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Komputer - