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BandmateLoops has introduced three new Sounds Like Drums Universal Virtual Instruments.
SLD DW Hip Hop RnB Kit, SLD Rogers Brush Kit and SLD Rogers Reggae Kit are designed to capture the subtleties and power of live drumming. Each kit utilizes a one-hundred percent analog recording process. Instrument formats include Mac and PC versions of Kontakt 2, [...]

 

Apple today introduced a new Jam Pack, Voices, the looks like it will be an interesting new addition to the Jam Pack lineup.
Description:
Jam Pack: Voices gives you over 1,500 Apple Loops featuring professional soloists and choirs in multiple genres and styles. It also provides more than 20 software instruments, including voices, choral ensembles, and amazing [...]

 

Smart Loops has released Pro Drum Works Volume Two in Apple Loops format.
Description:
Now the complete, two-volume Pro Drum Works library of over 18,000 loops and samples is available in three major formats— ACID, REX2 and Apple Loops— making it compatible with all leading Mac and PC audio software, including Ableton Live, Adobe Audition, Apple [...]

 

Time + Space has introduced Bollywood Grooves, a sample library on DVD-ROM inspired by the sound of Bollywood, using the same instruments and styles typically featured in films of the genre.
The library was produced by Bollywood composer duo Salim-Sulaiman.
Instruments: Dhol, Tabla, Dholak, Duff, Ghunghroo-Tabla, Dholak-Tabla. Instruments recorded in isolation with natural room reverb and [...]

 
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Featuring over 2,500 samples, the 3GB SampleMagic Sunset Sessions collection features:

Drums > 200+ crusty old-school beats, lazy chillout grooves, fills and masses of percussion loops at 80, 90 and 100bpm
Keys > Dusty Rhodes Mk II and silky-smooth grand piano licks - captured through the finest mics and preamps
Music loops > Lushly orchestrated musical building blocks, [...]

 
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Oz Music has introduced PB&J (pulses, beats and jams), a new series of Apple Loop sample CDs. The loops can be used in Garageband, Logic Express, Logic Pro, or any other application for Macintosh, or Windows PC using AIFF files.
This set contains over 3,000 loops arranged into six volumes:

Vol.1 - Acoustic Drums Construction Kits
Vol.2 - [...]

 

BandmateLoops.com has introduced two advanced acoustic rock drum loop collections featuring Drummer Eric Stock. Infinite NRG - Rock Drums - Volume One and Two offer simultaneous room and close micing for customizable tone control within your music production software.
Both volumes include Acidized Wave, Apple Loop and Rex2 loop formats*.
Bandmates Infinite NRG - Rock Drums Vol. [...]

 

iCompositions, a community for independent Mac-using musicians, and BeatHive.com have teamed up to give away 101 royalty-free Apple Loops. The package represents a sampling of the most popular loops sold on BeatHive’s online loop marketplace, covering a variety of instruments and styles.
The contents of this package are distributed in Apple Loops format for easy organization [...]

 

Peace Love Productions has announced its first collection of Apple loops, entitled Essentials Vol 1. There are 1,595 royalty free loops in 16-bit, 44.1kHz .aif format.
Genres include: Rock, Country, Folk, Ethnic, Hip Hop, Ambient, Trance, House, Techno, Happy Hardcore, and Jungle.
Essentials Vol 1 is available as a download and DVD for the price of $149 [...]

 

Bandmateloops.com has unveiled two new loop collections:

Bandmates Deep Frets - Acoustic Guitar offers powerful, vibrant sounding acoustic guitar.
Bandmates Hybrid Aggression - Electric Beats features hand-crafted beats full of distorted electro-attitude.

The new collections are available via electronic delivery, along with all current Bandmates products via their website.
You can preview the two libraries below.

 
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Macloops.com is a new free resource for users of Garageband and Logic who need free Apple Loops to use in their productions.
Launched in November 2006, the site currently offers over 250 Apple loops in a variety of genres. According to the site, each loop has been optimised for use in Garageband.
More info is available at [...]

 

Smart Loops, a provider of pro audio loops and web-based recording services, has released its Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars libraries in Apple Loops format. Both libraries were previously available only in ACID format.
Now musicians and producers can create realistic backing guitar and bass tracks using any of the leading Mac and PC music software—including [...]

 

iCompositions, a community for sharing music made with Apple’s GarageBand, has partnered with Perimeter Sound Arts to give away what they describe as “the largest package of free Apple Loops in history.”
The collection, available exclusively for registered users of iCompositions, consists of 264 loops and joins existing free packages available from iCompositions, bringing iCompositions members [...]

 

Perimeter Sound Arts has released 2 new loop sample CDs: Brain Danse, produced by Jeff Rhodes, and an upgraded reissue of the original Abstract World Fusion, which has been out of print for the last year.
Their sample CDs are available in both Acidized .wav format for Windows, and Apple Loop format for GarageBand, Soundtrack, Logic, [...]

 

Hal Leonard has introduced a line of TrackPaks, Apple Loops versions of classic songs.
These loop collections are very different than any others that we’ve seen previously. Instead of being royalty-free collections, like most loop libraries, these are faithfully recorded loop-based versions of classic tunes. That means that you can’t take these loops and use them [...]