This one’s been a long time coming. Motion sent over soultown samples over a month ago, I’m just now getting to it.
Basically, this is for those that still love that sound of hip hop created with samples, chopped up soul and funk or whatever..they way it sounds chopped together.
Motion put together a collection of samples, ready to sample, full with that classic soul sample vibe.
let’s check it out
Soultown Samples? Your personal soul record collection…no clearance needed
You know I love royalty free, so when I got wind of some “soul records” that I could chop up and use without worrying about clearing samples, I get excited.
I often make my own samples by playing out a whole song, with no drums, then I run them through izotope vinyl, then chop them up..no one can ever tell the difference.
But I’m not a musician really, so having a collection of real guitar, keyboard, string, bass, etc players jamming out…then having it edited to sound like old vinyl… I love it.
Check the description:
Still in love with the classic sounds of 70s soul, funk and motown? Then get inspired with this must have collection featuring 250 multi-samples of unforgettable instrument licks for your MPC or software sampler. Inside you’ll find mixed melodies, chords and stabs created with live guitars, bass, rhodes, piano, organ, and many more classic sounds mixed to replicate that dirty old record sound. You can consider this a royalty-free record collection pre-chopped and ready to go. Recommended as a Motion Samples Hip Hop favorite.
Quick Specs:
- Content: 250 multi samples
- Format: wave
- Price: $35
- Product page: http://www.patchbanks.com/soultown-samples-vol-1/
Hows the production, and most importantly, how does it sound?
It’s motion man! You know the production is dope…just like they raided the archives of some old defunk soul record company. Everything fits and is well played, has that “texture” you want. I know I heard a few vinyl clicks and pops…even smelled the mildew from some of the vinly record covers….I thought I did.
They jammed out, then chopped those jams into 2-8 parts. The variety is dope, so each samples doesn’t sound the same, you get the chops from one sample, some long some short.
If there’s one suggestion, I’d like to have the shorter chops left together…let me chop em myself. The longer ones are perfect cuz you can take whatever you want.
These aren’t some corny attempts at soul music, I felt like just looping quite a bit and just listening to it lol…but you know I gotta feed Maschine and chop them jonits up!
Quality is on point, well recorded and even though they have an old musty feel, they are still pristine in quality
What’s the bottom line, what’s the final verdict?
Like you really have to guess! Did you watch the video?
These joints are 5 out of 5 subs with no question. Very dope and wonderful for those of us that still like to sample but don’t because we don’t want to mess with clearance issues.
Chopping keyboard and guitar riffs is cool, but choppin these multi samples is very dope!
Like I said, only thing I can suggest, leave the short chops together…other than that…dopeness!
check em out: http://www.patchbanks.com/soultown-samples-vol-1/
Soultown sounds great, that old lovely guitars…
Thanks for sharing!
yeah man, thanks for checkin it out.
Joe’ just checked out the package’ slammin” it just keep
gettin better” motion samples got dat ol’ skool Gold skool!!
btw, Joe’ got dem chop Yo”
thanks Danny! These joints are sick…motion always comes through man, nonstop lol.
Yo those sounds are nice man motion samples got some dope stuff I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my 600.00 grant. I have Reason 4 and Recycle 2 but until they intergrate that some type of way were you don’t have to use a seperate recording devices. I’m looking to get that Emulator X 3 and Cubase Essentials. Hey have you ever heard of Sonivox Sampla let me know and the beat is tight. still comteplating Maschine. ps truthfully I’m looking for something I can play with like a real toy Reason is good man you should try it but I think its for that true producing its not something like live were you can set everything up and trigger it or like Maschine from the videos I’ve seen its pretty quick Reason 4 is dope you got to try it but you don’t get that live you playing and triggering live with Maschine and live on the fly sorry I went on and on but let me know about Emulator X 3 would you get that and about sonivox Sampla. also If you were staring from scratch like me and you had 600.00 to blow what set up would you go with stick with Reason and get Record or Ableton live and vsts or Cubase and vsts.
Personally, I never liked Reason…so I have no desire to mess with it nor do I ever suggest it, even though I have plenty of friends that love it lol.
My choice would be either ableton live or maschine, I have both, I use maschine the most. I use ableton when I want to sequence vsts though….
I love the way they both sequence, but the hands on aspect of Maschine puts it at the top of my list.
It just depends on what you want to do…you shouldn’t have to use different sound engines, you can open up all reason devices inside Record.
