Peter den Herder has released the Lo-Fi TX81Z FM Bass sample pack, a free collection of lo-fi bass sounds created using the Yamaha TX81Z rackmount multitimbral FM synthesizer from 1987. Aimed at producers working in House and Techno music, the pack contains 234 key-labeled multi-samples.
Den Herder created the patches from scratch, including variations on the famous “Lately bass” preset. Many samples derive from TX81Z patches that perform poorly on the hardware itself, with only select notes sounding correctly, but they gain full chromatic range when sampled, yielding unique bass tones.
The pack is available in WAV and AIFF formats as a 99.9 MB free download, offering both 16-bit and 24-bit versions. Audio demos of the samples can be heard on SoundCloud.
