I have noticed that there are different ‘levels’ of vendors/retailers where you can buy your samples/sound packs from the internet…
The way I see it…you have…
A. Major / Prime Time Retailers
PrimeLoops, Loopmasters, PlatinumLoops, Vengeance, BeatPort…etc
B. Minor / Middle Man Retailers
Splice, SamplePhonics, GoldBaby…etc.
Sample packs from your own DAW’s website/blog.
Sample packs from music magazines/blogs/websites.
C. Third party / Low Time Retailers
Small time studios with a crappy looking website with a couple tabs for buying sample packs.
Guy making sample packs out of his bedroom/garage.
Samples you get from other producers…like Reddit, music forums, google searches.
Other producer’s websites.
For analogy’s sake…..let’s say a coffee metaphor…
A. The major/Big Gun retailers…..is like a coffee from Starbucks / Tim Hortons (i.e. Deadmau5 coffee run).
B. The middle man retailers…..is like a coffee from McDonalds / Burger King / Jack In the Box.
C. The third man/lowbie….is like a coffee from a gas station / 7-11 or the “Folgers” / “Maxwell House” that you buy from the grocery store.
So…For a newbie just starting and trying to figure out which sample or sound pack vendor to buy samples from…
How do you determine which vendor has…
A. The highest quality (sounding) samples
B. Gives you the best variety of samples
C. Samples packs that could be labeled as a “diamond in the rough”.
Help...???
The way I see it…you have…
A. Major / Prime Time Retailers
PrimeLoops, Loopmasters, PlatinumLoops, Vengeance, BeatPort…etc
B. Minor / Middle Man Retailers
Splice, SamplePhonics, GoldBaby…etc.
Sample packs from your own DAW’s website/blog.
Sample packs from music magazines/blogs/websites.
C. Third party / Low Time Retailers
Small time studios with a crappy looking website with a couple tabs for buying sample packs.
Guy making sample packs out of his bedroom/garage.
Samples you get from other producers…like Reddit, music forums, google searches.
Other producer’s websites.
For analogy’s sake…..let’s say a coffee metaphor…
A. The major/Big Gun retailers…..is like a coffee from Starbucks / Tim Hortons (i.e. Deadmau5 coffee run).
B. The middle man retailers…..is like a coffee from McDonalds / Burger King / Jack In the Box.
C. The third man/lowbie….is like a coffee from a gas station / 7-11 or the “Folgers” / “Maxwell House” that you buy from the grocery store.
So…For a newbie just starting and trying to figure out which sample or sound pack vendor to buy samples from…
How do you determine which vendor has…
A. The highest quality (sounding) samples
B. Gives you the best variety of samples
C. Samples packs that could be labeled as a “diamond in the rough”.
Help...???