track as a whole.


    Really, really raw. A great collection of bars, hooks, and all recorded fantastically well. Maybe even too well! With grime being that sound of now, packs like this are essential to keep demos, pitch ideas, and even full releases up to date, and when it is this easy to incorporate there is no reason not to.


    London Grime Bars

    Rating: 9/10

    Raw and rugged, and packed full of E3 attitude. A great collection of bars, all well recorded, and the option of both mixed or individual stems means this is ripe for the picking. Mixing and matching makes for so many options too when arranging longer form tracks.


    Simply a MASSIVE versatile pack of vocals, compiled from the previous five volumes in this series, meaning you know you've got both range and quality at your fingertips. There's over 1000 loops here, so once you started chopping and changing and creating your own the possibilities are endless. As an added bonus I found the hyper percussive nature very versatile when using aggressive filters also.


    Hyper underground, and hyper authentic (recorded in Columbia don't you know!) this pack is full of flavour and swagger. Catering to a vast range of styles and tempos here also, this pack can bring in some much needed exterior flavor making things really stand out.


    Afro Tech Vocals 5

    Rating: 8/10

    Quality grooves all locked at 124bpm. I found these loops instantly usable. Layering, and jamming with them live gave some productions a whole new life, sometimes splitting one track into three new ideas just from the versatility. The high quality and ease of use from Soundbox once again is a strong selling point too.


    XNDR Dark Modular Techno

    Rating: 10/10

    Fantastic collection from XNDR. Full of gritty loops and bleeps and squeaks that you can only get from that modular touch. I had a huge amount of fun loading all of this into a big Ableton project and just jamming away. Coming from a united Ableton session there is a connectivity between the sounds that makes everything gel together nicely.


    Psytrance Spirit

    Rating: 8/10

    Just about everything you would need to get a psytrance vibe up and running in a matter of mere minutes. The trademark sounds, from one shots, to drums, to builders to razor sharp loops this pack is well produced, and full of detail. Particularly useful is the Abelton projects, which make integration that much quicker again.


    Psy Festival

    Rating: 9/10

    A massive pack of thumping bass, cutting synths, massive effects and, very helpfully, MIDI files so that you can cut mangle and tweak everything until it is just right. The vocal loops here are great too, making everything so streamlined that you will be running through the woods changing your name to Moonwater before you know what is going on.


    Instant vibes with all of these patches. Classic grime and bassline sounds right at your fingertips, whether you are after bone rattling subs or razor sharp synth stabs. I am a big fan of packs like this that give you the building blocks to go on and explore or develop in your own style also. Essential for any producers in these genres.


  • A huge pack of authentic grime sounds, beats, vocals, layers and one shots. The deep basslines and razor synths really give life to tracks, and the vocal grabs in particular bring that inimtiable flavor whilst still leaving many options open. A valuable addition to Vol 1 in this series, picking up right where that pack left off. A great way to get ideas rolling immediately, or to fill out demo ideas whilst still keeping the energy flowing.


    Studio Percussion

    Rating: 8/10

    A well recorded pack of a multitude of percussion loops. Loved the timables in particular, and they went straight into a track I was working on. The variations are great throughout, and the unprogrammable 'humanness' (for want of a better term) makes packs like this invaluable. This will become another go-to, especially when combined with Loopcloud.


    I love this pack. A varied collection of ambient sounds in the truest sense of the word. Sonic worlds that you can walk around in and explore. There is a great range of MIDI loops and wav files to go along with the Absynth patches, all of which is well organised and ready to either use straight off the bat, or to tweak and tweak and tweak. Will definitely be making a lot of use of this pack.


    Witchcraft

    Rating: 9/10

    An absolutely top of the range collection of detailed and meticulously designed sounds that give any scene the breath of life, or death, as is needed. From fully designed sounds to the raw building blocks to compile and composite your own, this pack puts the finishing touches within your grasp to give shape and reality to other-worldly environments. The bonus monsters and creatures SFX are a welcome surprise also!


    Jazz Notes

    Rating: 8/10

    This does exactly what you'd expect. A varied collection of authentic sounding building blocks that you can piece togther from the ground up to make great sounding jazz grooves. Lots of variations on tempo, mood and instrumentation make it easy to get a vibe going in minutes. The drums sound great by themselves too.


    Niche 101 Bundle

    Rating: 9/10

    A wonderful collection of the best of the best from Niche audio. Some incredibly well crafted kits across a huge range of genres and sounds. For Maschine users, this is pretty much essential, with everything ready to go at the touch of a button. With so many packs, the workflow is just as important as the sounds, and Niche have nailed it here with everything being to hand so that when the idea comes you can act on it as quickly as possible.

    Trip Hop Serum Presets

    Rating: 9/10

    Rankin Audio delivers again with a wonderful well crafted set of Serum presets, ready to tweak until the vibe is just right. Taking the classic sounds of Nightmares on Wax, and supercharging them through the engine of Serum gives a seemingly endless array of options to modulate and inter-modulate. And all done with the precision you have come to expect from Rankin audio.


