Sample From Mars – Vinyl Drums from Mars

Vinyl Drums From Mars is a collection of acoustic drums and percussion, created from scratch, cut onto vinyl and sampled. Our most epic project to date, this pack is a love letter to the art of sampling, and pays homage to the classic and irresistible sound of drums sampled from vinyl. You’ll get everything from clean, dead and dry, classic vinyl drums to dusty and degraded, dirty and processed, and completely unexpected sounds…

Drums sampled off of vinyl changed the landscape of music forever after – laying the groundwork for hip hop, house and countless other sample-based music styles. It’s true that the sound of vinyl can bring many benefits – it can harden a funk snare into a hip hop hit, add dust, flavor, and lovely noise which allows drums to cut through a mix. Like tape, it’s a medium that can just make things sound “better”.

But unfortunately, sampling vinyl comes with many drawbacks. Often in a piece of music, you’re limited to just one or two isolated drum hits (good luck finding cymbals) that probably don’t fully decay before another element comes in. That open snare you found probably had other tracks playing on top of it which increased the noise floor (admittedly cool sometimes).

• MPC 1000 and MPC 2500 include: (20) pre-made kits on 6 programs
  
• MPC Live and MPC X include: (20) pre-made kits on 6 programs
  
• MPC Expansion pack included