This is a post from Zombie King. In the Hip-Hop Forum
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Great posts here - and thanks for the tip on the VS/XP60 set up, too!
1st, I wanted to respond to the comment that Acid is limited to just making club tracks. Not so: It only "seems" like Acid is good for club tracks, dance and techno because of the vast amount of loops and loopers out there - but I've used it for Bluegrass, Folk, Rock and Blues with good results. I feel like Acid is a great tool in the right hands. Once you get comfortable working with it, there really is no limit to the styles of music you can produce with it.
There are some great drum loop sets out there but none really cover all the bases well (to my knowledge.)
My favorite Sonic Foundry drum loops are:
1.) DRUM TOOLS
2.) RADS
3.) DRUM SUGAR (Sigi Baldrusson)
The DRUM SUGAR set is probably the most complete since it includes lots of variations and fills. RADS is good too but requires lots of tweaking for variation. Drum Tools is easy to use but lacks fills and variations in all styles.
There are also some really good drum loops in some collections from eLab (Big Fish Audio) like Nu Groove RnB and X Files of Hip Hop if you're looking for those kind of stylized beats.
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