Dive Deep Into Emotion With F9 Nautilus

We are incredibly proud to introduce F9 Nautilus -  a deeply organic and emotionally inspiring collection of patches, carefully crafted to ensure your creative flow remains unbroken while composing.

If you're tired of endlessly scrolling through lifeless, uninspired presets and yearn for sounds that instantly captivate and breathe life into your musical ideas, then F9 Nautilus is exactly what you've been waiting for. 

Logic and Ableton Walkthrough - 

The modern musician's brain operates in two distinct modes: Creative and Technical.

Unfortunately, many sound banks and plug-ins constantly pull you away from the joy of creativity, forcing you instead into technical mode — wrestling with complicated GUIs, modulation matrices, and complex plug-in chains just to achieve a sound that feels even slightly alive.

This relentless mode-switching kills inspiration and is precisely why the recording industry historically employed separate engineers and producers working side by side.

Allow us to remove a substantial part of the sound-design burden from your workflow, enabling you to remain in your right-brain creative state longer and make the most of every studio session.We've infused every patch with organic movement thanks to thousands of hours of sound design, freeing you to spend more time immersed in your art.

Demos

Most sample pack creators simply provide sounds, leaving you wondering how to best utilise them.

At F9, we believe in guiding you through every step, demonstrating how to unlock the full potential of each release. Within in mind, F9 Nautilus includes 11 demo projects  (you can hear these in the main audio demos ) available as fully featured DAW template sessions for Logic and Ableton.

For our Kontakt users, we've provided not only all MIDI files but also a complete set of audio stems from the demos showcased on this page. The Kontakt GUI and scripting are our most advanced yet, whilst keeping everything clear and easy to use. 

We tested Nautilus extensively across genres, and we soon realised that you guys would probably love to have access to these test results and it's this natural experimentation with these fantastic patches that has created these demos

We were thrilled to find out just how many different styles of music we can use Nautilus with very basic processing and we encourage you to diving as far as you can to see how we have used and layered the patches of this release to create the demos above.

Please note - The Kontakt edition of this release requires a full install of Kontakt 7.10 or above, it will wot work correctly with the free Player edition of Kontakt. 

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Logic Pro Edition (10.5 onwards) 

• 71 Nautilus Key Patches
• 35 Nautilus Pluck Patches
• 24 Nautilus Pad Patches
• 18 Nautilus Piano Patches
• 25 NautilusBass & 808 Patches
• 2 Nautilus Multi-layer Texture and grunge Patches
• 10 Drum kits
• 11 Demo Logic Pro Projects
• 414 Midi files

Ableton Live Edition  (V11.1 onwards including Live 12 - Standard or Suite) 

• 71 Nautilus Key Patches
• 35 Nautilus Pluck Patches
• 24 Nautilus Pad Patches
• 18 Nautilus Piano Patches
• 25 Nautilus Bass & 808 Patches
• 2 Nautilus Multi-layer Texture and grunge Patches
• 10 Drum kits
• 11 Demo Ableton Projects
• 414 Midi files

Kontakt Edition ( Kontakt 7.10 onwards including Kontakt 8 ) 

• 71 Nautilus Key Patches
• 35 Nautilus Pluck Patches
• 24 Nautilus Pad Patches
• 18 Nautilus Piano Patches
• 25 Nautilus Bass & 808 Patches
• 2 Nautilus Multi-layer Texture and grunge Patches
• 10 Drum kits
• Full Set of audio stems for the 11 demo projects
• 414 Midi Files

To see the license agreement for this release, please click  HERE

Notes -

• The audio demos contain drums that are available in all releases as audio stems.
• Every musical sound, you hear in the demo comes from this library not a single other musical sound source was used
• The audio demos Above have been mastered, using one instance of ozone as his industry standard
• There will be differences between the logic and Ableton demos. This is down to the (quite dramatic) differences between the different naunces, EQ, compressors and effect systems available natively in these DAWs

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Compatibility List:

• Compatible with Logic Pro X 10.5.1 Onwards (including Apple Silicon and all recent operating systems )
  
• Compatible with Ableton 11.1 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 12 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Kontakt 7.10 Onwards*

* Requires a fully paid Kontakt install, It will not work correctly on the Kontakt Player edition.

7 Advanced Classic House Templates

The most advanced DAW templates available with a built-in, multisampled sound library. 

F9 TRAX House Nation is the pack that completely changed the direction of F9. We have been hard at work creating new systems and protocols for our releases in 2025 and beyond and we decided to update this piece of F9 history to road-test everything. The results are stunning. 

