Funk Samples, Loops & Sounds

Looking for some fresh funky Tech House vibes? This brand new release will give you all the punch and groove you’re looking for!

Filled with raw powerful drum hits, quirky synth loops, bouncing bass loops, syncopated rhythms, and much more, this sample pack will help raise the bar of your Tech House productions.

This pack includes over 400 samples and MIDI files, inspired by the groovy sounds of Chris Stussy, Aron Voltra, Black Loops and DJOKO, all 100% royalty free.

On top of everything already mentioned expect to find booming bass hits, snazzy synth hits, freaky FX, and pacing drum loops.

Furthermore this pack contains 5 in-depth songstarters, all broken down into stems with melodic elements also included as MIDI files, to help you kick start your next Funky Tech House productions! Ready to shuffle to the sounds of this pack?

We are Sample Tools by Cr2 and this is Funky Tech House!

Pack Contents:

• 25 Bass Hits
• 27 Synth Hits
• 40 Bass Loops
• 17 Synth Loops

• 170 Drum Hits
  • 40 Kicks
  • 30 Snares
  • 30 Claps
  • 40 Hats
  • 30 Percussion
  • 103 Drum Loops
• 30 FX Elements (Risers, Downlifters, Atmospheric Loops, Impacts)
• 5 Songstarters (91 Audio Files – 21 MIDI)
• 40 MIDI Loops (corresponding to the Bass and Synth Loops)

Total Number Of Files:

• 538
• 420 MB

The highly anticipated 2nd sample pack from Basement Freaks has arrived! Funk Master Tools is an absolute treasure chest of royalty free funky sounds for music producers.

In this sample pack you will find wide assortment of booty shaking bass guitar loops, talkbox licks, funk & blues guitar licks, reggae skank chords and wah rhythms, sexy sax loops, harmonica riffs, drums & percussion, and of course a wide selection of funky synth leads and stabs. Many stomp boxes and analog gear have been used in the production of this pack to capture that special flavor needed for funk music.

There are nearly 700 sounds in total reaching an impressive 1.17 GB in size. If you are into funk, hip hop, glitch hop, funky house, or any genre of music that benefits from an injection of live played funk sounds and samples then this pack is a must have!

Sample pack download contains

• 83 Bass Guitar Loops
• 43 Synth Bass One Shots & Loops
• 4 Full Battery 4 Kits (95 Samples mapped to pads)
• 66 Drum loops
• 34 Blues Guitar Licks
• 241 Guitar Loops
• 40 Guitar One shots
• 12 Harmonica Riffs
• 40 Lead Synth One shots & loops
• 6 Sax, Organ, & Flute music loops
• 19 Talkbox Loops
• ZIPPED 1.01 GB | UNZIPPED 1.17 GB

*** Please note the audio demo includes a couple of classic breakbeats not included in the pack. Most of these can be found on google for free by searching for classic breakbeats. ***

Gear used

Guitars

Ibanez Custom 70es Model
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Telecaster
Epihone Gibson
Squier Fender Jazz Bass
Marshall Valvestate 8080
Channel Strips

Art – Pro Channel – Line Pre Amp
TL-Audio Fat 01 – Valve Compressor
Stompboxes

Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer
Boss VO-1 | Vocoder
Boss – FBM-1 Fender 59 Bassman
Boss – AW-3 Dynamic Wah Pedal
Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Pedal
Post Fx (Plug ins)

Studer® A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-In
FATSO™ Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor Plug-In
Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Plug-In Collection
Teletronix® LA-2A Classic Leveler
dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter Plug-In
EP-34 Tape Echo Plug-In
Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer
MXR® Flanger/Doubler Plug-In
Sound Machine Wood Works Plug-In
Chandler Limited GAV19T Amplifier Plug-In
Pultec Passive EQ Plug-In Collection
Vertigo Sound VSM-3 Mix Satellite Plug-In
Precision Mastering Plug-Ins Bundle
EMT® 250 Classic Electronic Reverb Plug-In
Ocean Way Studios Plug-In
Moog® Multimode Filter / Multimode Filter SE Plug-In
SPL® Transient Designer Plug-In
API Vision Channel Strip Plug-In
Synth

MicroKorg

HABLOT presents “Disco Funky Drums” This collection is dedicated to vintage drum grooves in the style of Disco, Funk, Nu-Disco, and Soul.