I haven’t played with Sampla yet, but from my research, it doesn’t sequence so I can’t see the point of it really.
yo these are off the hook gotta get this one thanks dude by the way i was reading the convo between you an mehdo an i have sampla its not worth it it does not sequence an its a little flakey with midi pads the channels switch by their self and a couple of other glitches that impair you from gettin at it right away my advice add fifty bucks to the hundred you would spend for sampla an get the beat thang at least you get the crazy sounds an the editing is way better inshort avoid sonivox vsts cant speak on the other stuff but playa an sampla not worth it for a hundred may be fifty peace thanks again sjoe ohh got your message havnt started wrappin yet i do it the night b4 my kids are to sneaky thanks peace
yeah man, that’s how I felt about sampla, even without testing it…I just wasn’t that excited. I wanted to do a review mainly to show some real info since there is none out here, but no sequencer is very wack and pointless in my opinion.
Yes, motion got the illness lol
I wrap the night before as well lol…hilarious!
Thanks for the review, nice and Soulful and I love the funky guitarz.
Keep up,
Peace.
Laman (olujade)
thanks for watching man, appreciate it, and thanks for the comment!
yo joe the soultown samples sound great but it would be even that much better if the samples were,nt layered i know that you don,t use reason much but propellerhead has a new refill called soul school that are sampled from 3 of the best soul recording studios ever cinninati(King studio) motown and memphis (Stax studio) i know i don,t have to tell you about the great artist that came out of thes 3 studios these sample are,nt layered
yeah I saw that, looks ill. But there are plenty of kits like that. What makes the layered stuff special is it has that full “diggin in the crates” feel. You can’t separate the stuff so you got to get creative to use it.
That’s what I like. But I won’t front, that soul school joint looks ill, I peeped the videos lol.
this right here is straight up in the crates funk lol. or err…soul I mean lol.
thanx homie need more people in the world like u.,,good look..
No doubt yo! Thanks for stopping by!
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WHAT UP HOMIE !!!!!! THAT’S GOT TO BE THE HOTTEST SAMPLES I’VE HEARD IN ALONG TIME !!!!!!! YOU KNOW I WANT TO GET THAT MACHINE,IS IT EASY AS 123 YTO PLAY THE SAMPLES LIKE YOU ARE DOING ? GET AT ME AND LET ME KNOW !!!!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!! PAPA DRE’
I hear ya yo! and yes Maschine is that easy…everything you see me doing, that’s it.
Pull up a sample, go into the edit mode and adjust the slices however you want, or you can autochop too.
I love it lol
And this sample pack is crazy lol
Yo I’m feeling the joint u came up with! Yep I’m definitely going to purchase! I’d rather pay for non clearance samples than having to deal with clearing. Plus these samples are a great price and they really sound good! Thanx as always Joe!!
No doubt D! These joints are very sexy lol…I love how they go in on their multi samples man, straight funk lol.
what’s up man. I like how you mixed up those samples, sounds tight. looks like I’ll be getting ssv1. what are your computer specs for running machine, I just bought machine and reason record. I need the best of both worlds lol, melodyne is a serious ram hog! I also checked out propellerhead soul school Its a little rich for my pockets right now but…. Keep the bomb reviews comming.
thanks for checkin it out. I’m just running a basic 2.0ghz core duo laptop from best buy that I had purchased for my biz stuff. I have 4gb of ram, it runs maschine just fine.
I’m in the process of specing out a nice audio pc to replace it tho lol. Just cuz I want something more well tuned for audio, but I have the laptop running just fine.
yo this is a really great website. this and warbeats are like the two best beat websites keep it up. all videos are really detailed and stuff theyre really good. do u have anywhere where you post ur finished beats cuz id like to hear them
thanks man, I really appreciate it! I don’t really post any tracks online at the moment I may start again in the future, we’ll see…if I do I’ll let it be known on the site.
YO Saint ! Them shitz iz phatt Kidd. sho nuff, Ima scoop it !!
whas good yo! thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, and yes…these joints go HARD lol
These samples are really hot. I could make some real soulful jams with those samples. They sound so real thick and rich. I would purchase those joints and recommend them to some friends also.
definitely some dope joints! Man don’t know what happened but your comment went in the spam filter,probably becuase of the youtube address…but I pulled ya out yo!
thanks for the comments!
