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Tube Amp Rhodes Sample Pack

Description
Here's a sample pack of Rhodes samples, mostly by me as well as one by Yuriko. These are being released under Creative Commons Attrib licenses which means you are free to use them for whatever you like (including commercial uses) as long as attribution is given.
Signal path
Native Instruments Elektrik Piano VST instrument -> RME DigiPAD 24/96 audio interface -> Mackie 1202VLZ Pro mixer -> Peavey Classic 20" tube amp -> Blue Bluebird microphone -> Blue Robbie preamp -> Mackie mixer -> RME audio interface.
Some effects were used for certain samples as well. These are miscellaneous old guitar pedals I have laying around.
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Files
  • nice delay one shot flanged rhodes.wav
  • nice rhodes loop 1.wav
  • rhodes abstract hiphop loop 2.wav
  • rhodes abstract loop.wav
  • rhodes chick-ish 1.wav
  • rhodes chick-ish 2 extended.wav
  • rhodes chick-ish 3.wav
  • rhodes flanged chords.wav
  • rhodes funky stuff 3.wav
  • rhodes funky stuff 4.wav
  • rhodes funky stuff.wav
  • rhodes hesitant loop 2.wav
  • rhodes hesitant loop 3.wav
  • rhodes hesitant loop.wav
  • rhodes hiphop descending chords slows down.wav
  • rhodes introspective loop.wav
  • rhodes low chill mellow.wav
  • rhodes mellow jazzy.wav
  • rhodes minimal tekno 4.wav
  • rhodes minimal tekno 5.wav
  • rhodes minimal tekno fast.wav
  • rhodes minimal tekno.wav
  • rhodes one note distorted bassline.wav
  • rhodes one shot blink 2.wav
  • rhodes one shot blink.wav
  • rhodes one shot chord 1.wav
  • rhodes one shot chord 2.wav
  • rhodes one shot nice chords.wav
  • rhodes one shot reverb hit.wav
  • rhodes oneshot chord.wav
  • rhodes oneshot hi smells like teen spirit.wav
  • rhodes reverse abstract 1.wav
  • rhodes sun ra esque oneshot full chord.wav
  • rhodes sun ra esque oneshot long.wav
  • rhodes sun ra esque out there 2.wav
  • rhodes syncopated 1.wav
  • rhodes syncopated 2.wav
  • rhodes yuriko - delay effect reverse.wav

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Fulltone ChoralFlange Audio Samples with Breakbeats and Bass

Fulltone ChoralFlange I just got a Fulltone ChoralFlange effects pedal on eBay. It arrived yesterday and I have been using it non-stop. I can just get so many nice tones and stereo 'sweetening' out of this box. It's absolutely my favorite chorus/flange that I have used, though admittedly I mostly have experience with digital and VST effects.


Here are some 256 kbps samples I recorded working on a track list night. They first play the dry signal for 8 bars, then the wet for comparison. Skip ahead to the wet signal if you get bored of the dry, I just wanted to let them each play long enough to really get to hear the sound without having to repeat it over and over.

ChoralFlange Chorus on Upright Bass This one is a cut-up bassline that just sounds great when put through the chorus. The stereo spread, warmth and detail in the mid to upper levels are great. This pedal really brings out the harmonics.
Aural Excitement/Sweetening on Drums
I know phasing the cymbals like this is a major faux-pas in "professional" recording but it can be used as an effect as well. The stereo spread and shimmering or glistening highs that it brings out really make the drums come alive.
ChoralFlange on Bass & Drums (excerpt of full song)
This is an excerpt of the song I'm working on, so you can hear how it sounds with the drums and bass both running through the ChoralFlange. Note that these were individually recorded through it then combined later, rather than both playing through it at the same time.
Flanger on Filtered Funk Sample
The funk sample in this comparison has already passed through a hi-pass filter before going into the ChoralFlange. Hear it first, just through hi-pass, and then after 8 bars, through hi-pass into the ChoralFlange. The hi-pass filter is from the built in AutoFilter effect in Ableton Live.
I hope you've enjoyed these audio samples and will check out the ChoralFlange and other Fulltone products. I am not in any way shape or form affiliated with them, nor do I make a penny for saying this-- I just think they make great products and am proud to endorse them.
posted 1:31 PM   0 comments
 

Happy 2009 Everyone!

Hi all,

Thanks for your support through 2008 and here's wishing everyone a great 2009.

I have a few projects in the works ...

  • New Revolution Void album
    I am working on material and hope to release a new album online by summer.

  • Increase the Dosage vinyl release
    I intend to release Increase the Dosage as a limited edition 1000-run double LP to be sold exclusively online. It will have the same artwork and tracks though I may remaster it to be optimized for vinyl.

  • New releases from UltraCat
    UltraCat is a collaboration with my partner, Yuriko Miyamoto. We have a bunch of unreleased material in the funky house vein and I hope to put together a number of web and/or vinyl releases for this music. Labels, please contact me if you are interested in releasing new UltraCat tracks.

  • Minimal funky dubby tech house
    I have an as-yet-unnamed tech house project in the works as well. It will be in the vein of artists like Fenin and Swayzak. My friend Alex turned me on to Fenin a couple months ago and I have been listening to the Fenin station on Pandora quite a bit, which has served as an inspiration for a lot of minimal, dubby tekno and tech house tracks.

    I don't have any tracks online yet but you can check out a mix I did in a similar vein here:

    Tech House DJ Mix - Bringin' In the New Year (1 hour, MP3)

Best wishes in 2009!

-Jonah Dempcy
Revolution Void
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