    Yet another super high quality pack from Soul Rush. these guys always produce the most current and fresh sounding packs. Really fantastic vocals packed full of character and punch. This collection has a great variety of lyrics and timbres with some really cool extra FX processing for an added bonus. The Sounds are expertly recorded and processed making this yet another pack from this team that is simple to navigate and very easy to get working with. Awesome work once again!


    This is a fantastic pack. Beautifully recorded vocals with interesting lyrics and phrases. These samples will fit really well sonically into a mix when starting out. The processing is of the highest quality. Really clearly labelled with a good variety of options as to how the vocals are effected. There is a good contrast between each phrase and acapella so that you really come away feeling you have a great arsenal of sounds in one pack. Thoroughly recommended.


    Soul Vocals For House

    Rating: 9/10

    Really interesting and original pack here. Good to have wet and dry options. A great variety of tone and subject matter. Definitely can add a cool vibe to any house tracks. Yet another quality release from soul rush!


    UK Hip Hop

    Rating: 9/10

    Rankin audio delivers once again with this fantastic pack! A great mixture of top quality sounds here. A good variety of chord structures and tempos with some amazingly cool fx processing make this pack sound completely fresh and original. Organic source material is manipulated masterfully and morphed into some really interesting loops that when re sampled again by the user can make for some epic sounds! Big thumbs up!


    Another highly useful pack from loopmasters here. The hooks are all very authentic and fit across a good variety of club genres. As ever the vocals are recorded, labelled and processed really nicely which means they slot very easily into a track in the initial phases when you are starting to get ideas together. Thoroughly recommend for building a track or even a finished song! Packs like this make putting together new tracks so much quicker and easier as opposed to trawling through samples for hours to find appropriate stylistic vocals.


    Excellent pack for getting in some ideas quickly when throwing together a new track. Really well recorded and great singing with a lovely tone and timbre. Very clearly labelled which enables quick access when searching for tempos etc. Good variety of keys and lyrics. Big thumbs up.


    Soul Funk

    Rating: 9/10

    Frontline packs are ALWAYS jammed with great content, and this one is no exception. Wonderfully recorded, these samples all have that authentic edge that you cannot achieve any other way. These licks and loops slot in so nicely to give existing beats that extra something, or to link together to build something from the ground up. A great pack.


    This is exactly what you would hope for from a drum and bass pack from Rockwell: punchy, dynamic, well produced, and instantly usable. The drums are crispy and burst with attitude, and the synths will cut through any mix. I particularly liked the one shots, and also the premade Kontakt patches making it even easier to take an idea that much further.


    O-V-O Sessions

    Rating: 9/10

    The music chops in hear provide a fun starting point for getting creative in a track. Good percentage of the drums sound great and sit well in mixes straight away. Nice variety of tempos and all really well processed and mixed. A really useful pack for getting the skeleton of a track in this genre together really quickly if you're in a session and need to get things moving quickly.


    Well put together pack. Great to use to get ideas rolling. Well recorded and processed, clearly labelled with a good variety of tone and feel. Thumbs up all round.


    This is a fantasic collection of Spanish guitar phrases and licks, perfectly recorded with an inescapable authenticity. And as always with the F9 packs the layout is so well executed, making it easy to find, use, and dissect every part depending on how much or how little you want to use.


    MONSTER collection of vocals from Scorzayzee. Full tracks, stems, phrases, shots, sounds, it's all here. And delivered with attitude. Great cross section of tempos and subjects too.


    A fantastic collection of really well recorded brass riffs and melodies. Comped really nicely to give the overall feel, and then also broken down into the individual parts to allow development of themes and motifs as needed. Also really handy is the MIDI parts, making it easy to fill out the sound with other instruments both organic and synthesised.


  • Vintage Horns

    Rating: 8/10

    A great collection of brass melody lines. Comped well, and also broken down into the individual lines to give multiple options once you find a section that works. Particularly helpful with the MIDI files too.


    Skill-X-Dubstep

    Rating: 7/10

    Some great one shot drum sounds and bass hits in here, and some great vocal lines too. The Serum presets will get good use also. There is a huge variation in sounds here, right across the board. Everything you need to piece together a track.


    Great pack of upfront sounds that immediately lift any tune. Authentic, and ready to roll. These sounds are also a great source of inspiration when searching for that starting point in the studio.


    Future Bass for Serum

    Rating: 9/10

    Cracking collection of sounds and textures. They are ready to rock any track with little or no extra treatment, or to use as a jump off point to create your own vibe. A go-to grab bag for sure.


    Strummed, plucked, fingered, it's all in here with a well organised folders so you can get straight to what you need with the minimum of fuss. I like the little flourishes too, finger noise at the end of a phrase or harmonics that give a really nice live feel.


    A great range of acoustic guitar building blocks to compile your own chord progressions. Beautifully recorded with lots of presence and dynamic range, whilst still preserving an authentically played feel. Dropped right into tracks with the bare minimum of processing.

