All the Crunchy, Crispy Drums You Need for Indie Rock and Britpop

There’s a reason why the drums of the 60s and 70s still sound so good. The before-digital warmth of outboard gear and classic preamps gave the drums body and presence, something hard to find in many modern recordings (though they keep trying with plugin after plugin).

Recorded at one of New York City’s most in-demand studios for that classic vintage vibe, Drum Werks Volume IV offers both straight and swung feels, enough crunchy beats and fills in a variety of tempos and feels to keep any songwriter busy for months. The 1970s Gretsch maple drum kit used for recording has a warm and organic sound, perfect for any project needing an edgy and crispy analog drum mix. You might even say the drums come across as “vibey.”

Drum Werks IV is not about rigid, quantized patterns. It’s all about the natural push and pull of a real player with a loose pocket, exactly the kind of imperfection that gives Indie Rock and Britpop tracks their raw, live-band energy. Drum Werks IV’s crunch and punch will hold its own in many musical contexts.

With 945 loops (557MB) spanning straight and shuffled feels from 63 to 175 BPM, plus a complete multi-velocity drum and cymbal sample set (34MB), Drum Werks IV gives you the raw material to build the kind of driving, crunchy drum tracks that fueled the Indie Rock and Britpop era. The kind of warm, punchy energy you’d hear from Oasis, The Strokes, Stone Roses, or Blur.

Drum Werks IV | Indie Rock Drums Audio Demos | User-Submitted Music

If you believe in the old adage that the “proof is in the pudding,” then what better praise could there be than the music produced by our customers? What most songwriters liked best about Drum Werks IV is the cohesive nature of the loops on the disc. You can literally take any groove or fill loop on the disc and put them together. Musicians also love this very live sounding set of drums – very pure acoustic tones. It’s a”go-to” drum loop library for thousands of musicians and remains one of our most versatile sample packs, just judging by the diversity of the music created with it. Visit the Reviews and Testimonials pages for more feedback on this sample pack. Please Note: Drum Werks IV contains loops and samples only. All demo tracks containing music are for illustration purposes only.

Drum Werks IV | Indie Rock Drums Features

• Full Range of Drums for Indie Rock, Alt Rock, Britpop Songwriting Styles: All the live drum loops are for rock songwriters looking for gritty acoustic drum tracks with some attitude. There’s no better way to create realistic drum tracks than having the right sound from the start!
• Comprehensive Groove Folders: Grooves sets are arranged logically and with healthy coverage of rock styles with tempos ranging from 63 BPM all the way up to 175 BPM.
• The Finishing Touches/One Shots: We also included cymbal swells, ending ritards, and more. All the “little” things most loop packs do not include but are incredibly vital to realistic drum tracks.
• Cohesive Drum Sound, Drum Mix: All loops are taken from a single recording session (all grooves, fills, etc. are sonically-matched). All grooves, groove variations, fills, and one-shots will mix with anything else on Drum Werks IV.
• Complete Matching Set of Sampled Drum and Cymbal Samples: The included single hit sample kit section includes multi-velocity samples of all the drums and cymbals recorded. Use the sample kit to build grooves from scratch or use them to augment any of the existing loops, giving you unlimited flexibility.
• Part of The Brooklyn Sessions

Drum Werks IV Sample Library Stats

• 945 (557 MB) original, license-free 16/44 drum loops and samples. Available as 16-bit ACIDized WAV, APPLE LOOPS (AIFF), and REX2 loops.
• 59 (34 MB) multi-velocity drum and cymbal samples.
• ALL available WAV, APPLE, and REX2 formats included in download.