Handmade Rhythms
January's sample pack made using a selection of my "sound objects" is now available on the WHIRRINGS Patreon
Today I’m releasing Handmade Rhythms — a collection of 12 recordings (34 minutes) of organic hand-played rhythms for use in your own music.
I’ve talked about my sound objects collection a number of times, and over the last few years I’ve used them to make many recordings. This collection focuses specifically on rhythmic material.
I played the objects — foil trays, glass jars, tins — using chopsticks, pencils, elastic bands, straws, brushes, and my hands. I used a click track to stay in time and then edited and quantised the recordings in Ableton Live.
They are hand-played so there is a lot of timbral variation throughout the samples. The recordings range from 1:53 to 4:04 in length and they loop well.
What you get:
12 high-quality .wav files (44.1kHz, 24-bit)
34 minutes of organic, hand-played rhythms
Recordings range from 1:53 to 4:04 each
Dry recordings (no effects) ready for your processing
Perfect for rhythmic layering, mangling, or as complete loops
Use the entire recordings or pick out smaller loops. Cut them up, change the speeds, add delays and reverbs — there’s a lot of scope here.
Audio sample:
Handmade Rhythms is available to buy in my Patreon shop and is free to paid members (tier 2+) of the WHIRRINGS Patreon this month.



I love this. I should gather some objects. I’m drawn to this idea rather strongly!
And yesterday our binmen took away a binload of this stuff. This was really interesting... I need to get myself a box. 😊