    The Blues Sessions

    Rating: 10/10

    Fantastic collection! I love using every part of this. Instantly soaking a track in whiksey and smoke and stories.


    A fantastic follow up to Blues Sessions Part 1. More of the same, because if it ain't broke... These samples and snippets will bring an authenticity to any track, from the original idea through to the finished product.


    I don't often give 10/10 reviews, but this pack is fantastic. A wealth of beautiful sounds with depth and texture, recorded impeccably, just waiting to enhance any project you bring them too.


    Surefire Trap

    Rating: 8/10

    Super crunchy drum sounds and plenty of booming bass to go with it. Lots of options and variations too making programming and sequencing much quicker for on-the-fly sessions. A great all round pack.


    Brazilian Guitars

    Rating: 8/10

    A great pack full of authentic song beds. A huge variety across many tempos, all well recorded and split up uniformly making mixing and matching a great option too.


    Tribal Vocals FX 2

    Rating: 8/10

    Picks up right where Vol 1 left off. Loads of great loops and FX, from fairly straight to otherworldly. I got great results dragging and dropping, and also using as sounds sources for granular synth patches too.


    Organic Downtempo

    Rating: 10/10

    As ever Rankin Audio delivers incredibly high quality and deeply musical sounds and samples. A wide variety of very quirky sounds are present throughout this pack. Lots of great one shots you can mangle and make your own and plenty of loops etc that fit right into tracks from the get go. Top stuff!


    Future R&B

    Rating: 9/10

    Rankin audio really knows how to do things properly...every genre they cover is perfectly suited and fits the style just right. The sounds are of an exceptionally high quality and clearly labelled and structured. Great break down of sounds from full loops to amazing one shots. Nothing but praise for this innovative pack that nails the sound now!


    Tech House Tools

    Rating: 9/10

    Fantastic pack. Really excellent variety of sounds in here. The samples are excellently processed and are just the ticket for when you want to get an idea up and running quickly. Does exactly what it says on the tin! top stuff


    Future House

    Rating: 8/10

    Some great sounds and a whole load of drum and percussion loops made from interessting sounds make this a versatile pack. Not to mention the synth and sampler presets too. The melody loops provide a great starting point for filling out melodic sections too.


    Some lovely phrases and melodic ideas, all very well recorded. There's plenty of incidental noise such as the fingering and breathing to bring that level of authenticity to the project too. No multi samples unfortunately.


    These are the kind of distinctive sounds that can really set certain tracks apart. This pack has not only one shots and melodies, but also a range of well laid out sampler patches, making creating and experimentation that much easier. I wish more multi-sample packs were delivered like this.


    Some decent sounds in here. The bass sounds are all gnarly and deep which is good, and some cool FX sounds in there too. However I do wish there had been more (any) emphasis on the grime side of this pack.


    Blues Harp

    Rating: 8/10

    Does EXACTLY what is says on the box. A solid collection of blues harp licks in a whole bunch of keys and tempos. Some clean, some gritty, all soaked in the sound of late night bars and bourbon fuelled stories.


  • Absolutely bang on the money. The sounds are fresh, and with a HUGE range of one shots and loops right across the spectrum, not to mention the full contruction packs, this is a must have collection. That being said, I think my favourite part is the Massive presets, all meticulously crafted and again with a broad spectrum from cutting leads to dreamy pads.


    Jazz & Lounge Guitar

    Rating: 8/10

    Great sounding guitar with so many chord voicings to choose from. It feels like cocktail hour up in here. I particularly like how uniform the recordings are, making it easy to mix and match chords and phrases from across the entire pack and still having them sound coherent in the mix.


    Heavy Rock Guitars

    Rating: 8/10

    Great riffs and lead lines that sound like they're soaked in beer and sweat. Some handy 'chord ends' too for bookending riffs nicely. Lots of keys and tempos makes it easy to find just the kind of licks you're after.


    Cinematic Indie Rock

    Rating: 9/10

    Authentic and detailed with everything from single sounds right through to a vast array of song kits, this hits all the right notes (boom-tish). Always a big bonus when sampler patches are included too, bringing even more options to the table. There is plenty here to give rise to hours of experimentation and songwriting.


    A great collection of real strings building blocks. Lots of options on the tempo and articulation side. A great way to give depth and an orchestral edge to developing ideas.


    Rhythm Guitar

    Rating: 9/10

    A great stock pot of rhythm guitar. Recorded very well so that it's easy to mix and match different loops and keys, with plenty of life in the strumming too. Big fan of the one shot chords too, always handy to have.

    Future Soul & Bass

    Rating: 9/10

    Another belter from Rankin Audio. This pack gives you the building blocks to get tunes up and running in a matter of minutes. Capture the ideas whilst they're fresh without getting bogged down in the details before you've got anywhere worthwhile.


    Ragga Vocals Vol2

    Rating: 9/10

    Picking right up where Vol1 left off, this Ragga Vocals pack is the real thing. Everything in here sounds like it's been marinading in rum for a couple of years, served up and ready to use. Brillaintly recorded with so many options to make it as versatile as possible.


    awesome pack of interesting sounds. Follows nicely in the footsteps of previous releases. Great to have some longer loops of this variety ! really creative and fun to play with!


