At the moment it is the only CD with samples focused on the styles of Eurotekno, Eurohouse and Europop. Your attention is offered a complete set of samples with a wide variety of drum, melodic and bass loops, drums, bass, synthesized sounds, chords, vocal and other techno effects. Over 1500 samples with 540 drum and percussion loops in the 120-170 BPM range. CAUTION – SUPER HOT DISC!
Clearmountain is the recipient of 6 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR awards!! This is THE most famous drum sampling CD ever, and has become a standard work tool for professionals worldwide. 900 natural drum samples for your studio, recorded in the best studios in the world. REVIEWS: ” A collection of beautifully sampled drum sounds” (Mix) ” A treasure house of great drums” (Keyboard) “Recording standard is immaculate, it simply couldn’t be bettered with any of today’s technology” (MT).
Steve Reid’s Definitive Percussions features over 1,000 percussion samples. Here you can find for sure the rarest drum instruments in different uses as there are exotic ones from Brazil, Afrika, India, Kuba, etc. World renowned percussionist and producer Steve Reid is best known for his work with The Rippingtons, En Vogue and Supertramp. He has played on over 500 recording, produced several gold gold records worldwide and was named percussionist of the year in ’93 and ’95 by Jazziz Magazine.
CRATE CUTS captures the unmistakable sound of days spent diving through stacks of forgotten vinyl, sampling with classic gear, and the loose, anything-goes production ethic pioneered by iconic beatmakers like J Dilla, Madlib, and MF Doom. Influenced by the buried treasure found in soul, jazz, and funk bins in record stores all over the world, it’s packed with original, royalty-free recordings on reel-to-reel tape, sampled using iconic gear, and chopped into custom kits along with punchy percussion, synths, and bass from MASSIVE and MONARK.
The new standard for symphonic samples from the producer of the quadruple FIVE STAR sample CDs “Orchestra” – Petr Siedlaczek. Advanced Orchestra consists of 5 CD-ROMS containing 5,455 samples of all Instruments and instrument groups, as well as a large symphony orchestra. Besides sustained and staccato notes on two dynamic levels, you will also find a series of new and very useful samples which have never been released before. There are numerous characteristics that distinguish this library from others. The most important are: A variety of frequently used phrasings and articulations, which cannot be satisfactorily imitated with normal samples, for example, half or whole tone trills, various grace notes, runs, arpeggios, tremolos, crescandi, glissandi and other events playable in any key or pitch. A collection of unconventional, interesting sounds played on the classical instruments such as scratches, whistles, thumps, buzzes and other effects, which can be technically modified in many ways, adding a new color to your music.
Wizoo Powered Nord is from the German company Wizoo, who are probably better known for their music books, mainly Software and Synth Guides, but have now developed a rapidly expanding range of sample CD’s. The advertising for this CD states “This hot tamale makes other digital takes on analog sounds look like refried beans. Watch your sampler sweat when you feed it these killer sounds. Burning basses, red-hot pads, scorching leads, pyro polys and sizzling syncs. This CD-ROM turns your sampler or soundcard into a virtual Nord Lead with 64 patches.” As with other Wizoo sample CD’s this collection sits in the “midrange” price bracket of just under $50, around half the price of what we’d call a full price CD. Logically therefore you get around half the contents of what you might expect from a full price CD, although in this case you do get a fair amount of material part of this is due to the duplication of samples as we’ll explain later… The CD comes in a gatefold “CD single” cardboard type package that opens up to reveal a booklet in the inside cover, very nice, though be careful not to stick your cup of tea on it as it’s not quite as “wipe clean” as your typical plastic case.
Akai Advance is a MIDI controller and software combination that integrates seamlessly with any plugin. Join as he explains this keyboard and the VIP software and see how it changes the way you access and perform your virtual instruments! Akai Advance is, well… advanced! So much so that it knows exactly what plugin your DAW is using and how to best control it. In this course -by expert trainer Matt Vanacoro- you learn everything there is to know about this controller and how you can maximize its potential in your live and studio work. The 26 tutorials in this course are divided into sections that logically take you through every aspect of this hardware/software system from set up to advanced performance techniques. Using live video, it shows and explains every knob and button on the Akai keyboard. And, with expert screen capture, you also learn every menu and virtual button in the VIP software.
