Slatebrooks is a small Brunswick studio that records sample packs for producers working in late-night dance, lo-fi hip hop and dub-leaning electronic music. Every pack is tracked through the same tape chain, then sliced and labelled by hand. Royalty-free, instant download.
Every file is cleared for commercial release. No sample-credit footnotes, no monthly fee, no fine print. Buy once, keep forever.
186 one-shots and 64 full kits. TR-808 reissue and a TR-606 tracked through 1/4-inch tape, two-stage compression on the way back. Heavy kicks, snares that cut without surgery.
94 stems printed through a Roland Space Echo, two spring reverbs and a Studer A80. Bass moves, horn stabs, melodica figures, all key-tagged. Drop them as is, no extra processing required.
112 chord loops and 220 one-shots from a 1973 Rhodes Mark I that has not been serviced since the 90s. Wurli runs, Hohner Pianet stabs, detuned Juno-6 pads. Every loop is tempo and key labelled.
68 ambient beds and 132 found-sound textures. Rain on Brunswick laneways, tram brakes at Sydney Road, generator hum, the inside of a tape head. Use them as glue, as transitions, or as the whole song.
Everything we have tracked so far, in one zip. 250 drum hits, 94 dub stems, 332 key loops, 200 atmosphere beds. Use the Vault to sketch, demo, or finish a record. Royalty-free for streaming, sync, performance and release.
Slatebrooks lives in a converted print works off Albion Street, two trams from the CBD. The walls are still covered in original press ink. We record on a Studer A80, monitor on a pair of Auratones, and commit. If a session does not survive the bounce, it never goes out.
"The 808 kicks land flat without me having to layer a sub. Used the Vault on the entire B-side of the last 12-inch and never reached for a transient shaper."
"Dub Chain Stems is the one. Bought it on a Monday, finished the dub remix for a Sydney label on Tuesday. The tape echo on the horns is exactly the colour I wanted."
"Broken Rhodes saved my last record. Real instruments, real takes. Not the over-quantised stuff you get on the big subscription sites."
"3am Atmospheres is the secret weapon. Used the tram-brake recording as a snare layer on a tech-house track and it now sells better than the original."
"Small catalogue, high hit rate. I buy whatever they drop without previewing. The licence terms are also in plain English which is rare."
"Bought the Vault for the dub stems and ended up using the atmospheres on every track. Files are sensibly named, key-tagged, drag and drop in Ableton."
We reply within one business day from the studio in Brunswick, Melbourne. If a file is mis-labelled or a download link is broken, we fix it the same hour.