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Anil Chawla / Dale Anderson | Rating: 8/10

I've been using this pack for the more raw/tougher techno that I've been writing recently and it's proven very useful. Am a big fan of Axel's sound so it's nice to get hold of his sample pack.

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Axel Karakasis - Techno Producer

Genres: Techno, Artist Series, Tech House and Minimal

Formats: Wav, Acid, Rex2, Reason Refill, Ableton Live Pack, Apple Loops, Halion, Kontakt, EXS, SFZ, Stylus RMX, Ableton Live Presets, NNXT and GarageBand

Jason Nevins | Rating: 8/10

Excellent and comprehensive collection of beats & sounds for club bangers. Not too revolutionary but very solid. You get all the necessary parts needed to contruct any mainroom club track. You get ...

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Club Tools Vol2

Genres: Electro House, House, Progressive House and Tech House

Formats: Ableton Live Pack, Ableton Live Presets, Acid, Apple Loops, EXS, GarageBand, Halion, Kontakt, Maschine, NNXT, Reason Refill, Rex2, SFZ, Stylus RMX and Wav

Tai Jason | Rating: 9/10

This sample pack has very useful transitions for electronic and commercial productions. It's a super wide range from short to long FX. Some evolving FX but also the straight and clean white noise ...

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Transitions FX

Genres: FX

Formats: Wav

ATFC | Rating: 8/10

Very cool selection of Hip/Trip Hop beats and sounds. Can also be interesting when sped up to house tempo. Experimentation is the name of the game - especially if you're not a hip hop producer. Got ...

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Hip Hop Instrumentals

Genres: Hip-Hop and Downtempo

Formats: Wav, Acid, Rex2, Reason Refill, Apple Loops, Halion, Kontakt, EXS, SFZ, Stylus RMX, NNXT, GarageBand, Ableton Live Pack and Ableton Live Presets

Kris O'Neil | Rating: 7/10

If you want to inject a bit of bad ass grooves & synths to get that rough flavor, Techno Tools is definitely worth checking out! Some high quality loops & one shots, properly organized.

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Audio Injection - Techno Tools

Genres: Techno and DJ Tools

Formats: Battery, Kontakt, Maschine, Rex2 and Wav

ATFC | Rating: 7/10

Some fairly way out sounds and percussion in this pack which aren't appropriate for a lot of the tracks I make but then, they're not meant to be. Very atmospheric stuff which is great as hits or ...

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BOMB SQUAD - Tactical Beats & Sample Artillery

Genres: Artist Series, Grime, Hip-Hop, Techno, Dubstep, Cinematic , Breaks and Urban

Formats: Wav, Acid, Rex2, Reason Refill, Ableton Live Pack, Apple Loops, Halion, Kontakt, EXS, SFZ, Stylus RMX, Ableton Live Presets, NNXT and GarageBand

Tai Jason | Rating: 10/10

These club tools are very well produced 2-8 bar loops which are perfect for big room new school sounding EDM tunes. It is super practical because the loops are split up into low-end loops which you ...

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Club Tools Vol2

Genres: Electro House, House, Progressive House and Tech House

Formats: Ableton Live Pack, Ableton Live Presets, Acid, Apple Loops, EXS, GarageBand, Halion, Kontakt, Maschine, NNXT, Reason Refill, Rex2, SFZ, Stylus RMX and Wav

Trafik | Rating: 9/10

Wonderfully crafted collection of destroyed synth and noise loops. An amazing mixture of melodic synth glitches and all out noise effects. A lot of work must of went into this and it was worth it, ...

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Severed Bits - Sludge Pulses

Genres: Cinematic , Electro, FX, Glitch, Minimal and Techno

Formats: Wav and Rex2

Anil Chawla / Dale Anderson | Rating: 8/10

With Steve Lawler, it's gotta be all about the drums, and really that's the best feature of this pack for me. Nice selection of moody drums and driving percussion. Very useful tool.

