Will Vance released Natural Cadence Volume 1 and Sounds of the Heart Volume 1, two free drum sample packs (a Spotify follow is required to unlock the download).
My drum sample folder has swollen to intense sizes, although I generally just boot up BFD3 and layer things as needed. If you’re into dance music production, this might not be the best fit for your workflow.
That said, if you don’t mind tossing a pair of Spotify follows, then you’ve got a bevy of samples to choose from. Both Natural Cadence Volume 1 and Sounds of the Heart Volume 1 are very much geared toward a little dance and trance music, with a twist of sorts on the sounds.
Both of these sample packs are pretty substantial in size, so forgive me if I haven’t combed over everything in detail.
At their core, both of these sample packs are more organic in terms of sound sources than your typical electronic samples. I could very happily use a 909 kick drum on any house or trance productions I do for the rest of my life, but layering is always fun.
Both Natural Cadence and Sounds of the Heart are commercial-grade sample packs to augment your productions.
As far as the sound quality goes, they sound good to me. I’m probably not the best judge of things, but I could use these in deep house or dub techno easily. The kicks themselves would need a little work to fit my love of psytrance, but there’s a bit too much low-end on the snares to fit along with liquid DnB.
The Spotify follow is an interesting way of getting the downloads and one that might make itself more known in the coming months. I’ve seen sample packs in the past that need a SoundCloud follow to get things downloaded. I suppose that’s operating on the same method.
With each download being over a gigabyte in size, there are plenty of things to explore with each sample pack.
Will, the creator behind these two sample packs, also recommends some of the best sample packs for various music styles. Check out his house sample pack and techno sample recommendations.
Whether they’re worth the follow on Spotify is going to be up to your own personal preferences. It took me a few moments to follow and unfollow accordingly, but that might not work if you eschew using Spotify.
Check out the deal: Natural Cadence Volume 1 & Sounds of the Heart Volume 1 (FREE – Spotify follow required)
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9 Comments
AL
onPeople do anything to rig the game on Spotify these days…”Follow” and “Save to your music” on Spotify should only happen when someone enjoys the music, not in exchange for Sample packs.
To download the sample packs you have to: “Connect with Spotify to follow Northwest Textures and Will Vance and save The Smile You Wear to Your Music on Spotify” and “Connect with Spotify to save Andalusia to Your Music on Spotify”.
4113ND3
onYeah I don’t care how good your product is, but a force follow on spotify / soundcloud etc will always make me pass. It’s exactly the same as using bots to boost your views/comments and then act like you’re hot**** with all your followers. None of these people will care about your music.
Daniel C.
onTotally agree.
GG
onHi William,
I agree with other posters here. I’m sure your intentions are good but perhaps a better approach would be:
“The sample pack is free. While you’re here, check out my tracks on Spotify and if the music resonates with you, consider following”. It helps me as an artist.
Something like that.
Just my 2 cents :)
Keep up the good work.
Aaron
onHas some nice kicks and textures in the packs. Worth the effort and the follows.
GG
onHi William,
I agree with other posters here. I’m sure your intentions are good but perhaps a better approach would be:
“The sample pack is free. While you’re here, check out my tracks on Spotify and if the music resonates with you, consider following”. It helps me as an artist.
Something like that.
Just my 2 cents :)
Keep up the good work.
ER
onTo follow somebody on Spotify… must be on free will.
In my humble and curious case, I have an Instagram account (I’m not an influencer) with 25 followers (it’s a very tiny amount of followers that I never expected to have because I’m not looking for followers).
I never write to anybody in order to ask for his or her following. I’m just commenting on posts. Just that without annoying anybody with “follow me, guys!”.
Daddidio
onSheesh, quit whining. He’s just trying get some listens on Spotify as payment for his efforts in creating a plugin, rather than asking us cheap bastards for a cash donations. It’s not like you can’t unfollow. If this is such a moral dilemma for you just buy the dang plugin if you are intrigued by watching the demo. Who knows, maybe he’d take a moment and check out your Spotify account.
AL
onThat’s a race to the bottom only benefiting the billionaire Spotify CEO. It’s the lack of moral dilemmas that turned the music industry into shambles, where the ones who actually make the music are the least paid.
The solution is to fight back by making great music and getting a real audience, not jumping how high Daniel Ek demands with follows, unfollows or other social network type nonsense that does nothing for the artists (but does a lot for engagement inflating Spotify share value and their ad market).
As for the sample packs it would be actually better to ask for donations, although the above GG recommendation seems an excellent approach.