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Rare Grooves Vol.1 Black Friday pricing is 30% off, which puts this Ueberschall funk and soul loop library at $77 until Nov 29, 2026.
It is a collection of 10 construction kits holding 734 loops, built around the early-seventies sound of magnetic tape recordings.
The download is 2.4 GB and plays in Elastik, so the Rare Grooves Vol.1 sample pack runs as an AU, VST or AAX plugin or standalone.
The maker pitches it as a legal route to the sound of the seventies, a decade producers and DJs have sampled more than any other. It focuses on early funk, where groovy soul beats still sat next to energy-charged rock elements.
The maker lists hip-hop, breakbeat, crossover and dance tracks as natural fits. It also names mix tapes, soundtracks, advertisements, film and television dubbing, and games.
The character comes from the studio habits of the era. Smaller studios had financial and technical limits, so sound experiments were part of finding a personal sound.
The kits span 78 to 122 BPM. Kits 1 to 9 each include an intro, parts A and B, a break and an outro.
Kit 10 is different. It holds 9 tracks of classic breaks, made to be dropped into any of the other kits.
Every instrument sits on its own track with a raw sound, so you can run a groove whole or lift a single part into your own arrangement.
The drums are split into bass drum, snare, hihat, ride, crash, toms, tambourine and overheads. Complete beat mixdowns are included too, which the maker says are handy for quick work and for reproducing the seventies sound, much like a vinyl sample.
The instrument list sticks to funk staples, recorded with matching vintage effect processors: electric piano, electric bass, guitars, strings, brass and synthesizers.
Elastik is the loop player for this library, and no separate sampler is needed. It offers pitch-shifting, time-stretching and scale-syncing.
Sound-shaping options include resampling, formant control, reversing and a filter with several modes. Its browser sorts everything by tags and covers every soundbank you have installed at once, which lets you combine loops from separate libraries.
The Elastik Player recommends macOS 10.12 or higher, or Windows 8 or higher. The Ueberschall Downloader needs an internet connection and the same minimum systems.
Yes. The Rare Grooves Vol.1 Black Friday deal takes 30% off Ueberschall's soul and funk loop library, bringing it to $77. The offer runs until Nov 29, 2026.
You get 10 construction kits with 734 loops and phrases, 2.4 GB in total, as an Elastik soundbank. The Elastik Player is included. Kit 10 holds 9 tracks of classic breaks that work with all the other kits.
The soundbank is made for Mac and Windows and runs in Elastik as AU, VST, AAX or standalone. The Elastik Player comes with it, so no sampler is required. The player recommends macOS 10.12 or Windows 8 or higher.
The kits cover 78 to 122 BPM. Instruments include electric piano, electric bass, guitars, strings, brass and synthesizers, plus drums split into bass drum, snare, hihat, ride, crash, toms, tambourine and overheads. Each sits on a single track.
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