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Black octopus samples.
« on: December 12, 2016, 05:13:31 pm »
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Any of you have ever try Black Octopus Samples, can you give me your opinion?

https://blackoctopus-sound.com/product/leviathan/

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Re: Black octopus samples.
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2016, 06:28:50 pm »
Black Octopus is a very high quality sample pack company, and Leviathan is definitely the pack of theirs I've heard the most in other producer's projects. The kicks are very punchy, and the snares have a lot of character to them.

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Re: Black octopus samples.
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2016, 03:18:07 pm »
I have the Leviathan pack. I wouldn't exactly call it high quality, and I don't think it's worth the full price. Many of the samples are clipped (which makes absolutely no sense in a sample pack IMO) to the point of sounding distorted, and have weird phasing issues.  The cymbals especially are mostly awful. Some sounds actually end in non-zero samples, resulting in clicks (see attached picture) - makes me wonder if they even listened to what they made. Also, the loops are a joke.

Having said all that, there are lots of good drum and percussion samples in the pack as well, and probably many useful FX samples. The free sampler gives a good idea of what to expect, so you should definitely try that.

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Re: Black octopus samples.
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2016, 11:31:43 pm »
i can second the clipping arktopolis mentioned, i have a kick/snares pack and a lot of the snares are VERY clipped. which isn't a bad thing - i usually end up clipping my drums a lot, but i like being able to do it on my terms haha.
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Re: Black octopus samples.
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2016, 02:31:02 am »
The majority of our customer comments are overwhelmingly positive for Leviathan (check out some of the youtube comments = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-poQqK-q0s).  It is also a great feeling when we come across many tracks in the Beatport charts using the pack.  We do appreciate and listen to all the critical criticism above and use it to strive to always improve in future packs.

Some sounds actually end in non-zero samples, resulting in clicks (see attached picture) - makes me wonder if they even listened to what they made.

Apparently you have an early version of the pack, and for the clicks we sincerely apologize.  Those clicks had all been fixed before release but for some reason one of the zip files never got updated.  Do you remember where you purchased the pack?  If anybody has a version of the pack with clicks please email our support with you receipt of purchase and we will set you up with the updated pack that has all of these fixed.

One of the many issues with creating a pack this size is the countless revisions, batch processes, renaming etc creates a lot of room for error.  Not making any excuses - just explaining what happened.

 

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Re: Black octopus samples.
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2016, 10:01:37 am »
Apparently you have an early version of the pack, and for the clicks we sincerely apologize.  Those clicks had all been fixed before release but for some reason one of the zip files never got updated.  Do you remember where you purchased the pack?  If anybody has a version of the pack with clicks please email our support with you receipt of purchase and we will set you up with the updated pack that has all of these fixed.

That's nice to hear! I got it from Loopmasters, I will be contacting your support about it.

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Re: Black octopus samples.
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2016, 08:16:53 am »
Hi

Any of you have ever try Black Octopus Samples, can you give me your opinion?

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Re: Black octopus samples.
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2017, 07:38:37 pm »
They have great ideas, but yeah the samples a overdriven a lot of the time. You can also try companies like Zenhiser, Wave Alchemy and SoundFreqs for truly original and high quality sounds that are all processed properly. They never disappoint. ;)