ZYSTRIX Drums and Percussion DOWNLOAD ALL ORIGINAL FREE DRUM SAMPLES Download Over 800 Free Acoustic Rock Snare Drum Samples These are our newest professional acoustic snare drum samples. All of them have a slight reverb. They are all recorded in 24-bit 48K stereo Wav. Many sound similar although all of them are different. There’s enough to listen to constant snare drum sounds -- one after the other -- for over 15 minutes. I’m sure there’s at least one sample you will enjoy in this audio avalanche. Click here to download over 800 new acoustic rock snare drum samples. Download Over 2000 Free Slammin’ Bass Drum Samples The other day I was looking for the ultimate slammin’ bass drum sound. I went through a bunch of music I had on hand thinking I could either sample one or maybe someone had a cool one online. There’s a lot of good ones out there but I felt I could beat them. So I set out to do just that. If you are looking for some slammin’ free bass drum sounds you will find the largest free original collection in the world right here -- and they’re royalty free too. I recorded over 3000 original bass drum files and then whittled them down to my absolute favorites. Every bass drum uses the sound of a hard beater, so the amount of click and attack varies but all of them are aggressive. Most of them have a large amount of bass drum vibration and body. Some have a slight reverb. Many sound similar although all of them are different. There’s enough to listen to constant bass drum sounds -- one after the other -- for over 24 minutes. Pure bass drum insanity -- free bass drum samples. Download over 2000 royalty free Zystrix Slammin’ Bass Drums. Enjoy. Download the entire bass drum collection by clicking here. DOWNLOAD OVER 200 ORIGINAL FREE SNARE DRUM SAMPLES This Zystrix special download will cover only the sound of snare drums, and it contains over 200 orginal samples. This is our very first snare drum sample collection so give these free 48K snare drums a try -- there’s over 70MB of files. Most of the snare drums are very basic, many have a slight room reverb, and a few are experimental and contain factory noise, gunshots, sci-fi, and nightmares. Plug them into your musical projects. Enjoy. Click here to download over 200 free snare drum sounds. DOWNLOAD FREE BASS DRUMS Drums are the backbone of almost any kind of popular music today. And the sound of drums can range from playful to aggressive. Probably the most popular drum set consists of a snare drum, bass drum, and three tom-toms -- this is called a five-piece kit. This Zystrix special download will cover only the sound of bass drums, and it is our very first bass drum collection. On the face of it that sounds simple enough, but the range of bass drum sounds covers many stripes. This will be just a fraction of those, mainly in the rock genre, but it contains over 200 orginal samples of cool sounds. So try these free bass drum samples in 48K. Most are pretty basic, some are experimental, and a few are drums of pending doom. Plug them into your favorite sampler or sampling drum machine, and use them in your musical projects. Enjoy. Click here to download over 200 free bass drum samples. DOWNLOAD FREE ORIENTAL GONGS, CYMBALS, AND BELLS I was going to post the sounds of a couple drum modules I enjoy, particularly the Boss DR-660 and the Alesis D4, because they still sound cool even after all these years. But after a cursory look online I realized the world is flooded with the free sounds of probably every damn drum machine ever invented or known to mankind (including the aforementioned two). So I went through some sound effects I had and found these. In an effort to cover new percussive sonic territory most engineers probably don’t have on hand, this download contains over two hundred completely original oriental gongs, cymbals, broken cymbals, and bells that are not found anywhere else. All of them are in 48K and there’s over 380MB of files. Most of them are commonplace with a few ominous and experimental sounding ones thrown in for good measure. Keep them around for special occasions, some added spice, or your own special secret sauce. Please feel free to use them and share. Enjoy. Click here to download over 200 original free oriental gongs, cymbals, and bells. Take me back to the top of the page.

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