Yoooooooooooo!
I hope everyone who celebrates it had a great Thanksgiving last week!
We back with another Big Fish Friday…and today we diggin deep into the sooooooooooooooul
Freshtone….Lost Tapes Vol 1, let’s go!
So what is Lost Tapes Vol 1?
It’s a long lost stash of classic soul and funk music from the 60s and 70s……
digitized forever so that those of us that love the vintage funk and soul can feed our samplers forever and ever.
Seriously….
it’s a library recorded with vintage instrument, in a vintage style, through a vintage desk, to a vintage tape machine
to give modern day producers, beatmakers, musicians, and sound designers, access to a truly authentic vintage sound
Quick Specs
- content: 2.25GB
- format: rex, acid, wav
- price: $69.95
How does it sound?
This is all that matters and this joint sounds like a classic.
Seriously, I’m always looking for and getting asked for “samples that sound like old school songs” and this one is by far the most realistic I’ve come across.
Others capture the style for sure, but along with the style, there is an actual “sound” that goes along with the old school soul and funk music.
This is where Lost Tapes Vol 1 stands out. You can hear the old school recording gear, not special fx, but really old school stuff, you know how some old song would get super loud in certain areas almost to distortion….but it still sounds good?
That’s here.
The thickness and space on the drums, the smooth and biting contrast of the keys. Everything in here has that “vibe” that we spend days upon days digging and searching for.
Again, there are a few good libraries that capture the style of the 60s and 70s funk/soul music, but I’ve never heard one like this that actually captures the authentic feel and sound.
The drums alone are worth the price of admission, I’ll be chopping and making kits with this for weeks!
What’s the bottom line?
No long drawn out conclusion here, just go get the dang library!
Seriously, if you like vintage soul and funk, to chop, or use straight up in your music…get it.
The library is deep, plenty here to mess with, and overall it really does have that vintage sound
I give this 5 out of 5 subs, this is a must have for anyone that likes to make music with real authentic vintage edge
Neo Soul, Hip Hop, House, Lounge, Chillout, RnB, Funk, Soul…man, everyone can benefit from this.
Oh yeah…I was totally impressed by the drums, which I’m usually not in a large library, but these are the type of drums we used to have to spend years building up collections from vinyl, 8 tracks and vhs tapes to get.
I also love how the stuff is broken up into folders by sound type and not construciton kits. So I can grab keys, guitars, bass, whatever I wish.
This one is definitely on my “must have” list, I look forward to many more libraries from this company.
Check it out: http://www.bigfishaudio.com/detail.html?513518
What you think?
Just when I thought I was gonna take a break lol
@Nekkron99, I knew your nose would come sniffin around for this one, bro this joint is insane lol…man….loving it lol.
@saintjoe, I was like Tucan Sam on this one lol
@Nekkron99, oh no doubt son!
SJ: This kit sounds hot. I ‘m forced to check this one out after this great review. Another great video from S&G.com.
@baddboy2000, yeah fam, this joint is really dope
Great find, I have to have it!! Are the samples labelled with what key their in or what chord they’re playing?
@marko, no chord or key info, only tempo. It’s amazing!
Thanks for spreading the love with this one. You killing the pockets this week with the Neo Soul joint and now this. Copping this joInt right now.
@DefCience, my type of joints lol, thanks for the comment fam.
Man you got a powerful AC Unit, at around 4:16 in the video I was trippin for minute because I heard a big bass drop and I was like they put that kind of bass in there!?! Then I realized you weren’t playing anything. But Anyway that’s a nice sound set.
@Mean Gene, lol yeah brotha unfinished basement status, right below the heater LOL
WHAT’S GOOD SAINT JOE !!! JUST CAME THRU TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD INFO YOU PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY!!! STAY BLESSED !!!
PAPA DRE’
@PAPA DRE’, no doubt fam thanks for watchin
YOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is right up my alley man I LOVE LOVE LOVE this and im buying it asap!!!!!!!!! Dope beat SJ you went hard on that one, head was noddin the whole time!!! DOPE!!!!!
@Theory, Yesssssss, this joint crazy, they got another one with straight drums yo!
I have got to get my hands on this set! I looked at this last month and last week to be exact! I want that joint! I want it bad!
@Neal Helton, yes brotha, this thing is real sexy LOL!
Yeah this is the type of library I can really get down on, and the price is right too. Love how saturated everything sounds and the compression really feels like the 60’s.
@Flux302, Yeah man, love the sound/tone of their stuff, def on my “favorites” list from now on.
OMW! I,ve had 2 Christmases in one week… Fab catch Joe! These sounds sound AMAZING
@everythingbutthegirl, indeed! I love em, they also have a vintage drum library, people really loved the drums in this one so they went in and did a second one just for drums lol
@saintjoe, Unbelievable! All that work for this price. Bearing in mind BF joints are generally expensive.
Crazy! Thanks Joe
@everythingbutthegirl, yeah they are nice for sure!
@saintjoe, Is this joint downloadable?
@everythingbutthegirl, physical copy, timespace has it for download though.
@saintjoe, You STAR…..
@everythingbutthegirl, always glad to help 🙂
Yes, yes, y’all! A worthy addition to the library. I agree a some horns would’ve been the icing for real.
@jamari, yessssssssss, man some nice horns would be sick, maybe in the next one lol
Thanks for the vid and info Saint! These sample’s just wilding out about them.
@dj jambone, yeah fam, some really dope junk in here fam
Man, I was trying to forget about this pack (need money to eat) but now I’ve got to buy it 🙂
One thing, you say there’s no construction kits in it, but I’m sure they’re talking about construction kits in their youtube video.
@Cris, Maybe they created them as construction kits, I don’t know, but I have no construction kits man lol. Straight loops.
@saintjoe, I got construction kits.
@Nekkron99, really? Weird, did you do the download or disc? I def didn’t have any on my disc. Not that I’m complaining as I’m sure it’s all the same stuff judging from the mixes they included. I prefer it NOT be in construction kits, so I don’t have to go through and separate them myself.
But I still find that weird that it says it comes with em, and I didn’t get any on my disc lol. I double and triple checked.
@saintjoe, I did direct download. It was like 6 or 7 huge RAR files.
@Nekkron99, hmmmm, we shall have to compare directories lol.
@saintjoe, Excellent idea. Lol
@Nekkron99, A good friend gave me the idea LOL
@saintjoe, Hmmm…sounds like a gentleman and a scholar. =-D
can’t go wrong…good look homes.
@sky, yes indeed fam!
Aye Bro I Was Wondering How Many Samples Are On This Kit Like The First Ones You Were Playing
The whole library is full of them, don’t know the exact count, but that’s what the library is about.
This is a really good sample pack. The beat you made reminds of The Last Line Of Defense by Dilated Peoples
yeah I dig this one man, great product, thanks for the comment.