Yo these loop samples are awesome man. but personally i prefer to use live sounds cuz i believe so much in creativity. there is creativity in using loop samples too but not like the real live instruments. by the way if u got some neo-soul or Rhodes samples or electric guitar samples in NN-XT format, please i really want them. send me ok. peace!!!
well, they were played by live musicians lol… so it’s all good. And what are you doing asking for rhodes/guitar samples… you need to go grab a rhodes or guitar! 🙂
of course I’m just messing with ya lol,
I say use whatever you want, I love live sounds too, but collections like this are the closest I can get to having real musicians, with all the sample libraries that go out and spend money on real session players, it’s just like having live musicians on your hard drive 🙂
as far as nnxt, I don’t use it so I’m not sure where to find stuff for it, but I’m sure there is stuff on Reason site, have you checked out the new soul school refill…I watched a video of that, looks pretty sick.
yeah man it’s hot i love da ol’skool samples
Dope yo, thanks for watchin.
haha…”i prefer to use live sounds…but give me some samples!”.
these samples sound dope! choppin’ it up man!
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lol….I had to get in on that one, I know what he meant but it was too funny lol.
and yes, these are dope.
yeah if u know what i mean, then it’s all good. i think ain’t nothin’ funny abt using live instruments like The Roots than just pressing buttons on the MPC. lol! anyways, keep it up!
It’s all good to me man, like I said, unless you’re the roots, you’re using some sort of samples… unless you pullin out a piano, guitar, rhodes, bass guitar, string section and all that.
nothing less musical about the mpc or samples, beat machines or anything like that…it’s all in how you put it together. The machine can’t make the beat for ya lol.
thanks for the comment!
big thanks man!!
thank you for checking it out and leaving a comment!
oh my this was so good i had to put it on my twitter. i love the way this sounds i got to get me one of those
thanks for checkin it out and thanks for leaving a comment!
The video was tight and the samples are something I could really work with. This would be a great addition to my arsenal.
Thanks for checkin it out yo! Joints are crazy man.
At first I was entranced by the samples… then I got caught up on you producing on that maschine. F***nut I’ve got to have me one of those!
As for the samples, HAUT, seriously f***ing hot. I’ve been waiting to pick up that collection and this gives me a whole lot of confidence buying it.
hahahahah! Maschine is a dream come true man, for real!
Love it…and yes, the samples are ill
I got them both! They are great! love motion sample!
nice, thanks for leavin a comment yo!
Niiiiice!
I’m consistently impressed by the musicality of Motion’s sounds. Damn, i just realized how big Maschine’s waveform is. To Mehdo, there’s your built in Recycle.
Also you can do all sorts of MPC-ish and live triggering things in Reason, it just takes maaaad setting up. I like Reason because it appeals to a Akai S series/Roland XoX way of working, complete with virtual 1980’s midi(haha).
So unless you love old school wiring, Live or something like Maschine is probably more versatile and quicker.
Eloman101, the NNXT loads soundfonts. You could easily google some public domain rhodes sounds.
Great sounds again Saintjoe.
yeah I feel ya fam, I know reason is dope, I just don’t like the workflow lol…I’m more of a ableton live, ni maschine type of dude 🙂
and as for motion, they got the heat lol.
all i can saY is DOPE!!!!
whatup OJ!!! thanks for stoppin by man!
yo joe i just want to wish you and everybody at sounds and gear and all the supporters happy holidays and can,t wait for all the stuff yaw going to bring us in 2010……….sounds and gear your the best……….lets get it cracking you heard me
thanks bro! it’s just me over here lol…trying to keep it going fam gotta blast it off well into next year man still gonna bring you the goodies yo!
motion samples that where it is man loving every bit of it also thanks for vst .have a good hoilday your boy TWAIN.
Cool man, thanks for checkin it out yo!
Thanks for the demo, dude! Just bought them from your site …
Download is kind of slow, but anyway, thanks very much!
thanks for checkin it out fam!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I checked out the website and listen to some of the demo of their product and I will definitely be buying a couple of samples album of them.
This will go well with the NI Maschine, please roll on the end of March. I really cannot wait.
Once again thank you man for posting this.
no problem yo! glad to help man…I love mashing this stuff up in Maschine.
Can I have that track?
That track is too good.
@Bryan, thanks for watching bro, glad you like the track, but I don’t give my tracks away, sorry.
WHat’s going on bro? I know I’m a little late getting ahold of this video post, but I was wondering what hardware and software were you running when you created that track? It seemed so user friendly and easy to maneuver through!! I’m an artist that has been dabbling a little bit into production and want to learn more. Thanks fam. Love the site by the way. Instant Fan!!
@Curvine, thanks fam, it is Native Instruments Maschine