Soundware Round-Up by Ginno Legaspi
Discovery Firm Amazing Thailand This sample library from Discovery Sound focuses on sounds of Thailand. The CDROM contains percussions, stringed instruments, wind instruments, traditional vocal phrases & voices, and ambient sounds recorded at places like fast-pace airports, cafes, taxi, elevated train, crowded outdoor markets, the busy Patpong Street and Sukhunmvit Road, and even the High Royal Palace. The unique content is offered in ACID WAV (272 files), REX2 (272 files) and 24 short movies to demonstrate the recorded instruments' features (note that the movies require Windows Media Player and QuickTime to view). An audio CD is also included in the pack for quickly auditioning the sounds. As for the samples themselves, they are diverse, very well-recorded with a faithful representation of each instrument. The percussion instruments are typical of Thai music but the performance of stringed instruments really caught my attention.
CONTACT: www.discoverysound.com FORMAT: - ACID/WAV/REX2 - Audio CD for auditioning - 44.1 kHz/16-bit format LIST PRICE: $91
Zero-G Satin Grooves
Satin Grooves is the follow-up to the popular Zero-G library called Classic Disco. I remember reviewing Classic Disco for the December 2008 issue of Wusik Sound Magazine and very Loaded with useful sounds, Amazing Thailand is a fascinating genre-specific much dug it. Like the first volume, Satin Grooves is a floor-filler aimed library that captures the essence of to recreate the vibe and dance Thai music beautifully. If you have sounds of the 70's and 80's era. spare cash and a room for your Think sexy and groovy music of sample library collection, grab this. artists such as Marvin Gaye, Barry Highly recommended. White, Anita Baker, Quincy Jones, the Isley Brothers and Michael 116
www.WusikSoundMagazine.com
December 2009
McDonald plus the electro-soul production team of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Mtume from that classic dance era of the late 1970s and 1980s. For starters there are 34 construction kits, labeled by tempo ranging from 60 to 100 BPM. Convenient separate folders for drums, bass, guitar, piano, EP, synthesizers and wah-wah chords are also available for creative options. The 'funk n' soul' music style is well represented here - and with hip-hop, R&B and soul influences - producer Davor Devcic (aka D3) was able to capture the retro flavor this library needed with the use of live instruments. The slower drum loops are smooth as silk and I find that the EP's, pianos and synths sound sonically good.