Time for some more drums

Today I’m checking out a new kit from blazinkits.com, whom I’ve been watching grow for years.

This time I’m taking a look at “Survival Drums” ……

So what is Survival Drums?

Like all the kits from blazin kits, this is a more “urban pop” collection…

mostly done in the style of Timbo, Pharrell, Swizz, etc.

They are big drums, drums that take up a lot of room in the track.

It’s a collection of 15 kicks and 15 snares.

Quick Specs

• Content: 15 kicks and 15 snares
• Format: wav
• Price: $11.99

How do they sound?

Like you would expect, they are BIG. These aren’t just punchy drums that cut through the mix, these drums are meant to be the start of the track.

Lot’s of layering and compression going on from what I can hear.

Sometimes the compression or “loudness” can be a bit too much to fit into your track, but again, it depends on what you’re going for.

If you want huge drums, they are definitely here.

Despite the drums being extremely big and loud, surprisingly I didn’t run into any clicks or pops at the end of the drums.

It seems they were edited properly so there are no undesired artifacts going on.

What’s the bottom line?

I like the kit, I’ve been a fan of blazin kits for a while now.

It seems that most of his kits have a similar style, mostly the big, spacious drums.

You can tell he is a fan of folks like timbo, pharrell, darkchild, swizz, bcox, etc…and it shows in the sound design.

I think it’s a good price-point for the number of sounds you get, pretty much gives you a quick fix when you want an instant dose of new sounds without being overwhelmed or breaking the bank.

I give this a 4 out of 5 subs, it’s really a good kit to have in your collection, for the price of the kits over there.

I’d say eventually you should own them all lol.  You may find similar sounding drums in other kits but that’s because most are made in the same styles….but it’s a great collection to have.

No matter if you get one or end up with them all, I definitely suggest you checkout blazinkits.com

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Sure there are others…but I posted what I’ve found to be quality sites.  Some are all free, some have free and paid stuff, it’s all good. Just check em out.

Who doesn’t like to get free stuff?

Novaloops – http://www.novaloops.com/

Its gotta be Nova baby! Go get over 500mb of free sounds, just join their newsletter…be on the lookout for lots more nova coverage on this site, they are working on some amazing stuff

motinsamples – http://www.motionsamples.com/free_sounds.php

Of course you know we love motion samples around here, so I had to put them on the list. Anything you can get free from them is dope, just like their paid products.

loopgalaxy- http://www.loopgalaxy.com/user.php?op=register

loopgalaxy has been proving free samples for producers for years. This site is run by the same folks that run platinumloops, so you get a nice

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p5audio – http://www.p5audio.com/

You know what it is man…p5audio, what else can I say? Go join the list, get ya free stuff, and make sure you’re own the soundsandgear.com mailing list so you can get some exclusive free samples from them…not available any where else

platinumloops – http://platinumloops.com/free_loops.shtml

When I first started looking for samples online years ago, platinumloops was there…and they had free demos in all of their categories. I downloaded all the freebies, I suggest you do the same.

Primeloops – http://primeloops.com/free-loops/prime-updates/

More free samples, primeloops has quality products

so getting freebies from them is a good look in my book

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I love this site, it’s just a guy like us…finding all the free sounds he can, getting his friends to give him sounds, and sharing his own sample archive with ya, go support him.

Blazin Kits – http://www.blazinkits.com/soundkits.html

Some of the ILLEST up to date/commercial drums around…

and the free joints are ill too. Support this man!

soundstosample – http://www.soundstosample.com/freeSamples

How about a sample buffet! Tons of free samples across multiple genres for your slicing, dicing, and looping pleasure…tell em Joe sent ya

soundsandgear.com – http://soundsandgear.com/free-sounds-and-samples/

so, this dude is crazy right…he be giving out a bunch of free stuff and even goes to other companies and gets them to give you free stuff, you should definitely check it out

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