Voted as one of the "Best Drum Kits of the Year" by BBoyTechReport.com, 'The 60s Funk Kit' is a multisampled vintage drum kit recorded direct to analogue tape that perfectly captures the unique sound and vibe of the great funk records from the 60's and early 70's, laid out in ready-made drum kits for all MPC models, Akai Force and Maschine!
Inspired by the kits used by legendary drummers such as Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks and Zigaboo Modeliste and built around a 1960s Gretsch Round Badge kick drum and a Ludwig Black Beauty snare, it's packed with a traditional gritty tone full of the warmth and character you’d expect to hear from classic vintage drum recordings.
Check out the demo - all drums and percussion came from this kit and were entirely sequenced in an MPC using the included MPC finger-drumming kits:
Every instrument in the kit has been recorded by drummer Richard Preston (Tombongo) across multiple dynamic velocities, giving you a very realistic sounding kit that's perfect for creating your own vintage-style drum performances in an MPC. There's 16 unique instrument articulations in total including kick, snare, side stick, snare drag (a short snare roll), pandero snare (a snare and tambourine skin-to-skin), hi hat (including open and edge), ride (including bell), crash, hi and low toms, clap, tambourine and shaker. Check out the review from Saintjoe from Soundsandgear.com
The included Expansion for the MPC One, MPC X, MPC Key 61, MPC Live (I & II), Akai Force, MPC Software and MPC Beats features 12 unique sound presets covering a range of different kit sounds and configurations, which take advantage of the MPC's internal effects and various program parameters, with additional 'cycle kits' for realistic 'round robin' playback. Program previews and full 'tagging' on all sounds and kits are included, and we've even provided a dedicated 'standalone' installer for MPC One/MPC X/MPC Live/Force users; to install, simply drag and drop directly to your MPC disk and the Expansion instantly appears in 'standalone mode' along with all your factory Expansions. A separate 'XPN' Expansion installer is included for installation into MPC Software/MPC Beats (MPC 2.10+ required).
We've also included an intuitively laid out finger-drumming kit for a number of legacy MPCs, with support for MPC5000/1000/2500/500/4000/JJOS/MPC2000/XL/3000, and even Maschine 2.x.
Simply transfer the sounds to your MPC, load up a compatible kit program and instantly start recording your own drum performances into your sequencer. Download the detailed User Guide for more info:
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We've recorded this kit very traditionally to capture the natural sound of a 60s drum session, and as such all samples are presented completely raw with absolutely no added effects, no additional EQ and no dynamic processing. Simply great instruments recorded with quality vintage studio gear and laid down directly to 2 inch analogue tape for that unique warmth, tone and colour provided by tape saturation.
The 60s Funk Kit is the must-have drum kit for all MPC heads looking to create realistic, vintage sounding drum performances - available exclusively from MPC-Samples.com!
Equipment List:
- Round badge Gretsch Kick Drum & Toms (20x14, 14x14, 12x8)
- Ludwig Black Beauty snare
- 14" 5-star Super Zyn Hi Hats
- 18" Zildjian K Custom Medium Dark Crash
- 22" zildjian K Constantinople Medium Thin Low Ride
- Studer A80 2 " Sixteen Track Tape Machine
- Alice Stancoil 1970's AM Series Quadrophonic Mixer
- Various microphones: Coles 4038, Calrec 600, Shure 545, Calrec CM 100, AKG 414