sample library

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)

Equinox Sounds has released Hip Hop Foundations, a downloadable loop pack containing 17 Hip Hop construction kits.

The collection contains a total of 221 melodic and rhythmic loops and phrases featuring beats, basslines, synthlines, guitars, electric and acoustic pianos, strings, organs plus drum loops and their isolated parts (snares, kicks, hi-hats, toms, shakers, claps, bells, congas, clay drums and percussion)…. all presented in ACID / WAV format.

Hip Hop Foundations is priced at $39.95 as a download.

Puremagnetik has released Modular Patterns - a huge collection of thick basses, resonant leads and “analog data” phrases generated entirely within the analog realm. Employing over 20 unique modules for sound generation and expression, each pattern has been meticulously assembled using 3 analog sequencers for the ultimate in nuanced phrasing and voice morphing.

Here’s a look at just some of the sound sources used in the production of Modular Patterns:

• Livewire Audio Frequency Generator – An advanced sound generating device capable of producing 27 distinct waveforms including harmonic animation of various outputs.
• Livewire Dalek Modulator – Contains 2 linear VCOs and a ring modulator capable of cross modulation and horizontal symmetry control.
• Doepfer A-155 & 154 – A mighty duo of pure analog sequencing control, advanced step phrasing and dynamic control voltage modulation.
• Roland System 100 – A beautiful semi-modular monophonic synth consisting of 5 module components: the Synthesizer 101, Expander 102, Mixer 103, Sequencer 104, and Monitor Speakers 109.

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Bluezone has launched a new drum loop library, House and Tribal Drumloops Pack.

All of the loops are recorded at 136 bpm. The pack is in WAV and AIFF with 128 drumloops and 232 drums, offering filtered loops, twisted percussion and dirty drums.

Technical Specifications:

• 722 files in 176 MB
• Data Royalty-Free

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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