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Hello Samples Release Sweet Chords 4 Organic Modular Chords

Sweet Chords is back for its fourth instalment, more deep and wise than ever.

This time we’ve put together a collection of chords fed by our modular system as the centrepiece, but also coexisting with our beloved Rhodes keyboard, various synths and custom vinyl textures and soundscapes.

This library is divided in three main categories: Raw Modular, EPxModularxSynth and Re-SamplingxModular. The first one, is a set of chords sampled using exclusively our modules without any additional external processing; the second one, is an array of Electric Piano chords processed through our modular system, adding complementary synths (hardware and VST's) and on top of that some modular chords; and last but not least, we have a batch of resampled music from friends and custom vinyl pressings processed through our modules, giving to it a singular granular texture. Pure bliss!

Rugged textures blending with saw-tooth and square waves, saturating an analog filter’s input with a smooth envelope. Ambient chords using sine waves together with abstract textures and background foley and delays, creating hypnotic rhythms. Wowed Electric pianos (that sweet effect that old vinyl players make when they get subtly out of tune and tempo) nurturing a reverb with it’s feedback set to the infinite, creating a space in your mind that evokes the future but smells like the past.

A total of 1500+ different WAV chords arranged in 69 different construction kits (as many modular patches that were put together in the making). These construction kits have also been put together as Groups for Maschine and Instruments for Ableton with our custom macro programming. Also, due to popular demand, we’ve analysed all chords through a super-intelligent-algorithm (which also makes mistakes) and labeled them with their corresponding keys, for ease of use.

What else can you ask for? We can only hope that you trust your guts to take this trip with us to let your creativity go places!

You can get it now with a 20% discount until May 29th. PROMO CODE: SWEETC4 (Valid until May 29th, 2017)

http://www.hellosamples.com/sweet-chords-vol-4

Gear Used

Modular Synths: Befaco Rampage, Moog Mother 32, Mutable Instruments Rings, Make Noise Telharmonic, Make Noise Erbeverb, Qu-Bit Chord, Rossum Evolution Filter, ZVEX Instant Lo-Fi Junky, Ornament & Crimes (in Quantermain mode) + lots of other utility modules…

Other Synths: DSI Pro 2, DSI PolyEvolver, AAS Ultra Analog VA-2, NI Reaktor.

Other Gear: Sound Skulptor MP573, Pre-amp UA 2192 AD/DA and custom vinyl.

BUY THE SOUNDS  http://www.hellosamples.com/sweet-chords-vol-4

Complete Bundle(Compatible with Ableton Live Suite 9.7, Maschine 2.4.6.4 and most WAV samplers)

Content: · Ableton Live Pack · Maschine Pack · WAV Pack

Size: ~9.4GB (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€34(VAT not incl.)

Ableton Live(Compatible with Ableton Live Suite 9.7)

Content: · 1510 WAV Samples · 182 Presets (91 Drum Racks +  91 Simpler “Select Series” Instruments)

Size: ~3.16GB (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€29(VAT not incl.)

Maschine(Compatible with Maschine 2.4.6.4)

Content: · 1510 Chord Samples · 95 Groups

Size: ~3.12GB (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€25(VAT not incl.)

WAV(Compatible with most samplers)

Content: · 1510 WAV Samples Size: ~3.1GB (24-bit/44.1Hz)

HelloSamples Release Raw Series 4: Analog Rytm

Raw Series 4: Analog Rytm

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Fourth volume in our sampling series of iconic drum machines.

Our victim for this occasion has been the Analog Rytm, a hybrid drum machine originating from Sweden, which you might already know. We’ve naturally overlooked the digital part of the machine and exclusively focused on sampling the sounds that nurture from its analog components, which are highly versatile and offer a great deal of incredible sounds that can be further layered on your favourite DAW.

The result is a mighty collection of 100% analog sounds, that distance themselves from the renowned 808 and 909 to offer something more state-of-the-art with an extra touch of a ‘cold’ Swedish personality, that will satisfy both Techno and House lovers, Hip-Hop beatmakers and even Pop composers!

Need new kicks? Don’t look no further! We have punchy, round, clicky and wobbly ones. Need new snares to layer them with your acoustic ones? Stop scrolling around! From classic cutting snares with long decays to short claps and rim shots. Hi-Hats? Percussions? We’ve got all that covered. There’s also Toms, Cymbals, FX, Bass sounds and more goods to make your rhythm section complete!

