Mandolin Loop 148 bpm

This is a short, dissonant loop made with a Neapolitan Mandolin. This has been recorded with an SM7B into a RME interface, and quantized to 148bpm in Logic Pro X. This is a dry file with no other processing. I used it on a couple of old-school hip-hop beats to trigger effects or completely butchering with distortion for some extra textures. I thought it might come in handy to rap producers out there! If you do something with it, I would love to check it out!

I was recording an acoustic version of a song called "Closer" by my band Dead Rituals, and a friend let me borrow this old Neapolitan Mandolin. I made some random noises by picking behind the strings at the end of a take, and I decided to sample it!