recorded gothic stacks, opera and simulated radio vocal samples. Vocal Forge is a very helpful tool if your producing dance, R&B, and electronic music, but don't have an actual vocalist.
an inspiration to fire up their DAW/sequencers. CONTACT: www.discoverysound.c om FORMAT: - ACID/WAV/REX2 - Audio CD for auditioning - 44.1 kHz/16-bit format LIST PRICE: $55
CONTACT: www.soundsonline.com FORMAT: - WAV files - 44.1 khz/24-bit format LIST PRICE: $159.94
Discovery Sound Bom Dia Brazil
Zero-G Distorted Dancefloors Although Distorted Dancefloor covers as many genre in electronic dance, including electrobreaks, breakstep, minimal techno, downtempo and grime - it's a bit more of a glitchedout affair than other normal dance sample libraries I've reviewed. The man in charge of the production is Si Begg, who has
Bom Dia Brazil from Japan's Discovery Sound is a collection of traditional Brazilian instruments nicely recorded and looped for your daily consumption. The percussion loops have that undeniable 'carnival style' vibe and rawness of sound. If that is the sound this library is aiming for, then it is a plus. Obscurity aside, you'll find authentic instruments such as recoreco, caxixi, agogo bells, surdo and repenique. Other ethnic instruments featured in this library are the udu clay drums (Nigerian local) and congas (a Cuban staple) are thrown in for good measure. This pack features ready-to-use Brazilian grooves (61 files are supplied), but useful styles such as capoeira and cabacal ensemble loops are standouts - which can be used to augment any electronic sub-genre requiring percussive elements. This is a great collection that should give producers
been releasing cutting edge music for more than a decade. He's done countless sessions, remixes and performed live plus DJ'd around the world. Needless to say, he has done it all. For this library though, Si didn't skimp on delivering the samples. In fact, this DVD is stuffed with 1.9GB of materials that includes manic drums, pads, futuristic atmospheres+soundscapes, rumbling sub-basses, vocals and various hits and FX's. The amount is staggering and the variety will inspire you to make tracks in no time. The materials have some kind of a twist in them though. Many of the samples were processed heavily using creative techniques, such as granular synthesis, extreme uses of delay & reverb units, spectral displacements and crazy sound morphing. If you're into off-center/leftfield, then this cutting-edge electronic sample library would suit you. It's adaptive to all kinds of electronic sub-genre though which is nice. Once you audition the sounds you will blown away by Si Begg's sound design skills.
FORMAT: - ACID/WAV/REX2/AIFF - EXS24/Kontakt/Reason NN-XT sampler files - 44.1 kHz/24-bit format - 1.9GB of electronic sounds LIST PRICE: $99.95 December 2009
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