Please note - the videos have chapter markers available, watch on YouTube to see the contents in the video description

The V1.5 Update :

• This pack now contains 2 additional Classic House-flavoured DAW project templates, bringing the total to 7
• We dug deep into the original SP1200 sampling sessions to bring you 72 additional hand-picked and beautifully engineered drum hits organised into kits and menus 
• We multisampled a collection of bonus classic house basses from a DX7 Mark II
• Additional ‘Supersaw’ multi-samples from a JP8080
• Additional Piano, Electric Piano and Sax Multisamples
• Vocal adlibs, Vocal parts and sax riffs for the new projects are all set up as tempo-synchronised sampler menus
• Bonus Acid lines (loops and much longer stems with real-time filter tweaks)
• A completely re-designed folder structure that is painless to use
• Every element from the projects bounced and cut into WAV and Apple Loops
• Every project has a dedicated drum kit
• Every musical part is available as a midi file (including the new midi for the acid lines and the 7 project drum kits)
• Every project now has one of our legendary startup files
• All of the sound library patches have 16 Live macros (Ableton) or Smart Controls (Logic)
• Everything is wrapped up in a Live pack and all patches have audio previews (Ableton version)
• Apple Loop previews are Available that will load the full instrument setup (Logic)
• Support for Logic iPad has been added
• All of the drum kits and drum menus have been made available as an MPC expansion (compatible with all V2.15+ MPCs & MPC Beats) 
• Among the most detailed PDF manuals available in the sample pack industry.

What are F9 TRAX?

F9 TRAX represents our most powerful and versatile releases to date. In this TRAX release, we deliver 7 fully produced, professionally arranged & mixed DAW projects for you to explore and dissect within your own studio and DAW environment.

All main musical elements are crafted using the included multi-sampled instrument library, along with our meticulously designed drum kits and menus. This allows you to immediately start creating your own original productions using the remarkable sounds and atmosphere of the pack. Unlike typical loop-based content, the pack’s core elements are driven by fully editable MIDI, giving you unparalleled creative freedom.

Our TRAX DAW templates are designed to be entirely self-contained, requiring no third-party plugins. Each template is built from a bespoke sound library that integrates seamlessly into the libraries you already know and love in Ableton Live or Logic Pro.

F9 Audio is renowned for its collection and innovative use of classic hardware synths, samplers, drum machines, and studio hardware. This pack is no exception, offering a modern take on iconic sounds and techniques.

From SP1200-resampled drums and chunky DX7 basses to hand-crafted 303 Acid sequences, lush JP8000 Supersaws, and 90s-style vocal and sax riffs, this release is packed with sonic inspiration. Alongside the expertly designed project files, you'll also gain valuable insights into advanced production techniques.

Currently, F9 TRAX is available for Ableton Live and Logic Pro, but each release is also converted into a WAV pack for users of other DAWs.

The Sounds

1 - SP1200 Resampled Drums

For many years, an original EMU SP1200 was a major feature of the F9 Studios setup. During its time in active use, we resampled a large collection of house music-inspired drum sounds through the unit, further enhancing them by passing the signals through our Neve 1081 preamps and EQ strips, as well as our API and SSL X-Rack devices.

With version 1.5, we’ve significantly expanded the number of SP1200 drum hits. We’ve meticulously curated a fresh collection of 16 new kicks, claps, snares, hats, percussion, and cymbals to complement and enrich the original library.

The signature 12-bit sampling, combined with the renowned aliasing artefacts introduced by the SP1200’s retuning process, brings unparalleled crunch, weight, and depth to drum programming. These characteristics deliver the punch and warmth often missing from unprocessed drum sounds.

2 - Multisampled Patches

The original pioneers of the house music movement set the standard for using multisampled instruments in DAW templates. With the V1.5 update, we’ve significantly expanded the range of fully playable multisampled patches available. This includes additional D7 basses, electric and grand pianos, punchy and warm house organs, and the iconic fizzing JP-8080 supersaw plucks and pads. All of these are designed to offer you fully playable, musically inspiring tools.

3 - Tempo-Synchronised Patches

We’ve long aimed to bring tempo-synchronised patches to both Logic and Ableton, and the F9 iFunk II release proved the workflow. Now, we’re excited to deliver even more functionality in this area through our upcoming template releases, enhancing their practicality and creative potential.

4 - Full WAV and Apple Loop Support

We’ve taken significant steps to make the TRAX packs more efficient and user-friendly. From compiling all the drum and FX sounds to rendering every main element in 24-bit audio, we’ve organised everything not just by project but also by sound type. No more exporting parts from projects or hunting through folders while working at speed—everything is here, ready to streamline your workflow.

5 - MIDI Files

We’ve heard your feedback loud and clear: MIDI files are a must. We’ve committed to including MIDI files in as many productions as possible. These files capture every note-by-note detail, featuring many classic chord progressions from the 90s and beyond. This collection adds even more highly usable content to an already packed offering, ensuring even more creative possibilities.

The Projects

( Logic or Ableton views )

F9 TRAX Orbit – 128 BPM, D Minor

Orbit takes you on a journey through the heady, smoke-machine-filled days of early Progressive House and the pre-Trance melodic releases of the early '90s. Glorious parallel 7th chord breakdowns and rich atmospheres are seamlessly interwoven with Phrygian scale, heads-down drops. The arrangement demonstrates the vital role musical evolution played during this era, providing invaluable inspiration for modern producers.

F9 TRAX Chicago – 123 BPM, D Minor

Dive into the soulful side of house music with Chicago, a project that showcases warm, yet punchy house organs, electric pianos, staccato saxophones, and atmospheric vocal ad-libs. The arrangement exemplifies how dynamic musical sections can build and release tension, creating irresistible grooves that ebb and flow throughout the track.

F9 TRAX Madagasca – 120 BPM, C Minor

Madagasca highlights the slower tempo of early house music, featuring bass multisampled from an original Waldorf Microwave 1. This is blended with an 8-bit resampled version of the iconic Organ Bass, a timeless melodic staple in house music. An infectious riff propels the main sections forward, while warm yet sombre '90s string pads create emotive breakdowns that capture the essence of the era.

