Loopmasters

Loopmasters has introduced Circuit Bent Sounds 2, a collection of bastardized electronics, twisted circuits, rewired technology and warped audio.

Description:

Circuit Bent Sounds volume 2 includes a huge range of circuit bent samples suitable for Minimal, Tech, Electro, Techno, Industrial and Drum and Bass music producers worldwide.

Drum machines, synths and childrens toys have been assaulted, violated and pushed to the absolute limit, to create a collection of sounds completely unobtainable in any other way.

Circuit Bent Sounds volume 2 was created in conjunction with Paul Norris of Circuitbenders.co.uk – a devoted expert at the art of circuit bending, and a signed recording artist in his own right. Recycling noise since 2001.

Circuit Bent Sounds 2 retails £19.95 GBP. Read more…

Loopmasters has announced three new sample libraries, including Deep Tech & Minimal House; Live Drum and Bass Drums; and Dark Dub. 

Here are the descriptions:

DEEP TECH & MINIMAL HOUSE

Legendary house producer Andy Lee’s supremely recorded 24-bit/44.1kHz collection of multi-tempo edgy, dirty, and twisted samples draws a contemporary sonic line between Deep, Tech, and Minimal House — ideal inspiration for cutting-edge producers intent on capturing the current sound of global dance floors… or even influencing the future of those genres!

Content: 84 groove bass loops; 300 club-ready drum loops, including tops, variations, and percussion; 54 tweaked loops; 21 lead lines; 110 sequences and chord patterns; 16 vocal loops; 30 ready-programmed bass sounds; 40 synth stabs; 83 spoken vocal phrases; 22 SFX samples; plus 555 drum samples and one-shot hits. Tech Specs: 1.2GB downloadable original content (3.5GB DVD to follow), featuring 1,332 ACID’ised WAV files, 596 Apple Loops (DVD and download), 587 Rex2 samples, and 79 soft sampler patches (HALion, KONTAKT, EXS24, and SFZ formats).

Price and availability: From £ 29.95 to £ 34.95 (depending on format) also on DVD for £ 39.95

KJ SAWKA: LIVE DRUM & BASS DRUMS

“Hi! I’m KJ Sawka; I play Jungle and Drum ‘n’ Bass beats.” So says drummer Kevin Sawka, sensationally capable of playing the most complex Jungle and Drum ‘n’ Bass breakbeats by hand (and feet) — all without any loops or extended samples! This highly versatile and original collection contains an array of live Drum ‘n’ Bass samples and loops performed by the talented man himself, using various custom kits and recording techniques to give producers ultimate percussive flexibility.

Content: 351 dry live Drum ‘n’ Bass loops captured through a vintage Neve console; 46 processed drum loops; 100-plus live drum hits from multiple custom kits; percussion and top loops; plus 19 pre-programmed drum kits for creating user patterns, including full kits, percussion, cymbals, kicks, snares, and processed kits.

Tech Specs: 1.37GB (DVD), featuring 500 ACID’ised WAV files, 400 Drum ‘n’ Bass loops, 100 drum hits, 500 Rex2 samples, plus Apple Loops, Ableton Live Pack, and Reason ReFills (also available on DVD and via separate download).

Price and availability: £ 29.95 to £ 34.95 (depending on format) also on DVD for £ 39.95

DARK DUB (Push Button Bang)

Dark by name, dark by nature.. Dark Dub represents a musical journey into the darkest depths of Dub — the perfect sample collection for modern urban producers working in the Dubstep, Grime, Breaks, Drum ‘n’ Bass genres. Any dark modern electronica, in fact!

Content: A selection of highly usable single drum hits and effects elements, effects textures, instant seamless into backdrops, and panoramic evolving soundscapes (including 175 bass loops, 580 single drum loops, 100 rhythm loops, 100 texture samples, 128 musical melody loops, 140 hits and SFX samples, 195 single bass sounds, and 45 transition samples).

Tech Specs: 700MB collection (before file duplications) featuring 1,450 WAV samples, 500 Rex files, and 350 ready-to-play patches for soft samplers (Reason NNXt, HALion, KONTAKT, EXS24, SFZ), plus 100 ReDrum drum kits for the Reason ReFill version.

Price and availability: £ 29.95 (download only)

Loopmasters has three XMas Giveaway audio loop libraries available as free downloads from its site:

• Xmas Giveaway – Pack 1 Loops Of Christmas Past
• Xmas Giveaway – Pack 2 Loops Of Christmas Present
• Xmas Giveaway – Pack 3 Loops Of Christmas Future

Note: These packs are available for download to registered users only. The packs will only be available until Jan. 2nd 2009.

Loopmasters has announced Deep, Tech and Minimal House , a new sample library – “a vast collection” of 24 bit samples of Underground Minimal Sounds, recorded and produced by house producer Andy Lee.

Description:

Deep, Tech and Minimal House draws a sonic line between the Deep Tech sounds of Dennis Ferrer, Danism, Milton Jackson, Rocco, Shur-I-Khan and similar artists, and develops on the common elements and vibes that exists between both Deep, Tech and Minimal house styles. Tech house vibes influenced by artists such as Sebastien Ledger, Laidback Luke, Funkerman and Pryda, with Minimal vibes of Dubfire, EDX, Deadmau5. Essential sounds which create a multi tempo melting pot of edgy, dirty and twisted samples that not only captures the current sound of dance floors worldwide but provides inspirational sounds that we are sure will play its part in the future of these genres.

Featuring over 1.2GB of the most up to date sounds and samples in pristine 24 bit quality, and available in an exhausting range of formats and file types to suit every music set-up and studio requirement.

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Loopmasters continues to put out some of the coolest sample libraries. Their latest is Coldcut Sound Science.

Coldcut need no introduction, being some of the first and finest artists to successfully work with samples and loops to forge their own styles of modern hip hop and dance music, Matt Black and Jon More are responsible for some of the digital generations’ finest musical moments, and whose label Ninja Tune continues to release some of the most cutting edge tunes currently available.

This sample pack produced for Loopmasters by Matt and Jon themselves features a huge collection of previously unheard and unreleased material for genres such as Hip Hop, Breaks, House and Drum and Bass. Read more…