Looking for killer conga and bongo stuff.

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02 Aug 2015

Either REfills or free WAVs. Top notch though. I need the best stuff you guys know of. I'm working on an electronic rock tune with a Latino groove in the verse and what I have isn't sounding right so please and thank you!
I've seen other peeps ask for this in the past on the PUF and it got a lot of help so I'm really looking forward to it! :)

Oh and natural hand drum type stuff preferred. I'm going for an organic feel with it, not synthy fake sounding. But I'll check out whatever you guys recommend.
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02 Aug 2015

Top notch? these are the best I know

not free, but checks these, producersvault.com

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02 Aug 2015

BTW Jason, conga and bongo samples are dramatically changed in tone by several very narrow Q EQ spikes, especially one bass freq, one mid freq and one high freq. Many can be made killer this way. Add a little reverb in certain frequencies too.

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02 Aug 2015

jfrichards wrote:BTW Jason, conga and bongo samples are dramatically changed in tone by several very narrow Q EQ spikes, especially one bass freq, one mid freq and one high freq. Many can be made killer this way. Add a little reverb in certain frequencies too.
And it can be worth looking for dominant frequency spikes, and pitching it up and down until you reach a frequency/note that fits the track :)

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02 Aug 2015

This has been my go-to for a while. There's a boat load of other percussion too.

http://www.soundstosample.com/info/Soun ... ussion/395

Edit: these are one shot samples.

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02 Aug 2015

Don't forget the programming/playing as Latin music uses different beats and syncopation to white boy music. Wikipedia can help there if you look up the dance styles like Mambo and Rumba.

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