    Great collection of interesting and inspiring vocals. Useful to have such a refreshing pack of sounds. Well labelled with a versatile variety of tempos, melodies and rhythms. Thumbs up here!


    Trap Takedown

    Rating: 9/10

    Another great sample pack here. The drum one shots are brilliant and the percussion loops are fantastically useful when trying to get an idea off the ground quickly. This is a big and bold pack of sounds that captures the sound of the moment and does it exceedingly well.


    Great collection of vocals ready to bring a vibe to many a club groove. Lyrically these are party starters, designed for maximum shaking. Definitely in the favourites folder.


    Heavy Bass & UK House

    Rating: 8/10

    Great 1 shots, some really solid drum samples and easy to work with loops. All well processed and labelled. Really great to have some vocals to play around with also.


    Hard Neuro DnB 2

    Rating: 9/10

    Another fantastic pack from Rankin Audio! Some great drum sounds in here and some really interesting top loops. Many of these sounds can easily be used for other styles of production. Great stuff!


    Some really tasty stuff in this pack. Especially some of the percussion parts and patterns. The collection is really easily to navigate and quality of the samples are fantastic and perfectly suited to the genre. Some great grooves and feels in here. Big thumbs up!


    A great go to pack for the sound of now. The chord sounds in particular I found really useful. The drum loops are also great, with really interesting percussion sounds.


    Future Beats And RnB 2

    Rating: 9/10

    Crunchy drum sounds and dreamy synths make this make a great resource for tipping a tune over the edge and into space. Loved playing with the sounds in here, chopping and reprocessing everything. Got lost for hours in some of the loops!


    This pack is so awesome. A huge array of sounds, tracks, hits, and all broken down into so many parts too. Taking apart the inspiration packs and rebuilding from scratch was a lot of fun!


    House Vocal Glitches

    Rating: 8/10

    Some cool loops and well cut up. A good variety too. Great to drop into tracks. Would've liked if the uncut samples were there for ease of use too.


    I genuinely love this pack. I could just put this on repeat and happily listen to it all day. The voices are so authentic and have that texture that brings life to anything you use them on. And they are so well recorded and organised too.


  • Heavy & Hybrid Trap

    Rating: 9/10

    A great collection of unique sounding riffs and drum sounds. Packs like this really streamline the process in the studio, making it easier to get ideas flowing without getting stuck looking for sounds. I like the inspiration kits too.


    Nu Skool Afro Tech 3

    Rating: 8/10

    really solid collection here. This series is packed full of a great variety of organic sounds all processed in a tasteful way to give you a real sense of life in your tracks. definitely worth checking out.


    if you are looking for interesting foley this really is the best. Great variety and expertly recorded. Gives such vitality and life to tracks.


    Basement Ensemble

    Rating: 9/10

    A solid collection of samples and loops. They feel raw and fresh and provide a lot of inspiration. Well recorded and processed and generally a big thumbs up.


    A great pack that does exactly what it says on the box. A great spread of acoustic and synthetic fills, pitching snares and just plain strange sounds FX this takes a lot of the hard work of bringing that extra sparkle to a track.


    Great sounds and loops. Drums sound great and so do the basses. I found the pack a little hard to navigate around, but once I figured out how they sorted everything that was fine.

    Banks and banks and rows upon rows of crunchy samples. Particularly found the kick sounds to have a great texture to them. And who can go past another great bell library. This is gonna be a go-to grab bag.


    Crunchier and funkier than eating a bowl of cornflakes with James brown AND the soul generals. Loads of great building blocks to cut up, funk up and throw down.


    A megaload of great construction packs. Huge drums and hands-in-the-air synths ready to form as much or as little of your track as you could possibly hope for. Particularly like the added vocal stuff too.


    Just like all of the Earth Moments packs, this one offers options galore and all recorded superbly. Keys and tempos abound. I can't fault this!


    This exactly what I was hoping for from this pack. High end recordings with loads and loads of options for keys, tempos and melodies. Perfect for looping to add something different to a hip-hop beat or stringing a load together for a more authentic 'live' type tack throughout a whole track. Thank you!


    G-House

    Rating: 9/10

    Straight thuggin. Love the drum loops in particular. Takes all the work out of getting a song off the ground and lets the ideas flow whilst the vibe is still fresh. I love that they included Massive patches in here too for when the sound is right but you want that little bit more control. Great stuff.


    Techno

    Rating: 9/10

    Crisp. Dark. Grooving. I feel like I'm in Berlin at 4am with some nightclub that has one blue light and too many people. Loads of variations on drum loops which is always a plus, whilst never straying too far from the groove.


    Some great sounds and loops that bring the kind of authentic knowledge to tracks that need an Arabic edge. Broken down well into segments and loops and the different instruments makes it easy to authentic rhythms from the ground up.


