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House Nation
For SM48 we’ve returned to the roots of
house music. Taking inspiration from the
pioneering 80s and the golden-era 90s,
we’ve dusted off our vinyl collection for
inspiration: Dance Mania, Strictly Rhythm,
Madhouse, King Street and more. The
goal? To create a collection that defines
the true spirit of house music; a cultured
blend of classic influences and modern
production techniques.
House Nation seamlessly fuses elements
of early Chicago house, classic disco,
contemporary tech and bass-heavy
house. It nods to the past but exists firmly
in the present, reflecting the sound of the
underground, from Sankey’s in Manchester
to DC10 in Ibiza via Trouw in Amsterdam.
All of the folders reflect this retro-future
aesthetic. In the beats you’ve got classics
like the Roland TR-808 and 909 rubbing
shoulders with modern machines and
esoteric sounds to ensure an authentic
jackin’ vibe with a subtle tech sensibility.
It’s a theme repeated in the tops and
percussion folder: dusty loops fuse with
authentic tribal rhythms and stripped-back
tech layers.
House Nation
In the melodic folders the entire house
spectrum is covered. The basslines range
from big-room sub-smackers to funk licks
and acid-injected gyrations. The synths
and keys run the full gamut of retro-leaning
house: raw cut-up Rhodes, deep filtered
synths and old school organs oozing
with analogue charm. As always, we’ve
included a prime selection of our famous
music loops: full melodic song-starters
ranging from soulful disco-dubs to deep-ndirty jams, served with associated MIDI for
added production control.
Finally, there’s a healthy dose of killer
cut-up vox, expertly-sculpted FX tools and
stacks of MPC-processed kicks, snares,
claps, hats and percussion hits and drum
kits to give you even more bang for your
house buck.
This is real house music!
The Producers
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Kit list
Dynaudio BM6A MKII
Akai MPC60
Akai MPC1000
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-909
Yamaha RX21
E-mu E4XT
Korg MS-10
Moog Prodigy
Roland Juno-60
Roland SH-09
Roland SH-101
Roland JX3P
Yamaha DX-7
Nord Lead 2
Ensoniq Mirage DSK
TL Audio M1 Tubetracker
SSL Duende Rack
GSSL Stereo Bus Compressor
Thermionic Culture Vulture
Manley Massive Passive
Empirical Labs Distressor
Lynx Aurora 8
House Nation
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Producer tips
Hit it
Drum hits in retro-leaning house tracks are sourced
from trusty old classics like the Roland TR series. The
mixing of individual elements is usually more modern
though. Creative EQ and compression are applied
generously to give sounds more contemporary tone
and punch. Gently cut any overbearing resonances
– 909 hats, for example, can be brought bang-upto-date by using a spectrum analyser to locate
the resonant peaks, toning them down with some
judiciously placed notch cuts. To avoid overdoing
EQ it is often easier – and more natural sounding – to
layer samples to reinstate the ‘missing’ frequencies.
So where a classic kick drum doesn’t have enough
mid and upper-mid energy, try layering it with a
more modern topper kick sample and cutting the
lows of the modern hit so that it supplies the sparkle
that the traditionally duller classic hit doesn’t.
Reverb bass-ics
The age-old mixing maxim says: never use reverb on
a bass. Forget that. Reverb – used in small measures
– can be used to give basslines a distinct vintage
dub feel. The secret is choosing a setting with a
very short tail – ambience or room type settings
work best. It’s important to cut much of the low-end
from the reverbed signal to prevent the bass from
getting muddy and bloating the mix. Another nice
trick is to apply sidechain compression to the bass
reverb. Assign the sidechain to the kick so that as
the kick drum hits the bass reverb pulls back for a
tighter, punchier low-end. If it’s still a little washy, try
separating the sub frequencies (below 80-100Hz)
from the rest of the bassline signal and only apply
reverb to the upper frequency band to maintain the
fidelity of the extreme low end.
House Nation
Raw beats
A shortcut to give drums that old school raw-yetwarm vibe is to use shelving EQ to cut some of the
high-end. This replicates the effect of bouncing to
tape like house producers in the 90s. The trick here
is choosing the right frequency to begin the shelf –
start at 10-12khz and extend slowly upwards if the
mix feels overly muddy. (Equally, if you have access
to a good tape emulation plugin, use this instead
– its effects will be similar and will model other tape
processes to give a more realistically tape sound.)
Vintage punch
To give drum samples more vintage punch, use a bitcrusher on a 16 or even 12-bit setting to emulate the
bit rate of classic samplers like the Akai MPC60. Add
the bit-crusher before low-pass EQ as bit-crushing
creates high-frequency audio artefacts that can
ruin the lo-fi vibe. If a bit-crusher sounds too harsh,
audition saturation or overdrive plugins on gentle
settings. Both make a signal warmer and bulk sounds
up in the mix.
Jack all night
House music is typified by its four-to-the-floor drum
patterns but completely straight beats rarely cut
it on the dancefloor. The secret to great grooves
comes from adding subtle swing and shuffle to
beats for that classic jackin’ groove. Look up groove
templates from machines like the pioneering Linn
LM-1 or E-mu Drumulator and apply them to your
MIDI programmed beats. Many of the classics are
bundled with DAWs. Alternatively, experiment with
triplet notes – especially on hi-hat lines – as a few
choice triplets can work wonders when looking to
add some classic jack to your tracks.
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Folder setup
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Accessing the files
Credits
Collection created by
Sami Liuski & Israel Medina
House
Nation
Drum Loops
125bpm
Tops Loops
125bpm
Percussion Loops
125bpm
Bass Loops
125bpm
Synth Loops
125bpm
Music Loops
125bpm
Vocal Loops
125bpm
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FX
kicks
claps
cymbals
hats
snares
percussion vocals
One-Shots
House Nation created by
Executive production: Barry McManus
Audio formatting by: Lukas Lyrestam
Demos by: The producers
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– 90s House Chords
– Vintage House
– House Vocal Tracks
– Acoustic Drum Layers
– Sylenth House Patches
– MIDI Elements: Analogue Drums
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