OB Rising

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The way is dark, but dub basses and crackling beats are your map. Chasms of reverb-drenched synth samples provide depth, while special kits for drones and atmospherics deliver hypnotic details along the way. Lone Forest charts the vast landscape of dub techno, from Scandinavian experimentalism to the dubbed-out darkness of Detroit and Berlin – your beacon through the haze.

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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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RAW CRATEZ Akai Professional & Rawcutz are proud to bring you the latest in our MPC Expansion Series sound packs. Building upon their highly acclaimed RAWCUTZ Expansion Raw Cratez brings the real essence of this genre inside your MPC. RAWCUTZ are responsible for some of the most prolific sample content available. This Expansion features loosely quantized rhythms, Melodic Keys, Real authentic basslines, soulful chops & stabs, and some of the best sampled drum hits delivering inspiration on all levels, all royalty free and ready to drop into your MPC. This collection was 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! Raw Cratez gives you instant access to Crunchy Snares, Jazzy Chords and Musical Melodies grouped over 20 inspirational kits of 16 fresh and original samples. Influences in the pack range from the heavy beats of Cypress Hill, with the jazzy instruments of Blue Note, Orbesque atmospherics and husky haunting melodies – all with the trademark RawCutz “pre-worn” sonic treatments. If you are making Deep Golden era Hip Hop, House, Warped beats, Progressive Drum and Bass or Ambient music – you will find inspirational sounds within seconds in this collection of samples created by the original Raw Cutz producer. Includes 1.6 GB of the highest quality one shot sounds and Stabs including Rhodes, Bass, Strings, Vinyl, Keys and more. As usual, Akai, alongside Rawcutz provides you with the best and most uniquely authentic sound set available. Each kit provides you with an excellent selection of samples and patterns that have been expertly programmed to instantly inspire you, no matter what music making mood you’re in.

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Akai Professional and 12 Bit Soul/Divided Souls invite you to 'The After Party' MPC Expansion. Inspired by the iconic sounds of Andre Harrell, DeVante Swing, Teddy Riley, Eddie F., Kyle West, Puff Daddy, to H-Town and many other classic 90s RnB producers and artists! This new MPC Expansion is more than a homage to that era, but simultaneously looks back while moving forward. Packed with 40 x MPC-ready constructed Drum kits packed with 90s warm, punchy kicks, Crispy Snares, Claps and Rims to silky RnB melodics created from classic analogue synths of the era! Also included are 24 x MPC Keygroups carefully created and processed using the finest outboard gear, delivering smooth leads, pads, and basses with a deep rich tone while sprinkling in a few that carry otherworldly vibes. This time out.......12 Bit Soul completed a final mix on our drums -one-shots and loops- using high-end outboard and their very own AMPlify™ plug-in to give it that extra vintage punch. We provide the paint; how the painting is created is now up to you! Some of the gear used for this project: Avalon U5 DI and Preamp, Neve 511 Mic Preamp, dbx 560A Compressor/Limiter, SSL Outboard Processor, Eventide H7600 Multi-effects Processor, Moog Little Phatty, TX81Z,Poly-800, D-50, Jupiter-8, Juno-106, JD-800