Need them already sorted, layered and fine tuned? We've prepared custom kits compatible with Ableton, NI Maschine and Akai MPC.

So, get ready to fill your sampler with the most cutting-edge analog sounds!

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Complete Bundle(Compatible with Ableton Live Suite 9.7, Maschine 2.4.6.4, Akai MPC 1000/2500 and most WAV samplers)

Content: · Ableton Live Pack · Maschine Pack · MPC Pack · WAV Pack

Size: ~2.5GB (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€30(VAT not incl.)

Ableton Live(Compatible with Ableton Live Suite 9.7)

Content: · 440 Raw Samples x 5 Round Robin = 2200 WAV Samples + 353 Layered and re-sampled sounds · 32 Drum Racks · 782 Sampler Instruments (one per sound) · 11 Select Series Sampler Instruments (Macro Sample Selector)

Size: ~990mb (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€25(VAT not incl.)

Maschine(Compatible with Maschine 2.4.6.4)

Content: · 885 Sample Files · 41 Groups (32 Drum Kits + 9 Percussion and FX Groups) · 5 Chromatic Sounds

Size: ~325mb (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€22(VAT not incl.)

Akai MPC(Compatible with MPC1000/2500 - Original Akai OS Tested)

Content: · 512 Sample Files · 32 PGMs

Size: ~120mb (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€22(VAT not incl.)

WAV(Compatible with most samplers)

Content: · 440 Raw Samples x 5 Round Robin = 2200 WAV Samples + 353 Layered and re-sampled sounds

Size: ~950mb (24-bit/44.1Hz)

€20(VAT not incl.)

Out now!  Hello Samples Modular Drums Vol.1: Voltage Controlled Drums

About the Library

After HelloSamples took on some modern analog classics -Jomox Xbase 09, Vermona DRM-1 & DSI Tempest- which they sampled thoroughly for there Raw Series of drum libraries, HelloSamples decided to take a more experimental route this time and build a set of custom drum kits and sounds out of Pepe's (Positif) huge and tasty eurorack modular.

The idea was not just to build an assorted set of drum samples, but something that had a certain sound to it, something coherent that could resemble a real retro drum machine when mixed together. The inspiration came from the story behind Roland's own TR-808 voice design. It's been said that some of the mythical TR sounds were first synthesized via a giant System 700 modular housed at Roland's engineering lab in Japan, and that those patches served as the template for the circuits behind the now legendary voices of the 808.

HelloSamples recorded all raw sounds directly from the modular as round-robin multisamples. This multisampling technique, given the slightly unstable nature of modular synthesizers, brings a lot of liveness and realistic analog character to the sounds, since no samples will sound the same when put in a row while building a beat. We've also done chromatic tom instruments playable with a keyboard for melodic lines, and even a chromatic bass drum patch! What’s not to like?

Last but not least, HelloSamples have mixed, layered and processed again all those samples, and created a collection of 16 pad kits with them that will fit in a vast amount of music genres.

The cool thing is that, because of the custom nature of the modular system used, it sounds like no other drum machine on earth! Modular Drums Vol.1 really is as unique and alive as it can be!

Modular Drums Vol.1: Voltage Controlled Drums from HelloSamples on Vimeo.

Also Check Out

Artist Series Vol.1: Skygaze

HelloSamples new Artist Series is presenting you one of the most interesting musical projects in the underground circuit: Skygaze.

His chameleonic sound floats between Downtempo, Ambient, Hip-Hop and Future Jazz, making his particular approach to beatmaking a complex, richly textured and highly seductive experience. If you like the sound of Flying Lotus, Shigeto or the L.A. beat scene, you must definitely check this library out.

Inside you will find a set of 430 one shots, 146 loops and multiple instruments and presets for Ableton and Maschine as well. A sound palette consisting of color-saturated drums, deep bass lines, silky e-pianos, driving synths, dusty percussions and other unusual fx and textures, makes it a very unique, versatile and fun to play library. Ableton Live and NI Maschine packs include all demo tracks arranged and pre-programmed through MIDI files, to be able to dissect and play around with each single sound in every composition.

Interview HelloSamples

Borja Ruiz - Head of Product and Founder at HelloSamples

1.How did you get started in music?

