Tape Dru.ms Sample Pack
Noisy, saturated, and drenched in analog imperfections - Tape Dru.ms features 300 rich, distinctive one-shot WAV samples. Every sound was recorded to—and resampled from—cassette tapes using multiple tape machines, effects pedals, tape speeds, and tactile hands-on techniques. Expect kicks, snares, cymbals, toms, and synth tones with all the warble, hiss, crunch, and compression you crave from cassette tape.
Among my percussion sample packs, Tape Dru.ms is the biggest and most aggressively textured yet. This isn't your typical 'tape sounds' pack, these samples were pushed far beyond the usual signal chain—often passing through tapes, pedals, and back again to find the most unique and interesting versions of these sounds.
Crafted with love and tape-sound obsession, Tape Dru.ms includes:
- 63 kick drum one-shots
- 68 snare one-shots
- 34 cymbal/hi-hat/shaker one-shots
- 30 tom one-shots
- 64 synth tone one-shots
- 18 bass one-shots
- 23 noise + sound design one-shots
- 300 total samples
Each sound was passed through carefully curated signal paths featuring modern and vintage gear, pedal chains, pitch modulation, filtering, and textural layering.
Audio examples above or at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5zdHvGxXWI
Recorded at 48kHz/24bit via UAD Unison preamps and mastered for clarity, depth, and character. Pitches are labeled in filenames for quick use.
Tape Dru.ms was made using many devices including Yamaha 414 mkII, Yamaha 424 mkI, Marantz PMD 220, Marantz PMD 430, various portable tape machines, Moog Matriarch, Yamaha SK-1, SSL BigSix Mixer, Elektron Heat + FX, Elektron Syntakt, Death by Audio Echo Dream II, Death by Audio Rooms Reverb, Chase Bliss Mood, Chase Bliss Mood II, Chase Bliss Lossy, Retroactive Pedals Dot Chaser II, Walrus Audio Melee, Walrus Audio Fathom, Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude, and more.
Created, recorded, and mixed by BlankFor.ms
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Your purchase includes a Creative Commons Attribution license (commercial + non-commercial use). Just include “features a sample by BlankFor.ms” in your track or project credits.