F9 TRAX Left Bank – 121 BPM, E Minor

Left Bank pays homage to the French Touch and Parisian scene, expertly riffing on the iconic "3-on-the-root" bassline made famous by Bernard Edwards and emulated by everyone from Queen to Daft Punk. Dive into the MIDI parts to uncover the techniques behind creating this style of production, complete with intricate musical elements and complex arrangements that elevate the groove.

F9 TRAX White Label 122Bpm, Dminor

An homage to the DIY spirit of the mid-'90s UK house music explosion, F9 TRAX White Label celebrates an era when producers pressed tracks on vinyl with simple white labels and basic sleeves to keep costs low. Every week, countless hopefuls would strive to get their latest studio creations onto PVC and convince distribution vans to deliver their hot-off-the-press dance records to record shops, eagerly awaited by crate-digging DJs.

This project captures the essence of that time, featuring classic '90s beats, rolling basslines, and evocative piano and string breakdowns. From underground rhythm-centric tech grooves to melodic, passionate moments, White Label showcases the sounds, production techniques, and arrangements that defined the era.

F9 TRAX Black Widow 123Bpm, Eminor

Step forward into the classic funky house era with F9 TRAX Black Widow. This project ignites with a composite bassline that masterfully blends a multisampled jazz bass with mini-riffs and effects drawn from a versatile bass sound-menu patch.

Discover how we use ‘air’ loops to inject energy and subliminal motion into the most driving sections, and apply filtered build-ups with atmospheric breakdowns reminiscent of iconic tracks like Armand Van Helden’s remix of Tori Amos’s “Professional Widow.” This project is a masterclass in funky house production, capturing the essence of the mid-’90s through to the mid-2000s explosion of the genre.

F9 TRAX Motor City 123Bpm, AMinor

Sampling was a cornerstone of early house music. When a chord is sampled and played back using a MIDI keyboard, the resulting chord sequence gains a unique character. This happens because certain notes of the chord are transposed outside the standard diatonic notes of the musical key. This distinctive sound became synonymous with early house music.

In this project, we replicate that iconic technique using multiple variations of an openly voiced minor 7th chord, recorded through 8-bit sampling. This approach mimics the sound of legendary devices like the Ensoniq Mirage, famously embraced by Detroit’s pioneering producers.

Original House Nation Customers 

If you bought the original F9 TRAX House Nation, this update is free. We will have emailed you about your free update via Sendowl, please search for this across all mailboxes ( spam, promo, junk ) if you don't see it immediately. or email us HERE. 

To make sure you always get our emails, add info@f9-audio.com to your address books. 

If you purchased the original F9 Trax House Nation from Loopmasters in the past, please download your original invoice from Loopmasters, set up an F9 account using the link above and email the invoice to us by clicking HERE.

Product Notes

1 - During the promotional pricing, the first-order discount ( 30% ) Cannot be applied to this release.

2 - All audio demos have been passed through a single instance of Ozone 11. Only minimal processing had been applied. This is to prepare the demos for SoundCloud. For completely accurate representations of the DAW versions, please watch the videos above, although be aware there will be additional processing and encoding from our PCM screen-capture audio to YouTube playback.

3 - Logic and Ableton have different internal plugins and summing - there are inevitable sonic differences between the formats as neither can fully replicate each other's processing on templates of this complexity. 

Compatibility List:

• Compatible with Logic Pro X 10.5.1 Onwards (including Apple Silicon and all recent operating systems ) 
  
• Compatible with Ableton 11.1 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 12 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• WAV edition is compatible with all computers, and all DAWS / Hardware that can use 24-Bit 44.1Khz WAV files.
• Part of this library is compatible with MPC One, MPC-X, MPC Key 61, MPC Studio, MPC Touch / MPC Touch II, Akai Force, MPC Beats and MPC Software V2.15 onwards

Welcome to F9 iFunk Vol II

The goal was simple - to create the most versatile contemporary disco guitar collection we could. To deliver those incessant and richly melodic guitar parts in the most useful way we possibly could. 

The best disco-orientated rhythm guitar parts make your feet itch, they play on the off-beat pulses and can elevate your track's heartbeat and groove until you simply can't keep still. In this pack you will find over 800 nuggets of funk that will do just that. 

I’ll be honest; wrapping up an F9 pack always brings a bit of anxiety about meeting our users' high expectations. But here, I’m proud to say we’ve nailed it. Drawing from everything we learned from the response to F9 iFunk Volume I, we’ve crafted an exceptional sample pack with streamlined navigation, usability, flexibility and of course - Gallons Of Funk.

F9 iFunk Volume II was a joy to work with while producing the audio demos and the additional track featured in the walkthrough video. Our production decisions turned out to be spot-on. No matter where i went musically for the demos, F9 iFunk II delivered inspiration, funk and energy. 

This is F9 so we didnt stop there -

Once again, we have included all of the Stems, loops, Hits and Midi from the Audio demos you can hear in the soundcloud player above to every edition of this pack. 

I’ve had the privilege of working with Robin Boult for years, and every time he leaves a session, I’m in awe - not only of his precision and intricacy, but of the inventive fills, accents, and micro-melody ideas he brings by the bucketload.

