Following the enormous popularity of our 160dB ReFill we've decided to do the same treatment of our audio sequel to it - 260dB - too. Once again Dan Powell has worked his magic and delivers you a ReFill which will no doubt follow the 160dB ReFill into D&B folklore!

The original sample CD has been recompiled to work nicely within Propllerheads' "Reason" software. The result is a single file called a "ReFill" which includes samples, rex files, synth patches, and "Song Starter" files which provide a complete setup to get you started quickly. If you put this ReFill in your Reason "Sound Locations" folder, then all these sounds will be available to you all the time.

The ReFill file is divided into several sub-sections, containing data for the various instruments in Reason.

For Dr.Rex

All the breakbeats are available as Rex files for the Dr.Rex player in Reason. There are over 100 breaks here, divided into two categories: Live Breaks and Programmed Breaks.

There are also Gated FX loops and Upright Bass loops which are in Rex format for Dr.Rex, as well as the Sax Riffs and Rhodes Riffs.

Important Note : Please be warned that the Sax and Rhodes samples were taken from very "free style" performances, so many of the REX files don't sync to a loop in an obvious way. Some of them are uneven bar lengths ( ie. 6 beats etc. ), some are just single notes (with a single slice). They're all included as Rex files for completeness, and also because there are other advantages to the Dr.Rex player: you can process the slices from these Rex files in interesting ways, play the slices from a keyboard, pre-listen in context from the disk, etc. If you want to work the original non-Rex data for these samples, it's all available for the NN19 Sampler insrument as well.

The Gated FX and the Upright Bass Rex files, on the other hand, are tight, bar-length loops. Although we've also included this data as NN19 Sampler Patches as well, in case you prefer to work that way.

For the NN19 Sampler

All the samples from the original CD are now mapped out for the NN19
sampler. Many of these have
been sustain looped to function as playable "instruments" (ie. Music FX and Bass patches in particular benefit from the "sustain loop".)

There are over 100 NN19 patches here, but many more samples. Each NN19 patch can contain a complete multi-sample setup. So, for example, there are 64 "Analog FX" waves, but these are mapped into 11 NN19 patches containing several Analog FX waves each. Each one has a small range so you can try different pitches easily. (There is also a patch called "Analog FX All" which contains all 64 waves in one patch, but you need a large amount of memory to load this patch.)

All NN19 multi-samples are within a 61 note keyboard range. (C1 to C6).

The following types of patches are available for the NN19:

- Analog FX
- Atmospheres (these are stereo and very big, so not multi-sampled)
- Miscellaneous FX
- Music FX
- Basses
- Rhodes Riffs (the same data as for Dr.Rex, but mapped as multi-samples)
- Sax Riffs (the same data as for Dr.Rex, but mapped as multi-samples)
- Upright Bass Licks (the same data as for Dr.Rex, but mapped as
multi-samples)
- Gated FX (the same data as for Dr.Rex, but mapped out as multi-samples)

If you want to recombine samples, make your own sets, etc., they are all stored in the folder called "Samples AIF" within the ReFill file. So long as you keep the AMG ReFill file in Reasons "Sound Locations" folder, you can edit, save and re-use your own instruments using AMG's samples.

For the Subtractor "Analog" Synth

The Subtractor is a great little virtual analog machine, so we've added 40
patches for this instrument. All patches are stored in the folder called
"Subtractor Patches".

For the Redrum Drum Machine

Since DnB is not only breakbeats, we've collected a large number of single drum hits together. There are 10 Redrum kits all ready for you in the Redrum Kits folder. The last few are experimental kits, which often work great together with the Randomize function in Redrum ... here we aren't using drum sounds, but pitched samples from instruments. If you randomize the pattern, you can come up with some interested sonic textures or even melodies.

Similarly to the NN19 Sampler patches, the Redrum Kits point to samples in the "Other Samples" folder, so you can change these kits if you like, step through different drums while running, and then save your own kits if you like. It's worth experimenting with this because there are a lot of drum hits available here... many more than contained within the Redrum Kits.

Song Starters

Finally we provide 5 Song files, in a folder called "Song Starters". These are not demos or full songs, but simply collections of sounds that we think go together. Basically, they provide a quick way of getting a setup that's ready to go, and perhaps will spark an idea for a song.

Finally, don't forget that you can combine the samples from this collection with your own stuff, as well as with the factory sounds from Propellerheads.