Monster Drums Mashup
This tune is the culmination of a playtime session with the free Monster Drums VST plugin. After exploring the free kits available (18 at the time of publishing), we settled on Agung’s Futura Kit, which inspired a funky bass line. The rest of the tune was built up around that.
Victoria’s Bouncy Dance
Here’s a holiday weekend creation using a few different arpeggiators together to build the accompaniment to a melody you can whistle along to.
O Christmas Tree
Apple released a new drummers pack for the iOS version of Garageband, so I decided to give one a try with a Christmas classic.
Pan’s Cold Steel
An interesting drum loop laced with drippy-jingly foley followed by a spastic steel drum loop makes for a unique tune.
Bold Eagle Dawn
Landed myself a copy of Spitfire Audio’s “BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover” sample pack. Such beautiful, high-fidelity samples! Looperman artist Eendee’s “Scarydrums” loop doesn’t sound frightening at all when partnered with the fanfare tones of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Bird’s Eye View
At 150bpm, it’s not a slow song by any means, but a moderate beat wrapped in an acidy-arp that creates a sweet groove for the melody to play around.
The Adventures of Skywolf
Built upon a super cool acid bass synth arp from Looperman artist Konigsberg, this upbeat techno piece drips with tones of action and sci-fi technology.
Mortal Contact
Here’s a tune that starts off with a driving synth loop from Looperman artist Twistedloop, followed closely by a pumpin’ beat by Fanto8BC. Throw in some arps, booms and crashes, and you have a 90s-flavoured song well suited to action video games.
PSSt, There’s Something in the Mix
A poppy little piece with a hint of a swing, assembled with some fixin’s from Audio Animals’ Status VST bank based on the old Yamaha PortaSound PSS-480.
The Trees Are Full Of Forests
Here’s an action-adventure themed cinematic piece featuring energetic percussion loops, regal french horns, punchy brass sections and sprinkles of cinematic SFX.
