Cinderhall

FREE / 182 MIDI FILES

METAL PRODUCER ESSENTIALS.

A free pack of drum grooves, riffs in five tunings and 5 song sketches. MIDI only, no audio.

MIDI ONLY, NO AUDIO182 MIDI FILESFIVE TUNINGSFREE
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Metal Producer Essentials cover: 182 MIDI files, drums, riffs and song sketches in five tunings, free MIDI pack.

What is in the pack

182 MIDI files of metal drums, riffs, bass lines and full song sketches, in five common tunings.

  1. 32 drum files in 8 styles (thrash, death, black, metalcore, djent, groove, deathcore, doom): a groove, a variation, a one-bar fill and a halftime, blast or breakdown for each
  2. 30 riffs, 6 per tuning, 4 or 8 bars each. Every riff is a FULL file (guitar, bass and drums together) and separate guitar, bass and drum files
  3. 5 song sketches, one per tuning, about 1.5 to 2.5 minutes. Each sketch is a FULL file and separate guitar, bass, lead, harmony and drum files. Section names are markers in the file

TRACK-LIST.md in the download lists every file with its key, tempo and length.

Tunings

Five tunings. Your instruments must reach the lowest notes, or those notes will be silent. Leads and harmonies stay between MIDI 45 and 79.

  1. E Standard, 6-string. Guitar MIDI 40 (E2). Bass MIDI 28 (E1)
  2. Drop D, 6-string. Guitar MIDI 38 (D2). Bass MIDI 26 (D1)
  3. Drop C, 6-string. Guitar MIDI 36 (C2). Bass MIDI 24 (C1)
  4. B Standard, 7-string. Guitar MIDI 35 (B1). Bass MIDI 23 (B0), 5-string bass
  5. Drop A, 6-string. Guitar MIDI 33 (A1). Bass MIDI 21 (A0), 5-string bass

All files are 4/4, 960 PPQ, one tempo per file. Set the project tempo to the BPM in the file name.

Import and channels

The files contain notes, not sound, so you need your own guitar, bass and drum instruments. Standard MIDI files, type 1.

  1. Rhythm guitar on channel 1. Bass on channel 2. Lead on channel 3 and harmony on channel 4. Drums on channel 10, with no program change
  2. Drums use General MIDI note numbers. Go by the note number, not the note name
  3. Each guitar part starts with a short keyswitch: note 24 means open and note 25 means palm mute. Each bass part starts with keyswitch note 12. In other instruments those notes may play as very low notes. If you hear them, delete them

Not tested with specific DAWs or operating systems.

LICENCE AND PRICE.

FREE DOWNLOAD.

This pack has its own free licence in the ZIP (LICENCE.txt). The paid MIDI pack licence does not apply to these files.

You may use the 182 MIDI files for anything: edit, remix, transpose, share, sell, sample, and include them in your own songs, packs, templates, libraries or projects, commercial or not. No fees, and no permission needed. You may share the files, edited or not. No credit is required. If you want to give one: Metal Producer Essentials by Cinderhall.

The files are provided as is. Cinderhall keeps ownership of the files.

Price: free.

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Support: [email protected]

Origin: Composed by Cinderhall using Jonathan Lachance's own code, custom tools and generators.

Other packs: The MIDI packs