Cyclick Samples - Crate Diggers Delight Volume 1 [24Bit WAV] -Sin

This is a collection of bass, guitar, drum, percussion, synth, keyboard and
orchestral loops given a sampled vinyl feel. The vinyl crackling and pops are
real, taken off the gaps, lead-ins and run-outs of 7- and 12-inch records
(33 and 45 rpm), also included in the collection as loops.

In Kontakt, the vinyl loops were selected to accompany a particular instrumental
loop. To get the requisite sonic imprint (I wasn’t just going to use a virtual
vinyl plugin), the vinyl noise was used as a sidechain to a fast compressor
strapped across the instrumental loop so that any pops and noise transients
caused a minor dropout in the audio, just like on a real record. The instrument
channel was also given a bit of EQ/filtering and compression to impart a more
vinyl tone.

The result was sent to two processing chains: the first a GSSL buss compressor
into a Lavry AD10 converter, which was set to its ‘complex’ analogue emulation
(Digital Alias-Free Emulation), adding some characterful grit and front to the
conversion; the second process chain consisted of a Boss DE-200 delay in ‘direct’
mode and overdriven feeding a Yamaha SPX1000. The former adds some lo-
fi beans and the latter was used in its Aural Exciter mode, which in combination
with its 16-bit conversion gives a more 80s or 90s sampler tone. This was then
sent to that most 90s of compressors, the Alesis 3630, then converted through
the Orion 32.

Once the audio made its way through these chains, it was a (not inconsiderable)
case of choosing which sound suited which loop.