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Lo-Fi Soul & Future Beats Akai Professional, CAPSUN ProAudio & Loopmasters present LoFi Soul & FutureBeats capturing the classic soul and magic of lo-fi sampling, analogue synths and drum machines and combines it with the sound of tomorrow. Experimental future beats laced with loosely quantized rhythms, rich warm pads, sub-heavy basslines and soulful chops. All inspiration, all royalty free and ready to drop into your DAW or sampler of choice. This collection is built to inspire and provide building blocks to manipulate, twist and chop to create your own, fresh sound whilst providing access to the sounds of equipment that’s either hard to find, prohibitively expensive or hard to keep working! With a sound based around experimentation and the concept of combining elements of different genres, influences can be heard including Chill Trap, Future Bass, Golden Era Hip-Hop, Experimental Rap, Future RnB, Lo-Fi, Chilllwave, Oldskool Garage, Vaporware, PC Music, Ambient and nods to classic J Dilla style Hip-Hop and Soul production. Producers inspired by artists and labels such as Flying Lotus, Flume, Samiyam, Nosaj Thing, Four Tet, Soulection, Mr. Carmack, Sam Gellaitry, SevnthWonder, Future Beats Records, Team Supreme, Ta-Ku will find a true representation of the sound they all share. Over 700MB of the highest quality loops and one shot sounds including saturated Drum Loops & punchy hand crafted Drum Hits, downtempo glitched Guitars, twisted haunting Vocals, nostalgic dusty Keys and soulful Lead Solos. 8bit Arpeggios, analogue FX noises and electrical buzz captures add texture and grit. Pack Contents 15 MPC Drum Kits | 11 MPC Multi Kits 15 Sequences | 130 Loops | 368 Samples

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Akai Professional & MSXII Sound Design are proud to bring you the follow up to the acclaimed MPC Expansion Soul Provider (Vol 2). Soul Provider 2 blends the golden era hip hop vibe with a modern twist. The sound pallet and live instrumentation was processed with various vintage samplers & outboard gear, resampled, and then flipped and formatted to create the classically authentic sound you’ve come to love from MSXII Sound Design. The textures once again feel as if they were lifted from vinyl with just the right amount of “dust” & character you’ll be looking for! The drums are punchy and dirty! Mello chords, vocals, and various chops are all fused together with the most soulful processing you’ll find in the MPC line up! All customer tailored to sit perfectly within the mix and much more. This sound pack will get your ideas going immediately! Soul Provider Vol. 2 comes directly ready to load into Standalone or Software Modes of your MPC. MSXII has taken advantage of the new plugin suite shipping with MPC 2.4+, so you’ll enjoy literally tons of brand new presets that showcase the sound design aspect of the expansion. Properly filtered bass lines, snappy EQ’s on snares, and punchy & vintage sounding kick drums come all courtesy of the brand new AIR plugins now shipping with the stock MPC line up! Use these presets as a learning guide & create your own, new textures if you’d like! MSXII Sound Design and Akai Pro once again deliver on the grooves & sounds that have stood the test of time and defined an entire genre of music. Soul Provider Vol. 2 delivers once again for the MPC user that needs inspiration now! Each kit provides you with an excellent selection of samples and patterns that have been expertly programmed to inspire you no matter what music making mood you’re in.

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“Fire up this funk!” Divided Souls Entertainment holds no punches with this latest pack entitled Funk-O-Rama. Bringing you 40 kits rooted in that classic late-70s/early 80s Funk, this time out they invited some of their funky friends to give you exclusive sounds found NOWHERE else! First up, multi-instrumentalist and master percussionist, Carl “Butch” Smalls, who played with Parliament, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, The Dramatics, and more, brings his percussion talents that were so prevalent and integral on classic Death Row Records’ releases from Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, and Tha Dogg Pound to name but a few. The shakers, vibraslaps, and congas come alive for the end user, allowing them the opportunity to use vintage instruments played by a musician with one of kind resume. How can you have an expansion pack covering this Funk era without some talk box? Next up, SlimWav (Diddy, Mary J. Blige, Justin Bieber, Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller, and more) delivers some expert vocals via this instrument, allowing the end user to season up their productions with some hard-to-find funked out vocals. He REALLY opens up, gets busy, and rounds out the kit with excellent vocal fills and phrasings. Lastly, be sure to check the 24 Keygroups that we carefully processed using outboard analog gear: SSL Fusion and Eventide H7600. These synths, leads, and basses provide a unique vibe as this marks the first time we’ve processed outboard synths like this. Experience Funk-O-Rama as you embark on a journey capturing the best of the past with an eye on the now! Some of the outboard gear used: Avalon U5 DI and Preamp Neve 511 Mic Preamp dbx 560A Compressor/Limiter SSL Fusion Stereo Outboard Processor Eventide H7600 Multi-effects Processor Roland JU-06 Yamaha DX

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Akai Professional proudly presents “NeoSoul Quest”, an outstanding collection of the most soulful productions Inspired by the sounds of artists such as “Musiq Soulchild, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, and Maxwell”. NeoSoul Quest delivers 40 MPC-ready Drum Kits, Samples and Melodics fusing the iconic sounds of Neosoul, Funk, RnB and Jazz into one compelling MPC Expansion. Created by the incredible producer & multi-instrumentalist "Dan Diggas" who’s credits include RnB artists such as “Sinead Harnett, Mahalia, Tiana Major9” and UK RnB Sensation “Marie Dahlstrom”, adding his magical production melodies and chord progressions into your hands. Inside the Neo Soul Quest Expansion, you’ll have instant access to 40 professionally crafted MPC-ready kits built from warm Punchy Kicks, Dirty Snares, Sharp Rims, and Dusty Hats created from over 640 slick samples. Each kit also includes Dan’s silky smooth chord progressions covering warm Rhode licks, Soulful Chords, Pads, Gospel Organ, Guitars, Lo-Fi Piano, Vintage Strings to deep basses and bonus vocal melodies added by the incredible Marie Dahlstrom. All sounds and samples have been professionally mixed and mastered, ready to inject some soulful vibes into your productions.