    Dirty Complex Electro

    Rating: 8/10

    A lot of fun and great sounds. Complex rhythms and ideas that compliment each other whilst still pushing those complextro boundaries. It's a hard line to find and these guys do it well.


    The kind of sounds and rhythms and textures that you just can't fake. There's no programming these kind of loops. It has to be the real thing, and that's just what you get here.


    Rasta MC Vol2

    Rating: 9/10

    Great pack. Such a spread of snippets and fuller phrases. Will be rinsing this.


    Bass Heavy Trap

    Rating: 9/10

    Great pack full of a good variety of drum samples and synth shots. The drums range from hard to the quirky and are all well processed. All in all this is a great pack filled with a refreshing collection of sounds and textures.


    House Vocal Sessions

    Rating: 8/10

    Fantastically well recorded, and perfect for grabbing phrases for a track, or whole vocals to get a session up and running straight away. Love packs like this.


    Trap House

    Rating: 9/10

    Very cool bringing together of two of the hippest sounds of the moment. Space and groove are the order of the day here, with just enough grist to get your teeth into.


  • This pack is JAMMED (no pun intended) full of great sounding percussion. A go to resource for getting different rhythms and flavours working through songs. Particualarly love the taiko drums!


    Versatlie collection of sounds that make great starting points to go off in a million different directions. Donks, thonks, pads, and more, I can see these getting a lot of use.


    Dubstep Drums 2

    Rating: 9/10

    Big kicks, punchy snares and more crunch that a bowl of corn flakes. Packs like make it so easy to get ideas off the ground while the vibe is still with you so you don't get bogged down in the details. Particularly dig the percussion loops too.


    HUGE pack full of everything from one shot phrases to full vocals. With a great variety of performance styles too. This is going to be a go-to grab bag for a long time to come.


    Indian Vocal Sessions

    Rating: 8/10

    A wide range of phrases and tempos that will pack any track full of flavour. Collections like this are fantastic for kicking off different ideas. The different approach to melody and phrasing forces you to think outside the box.


    Rasta MC Vocals

    Rating: 9/10

    Great collection of authentic sounding vocals. Well recorded and instantly usable with loads of options too. Great for placeholding or for the final version of tracks.

    Tribal House

    Rating: 9/10

    Chunky drum loops is what I was after and chunky drum loops is exactly what I got. Great for layering for those unstoppable tribal grooves. Super sounding too, ready to drop staight into a tune.


    Carnival House

    Rating: 9/10

    I felt like I already had a lager-top in my hand in the few hours of sunshine alotted for the UK summer every year. Cracking sounds that ooze with canival rhythms. The percussion packs in particular sound great.


    A collection of very interesting percussion in here. The Melodic content is really interesting also. All very well recorded and processed. A great pack if you're looking for something completely different.


    Nu-Disco House Edition

    Rating: 9/10

    Some super sounds and great textures that really give life to ideas quickly. I love packs like this that let you develop a song whilst the inspiration is still there and everything is flowing.


    Subliminal Fx

    Rating: 9/10

    A great pack full of more subtle FX. These sound less generic than a lot of FX bundles. They can add a lot of atmosphere to a track without ever getting in the way.


    Trap Drums 2

    Rating: 8/10

    Really excellent variety inside this group of samples. This collection is far less generic than most trap drum packs. Not exactly what you'd expect which is a good thing!


    Really comprehensive pack. Really ticks every box when it comes to Indian percussion sounds. Brilliantly labelled and expertly recorded. Massive thumbs up.


    Tribal Tech

    Rating: 8/10

    Solid collection of Tribal tech loops. Really well categorised with a great variety between each loop. Well processed and treated however having some non side chained options might have been a welcome addition. Great pack all in all though.


    Well recorded pack with a good variety of grooves and options in texture. Lots of tempos covered also. A really fun collection to add life and movement to percussion grooves.


    Bass Heavy House

    Rating: 9/10

    Solid collection of nice sounding drums and synth shots. Drums are especially well treated. Good for getting ideas up and running quickly.


    Great collection of sounds and samples in here. Has some really excellent stock sounds and some more interesting quirky ones too. In all a really good sample pack big thumbs up!


    Great sounding stabs in this pack. Really fun to play around with one shots as opposed to just playing everything in or using midi. Highly recommended.


    Big Room Tools Vol. 3

    Rating: 9/10

    Does exactly what it say on the tin. Great for big drums and percussion but also great for large sounding effects. A really useful collection to have.


    Live Dub Horns

    Rating: 10/10

    Brilliant pack. Superbly recorded and processed. Well arranged and constructed melodies. Big thumbs up in my opinion.


  • A great collection packed full of variety. Really detailed sound design and processing for each sound. This pack is full of inspiring sounds.


    Ultimate Studio Bass 2

    Rating: 9/10

    Sounds that seriously pop. Pun intended. Well recorded and added that much needed funk to the track within seconds.


    Mash Up Electro 2

    Rating: 9/10

    Some very interesting sounds in here. Very in your face and very energetic. More brilliant work from Rankin Audio.