To create, we used different technologies and methods, from recording live Hats, Kicks, and Snares through a tape recorder, to using swing loops with hints of Hip-Hop, and combining live sounds of various drum machines.

The library consists of 96 Full Drum Loops, 96 No Kick Drum Loops, and since most loops have layers of auxiliary percussion, consisting of Shakers, Tambourines, Woodblocks, Claps, Congas, Cowbells… we created a separate folder “Drum Loops Stems” in which each loop is very detailed divided into its components. This allows you to use the material in different combinations, mix it with your own loops or cross different genres of music without limits.

All the drum sounds in the demo are included in the package.

Pack Contents:

• 96 Drum Loops (Full)
• 96 Drum Loops (No Kick)
• 437 Drum Loops Stems
• Tempo & Key Labelled
• 100 BPM to 120 BPM
• Wav 24Bit 44.1KHZ
• 100% Royalty-Free

Total Number Of Files:

• 629
• 1.45 GB

Introducing a never before heard release from L.A. RIOT (the original sampled disc company) for Soundtrack Loops. This four piece Funk pack will give your mix that extra live Funk-a-licous touch. You get wah wah guitars, slap bass, live drums, and clavinet keys to bring in that solid gold era of sounds. Each instrumental loop is royalty free and contain multiple key signatures and BPMs so you get the right sample when you need it. No more illegal sampling of the greatest funk and disco records. We have all the authentic sounds.

As standard practice for all loops created by the Soundtrack Loops team, Key and BPM are tagged in both metadata and file names.

Zipped Contents (611 MB)

• 4 Funk Instruments
• 138 Funk Loops
• 66 bpm – 126 Funk bpm ranges
• 24 bit 44.1 kHz Stereo.
• Available in Universal .Wav, Apple Loop .AIFF, and Ableton Live

Meticulously crafted selection of alive, lyrical, dramatic, pads, bells, voxes, widescreen atmospheres. Furthermore you’ll get inspiring keys, leads, seqs/rhythmic presets!

Warmed provide lots of emotional inspiration for film and ambient composers, keyboardists.

100 1 unique patches! 6 MIDI-, and 6 Cubase project file of the demos.

“Joseph – this sounds incredible. Your soundset sold me on the synth”

“Fabulous sounds in Warmed, meticulously crafted for playability. Anyone still saying that Serum is intrinsically “cold”, forever hold your tongue!”

“There are some really beautiful sounds in this set – I think it is probably my favourite Serum soundbank so far.”

You’ll find a new, versatile, responsive, highly playable instrument inside most of the presets.

For example in demo1 “PD Angelic Performance” you can start with a nice voicy soft pad, play at high velocity to let a slow warm strings sneak in, then turn up Makro2 and some lovely synth Horns begin to play in the mix. With further opening (Modwheel) a full blown bright Strings/Orchestra evolves.

Modwheel, Pitch Bend, Velocity and Aftertouch are set. In some cases Pitch Bend acting as Filter Cutoff Up/Down.

More modulations are coming with the 4 Makros.

You can set these to use with midi learn your preferable midi controllers (right click on the makro).
You can use those controllers for expressive live playing, and also for fine tuning in your DAW after recording.

Please Note: Serum 1.01 required

Dust off your afro pick and get ready for an absolutely legendary collection of funk samples by none other than the Basement Freaks.

This collection is oozing with funk gold including live recorded brass, flute, vocals, guitar loops, funky clavinets, pianos & more!

Many loops have been provided both in dry and with their special blend of fx for ease of use.

The tempos supplied range from 90 – 119bpm to ensure the maximum spectrum of funk is covered. These samples will fit right in with other genres such as glitch hop, hip hop, and chill out.

Stretch the loops a bit faster and voila – a funky house producers paradise.

The element of live instruments can inject life into a dull track so don’t miss out on this royalty free collection by one of the industry’s best.

