Boom Bap Breaks
The Sample Lab · Pat Van Dyke
by Pat Van Dyke
180 royalty-free drum breaks. Played live on real kits, recorded straight to tape. Handpicked from PVD's most loved volumes.
Pulled From
PVD has been quietly putting out some of the best live drum break libraries on the internet for years. This collection pulls the strongest from across the catalog into one drop.
Press Play
A taste of what's inside. Press play on any of the breaks below. The full 180-break bundle ships as a single zip with all files BPM tagged and ready to drop into your DAW.
Why It Hits
Mixed through analog gear and printed to tape. That's where the warmth, saturation and slight imperfection come from. The kind of tone that is dead without you needing to EQ it for an hour.
Every break is a live performance played on a real kit, in a real room. No programmed grids, no quantized loops. Pure human pocket from a session drummer who knows what he's doing.
Every break labeled by tempo, from slow head-nodders in the 70s up through funky breakbeats above 100 BPM. Chop, drop, loop, layer. They sit in a sample the way breaks should.
Use them on commercial releases, beats for sale, sync placements, films, podcasts, whatever you are working on. No splits, no clearances, no follow-up emails.
Pulled from SUPER DEAD BREAKS, PVD Breaks Vol 4, Vol 6, Vol 7, Vol 8 and Vol 9. The strongest cuts from a producer who has been quietly making the best live break libraries on the internet.
Standard 24-bit WAV format. Drop it into Ableton, FL Studio, Logic, Pro Tools, MPC, Maschine. If it accepts WAV, it works. No plugins, no setup.

The Drummer
Pat Van Dyke is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer whose music spans hip hop, soul, jazz and beyond.
He has worked with Kool Keith, Masta Ace, CoeFlare, Mayer Hawthorne, Sadat X of Brand Nubian, Benny Sings and many more.
As a session musician, producer and composer, his work has been featured on hundreds of records, in films, and across major label catalogs. Drum breaks recorded by PVD show up on more underground hip hop records than most producers will ever count.
The PVD Breaks series has quietly become the gold standard for producers who want the real thing. This bundle is the best of all six volumes in one drop.
Open it, use it, and if it's not for you, contact us within 30 days for a full refund. No forms, no hassle. We stand behind it.
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180 live drum breaks. Six volumes in one bundle. Instant download. 30-day guarantee.
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