Free Drum Loops for you to play with

Question

Hey all:
In the holiday spirit of giving back to the community, etc., etc., I thought maybe you all would enjoy some badass drum loops to play around with in Soundtrack Pro (my all-time favorite Apple program).
So here goes:
This is a zip file containing an array of drum loops with which to play around.
http://www.21ca.com/drums/FrankColeman-DrumLoops01-162bpm.zip (about 11MB)
They're at 162 bpm, but they'll survive having the tempo manipulated.
Here's volume 2:
http://www.21ca.com/drums/FrankColeman-DrumLoops02-136bpm.zip (about 20MB)
These were done at 136 BPM. A somewhat darker styling than the last batch, but you can manipulate them any which way, of course.
No effects added to any of these, so feel free to dirty them up any way you like.
This is my vintage chrome Slingerland kit, from a session last year. I did 11 tracks in 90 minutes, by myself, to a click, so there's lots more where this came from.
Well-recorded (at The Cutting Room Studios NYC) and tightly edited (by me), so they'll drop right into Soundtrack or any other loop-savvy program.
If you end up using them for something meaningful, all I ask is proper attribution and send me a copy. I'd be fascinated to hear what you come up with. More to follow.
Enjoy!
best,
FBC
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Answer 1

- From the Window menu, select Layouts/Standard (or use function key F1), just to be sure you can see all the relevant panels.
- First, set up the project properly:
- In the top left hand panel, click on the Project tab. Scroll down within the Project pane and make the following selections:
Ruler Units: Beats
Tempo: whatever you like
Key: - (blank/none)
From the View Menu, select Snap (should be checked).
- In the bottom right panel (Browser), navigate to the folder where the loops are saved.
- In the lower center pane, click on the "Bin" tab.
- Drag 'n' Drop the files from the Browser to the Bin. Now you can drag them from the bin to a Track and start playing around. Alternately, you can drag them from the Browser to a track and they will show up automatically in the Bin.
HTH,
FBC