It was a key design point from the start. In F9 iFunk II, we packed in as many loops as possible that can straddle chord changes, making them suitable for countless productions. In this pack, we broke out the filters and Robin’s effortlessly funky wah playing adds a whole new dimension, allowing us to offer an even larger selection of loops.

But that's only the beginning. With this release, we’ve achieved comprehensive tempo-locking across multiple software samplers, delivering a value-packed library that truly stands out for all DAW users.

Included in Every Edition : 

All Editions Contain a Kontakt 6.7 (Onwards) Library

Our F9 menu instruments are one of the standout features in any F9 release. Each loop in the Kontakt instrument is tempo-locked to your DAW via Kontakt’s Time Machine Pro engine, giving you incredible flexibility and precision. Loops are placed one per key of the MIDI keyboard, starting at C1, allowing you to trigger, test , experiement and arrange seamlessly. 

Thanks to Kontakt’s advanced time-stretching, these patches effortlessly track tempo changes in your project, as demonstrated in the second audio demo. Each loop is cut to start at the beginning of a bar, making it easy to find and use loops by simply moving the MIDI notes up or down in your midi regions. 

We’ve also tapped into Kontakt’s internal effects to deliver features like ping-pong delays, three impulse-response reverbs, chorus, phaser, and a fantastic EQ section inspired by a classic British desk equalizer. For added depth, the built-in feedback compressor emulates vintage hardware, letting you shape the patches with a touch of extra character and responsiveness.

* Please note, this portion will require a FULL install of Kontakt. This will not work correctly on the free Kontakt player.

All Editions Contain a Halion Sonic 7 Libary

We’re expanding our support for HALion Sonic with this release. HALion Sonic is a powerful, free VST sampler compatible with all DAWs, supporting Audio Units, VST, and AAX formats.

You can download it  **HERE**.

We’re excited to announce that, like the Kontakt portion of this pack, all patches in the HALion Sonic library are tempo-locked to your project and track tempo changes in real-time. This level of tempo-locked functionality is rare at this price point and brings our infamous menu instruments to any DAW user.

As shown in the GUI above, we’ve integrated HALion Sonic’s internal features, including an impressive phaser effect. You can hear it in action on the muted guitar in the first audio demo. We’ve also enabled the unison feature, accessible via GUI macros, to emulate double-tracking.

Tempo Locked Instruments for Logic / Ableton  

All patches in the Logic and Ableton Editions are synced to project tempo using native samplers.

In Logic, we’ve enabled Flex Time on all instruments, while in Ableton, Drum Racks are packed with simpler instruments using pre-warped tempo-locked loop content. This setup brings unparalleled flexibility across the entire library.

To our knowledge, no other guitar pack at this price point offers this level of tempo-synced functionality!

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Ableton Edition Includes :

• 847 Pre-Warped Dry Loops (Tempo Locked)
• 847 Pre-Warped Wet Loops (Tempo Locked)
• 20 Tempo-Locked Loop Menu Patches using Drum Racks
• 4 Session View Projects
• 7 Stem Sets containing all audio from the main demos above
• 472 bonus loops from the audio demo parts
• All available MIDI loops from the audio demos
• 20 Tempo-Locked Kontakt Instruments - K6.7 onwards library
• Tempo-Locked Halion Sonic 7 Library (free download available HERE )
• MPC V2 Expansion (free download available HERE )

Logic Pro Edition Includes :

• 1930 Apple Loops (Tempo Locked): All guitar loops and audio demo loops
• 847 Dry WAV Loops
• 847 Wet WAV Loops
• 20 Tempo-Locked Loop Menu Logic Patches with FX chains and Smart Controls
• Logic Session (iPad compatible) containing all 20 instruments
• 7 Stem Sets containing all audio from the main demos above
• 472 bonus WAV loops from the audio demo parts
• All available MIDI loops from the audio demos
• 20 Tempo-Locked Kontakt Instruments - K6.7 onwards library
• Tempo-Locked Halion Sonic 7 Library (free download available HERE )
• MPC V2 Expansion (free download available HERE )

Cubase Edition Includes :

• 847 Dry Pre-Cubase tagged WAV Loops (Tempo Locked) 
• 847 Wet Pre-Cubase tagged WAV Loops (Tempo Locked) 
• Halion Sonic 7 Library - Tempo-Locked (free download available HERE )
• 7 Stem Sets containing all audio from the main demos above
• 472 bonus Pre-tagged WAV loops from the audio demo parts ( tempo Locked ) 
• All available MIDI loops from the audio demos
• 20 Tempo-Locked Kontakt Instruments - K6.7 onwards library
  
• MPC V2 Expansion (free download available HERE )

WAV Edition Includes :

• 847 Dry WAV Loops (Tempo Locked) 
• 847 Wet WAV Loops (Tempo Locked) 
• Halion Sonic 7 Library - Tempo-Locked (free download available HERE )
• 7 Stem Sets containing all audio from the main demos above
• 472 bonus Pre-tagged WAV loops from the audio demo parts ( tempo Locked ) 
• All available MIDI loops from the audio demos
• 20 Tempo-Locked Kontakt Instruments - K6.7 onwards library
  
• MPC V2 Expansion (free download available HERE )