• 96 Bass Guitar – Groovy bass loops in both dry and secret blend of funk wah and distortion. Supplied in 92 – 114 bpm loops
• 14 Drumloops – Obnoxiously funky beats full of punch and tight drum hits.
• 184 Brass – An abundance of deliciously recorded brass loops including 70s funk flute a la Ron Burgandy, reggae Brass, sexy sax loops, trombone & trumpet loops in the style of Miles Davis and more.
• 3 Full Kits – Want a quick start to a funk groove? no problem with these 3 kits containing 41 loops you’ll be grooving in no time.
• 76 Guitar Loops – Chicka wah wah loops, crunchy stabs, disco chunks, gritty solos. Ranges from 95 – 118 bpm.
• 32 Keys – Soul Clavinets, Stevie Wonder style grooves, and Jamaican style reggae stabs.
• 35 Percussion Loops – Live maracas, congas, shakers, and hand drum patterns.
• 18 Synth – Ghostbuster style synth licks, Resonant Moog style, and dirty bass.
• 63 Vocal loops – Female soul licks and backing harmonies. Male James Brown style adlibs and of course some absolutely crushing talkbox riffs.
• 559 24 bit WAV files
  809mb unzipped | 671 MB Zipped

Produced by Basement Freaks (Giorgos Fotiadis)

DDL with another seperb Funk injection for your productions. Funky beats and themes including MIDI files to be able to exchange all sounds to your likings. 20 drumming sequences and lots of basslines, chords, guitars and melodies to get funky.

You can exchange the sounds to be coming from your favourite (Digital or analog) synth by using the given MIDI files in this pack. This product is carefully handcrafted for your best producing experience and best possible entertainment.

Put together some of these loops or get inspired by single ones and add your own flavor to complete your productions.

Pack Contents:

• 20 Beat Loops
• 10 Themes (Bass, Chords & Melody WAV Loops)
• 36 MIDI Files

Total Number Of Files:

• 100
• 233 MB

When it comes to authentic, 80’s tinged RnB samples, Gaquirino really is the man! With total mastery over not one but 4 instruments, this expertly produced RnB sample pack redefines what soul and feel is all about. 

Sampling his eye-watering collection of vintage synths, classic hardware, drum machines and beautiful Slingerland live kit, this collection of construction kits is the perfect remedy for any loss of inspiration you might be suffering.

Entering the time machine that is Gaquirino’s studio, you’ll find everything you could possibly need to craft the perfect RnB sample pack.

Captured with pin point accuracy, this sample pack includes soulful RnB keys loops, grooving Moog bass loops, 80’s soaked vintage drum machine samples, DX7 & DX11 synth loops, live drum samples oh so much more!  Broken down across 8 construction kits plus a stacked out selection of extras (yet more drums, bass & synths) we’ve really hit the details on this one. From the perfect instruments to the exquisite performance and recording, we just know you’re going to love this one.

So, if you’re an 80’s aficionado, love RnB or feels it’s time to add some timeless soul into your tracks then this is a no brainer! Beautiful, royalty free and primed for your next beat!

Pack Contents:

• 122 Loops
• 9 One Shots
• Tempos: 60-150 Bpm
• 7 Construction Kits
• Styles – Timeless analogue synth samples, live drum and drum machine loops with that 80’s touch.

Total Number Of Files:

• 141
• 345.5 MB

This library is a superb collection of unique, memorable and melodic horn licks, loops and phrases. The Horn Section consists of: Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute & Tenor Saxophone!

The library is perfect for vintage funk, reggae, R&B, and hip hop productions. With this powerful sample library, any music producer can embed horn section loops into their production in no time at all. Progressive Horn Section offers hooks, modern top lines to give you enough scope to turn any song into a authentic and signature song!

Get your hands on this hot and exciting new progressive horn section!

With each horn folder you will get a huge selection of different loops, all of which work well together or can be used individually. All loops of a folder are based on the same harmony pattern and can easily be combined. Thus you can select horn loops for a complete song or just use a sample for your song – all within seconds. These loops are easy and intuitive to work with, enabling a fast workflow, which, of course, is essential in music production.

Each and every loop contains tempo and key information. They are pre-mixed and ready to use, with perfect EQ and light compression. They have been carefully and professionally recorded by proven experts, using top quality studio equipment, with sound optimized and recorded in 24 Bit and 44.1 KHz.

Important: Please note that except the horns all instruments are for demonstration purposes only.

