{"product_id":"legacy-machines-vol1-low-tones-sample-pack","title":"Legacy Machines 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eLegacy Machines Vol. 1 - Low Tones is an absolute treasure trove of vintage drum machine goodness. We're talking vintage Roland hardware, beautiful analogue recordings, plus that unmistakable character that helped shape House and Techno as we know it today. From the early sounds of Detroit Techno and Chicago House to the more stripped back grooves of Minimal Deep Tech, this collection takes us right back to where so much of our beloved electronic music began. And bloody hell, there's something special about these beautiful machines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet's talk about the hardware, because this is where things get tasty. Roland TR-606, TR-808, TR-909 and TR-727. Four iconic drum machines that have their fingerprints on literally thousands of records over the decades. Each has its own cheeky personality, from the unmistakable low end of the 808 that is ubiquitous today, with every producer knowing that sound, to the punch and attitude of the 909 sounds, know as the grandfather of House \u0026amp; Techno. The tighter, slightly quirky character of the 606 has its own unique flair, and the distinctive Latin percussion of the 727 is to die for. Getting all these sounds together in one collection is a bit like having the worlds best electronic drum museum, except everything is ready to drop straight into your DAW and make tracks within seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegacy Machines isn't simply a collection of vintage drum hits thrown into folders. Everything has been recorded entirely through an analogue signal path, with Rupert Neve 1073DPX, API 2500 compression and Eventide H3000 processing bringing even more character to the recordings. There's a lovely organic quality running through the collection, with the kind of subtle movement and personality that makes working with proper hardware utterly satisfying. So with Legacy Machines Vol 1 -Low Tones, instead of locking you into finished drum grooves, the loops work almost like little musical puzzle pieces that fit together perfectly. Take a kick pattern, add a snare loop, bring in some claps or toms and suddenly you've created something completely different without having to faff with drawing in notes, quantising and figuring out, nope that doesn’t sound right. It's totally flexible, and with 120 full drum loops, 120 kick free variations, 120 individual kick loops and another 120 snare loops, you've got a ridiculous number of combinations to experiment with. And that's before you've even started playing with the claps and toms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is where things get seriously good. The swing. Every loop comes with a 54% swing version, allowing you another way to change the feel of your productions without spending half the afternoon nudging notes around your piano roll. It's a small detail that makes a surprisingly big difference, particularly when you're heading towards those Tech House rhythms or deeper, more hypnotic Techno grooves. Sometimes just a little movement in the timing is all it takes to make everything click beautifully. The collection is absolutely enormous too. We're talking 1,515 samples, including 841 loops, 674 one shots and 600 MIDI files. You've got 183 kicks, 201 snares, 210 claps and a perfect assortment of toms, alongside individual rhythmic loops and full drum patterns. The MIDI is particularly handy when you want to experiment with your own sounds, change the groove or completely rearrange a pattern without losing the original rhythmic idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegacy Machines Vol. 1 - Low Tones gives you an incredible amount of authentic rhythmic material to get creative with. It's old school character with all the flexibility of modern production, and that's a combination we find rather hard to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a reason these drum machines are still in every big studio in the world, sampled to oblivion and used decades after they first appeared. They sound friggin’ fantastic. Legacy Machines Vol. 1 - Low Tones captures that character beautifully, giving you a huge collection of analogue rhythms to explore, experiment with and make completely your own. And watch out the second instalment in this sample pack or drum machine goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zenhiser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57458257822001,"sku":"LEGACYV1","price":88.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/6109\/2423\/files\/Legacy-Machines-Vol1-Low-Tones.jpg?v=1794268272","url":"https:\/\/www.zenhiser.com\/products\/legacy-machines-vol1-low-tones-sample-pack","provider":"Zenhiser","version":"1.0","type":"link"}