ULTIMATE EDITION Includes

• All Ableton Edition Content
• All Logic Edition Content 
• All Cubase edition content 
• Halion Sonic 7 Library - Tempo-Locked (free download available HERE )
• 20 Tempo-Locked Kontakt Instruments - K6.7 onwards library
  
• MPC V2 Expansion (free download available HERE )

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To see the license agreement for this release, please click HERE

Compatibility List:

• Compatible with Logic Pro X 10.5.1 Onwards (including Apple Silicon and all recent operating systems )
• Compatible with Ableton 9.5 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 11 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 12 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Kontakt 6.7 Onwards*
  
• Compatible with Cubase 9.5 Onwards
• Part of this library is compatible with Halion Sonic 7
• Part of this library is compatible with MPC One, MPC-X, MPC Key 61, MPC Studio, MPC Touch / MPC Touch II, Akai Force, MPC Beats and MPC Software V2.11 onwards

* Requires a fully paid Kontakt install, not the Kontakt Player edition.

F9's Percussive House Odyssey

We are incredibly proud to present F9 Drumtrax V. The latest and most comprehensive release in our infamous F9 Drumtrax range. 

Earlier releases in the F9 Drumtrax range have become weapons of mass-inspiration for many of our valued users and friends.

Our mission was simple - To give you 16 drum and FX extraordinary beat launch-pads for modern, percussion-heavy house productions with endless customisation options using our tried and tested loop, one shot and sampler sound-menu formatting. All with an organisation that is second to none. 

I know from my work that so many times you are full of ideas and vibe, with music already in your head, but that all gets drained by building beats from scratch. 

F9 Drumtrax V delivers fully produced, mixed and organised starting blocks directly to the comfort of your own DAW and studio space, perfectly levelled with no additional latency from plugins and with professional-level headroom built-in, ready for you to start your creative flow. 

Here are the 16 Stem Sets of this release :

This is F9 so we didn't stop there 

Whilst building the audio demos we got completely carried away and we thought - Why leave all of the additional music sitting on a drive. 

So we included all of it - As a result, this is a 2 sample packs in 1 and comes as 3 discrete zip files. We've checked, and there's not a single pack in this area offering more value.

This is all part of our commitment to supplying as much inspiration as we can to the production community. 

ZIP 1 - Main Stem, Loop and One Shot Pack

• 3.3 Gb of Main Stem Multitrack Audio. 
• 16 Main Drum Stem sets 
• 545 Drum and FX Loops
• 545 Apple Loops
• 319 One Shots Hits
  

ZIP 2 - Sound and Loop menu sampler instruments 

• Kontakt 5.8.1 Library
• MPC V2.14 Expansion Including the FREE MPC Beats
• Bitwig devices and loop session page ( Bitwig 4.4 onwards ) 
• Ableton Racks Live 9.5 onwards, Standard or Suite
• Logic Pro X Library based around EXS24 / Sampler / Logic Patches
• Halion Sonic (7) Library (Halion Sonic available FREE from Steinberg.net)

ZIP 3 - Bonus Stems, Loops and Midi

• 8 Bonus Stem Sets (All of the audio demos)
• 198 Bonus Musical Loops (every part from the demos)
• 198 Bonus Apple Loops
• 77 Bonus Midi files

All WAV audio is 24bit, 44.1KHz (lossless compression used for Kontakt instruments), Apple Loops are 16bit 44.1Khz as per the Apple loop standard.

New Heights in Sample Pack Production and Mixing

Regular F9 customers will know we're always trying to push the boundaries with each release, and this is our second multiformat pack. We have once again taken this pack into a serious studio to mix. 

Salvation Studios in West Brighton opened recently built around one of the finest audio consoles ever built. The last of the hand-wired Neves, a stunning 32-channel 8068 console. 

This provided the perfect environment to pre-mix such an organic collection of drum stems, bringing everything to life in a stunning way. 

Not only did use the wonderful warmth, grunt and mojo the Neve 8068 delivered, but we were processing via some stellar hardware. 

Briscati M7, Dual Pultec EQM-1S3 mastering EQs, original DBX 160 (Kick drum duties obviously), Cranesong STC-8 Compressor / Limiter, SSl Fusion and Bus + and even our beloved Neumann W492 mastering EQs (Still racked in one of the most bizarre boxes we’ve ever used as they sound amazing). 

Our favourite for the session though was an original EMT 140 plate reverb. Lively, deep enough to swim through and yet never seeming to swamp the sounds. A thing of beauty.

As always A full PDF Manual is included covering all installation instructions, and details on the pack and its contents. 

You can download this manual by clicking on the picture below:  

Compatibility List:

• The main portion of this pack (WAV Stems, loops, and hits) is compatible with all DAWs and devices that support 24-bit, 44.1Khz WAV files.
• The main downloads in this pack total 12Gb compressed, you will need at least 25Gb free to download and decompress. we have split this into 3 zips so that you may delete any data you feel you do not need 

Sample Patches Compatible With:

• Logic Pro X 10.5 Onwards (including M1/2 and all modern OSX editions)
• Ableton 9.5 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Ableton 10 - 12 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 12 (Standard or Suite)
• Bitwig 4.4 onwards 
• Kontakt 5.8.1 Onwards (Full version required) 
• MPC V2.14 software (including MPC Beats), all standalone MPC editions, and Akai Force 
• Halion Sonic ( recent update - Halion 7 series ) 

The idea was simple - 

Create a SINGLE FOLDER to organize a huge and expansive SNARE! collection across as many genres as humanly possible. Nothing could quite prepare us for the journey. It has re-defined the word 'Epic' at F9.  