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Steve Lawler Dark Percussive House & Techno

Genres: House, Techno, Tribal House, Artist Series and Tech House

Formats: Wav, Acid, Rex2, Reason Refill, Ableton Live Pack, Apple Loops, Halion, Kontakt, EXS, SFZ, Stylus RMX, NNXT and GarageBand

Trafik | Rating: 8/10

Does exactly as it says on the tin, vintage 6 string sounds. This is a solid collection of guitar loops and tools that can work as a good starting point or handily slotted in o an existing ...

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Vintage British Guitars

Genres: Guitars and Rock

Formats: Acid, Apple Loops, GarageBand, Rex2, Stylus RMX and Wav

Marco Carola | Rating: 8/10

These loops sounds dark and so clear at the same time. I like them. Top quality.

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Loopmasters Presents Junkyard Percussion

Genres: Percussion, Cinematic , FX, Breaks, Drum and Bass, Hip-Hop, House and Minimal

Formats: Ableton Live Pack, Acid, Apple Loops, EXS, Halion, Kontakt, NNXT, Rex2, SFZ, Stylus RMX, Wav and Ableton Live Presets

Kryder | Rating: 8/10

great quality samples ! recorded in a very producer friendly way , splitting up the lead vocals , effected vocals and the backing and emphasis so loads of different ways & options to use them in ...

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Ragga Vocals Vol2

Genres: Sound Archives, Urban Archive and Vocals

Formats: Wav, Acid and Rex2

Trafik | Rating: 10/10

Brilliant collection of hits for beats 2, 4 and more. This is an immensely conclusive assortment of snares and claps. Well produced and a great variety of hits. I really can't speak highly enough ...

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Designer Dance Claps Snares & Stax

Genres: Bass House, Deep House, Drums, Electro House, House, Tech House and Techno

Formats: Wav

Marco Carola | Rating: 9/10

Sounds tight and pure. Lovely analog quality on these bouncy and catchy loops. Top work!

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Steve Mac - Mac's House

Genres: House, Artist Series, Deep House and Tech House

Formats: Ableton Live Pack, Ableton Live Presets, Acid, Apple Loops, EXS, GarageBand, Halion, Kontakt, Maschine, NNXT, Reason Refill, Rex2, SFZ, Stylus RMX and Wav

Kryder | Rating: 8/10

love this ! absolutely packed with a huge amount of vocals - great fun cutting them up and editing my self - good breakdown options on all vocal sets with backing & emphasis added separately so very ...

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Ragga Vocals Vol1

Genres: Vocals and Urban

Formats: Wav, Acid, Rex2 and Apple Loops

Need For Mirrors | Rating: 7/10

Another great pack if you dont have your virus close by. The quality is great and its all there for you to twist up and work into your productions. There is a lot to chew through but if you know ...

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Impulse Factory - Virus TI - Atmosfear

Genres: Drum and Bass, Techno, Trance, FX, Dubstep and Hard Dance

Formats: Wav and Kontakt

Marco Carola | Rating: 8/10

I like that dirty sound. Fits perfectly for any EDM genre where you want to put some dirtiness to your productions. A different pack to have!

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Severed Bits - Components

Genres: Ambient, Cinematic , Drums, Electro, FX, Minimal, Tech House, Techno and Downtempo

Formats: Battery and Wav

Need For Mirrors | Rating: 7/10

A great pack if you dot have your virus handy and are on the road. The quality is great and its all there for you to twist up and work into your productions. There is a lot to chew through but if ...

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Impulse Factory - Virus TI Bass, Drums & FX

Genres: Drum and Bass, Drums, Electro, Techno, Trance, FX, Dubstep, Hard Dance and Bass

Formats: Wav and Kontakt

Celt Islam | Rating: 10/10

Effected Bass by Industrial Strength Records Outstanding Bass! Perfect for you Bass junkies be you into DnB,Techno or dub fuelled dance music! growling filth to sublime bass no doubt this ...

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Effected Bass

Genres: Bass, Dubstep, Techno and FX

Formats: Apple Loops, GarageBand, Kontakt, Rex2 and Wav

Aquasky | Rating: 8/10

theres no way you can get hold of this kind of material unless your up for traveling the world with a bunch of recording equipment in your bag ! bottom line is its loads of great authentic world ...

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