Pack Contents:

• 685 Horn Loops
• Tempo & Key Labelled
• 60 BPM – 134 BPM
• 100% Royalty Free

Total Number Of Files:

• 685
• 2.39 GB

SugarBeats take funk and bass music to the next level with their mind-twisting and soul electrifying sample pack, the fourth installment of the Westwood Sounds series on Black Octopus Sound.

For those in the know with funky bass music, SugarBeats need no introduction. They bring their signature crisp, phat, funky flair to your studio with this incredible collection.

The vocoded vocals take this pack over the edge with their expressive and funky flavour. Then you add HUGE and detailed phat bass with swingy drums and you will end up with stylish music that makes hips and booty’s move.

The artistic flair that went into the keys, horns, pianos, strings, and vocals will help you get your dance floors jumping with vibes. With Bass, Drums, FX, Horns, Guitars, Pianos, Synth, and Vocal loops and one-shots, there is plenty of inspiration to behold.

Stay Inspired with this sample pack from SugarBeats.

Pack Contents:

• 42 Drum Loops
• 22 Vocal Loops
• 22 Synth One Shots
• 20 Vocal One Shots
• 20 Bass Loops
• 20 Bass One Shots
• 20 FX Loops
• 18 Keys loops
• 17 FX One Shots
• 16 Horn One Shots
• 16 Synth Loops
• 15 Guitar Loops
• 15 Horn Loops
• 8 Guitar One Shots
• 8 String Loops

‘UltraFunk Vol 1’ by Vanilla Groove Studios features 140 rhythmic and soulful loops played with horns, guitar, drums and bass. Individual stereo loops, horn sections and full mixes are included, giving you maximum flexibility. 

The pack centers around two tracks, recorded at 115 BPM, however, it also includes a range of individual sax and guitar riffs with a funky, soulful vibe.

Pack Contents:

• 14 Funk Ensemble Loops
• 24 Trumpet Loops
• 8 Brass Stack Loops
• 16 Tenor Sax Loops
• 16 Baritone Sax Loops
• 32 Bass Guitar Loops
• 8 Piano Loops
• 8 Horn Section Loops
• 6 Clarinet Loops
• 8 Rhodes Loops

Total Number of Files:

• 143
• 187 MB

\ Vintage sound delights // Presets and Kits to quench your musical thirst !

Soak in warm vintage sounds from past decades with our new pack “LEGACY”. It’s like a time travel machine – with just the right amount of modernity!

Blending analog sounds with modern genres and techniques always adds a special flavour to your music. In this collection, we have recreated the texture and warmth with the tell-tale imperfections that make retro keys or synthesizers so special.

We’ve rounded up our most versatile presets, defined by equal amounts of color and impact to suit any genre or composition (soul, hip-hop, lo-fi, funk, synthwave, future bass and more…).

Pack Contents:

• SERUM
  • 82 presets for Xfer serum covering a large range of sounds (organs, electric keys, leads, vintage and retro synths, plucks or even lo-fi keys).
• KITS BONUS
  • No less than 9 Kits from the demo (bass, organs, keys, piano, guitar,drums, voices and more…)
  • All WAV loops provided are in 24 bit

Total Number Of Files:

• 216

Software Requirements:

• Version 1.286 of Xfer Serum needed

DDL created 10 construction kits in a late 70s Funk music style. These contain beat, bass, brass, guitar, electric piano/clavinet and synth loops.

All Wav loops (except the rhythm guitars) are also provided as MIDI files so that you could edit them or exchange the sounds if you’d like to. However you use this pack’s content in your music productions, it is royalty free.

This product is carefully handcrafted for your best producing experience and best possible entertainment.

Put together some of these loops or get inspired by single ones and add your own flavor to complete your productions.

Pack Contents:

• 10 Construction Kits feat
• 60 Wav Loops
• 41 MIDI Files

Total Number Of Files:

• 101
• 215.2 MB

Unmüte team is very proud to introduce you its newest product!

Unmüte Electric Piano Series is a fresh collection of royalty free electric piano loops and midi files designed directly for your own compositions.

Suitable for any Hip hop, Jazz, Soulful, Funk and many more styles, this pack features over 90 loops such as chords progressions, piano licks… at multiple tempos from 70 to 140 Bpm.