Music has always been present in my life. My father is a sound engineer, so I’ve spent a lot of time in studios surrounded by machines and musicians since I was little. The turning point was in the adolescence when I moved/changed/went from DJing to producing with my first MPC (1000).

2.What made you decide to start HelloSamples?

Coming from an MPC background, samples have always been very important to me. As a young hip hop producer I’ve sampled countless jazz, soul funk and old library music vinyls.

However, I was surprised I could not find those realistic and deeper sounds from vinyls in commercial royalty free sample libraries. So, this is when I decided to create a blog where to upload little free packs with this flavour I was missing. And this is how the Beta Version of HelloSamples was born.

3.I learned about you guys from your free packs which are great. But your commercial releases are  top notch. What made you guys switch from only releasing free packs to releasing commercial packs?

At that time HelloSamples didn’t have a team like it has now. And I was working for a hardware distribution company in Spain (we were official distributors of Moog, Universal Audio, Eve, …), so I could only spend time on HelloSamples as a hobby; with the help of a couple of friends. The truth is that I never thought I would get such a wonderful feedback from our users…

Little by little, I was receiving emails of users claiming more and more samples… until the point where they were asking for bigger libraries, and even stating that they would be willing to pay for it!

And that’s how Sweet Chords Vol.1 was born; the first premium library of HelloSamples.

4.I personally love both your Raw Series drums samples and Sweet Chords. Professional quality all the way through. Love the Maschine and Ableton presets.

What is your favorite release? I know that has to be a hard question. Since everything you guys sample is great in its own way.

Thanks Anthony.

You are right. It is hard to say… Personally I have special love for the Sweet Chords Series, specially the Vol.3. Firstly, because it all really started with these series and secondly, because I create them from a more personal point of view, allowing myself being more creative with the signal routing and processing. So to say, I enjoy a lot the handcrafting work behind them.

On the other side, Raw Series 3 deserves a special mention, I almost use it in every musical project I do.

Anyways, this is only the start of something huge. So my favorite library is about to come. ;)

5.What do you like more drum machines, samplers or synths and why?

I love samplers!

Although one of my biggest passions is wiring and creating patches on my modular, I still prefer samplers above anything.

The reason is that if I have a good sampler (Akai Z8 series, Kontakt…), I can use it as synthetizer or a drum machine. So I have an infinity of sound sources from the rest of my available machines.

As a person that travels a lot, it is great for me being able to use any sound of my hardware instruments in my laptop with a sampler. ;)

6.What is your favorite synths?

A Modular Synthetizer for sound design and a Moog Sub 37 for music production (although it is a great sound design tool too).

7.What would be your desert island drum machine or sampler for drums?

Octatrack! For its vast amount of features (but i would extremely miss some soft pads!).

8.What are some of your favorite outboard gear?

I’m in love with the 500 series. I’ve sold almost all my outboard gear (very well renowned gear btw!) and changed it for not so known brand modules. Awesome improvement in quality, flexibility and portability!

I really love the Sound Skulptor (little french brand) MP573 preamp (classic neve clone for a quarter of the price) and still in love with the Brauner Microphones.

9.What are some of your favorite plugins?

Since I bought an Apollo, I’m using UAD plugins mostly. They have tons of character!

Regarding software VST synths, Omnisphere 2 is the only one I use. It’s just awesome. It perfectly fits our philosophy, so expect a library for it. ;)

10.What do you like more: drums or keys?

You seem to have a big passions for both.

Exactly! I love both. Because they complement each other. Rhythms anchor me to Earth and Harmonies make me fly high.

11.I would assume you use Ableton and Maschine a lot. Is there another DAW or program that is important to HelloSamples?

Those are in fact the two softwares I use the most in my musical projects. However, I also use tools such as WaveLab, Twisted Wave or Name Mangler.

12.Anything else you would like to share?

Well, I would like to say that this project is here now because of the support and help of many people from the start. If it wasn’t for them, HelloSamples would not have reach this stage.

The team has now grown bigger thanks. We’re going to release this year some new exciting libraries, presets, and other goodies… and new formats coming up!

Thanks for the interview Anthony and for giving us such a great rating on your top drum machine sample libraries. This love is what keeps us going on! ;)

Borja Ruiz Head of Product at HelloSamples