Woody: African Percussion KONTAKT

P2P | 18 December 2023 | 221.98 MB

We found a beautiful old African Balafon in a friend’s old studio so we could not resist turning it into a carefully sampled Kontakt instrument. We have recorded this beauty with different microphones and preamps and also in different locations to get some interesting resonances and on some also a little room from the beginning. We then processed these recordings with different hardware saturation and also with some state of the art software tools to make them sound woody, natural and warm. The sounds are carefully tuned and really clean. From there we build a custom GUI for you to manipulate the original until you get the Balafon / Woody sound you are looking for. You have 48 variations to start with. 24 x brush and 24 x sticks. Each instrument has 49 notes. You got some presets which sound more like the real instruments and some which sound like a piano or flutes, some more like soft pads or mystic drums. Velocity is also set to a very musical level for authentic playing.

African Rhythms WAV

FANTASTiC | 20 November 2021 | 203 MB

‘African Rhythms’ delivers a collection of percussive instrument recordings performed by seasoned percussionists where you will find traditional ethnic instruments, such as Udu, Djembe, a variety of Shakers and more. Inside you will find a collection of percussion loops, recorded using Neumann KM184 microphones through a discrete signal path. These Loops are suitable for a variety of genres, such as House, Dance, Pop and more. Recorded by a professional percussion player, these loops are ready to complement your tracks and take your productions to a new level.

West African Percussion

Team DECiBEL | 08 Sep 2020 | 169.2 MB

AFRiCAN/110 LOOPS/79 ONE SHOTS

This is the second of two packs with Wula Drum’s Guinea ensemble, the industry leader in high-quality West African percussion manufacturing. This installment focuses on broader West African rhythms and features the kirin, kongoma, dundun, and djembe. The lead percussionist and art director for Wula, M’Bemba Bangoura drew inspiration from his time in dance companies for this pack. The ensemble channeled elegant but electrifying energy into its sounds. Although they’d feel right at home in a dance piece, they’re primed for any type of production from trap to pop to scores and beyond.

African Percussion WAV

FANTASTiC | 05 February 2020 | 473 MB

Another fantastic World Music release with 350 percussion loops. Inside you´ll find 50 down-mixed perc ensemble loops and 300 individual percussion drum loops. So you can mix different drums to easily build your own grooves. This timeless pack is perfect for the production of different rhythmical music genres, accoustic and electronic. Percussion always makes your tracks more danceable.

Dark Continent WAV

FANTASTiC | 15 October 2020 | 110 MB

36 African percussion loops made with live recorded and sampled percussion. Built, destroyed, mangled, glitched and remade into the future. If Afro-Futurism had a sound, this would be it.