Favorite Drum Loops?

[tkingen]

For those of you who use drum loops, what's your favorite? I currently have Cakewalks's Drumatics and Mick Fleetwoods loops. While they are good, I'm looking for something else.
I'm doing mostly different styles of blues (12/8 shuffles), country and classic rock. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Terry

[pennylink]

Drum Tools from Sony Media is a very solid loop library. Nothing real fancy, but covers a lot of ground.

Discrete Drums I and II are pretty good. Only a few "songs" on each disk, but many variations of each song (verses, chorus, breaks, intros, endings).

http://www.betamonkeymusic.com/ has a litlle something for everybody, and very affordable.

[acidrock]

I'll second the Betamonkey for the price,my only problem with them is they are filed rather haphazardly.
The drums on demand are slightly more expensive,but organised in a way that makes it a bit easier to hit the ground running.Also 24 bit if I recall.

[tombuur]

I bought the full cd of Dry Studio Drum Kit of which some samples are included with Sonar (or was it version 2?). I think it is a cheat. They give you the same loops at 6 different tempos, so there is not very much on the cd.

Then I have 3 cd's from Performance Loops (I think they're called). Great drums, but somewhat busy and not very useful if you're looking for simpler rock/pop rhythms.

Finally I have 3 cd's from BetaMonkey and that would be my recommendation too, considering the very affordable price and how useful they could be.

In any event I got BFD Drums and that is probably what I am going to use. They sound very real, and with midi you can change the patterns yourself. If say you want the kick to follow the bass.

[MadAudio]

Another nod for Betamonkey.

Bun E. in a Box - Also on the expensive side, but some great 24-bit loops expertly recorded by Steve Albini.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/QUpBunE/

[Ed Driscoll]

I'll second Drum Tools--there are lots of great straightahead rock loops there, as well as nice stuff for ballads. And lots of rolls, flams, as well as one-shots of snares, toms, cymbals and other drums to add accents.

Sony's latin percussion CD also has some standard trap kits, and is a great disc for adding all sorts of "colors" to a recording via percussion.

While the above loops were recorded very cleanly, Sony's Zero Gravity Beats CD has lots of very processed drums, including backwards hi-hats, drums recorded with tons of room tone, distortion, and all sorts of other unusual effects. Think John Bonham meets Nine Inch Nails, and it sort of gives you the flavor of some of the stuff on there. It's not the drum loop CD I'd want to start with, but those loops can really add some atmosphere to a recording.

Ed

[tkingen]

Thanks, guys for the suggestions. I just ordered from Betamonkey...Drumwerks lll, Pure Country, and Classic Backbeats The sound samples were convincing. Chris is also including a beta version of his upcoming Drumwerks V as an extra...what a nice guy!

After going through these I will definitely check out some of the other suggestions as well.

Regards,
Terry