Free Stuff Friday: Loops & Effects from Three Pros, Detroit Techno, and Modular MIDI

There’s a lot of groove on tap for this Free Stuff Friday. Explore some analog loops and custom drum kits, get the classic 909 grooves of Detroit Techno, and make something complex and real-time with a set of modular MIDI Max for Live devices. Read on to get the goods.

How the Pros Do It

AskAudio have enlisted the help of some premier musicians for a new course series, “Electronic Artists Revealed”. From Deepchild, Miro Pajic, and Marc Smith, each course covers a specific topic - such as live performance, or sound design - and how the instructing artist accomplishes it.

In celebration of the launch of the courses, AskAudio have some free sounds and effects available for download from each of the artists - including analog synth loops from Deep Child, drum kits and effects from Miro Pajic, and a monster set from Marc Smith.
Download the packs from AskAudio

If you’re digging the Deepchild loops, don’t miss Sample Magic Analogue Techno, a premium Pack featuring his sounds and sequences.

Motor City Groove

You can’t have a conversation about techno without bringing up Detroit, the genre’s origin city and spiritual home. Let’s throwback to the pummeling 909 and futuristic synths on Mad Mike’s classic, “Death Star”:

The crew at beatmatch.info have a couple free downloads available that capture the influential spirit of Detroit techno. The 909 Grooves and Detroit Techno packs offer a selection of audio and MIDI loops to get you on your way to a Detroit-style track. Plus, the 909 Grooves download is a Live Set that’s readily usable for mixing and matching different drum parts - great for Push, or similar pad/button interfaces.
Download 909 Grooves
Download Detroit Techno

Modular MIDI

This year’s MIDI Hack in Stockholm brought together a large group of talented and inspired software and hardware hackers. Following up on a project that started during MIDI Hack, Knut Andreas Ruud has released Midular, a set of modular Max for Live devices for MIDI control and sequencing. Simple yet innovative, these devices - including a quantizer for live input  and a modular-rig-style rotating sequencer - can further be combined with each other (and with Live’s native MIDI effects) for some wild new creations.
Download Midular

Aside from his process as a Max hacker, Knut also makes music as Upland - preview one of his recent tracks below:

That’s a wrap for this week - have fun grooving into the weekend! As always, don’t hesitate to reach out to let us know of any free stuff on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ - and don’t forget to use #FreeStuffFriday.