Soundware round-up
Sample Tools by Cr2
Eats Everything Vol.2
£24.99
After legions of hungry fans gobbled down the first plate of samples in his artist series, the big man had to hit us up with a second helping. For Vol.2, the legendary Bristol producer/DJ once again cooks up a treat of big beats, hits, song-starting bits, and plenty of FX to sprinkle on your undercooked potential bangers.
His sizzling synth loops ping around your brain and come stabby and dented, ready to weave through your arrangements. And the highly compatible bottom-end loops will have club speakers groaning under their weight. Add to that plenty of clap layers, percussion grooves, and drum workouts, and you have all the ingredients for a slap-up track. Yum!
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Zenhiser
Thump – Trancy Techno $60
Well, trancy that! Another premium powerpack from this top-shelf sample shop. And, as the name suggests, this little lot has plenty o’ oomph with its doof-doof-doof. Glow-stick vocals, big room leads, and some rather spicy FX stand up alongside the pumping, jumping, and thumping drums and bass in this hardcore collection. Great if you want to invigorate your beats after some time away, as this crop has been dusted with a huge dose of cuttingedge club life, inspired by the filthiest sounds scraped off the finest dancefloors from Berlin to Amsterdam. zenhiser.com