We just added a seriously buzzworthy sample pack to our store…Deadmau5 and Xfer Records have delivered the goods for Loopmasters!

We have over 100 sample packs on our site, but I thought this one deserved a blog post.

As you may know, Xfer Records is a label started by Deadmau5 and his longtime friend and studio accomplice Steve Duda for their collaborations, such as BSOD, and WTF? with Tommy Lee and DJ Aero. These guys have set a new benchmark with their latest release: Loopmasters Presents: Deadmau5 Xfer.

An extensive amount of gear was used for the package – including circuit-bent and analogue drum machines, vintage analogue synths such as Moog and Arp, original acoustic drums and other sounds recorded in various professional studios. A variety of digital sound sources were used as well for creating new sounds, such as FFT synthesis, additive/subtractive synthesis, even custom DSP routines coded by Steve Duda in C++.

Here’s what Steve Duda had to say about the pack:

Despite the large amount of sample CDs out there, we saw a niche for one geared towards building blocks of EDM with a twist – this one is royalty-free, so it can be used in original productions with no fear of legal repercussions from the original artists who are often sampled on other CD libraries. We tried to make an assortment featuring a variety of sound sources, which aren’t overproduced so they can fit into a production work-flow without stamping their own flavor on a mix or being overly-recognizable.

I’ve included the two-minute preview for this pack below. Dig in!

Eddie B