    Really useful collection of sounds. Really excellent variety of ideas in here. Does excellently what it says on the tin and more!


    Jersey Club

    Rating: 10/10

    Really great pack outlining the basics of the new sounds coming from that scene. Good variety of sounds and all well processed. Really fun to start getting creative with.


    Ultimate Drum Fills

    Rating: 9/10

    Really great and useful pack. Very versatile and well varied. Really easy to use to great effect in tracks.

    Good selection of sounds in this pack. Good to see a different take on the genre. Really worth checking out!


    Afro Tech Vocals 4

    Rating: 9/10

    Love these samples! They can add a completely different dimension to a song. Great variety in this series of samples. Massive thumbs up!


    Afro Tech Vocals 3

    Rating: 9/10

    Brilliant pack. Well recorded and processed. Great variety of sounds - Throughly recommend


    Afro Tech Vocals 3

    Rating: 9/10

    Love these samples. Always end up using them in completely different ways. Well recorded and well processed.


    Indian Emotions

    Rating: 9/10

    A good selection of instruments in here. Lots of different feels and atmospheres. A great collection of sounds to have when you are looking for something slightly different in the music you are writing.


    Voice Of India

    Rating: 10/10

    Brilliant variety of sounds in here. Really well recorded samples. Great for a different sound and colour in tracks


    Future Groove House

    Rating: 8/10

    Great drums, great synths, great pack. I love packs like this the spark off so many ideas. This one went straight into the go-to grab bag.


    Monster collection of sounds. Perfect for cutting up and resampling, or just dropping straight in to any tune. A great spread across the spectrum too.


    Deep Disco House

    Rating: 8/10

    I really like the sounds here. Great grooves adaptable to many different situations. Well produced and interesting ideas too.


    A fantastic collection of sounds. Very well put together, and, as ever with RA, humourously named to alleviate cabin fever at the best of times. Thoroughly recommended.


    Some great sounds, and very well presented. However I felt they didn't really fit the title of the pack. Maybe I was expecting some more organic sounds and drum loops. Nevertheless these certainly gave birth to some cool ideas in the studio.


    Tribal Vocals FX

    Rating: 8/10

    Really great to have a collection of samples in this style. Nicely well recorded and processed files. Sounds of this nature can really add an extra dimension to the tracks you are working on.


    Wideboys showing again why they've been on top of the game for SO long. This is a cracking collection of garage grooves and skipping beats. The Wideboys really get involved in these sounds.


    Deep House & Garage

    Rating: 8/10

    Some great sounds and loops ready to form the bones of any track. The bass sounds in particular are the sound of now and will give any track that UK flavour. I was hoping for a little more from the vocal samples, but as that isn't really the focus here it's not a deal breaker by any means. Grab this for the building blocks.


  • really great breaks in here. Well processed drums and great variety. A really solid package


    Human Beatbox

    Rating: 10/10

    A fantastic selection of well recorded beatbox loops and pre-made kits. Ready to drop straight into a track, or to cut up to your hearts' content. Will be using these loads.


    Does exactly what it says on the tin. Very inventive pack with a good diverse range of sounds - good to get some inspiration going. Some nice drums in here.


    Some great sounds in here. Really fun to mess around with and you to inspire start cutting up your own samples from your records too! Well processed and clearly labelled.


    Heavyweight Funk Bass

    Rating: 8/10

    Some fantastic funk bass loops and riffs. Makes any track feel like you got Bootsy in the booth. Can see these being a great go-to arsenal.


    An incredibly versatile pack jammed with individual hits and loops and full band jams. Perfect for adding flavour or going all out and forming the guts of a track. I made a shortcut to this folder on my studio computer.

    Next-Gen Rave Sounds

    Rating: 9/10

    Great to hear some different and new types of synth one shots in this pack. All very well processed sounds. The drum loops are particularly interesting and fun to mess around with.


    Having absolutely rinsed Part 1 of NY Rap Acapellas this pack picks right up where that one left off. Attitude, rhythm and rhyme in equal parts. Great for four bar loops or cut up phrases.


    Afro Tech Vocals

    Rating: 9/10

    Tribal rhythms and rich harmonies fill this pack. There is so much life an character in these sounds that they bring an instant energy to any track.


    Afro Tech Vocals 2

    Rating: 9/10

    A great collection of sounds well recorded as always. I found there was a great attention to groove with this pack which is exactly what I was looking for. And, as ever, the ease with which you can drop this into a track to keep the ideas flowing is fantastic.


    Really great sounds in here. Also usefully broken into layers so you can mangle and add to the samples provided. Really well constructed pack.


    Some very impressive sounds in here. The sounds provide a great approach to sound design and explore some great parameters in the synth. Great for if you need something quickly in a production...and with a little tweaking your can really make these you own also. Great work from the guys at freaky Loops.


    Great sounds in here from pads to reeces. Really interesting use of the synth. Very refreshing and innovative.