If there is one sound that can strike fear into even the most seasoned and experienced producer it has to be - The SNARE! 

No other pack on the market today goes as far as F9 SNARE! to bring you a perfectly curated,  expertly produced, mixed, and engineered collection of snare drums for all modern genres. All in a single carefully constructed folder that will cover every DAW user as well as hardware enthusiasts with DAW-less setups.

The Difference - 

Raw sounds are one thing and we all have too many to count - What sets this collection apart is the production-ready processing we've applied to every single hit.

This is a bold statement to make and is overused dramatically within marketing hype & hyperbole, but having just completed all of the work on the audio demos, we can say for absolute certain that these snares will cut through effortlessly and require a fraction of the processing you may be used to. 

All of this, even before you start utilizing the layer collection, the re-sampled, snares (carefully re-processed through a whole collection of vintage samplers), and certainly before you start layering the synth drums with the single shot collection. 

Because of the tonality and wide gamut of sound snare drums within, the options available with this pack will hopefully give you a creative edge in snare drum design for years to come.

We've looked around and we've not found a single other pack dedicated to this instrument with this amount of power.

Synthesizing Snares -

Obviously, some of the most famous snare drum sounds in modern history, come from analog circuitry. The Roland Corps iconic 808,909,606 and CR78 are production staples, but this is F9 and we wanted to go further than ever before.

Most synthesized snare drums contain elements of filtered noise, alongside tonal parts hewn from free-running oscillators.

This means that every hit is slightly unique. The only way to capture this level of movement in a sound is to sample multiple hits and cycle through them in a technique known as round-robin.

This led us to one of the most involved and complex part of producing this pack, and we went right down the rabbit hole sampling more than 400 synthesized snare drums, with up to 8 separate round-robin hits EACH! 

This not only includes renowned classics, such as the Simmons SDS series and the Synare but a plethora of Eurorack, Physically modelled, and digitally sourced synth snares.

These synth-based sounds can often be renowned for being much softer than digital hits that you we are all used to.  Here, we have used an immense amount of analog hardware and digital post-processing to make sure that every single one of these analog sounds hit right and you are knowledgeable, it has never been done to this degree for any other collection

This Pack Contains

• 1047 Sampled Snares (in 33 Categories)
• 462 Synth-Based Snares (Sampled Round Robin)
• 488 Layer Audio Files
• 357 Vintage Sampler Resampled Snares 

70+ Patches For:

• Logic Pro X 10.5.1 Onwards (including M1/2 and all modern OSX editions)
• EXS24 support for Logic Pro 10.2.4+
• Ableton 9.5 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Ableton 11 Onwards (Standard or Suite) /  Ableton 12 (Standard or Suite)
• Bitwig 4.4 onwards 
• Kontakt 5.8.1 Onwards (Full version required) 
• MPC V2.12 software (including MPC beats - Free HERE ), all standalone MPC editions, and Akai Force 
• Halion Sonic SE 3 Onwards ( Free HERE ) 

Anatomy of the SNARE!

This utterly vital element, normally holding down the backbeat of a modern production has generated more memes in production culture than any other part of the recording process.

Anything that straddles the top, mid-range, and bass areas of your production spectrum has to fit like a glove, but modern genres, production, and mixing, also demand punch.

Hardware used for this pack:

TR 808, TR 909, TR 606, BOSS DR110. BOSS DR110, Boss DR 55, Analog Ryhm, MC505, DM5, Mirage, Electribe R, Electribe SX, Drumbrute, RD6, RD8, RD9, TR505, TR626, TR8, TR8S, DRM1 MKIII, R100, SDS V, SDS 8, Soviet Drum Synth, Synare, DX, S1100, AS10, SU700, Great British Spring, Lexicon 300, DP2, MR-10,LD2 With exclusive EPROMs, Pioneer Toraiz, TR8S, Drumlogue, MPC X, MPC 3000, MPC 2000XL, RD8, RD9, RD5, Jomox X Base 9, Jomox Mbrane, Elysia Nvelope, API 512, SSL Fusion, SSL BUS+, GML 8900, 8200, Neve 33135, HCL Solution,S612, TLA M3, Tip Top Audio Eurorack, Erica synths Eurorack, A-Designs REDDI, Lil Devil EQ, API527. API 550A, Apogee Symphony, DBX160X

F9 SNARE Contents 

Below is a list of the main content folders of this extraordinary pack. All are easily available as folders containing 24bit 44.1Khz audio files, with a dedicated 16bit section perfect for hardware samplers inside the "extras" folder.

All of the content below is available in the 70+ multi-format sampler instruments.