We recorded these loops by using our own electrics pianos like rhodes, wurtlizer with the best tempo possible for each melody. No worries this pack will provides some Midi Files which gives you the opportunity to add your touch by changing some hamonies or even tempos, keys and sounds.
To make things easier for our customers we also added the key in each loop name.

We decided to give you a few examples of loops in different contexts, that is why we also added 6 Kits containing the parts of differents démos.

What’s in the pack?

• 6 Kits from the démo
• 70 Electric piano WAV loops in 32 Bit
• 17 Real piano WAV loops in 32 Bit
• 6 bass
• 90 Midi Files
• 7 Ep Sampling Loops (Bonus)

We really hope you will enjoy this new work from our team!

The Cadence
Cadences are special kinds of progression which are used to signify that a piece, or section/phrase of a piece, has come to an end.

Cadences are Progressions that move in the opposite direction—they start away from the I chord and move towards the tonic: either approaching it, ending on it, or conspicuously avoiding it.

emphasize the title
convey the central lyrical emotion of the entire song
create songs with sections that flow smoothly into each other
full cadences in your songwriting

• 3 half cadences
• 3 deceptive cadences
• 3 plagal cadences
• 5 mixed cadences
• 6 minor cadences
• 4 Major cadences
• 2 mixolydian cadences
• 1 blues cadence

Full Leads to I
Half Leads to V
Plagal Leads to I from a II or IV chord
Deceptive Leads from V to a chord that’s not the tonic chord (diatonically the VImin or IV, chromatically many others)
Mixed Combines chords from two different key colors

Strong and Definite Emotions: The Full Cadence
Unresolved Emotions: The Half Cadence
Amen: The Plagal Cadence
Ambivalent Emotions: The Deceptive Cadence
Mixing Emotions: The Mixed Cadence

You Now Have A Set Of Tools To End Beat (Writers Block) Forever!

‘Nu Disco Club’ by Audio Masters is an innovative collection of loops, samples & Construction Kits, featuring a Retro, Disco feel combined with twisted futuristic sounds. This pack unites both worlds of past and future Dance music into one distinctive product, ready to shake the dance floors.

Sound Design: Recorded using the best Analogue synthesizers on the market, such as Moog Voyager, Modal Electronics 02, Access Virus TI, Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 and more, all audio files have been equalised and recorded at -6db to ensure enough headroom when you craft your mixes.

Dry Construction Kits & Processed/Tail Versions: The dry files include the instrumentation without any reverb, delay, compression or panning/stereo imaging. These are included to provide additional flexibility for producers that want to apply their own effects. As an addition, the processed versions are also available in this pack for you when you want to use the effect tails to each kit, as heard in the audio demo.

Synth Loops: Key and tempo labelled synth loops are included separately, ready to be used within any type of production. Just drop any of these files into your tracks. These loops come without any processing and are surely going to sit well in the mix & enhance your music.

Drum Loops: This product also features 20 top quality drum workouts, all labelled for ease of use. Recorded using the best analogue drum machines available today, you can be assured these kits will sit tight in any mix.

Fat analogue kicks, punchy snares and percussion: this is all you need to create killer drum lines. All files come labelled for easy navigation.

• 5 Extended Audio Construction Kits
• Dry and Processed/Tail Versions
• 290 Construction Kits Files in Total
• 96 Synth Loops
• 20 Drum Construction Kits
• 20 Full Drum Loops
• 20 Kick Loops
• 20 Snare Loops
• 20 Hat Loops
• 80 Percussion Loops
• 160 Drum Loops in Total
• 100% Royalty-Free
• 24-Bit/44.1kHz
• Compatible with all DAWs

Time to get funky! Space Funk Guitars is high quality funk style guitars galore!

Inside you will find guitars perfectly suited for NuDisco, Funk, Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, House Music, and so much more!

Alongside loops of all different styles and approaches of Funk Guitars, you will also find full mix stems, which combine all elements together for whole song sections. This will give you the utmost control and creative flow to make that next Funky hit!

The ‘styles section’ is what makes this pack different than the rest out there. Funk is just funk, right? Not always! Here you will find the different styles of Funk, influenced with Afrobeat, Dream Funk and Organic Funk… this allows you to choose which style best fits that funky flavor flare you are looking for.