    Really well designed sounds. Great as a point of inspiration when working on a new track. This pack overall provides an interesting insight into sound design in this genre.


    Future House Vocals

    Rating: 9/10

    Fantastically well recorded vocal pack. You can never have enough ready-to-go vocal samples to hand, and this pack provides a depth of soulful future house vocals ready to go.


    Ableton Live Projects 2

    Rating: 10/10

    Packs like this are very original as they show people an approach to getting a mix down sounding full. Providing plugins and settings is hugely insightful, and while each individual production will need its own approach, it is a good to have some insight into the processes used by ableton producers.


    Great collection of drum sounds. Well processed but with enough space to be able to manipulate further in your own tracks. Great variety of sounds in here.


    Great pack with really well made sounds. There is a good variety in here in both one shots and loops. Really does what it says on the tin.


    Glitch Hop Massive

    Rating: 8/10

    Super solid collection of sounds. Often I find myself using these as a platform, as a way of sparking new ideas. Thoroughly recommeded.


    EDM Snares & Claps 2

    Rating: 10/10

    Crispy, crunchy and super punchy. The kind of snares that sit in a track instantly with little extra processing. A great go-to pack.


  • Good variety of sounds and textures in here. Refreshing to have some different colours to work into your productions. Great for getting ideas down quickly at the beginning of a project or composition.


    Ragga Vocals Vol1

    Rating: 10/10

    Fantastic vocals with so much energy and excitement, and voices you can't mistake. The Ragga Twins do what they do best, toasting across a variety of tempos and beats with lead, backing and ad libs ready to throw into a track to take it straight to the next level.


    Trap Drums

    Rating: 8/10

    Great collection of trap and future-trap drum sounds that get any tune up and running very quickly. I love packs like this for exploring concepts as they let the writing process flow without getting caught up in details. Great stuff.


    Good variety of sounds in this pack. Interesting to have a drum pack that has a little more dirt which is useful when it comes to layering drums on top of the sounds that you make. Provides a good alternative when it comes to drum sample libraries.


    Live House Drum Stems

    Rating: 10/10

    Excellently recorded samples in here. A really ideal pack for adding an organic element into any electronic piece of music. There is also a good variety of drum sounds and timbres. Very impressive.


    House Acoustic Guitar

    Rating: 8/10

    These samples are well played and well recorded. Always fun to have a different texture and instrument to utilise. Good to have if you want a very organic sound to chop and screw to make a new, completely different and unique texture.

    This is a pack of well designed sounds. Its always worth looking how people are using the synth to enhance your own understanding of sound design and synthesis. The sounds in here are great for inspiration and should challenge you to push your own sound design in massive.


    A great collection of foley sounds. There are literally endless applications for these sounds within your productions. This collection has a really impressive variety of ambiences as well - not just the more generic you usually find in foley packs.


    Refreshingly different collection of sounds and samples. This pack has an extensive combination of organic and synthetic elements. Really interesting textures and and very well processed samples.


    Excellently recorded material in here. Some really interesting chord sequences and textures. Great fun for chopping and rearranging or to provide additional timbres to your productions.


    This is another exciting and varied pack frpm Particular. there is a great sonic and tonal variety in this pack. The result is always surprising and quirky, really fun to chop up and make your own.


    Very unique sounds and hugely inspiring. These are great Quality of recording and processing. They are fantastic when looking for something unusual in a track you are writing.


    Great to hear some new and refreshing sounds. All the sounds are carefully designed and are great starting points. This pack can be really inspiring and take you down a new route in your composing.


    Tear Out DnB

    Rating: 9/10

    Some Interesting and innovative sound design. Really high energy and inspiring. Great to mangle and manipulate into your track.


    This pack is great. Some well designed new sounds that can inspire you to take a different direction with a project you're in the middle of.


    Soulful House Vocals

    Rating: 8/10

    A great collection of very well recorded vocals. Ready for either full track ideas, or taking a lyric here and there. I use these all the time.


    The Sound of Trap

    Rating: 8/10

    A great grab bag of sounds and loops to get any ideas up and running in seconds. Use this a lot. The one shot sounds cut through in the mix and the drums are crispy tight.


    A great collection of authentic sounding loops. There are more than enough edits and options to cut and paste together a whole tune, or simply add flavour to original productions if that's what you're after. I love how easy it is to recreate ideas using these sounds.


    Bubbles And Chops

    Rating: 9/10

    A great collection of reggae samples that are ready to just drag and drop and instantly lift any tune. I found the Bubbles to be particularly well done, as they cut through in any mix without having to work them too hard at all.


    Movie Dialogue Vol. 1

    Rating: 8/10

    Great samples very well recorded. A great range of quotes from all the movies too, giving a wide range of options. So many options mean you can either use the samples as they are, or try and create some kind of twisted verse / chorus arrangement if you want. Love this.


  • A great collection of vocals with loads of layers and options to choose from very well recorded. I was looking for snippets for tunes rather than full vocals and this pack delivered in spades.


