Back in the ’60s, ’70s, and even ’80s, drumming session greats used to record drums at a much lower level than they do these days. They played the drums with a lighter touch yet grooved so hard and achieved great sounds. In the spirit of the bygone era, we produced this collection of chill drum loops.
When you want the grooves of your songs to cook at a lower intensity, these midi drum loops are a perfect choice. All of the midi drum grooves in this collection are half the velocity of regular drum loops and are “in the pocket.” Finesse and tasteful grooves abound! Use them in your originals or covers in various styles: Pop, Light Rock, Acoustic, Ballads, Blues, Country, Smooth Jazz, and more.
We created them with Handy Drums Retro Custom sampled drumset in mind. As you can hear from the demo, they fit like a hand in a glove.
Included in the Chill Drum Beats midi loops collection are:
- Light-sounding beats played at medium velocity
- A total of 414 grooves
- 54 drum loops in 6/8 time signature in straight 8, 16ths, and swung 16ths feel
- 126 drum loops in 4/4 with straight 8 feel
- 120 drum loops in 4/4 with straight 16ths feel
- 57 Shuffle drum loops (swung 8ths)
- 63 drum loops in 4/4 with swung 16ths feel
- Syncopated snare beats, syncopated kick beats, and sync hats accents
- Tasteful, subtle ghost notes on the snare drum
- Variable hi-hats allow you to adjust the openness just by utilizing CC4
- Accompanying drum fills for all grooves
* These loops are not compatible with BeatBuddy.
For BeatBuddy users:
This beat pack is compatible with BeatBuddy and includes dedicated Windows and MacOS installers that will install BeatBuddy songs (.bbs format) directly on your SD card, adding them to your existing project in seconds.
This product is included in the GoranGrooves Complete MIDI Bundle, a MIDI drum loop collection.
This product is included in the GoranGrooves Complete Collection 2024 for BeatBuddy.