Much like the full mix stems, inside each of the style categorized folders are Ensembles (when they are mixed together as layers) and the isolated guitar lines. Once again, you have so much control you wont know what hit ya’!

So time to hop in your funky fueled rocket and blast to the stars! Space Funk Guitars has arrived!

Pack Contents:

• 400 Total Sounds
• 42 Full Mix
• 30 Afrobeat Ensemble Loops
• 97 Afrobeat Guitar Loops
• 30 Dream Funk Ensemble Loops
• 98 Dream Funk Guitar Loops
• 24 Organic Ensemble Loops
• 79 Organic Guitar Loops

Total Number Of Files:

• 400
• 1011 MB

Dub Sounds is a real godsend for all who are fond of sub-bass vibes in various styles, such as dub techno, dubstep, dubwise, reggae, dubtronica and so on.

It may be helpful to bring a pinch of dub to your music : some fatty subs, drilling wobbler and grime basses, noisy echoing organs and electric pianos, ambient pads and atmospheres, crazy fx sounds, deep and warm chords and hits.

Every patch has full assignment to all 8 macro knobs.
Product Details:
• 46 Bass
• 15 Piano/Organ/Keys/Brass
• 30 Atmospheres/Pads/Soundscapes
• 25 Leads/Synth sounds
• 10 Arp/Sequences
• 3 Guitar/Strings sounds
• 8 FX
Please Note:
This soundset requires N.I. Massive (Version 1.3.0 or higher) and works with PC VST & Mac OS X AU Versions.

Funky Saxophone is fresh and spirited. This variety of playful vintage funk and R&B loops will enchant the listener’s ear.

Funky Saxophone focuses on pumping grooves and flashy tones. These lively sounds add a spicy touch to your tracks. If you need the funk groove and soul power of the 60s and 70s, you’ll find it all in this library. You can create an entire track that sounds like a blast from the past!

With 699 saxophone loops, you have an extensive musical arsenal at your disposal to create the perfect vintage groove.

With each saxophone folder you will get a huge selection of different loops, all of which work well together or can be used individually. All loops of a folder are based on the same harmony pattern and can easily be combined. Thus you can select saxophone loops for a complete song or just use a sample for your song – all within seconds. These loops are easy and intuitive to work with, enabling a fast workflow, which, of course, is essential in music production.

Each and every loop contains tempo and key information. They are pre-mixed and ready to use, with perfect EQ and light compression.

They have been carefully and professionally recorded by proven experts, using top quality studio equipment, with sound optimized and recorded in 24 Bit and 44.1 KHz.

Important: Please note that except the saxophone all instruments are for demonstration purposes only.

Pack Contents:

• 699 Saxophone Loops
• Tempo & Key Labelled
• 17 Folder
• 70 BPM – 135 BPMr
• 100% Royalty Free

Total Number Of Files:

• 699
• 787.6 MB

Saxophone 1 – another exciting release from the Image Sounds Artist Series focuses exclusively on the recording of live instruments and vocals, all recorded by professional musicians.

Every recording is produced with high-quality recording equipment to capture the natural sound of the instrument.

Saxophone 1 is an extraordinary collection of saxophone loops for all your pop, funk, score chill out, lounge, hip hop, jazz or rock production needs. You’ll notice not only the textbook quality but also the variety and precision of the editing we are eager to produce.

With each saxophone folder you will get a huge selection of different loops, all of which work well together or can be used individually.

All loops of a folder are based on the same harmony pattern and can easily be combined. Thus you can select saxophone loops for a complete song or just use a sample for your song – all within seconds. These loops are easy and intuitive to work with, enabling a fast workflow, which, of course, is essential in music production.

Each and every loop contains tempo and key information. They are pre-mixed and ready to use, with perfect EQ and light compression. They have been carefully and professionally recorded by proven experts, using top quality studio equipment, with sound optimized and recorded in 24 Bit and 44.1 KHz.

Important: Please note that except the saxophone all instruments are for demonstration purposes only and not part of the library.

Pack Contents:

• 319 Saxophone Loops
• 14 Folder
• 100 BPM – 125 BPM
• Key & Tempo Labelled
• 100% Royalty Free

Total Number Of Files:

• 319
• 201.6 MB