    Great collection of gritty sounds and punchy drums. I went straight for the one shot samples here which are well produced and unique. Particularly liked the percussion sounds.


    Disco Drums

    Rating: 8/10

    A superb collection of impeccably recorded disco loops that can add colour and depth to any production. I love the options given here from mixed full loops to individual stems to individual mics for each hit (spot / overheads etc). The recordings, as ever, live up to the Loopmasters standards.


    Funk Drops

    Rating: 8/10

    This is a fantastic collection of drum breaks across a bunch of tempos. They are incredibly well recorded and I'm gonna be using this a crapload. Drum breaks add such a wonderful depth to drum production and these are a welcome arsenal to go to.


    Stereo MC'S - Vaultage

    Rating: 8/10

    Stereo MCs deliver a great collection of sounds. Organic textures like these will stop everything sounding so digital and clinical. I often find just a couple of hits like the ones in this pack will deliver a new approach to pulling a tune together.


    I find these packs with Massive Presets in very helpful. I don't often just use the sounds straight up, but they provide so many interesting starting points to create your own unique sounds that I find myself gravitating to them on every track. As it suggests on the box, the sounds here are aggressive and ballsy enough to jump out of any mix.

    SFX Collection Vol 1

    Rating: 8/10

    I found this collection incredibly useful. There are builds and atmospheres and drops to suit any moment in a track. And with the scope provided here, it's unlikely that things will end up sounding same-y across multiple tracks. It is a HUGE collection too, at well over 1GB!


    Some beautifully recorded strings. Lovely sounds and very well recorded. Lovely melodies that will add depth to track.


    Moombahton

    Rating: 9/10

    A fantastic pack full of all the ingredients to make moombahton bangers in minutes. The drums are tight with loads of loops that bounce and groove, and the leads all bite like a rabid dog. Top stuff.


    Heavy Bass Oneshots

    Rating: 8/10

    There is nothing subtle about this pack, but then that's not really why you clicked on it is it?! What there is in here is a multitude of raunchy bass sounds that would make a hooker blush. Dirtier than the rejected scenes from one of High Rankin's home movies.


    Black Noise Warehouse

    Rating: 10/10

    BIG BAD BASS AND BONE CRUNCHING DRUMS. This is the kind of sample pack your mother warned you about. I find packs like this incredibly helpful when writing. It might be a sampler patch, a bass hit, or a superbly processed drum loop that can lift a track to the next level whislt keeping the workflow happening. Cracking stuff.


    Loads of great soundbytes and one liners to spice up any tune. As with so many samples, you are really only limited here by your own imagination. Rather than trawling through bad quality MP3s for that one line that will make your tune, these super hi quality files more than do the job. Killer stuff.


    Great sounds and a solid base to get any indie dance ideas sketched out really quickly. I found myself fleshing out my tunes in an instant to keep the workflow happening. I was instantly thinking in neon.


    This pack has exactly what you'd expect. Ball tearing sounds and face smashing drums. I used a whole swag of them in a tune that had nothing to do with dubstep too and they gave the whole thing a meaner edge. High Rankin has raised the bar again.


    Percussionism

    Rating: 8/10

    Once again Loopmasters delivers an easy to use sample pack jammed full of useful sounds and loops. Within ten minutes of downloading this pack I had three samples from it up and running in the project I was working on, and didn't they just make it come to life. It's packs like these that really facilitate workflow.


    The Nextmen show their prolific and varied influences brilliantly in this pack. A huge range of sounds and beats. From the crisp UK hip hop through to gritty dancehall, I loved that I could just drag and drop these beats and that was the job done.


    Jazz/World

    Rating: 8/10

    It is packs like these that make my job as a day in day out producer so much easier. A fantastic range of sounds, samples, styles, tempos, keys and just about everything else you could mention means that you will find not just the part you're looking for, but often four or five parts that will slot into your track and give your music that extra bit of soul. The recording quality is impeccable as always with Loopmasters.


    As with all the Loopmasters multi samples this Rhodes pack has everything you could possibly need to add that inimitable Rhodes sound. The only thing better than this would be actually having a Rhodes in the studio. Fantastically recorded and laid out for ease of use, these will be getting a rinsing from me.


    Used in conjunction with the other Loopmasters Rhodes pack, or simply as a stand alone option, these beatifully recorded Rhodes samples provide soundbanks for those moments when only a Rhodes will do. I can't wait to start sprinkling Rhodes juice all over my jams. Wait, that sounded a bit fruity. Still. That's the kind of effect Rhodes can have I guess!? In short, you need this.


    Alien Robot Vox

    Rating: 8/10

    Some very cool sounds and loops which are, as always, top notch.... I can see these coming in very handy.


  • You can never have enough whooshing sounds at your disposal when making tunes, and these do exactly what they say on the box. These will save me massive amounts of time, and the variety is fantastic.


    A huge selection of vocals to bring both percussive weight and some East London type sound to any production. Lots of double takes which means some natural chorus and proper stereo spread effects can happen too. I had the best fun throwing these into a sampler and jamming around. A great tool pack.



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