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Dubwise | £35
loopmasters.com
Back in December, I
gave Drumdrops in
Dub a nine-out-of-ten
– maybe some of you
went and bought it. If
you did, then you’ll
definitely want this batch to complement it
tastefully. If you didn’t, then it’s time to
shell out. 1.3GB of 24-bit Dubtastic
dynamism covering everything you need to
make Dub inspired tunage or to add a
touch of Jamaican spice to your track.
Melodica and horns, vocal one shots,
riddims –it’s all covered here. The guitar
loops are skanking and the bass loops have
the monitors sweating like an accountant in
a traffic jam. Get the samplers out, open
the windows and make the best of the
present good weather –hear me now one
time! Roger Watson
9/10
Sounds/To/Sample Glitch and
Twist Vocals | £15
soundstosample.com
Sample houses are
doing more and more
vocal batches these
days and Sounds to
Sample pitch up with
this offering – pretty
cheap, price wise, for 152 24-bit loops /
one shots. Split into six folders (Electric,
Glitched, Melodic, Nu-choir, Sleaze and
Spoken clips) this collection covers a lot of
ground, albeit within one field. Vocoders,
extreme auto tuning, properly tweaked into
next door’s greenhouse type tomfoolery as
well as re-constructed big gospel styles.
This could contain that little something
you’ve been missing. Visit the website and
check out the free samples to get awee
sniff of where they’re at.
Greg Scarth
7/10
Tech House and Deep Minimal by
Loopmasters | £30
loopmasters.com
809MB of material
from Marc Adamo
includes 10
construction kits as
well as 50 drum
loops, 50 synth loops
and a host of one shots, synth stabs and
‘superdubbed bass loops’.
The overall vibe is inspired by producers
such as Joris Voorn, Claude VonStroke,
Trentemøller and the like, with plenty of
scope for getting progressive in aHouse
like fashion. Clicks and glitches are well
covered, as are the usual soft samplers with
nine ready to play patches. All in all, a very
usable collection, whether you stick within
the genre or take some of the more versatile
elements and run with them. Roger Watson
8/10
Tonebuilder Hi-Fi 909 | $23
drivenmachinedrums.com/hifi909
Following on from the
excellent Driven
Machine Drums
package, Tonebuilder
release this tribute to
Roland’s classic grey
box. Sample master Nathaniel Shreve rates
the TR-909 as his all-time favourite drum
machine, and this lovingly-crafted
collection of 819 drum hits shows off the
legend in all its glory.
Processed through high-end tube
equipment and recorded in 24-bit 96kHz
resolution, quality is outstanding. Sounds
are in WAV or AIFF format with 27 Kontakt
and EXS-24 sampler patches plus eight
GURU starter kits included to get you
started. If you don’t have a real 909, this is
the next best thing. Greg Scarth
10/10
Supalife House | £25
producerloops.com
Producer Eddy Beneteau
has worked with Producer
Loops to create this
excellent House package,
which offers everything
from drums to bass, leads,
pads and one shots. Taking its name from
his Supalife Records, the package follows a
classic 125bpm House formula so it should
slot into your productions fairly comfortably.
The 442 hits and loops are available
in all the major 24-bit file formats, with
MIDI files thrown in for good measure. As
usual for Producer Loops, production
values are outstanding and all the sounds
are supplied dry and wet along with ‘decay’
versions for times when you need along
reverb tail. Excellent and highly versatile
sounds for any House producer.
Roger Watson
9/10
Prime Loops Bleep Machine | £10
primeloops.com
New from Prime
Loops, Bleep
Machine is a
collection of 115
individual hits and
loops, with the
emphasis firmly on special FX and
analogue synth sounds in the vein of the
BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The one shots
are great, but it’s a shame there are just
15 loops to choose from. Afew more
variations and ideas would have added a lot
to the package.
Overall though, this is a entirely
versatile, excellent quality collection
available in just about every format you can
imagine. A little on the small side but then
so is the price, and I think it’s fair to say
that Bleep Machine could come in handy
for producers of just about any style of
Electronic music. Greg Scarth
8/10
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