LUSCIOUS 6/8 Hotrod grooves. Solo acoustic? Folk? Rock Ballad? Or something completely different…

11 minutes, 39 seconds of laid back beats, loose, jangly drum loops. Played with hotrods. The 6/8 hotrod drum loops in this pack are played at 75, 85, 95, and 105 BPM tempos. They are all in 6/8 time signature. This covers a fair range of suitable different styles and genres.

Like everything we produce at The Beat Shed, we hope you find this Loop Pack inspiring, and that you find beats you can use in your songs and recordings.

WTF are Hotrods?

Hotrods are like a cross between sticks and brushes. Bunches of wooden kebab skewers basically. They make a unique sound as the small sticks brush the drum heads, and make a splashy sound on cymbals.

A hotrod on a ride cymbal is a really lovely thing – percussive with a quick attack and yet ringing at the same time.

Dave Grohl is partly responsible for the popularity of hotrods. He used them on the classic MTV Nirvana Unplugged recordings. They helped him feel that he was playing with drumsticks, whilst keeping his playing volume down during the acoustic session.

The Formats

As well as the WAV stereo mixes and 24bit multi-tracks, we also produced the 6/8 drum loops in the REX, Apple Loops, and Stylus RMX formats.

These files are variable tempo versions of the stereo mixes. They have been carefully sliced and tested to stretch to the tempo of your project. These 3 formats cover just about any software or workstation you may be using.

For more technical information, and to check which format to use with your system, visit the formats page.

The Bundles

As well as each individual format, there are 2 discounted bundles available:

ALL Stereo Formats – This includes the 16bit WAVs PLUS all of the variable tempo formats (REX, Apple Loops, Stylus RMX) for only £4 more than a single format.

ALL Formats – All stereo formats as above PLUS the 24bit multi-tracks PLUS the top-level Hotrod Kit sample pack (worth £8). Every format and recording from this session for only £8 more than the ALL stereo formats package.

Hotrod Kit is a samples pack containing hits recorded in the same session as Hotrod Grooves 6/8 drum loops pack. It is also available separately…

To find out more…

… about how the recording and production of the HotRod Grooves in 6/8 loops pack, head over to the BeatBlog article about the recording.

Specifications

Files included in the Hotrod Grooves 6/8 drum loops packs

WAV package contains: 83 WAV files (16bit, 44.1 khz)

REX2 package contains: 83 REX2 files

Apple Loops package contains: 83 Sliced AIF-C files

RMX Loops package contains: 83 Directories containing XML and “audio” files

Multi-tracks Package contains: 1,079 WAV files (24bit, 44.1kz)

MP3 References: All packages include a set of “reference” MP3s to allow quick auditioning and location of audio files by name.

Audition ALL of the 6/8 drum loops included in this package…

Happy Shedding!