1 - F9 SNARE! Digital Snare folders (Minimum 24 Snares in each)

• F9 SN 808 Digi Snares
• F9 SN 909 Digi Snares
• F9 SN Boom Bap Snares
• F9 SN Classic Machine Snares
• F9 SN D&B Liquid Snares
• F9 SN D&B Snares
• F9 SN Eprom Snares (from LD2)
• F9 SN Eprom Snares 2 (From Sequential TOMM)
• F9 SN Fat Pop Snares
• F9 SN House Cut Snares
• F9 SN House Ghost Snares
• F9 SN Jungle Snares
• F9 SN Knock Rims
• F9 SN Late 70s Snares
• F9 SN LD2 Snares
• F9 SN Lofi Snares
• F9 SN Machine Rims
• F9 SN Mainstage Snares
• F9 SN Mega Non Lin Snares
• F9 SN Pitched Snares
• F9 SN Retro Produced Snares
• F9 SN Rimshots (Wet and Dry)
• F9 SN Rock Snare
• F9 SN Sharp R&B Snares
• F9 SN Soul Snares (Wet and Dry)
• F9 SN Synthwave Snares (Wet and Dry)
• F9 SN Tight Disco Snares
• F9 SN Tight House Snares
• F9 SN Tight Pop Snares 2
• F9 SN Trap Snares
• F9 SN Trip Hop Snares
• F9 SN UKG Snares
• F9 SN Verb Snares

2 - F9 SNARE! Analog Snare Folders (All Sampled 8X Round Robin except Synare - 4X).

• F9 SNARE! 606 & 78 Snares - 26 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! 808 Style Snares - 44 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! 909 Style Snares - 40 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Analog Snares 1 - 38 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Analog Snares 2 - 57 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Analog Snares 3 - 51 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Digi Snares - 38 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Eurorack Snares - 37 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Modelled Snares - 35 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Simmons & More - 32 Snares 8 X RR
• F9 SNARE! Synare Snares - 25 Snares 4 X RR

3 - F9 SNARE! Layers (Min 24 files in each folder)

• F9 SN Layer 808 Non Lin
• F9 SN Layer 909 Spring
• F9 SN Layer Eprom Non Lin
• F9 SN Layer Foley
• F9 SN Layer Low Bit
• F9 SN Layer Noise
• F9 SN Layer Pitch Dives
• F9 SN Layer Plate Reverb
• F9 SN Layer Preshift Hits
• F9 SN Layer Room Verb
• F9 SN Layer Spring Reverb 1
• F9 SN Layer Spring Reverb 2
• F9 SN Layer Transients
• F9 SN Layer Verb Perc
• F9 SN Layer Vinyl

4 - F9 SNARE! Resampled Snares

• F9 SN 808 Snares (MPC3K)
• F9 SN 909 Snares (MPC3K)
• F9 SN Boom Bap Snares (MPC3K)
• F9 SN D&B Snares (S1100)
• F9 SN House Cut Snares (S950)
• F9 SN House Ghost Snares (S612)
• F9 SN Jungle Snares (S1100)
• F9 SN Retro Produced Snares (SU700)
• F9 SN Sharp R&B Snares (ASR10)
• F9 SN Synthwave Drums (SU700)
• F9 SN Trap Snares (ASR10)
• F9 SN Trip Hop Snares (MPC2K)
• F9 SN UKG Snares MPC3K

5 - F9 SNARE! Live Snares

• Live Snares 1 - 8 Snares Sampled 10 X RR
• Live Snares 2 - 4 Snares Right and Left hand hits Resampled with Multiple velocity layers.

Audio Demos:

Important Note - This pack contains snares, layers, and sampler instruments. The music in the audio demos is for demonstration only and is not included in the pack.  

Compatibility List:

• The main portion of this pack (WAV hits) is compatible with all DAWs and devices that support 24-bit, 44.1Khz WAV files.
• We have duplicated the entire main WAV Folder structure in 16bit with truncated filenames for users of vintage samplers / modern sample-based DAWless setups. 
• This pack is just under 9 GB when unpacked. The zip file is 7.5 GB, please allow at least 20GB on your drive for download and decompression.  

Our Most Succesful Product So Far

100 Modern, Solid Kicks + Expertise

This is a sample pack I've wanted personally for my entire career. A hand-curated collection of modern kick drums that provide instant punch and perfectly controlled subsonic audio that won't swamp your production.  

Like all F9 releases -  we went above and beyond in the search for the ultimate pack of club-ready bass drums.  

Resampling through one of the world's most revered sampling drum machines, Separating the transient and body portions of every kick for endless mix-and-match, adding a whole collection of kick layers and wrapping the whole lot up in our renowned sampler formats. 

I'm immensely proud to present F9 KICK! Vol1 - 100 kicks, all created to give you access to the finest foundation for your next production's bass end.   

Included in this single-format pack:

• 100 X 24 Bit Kicks 75 Club Kicks, 25 House Kicks
• 100 X 16 Bit Kicks ( Names compatible with vintage MPC and other samplers) 
• 100 X MPC3K Kicks All re-sampled with our vintage MPC 3000 
• Split Kicks - All core kicks have been separated into 'Transient' and 'Body' portions allowing for mix-and matching of sound 
• Layers  - A collection of overlays for your kicks, Multiple forms of ambience and reverbs, digital elements and grunge for additional customisation. 
• Kontakt 5.8.1 Library **
• MPC V2.11 Expansion (Including the FREE MPC Beats)
• Ableton Rack (live 9.5, 10,11 & 12 Standard or Suite ) 
• Logic Pro X Library (based around EXS24 / Logic patches) 
• Halion Sonic SE Library (Halion SE available FREE from Steinberg.com ) 

** Please note the Kontakt portion will require a full install of Kontakt and will not work correctly with the free/ bundled versions of Kontakt. Please check your current Kontakt edition using Native Access, 

100 Core Kicks. 

75 Club Kicks start the collection off, every one of them created inside a working musical production -  not in isolation like so many sample packs. perfectly balanced transient and ambience layers were added during production. 

