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.

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Handmade Rhythms is available to buy in my Patreon shop and is free to paid members (tier 2+) of the WHIRRINGS Patreon this month.

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