25 House Kicks then top off this collection - Many sourced from 909 and other analogue sources or recorded from several of our classic samplers.

We have covered a ton of sonic options here across this pack whilst making sure every kick is useable, punchy and adaptable. 

The kicks (and all main WAV files) are available normalized and also levelled -6DB from digital full scale, 

MPC 3000 Kicks. 

All 100 Kicks have been re-sampled into F9 MPC 3000 and kicked back out through its legendary & punchy audio outputs.

Pre-Amped via an API 527 we then added just a hint of presence and heft from a stereo pair of Chandler Lil Devil inductor EQs before adding a tickle of compression with a stereo pair of DBX 160Xs. The conversion from analogue to digital was handled by our Apogee Symphony system.

This folder of kicks will give you a slightly tighter bass end as the natural filtering of the analogue recording stages push the kicks forward whilst the MPC's 16bit converters add the slightest air of crunch. 

Split Kicks.

All 100 Kicks have been carefully processed to split the noise ( Transient )  and tonal ( Body ) elements into separate files. As the spectral process was identical for each kick it allows for some almost impossibly-instant mix-and-match experiments. 

You can also layer multiple transients against a solid body portion to really hammer home the aurally-vital initial 50ms of your composite kick. 

The potential here for unique kick tones using these samples is huge - not every combination will work ( that would be misleading to suggest ) but in our investigations, it has never ceased to be fun to experiment with the split samples in this pack. 

Kick Layers

Everyone wants to have their own unique take on modern music. That's why we added 190 layer samples to this collection - We encourage a lot of experimentation in this corner of the library - A dusting of ambience, some grunge and a tight digital top ( carefully balanced - you'll only need a whisper ) will transform these kicks character and perceived sound-field placement. 

Sampler Formats

We've included enough sampler formats to cover every DAW. Direct support for Ableton, Logic and Cubase ( Via Halion Sonic SE )  is included. as well as MPC V2.11 and Kontakt 58.1. Onwards ( Full version required ) 

 

Please Don't Key Your Kick Drums

For years I've been getting increasingly worried about the terrible information out there surrounding the precise keying of kick drums to the music root of your production. 

Such advice is fundamentally flawed as in the lowest frequency ranges we simply do not experience harmony in the same way we do in the higher octaves for a number of reasons. 

Phase is king and the most important concept to understand and control in the subsonic end of contemporary audio. Tuning your kick and bass fundamentals together throws up huge phase-related issues in these vital and often misunderstood areas. As  energy increases the lower you go in terms of frequency, the problems start to become exponentially more important in your quest for a solid bass end. 

Every single process we've ever seen to sidestep this involves enormous amounts of work and sets you up for danger later in the production/mixing pipeline.

After discussions with many producers who still cling to this, I can say for certainty that very few active producers fully understand the complexities of phase in DAW workflows ( E.G. - did you know that 90% of EQs create a fairly dramatic phase shift the moment you apply a high-pass filter or raise the gain of any band on a bass or kick drum ? ) 

Please do not 'Key' your kick drums. Use your ears to pick great kicks first, then shorten them as much as possible for your production / chosen genre ( this is often the secret of landing your kick correctly ) then use visual diagnostics to check how it's working across your track. Always trust your ears over the visuals - You don't hear music with your eyes or appreciate it via theory. 

I understand there are a few extreme genres of dance music where the kicks are so heavily processed and distorted that the upper harmonics create a note in themselves, but the remaining 99% of electronic producers need only concern themselves with fine and coarse tuning, not keying. 

At no point throughout the production of the audio demos above did we ever consider the key of the kicks.

Please don't believe everything you read in forums. 

James Wiltshire - F9 Audio / Freemasons ( Artists )  

 

Please note: the audio demo contains drums, music and effects from other F9 releases that are NOT included in this release. This is a pack of playable 808 bass instruments and layers. 

* This release will not work with the free versions of Kontakt - it requires a full install, please check your install type using Native Access before purchase. 

Compatibility List:

• Compatible with Logic Pro X 10.2.4. Onwards (including M1 and OSX Monterey / Ventura)
• Compatible with Ableton 9.5 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 10 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 11 Onwards (Standard or Suite)
• Compatible with Ableton 12
• Compatible with Bitwig Studio V4.4 Onwards
• Compatible with Kontakt 5.8.1 Onwards

* Requires a fully paid Kontakt install, not the Kontakt Player editions.

• Compatible with MPC Live I and II *
• Compatible with MPC ONE *
• Compatible with MPC X *
• Compatible with MPC Key 61 *
• Compatible with MPC Studio *
• Compatible with AKAI Force **
• Compatible with MPC Standalone *
• Compatible with MPC Software V2.11

* Requires firmware V2.11 onwards

** Requires Akai Force OS V3.2 onward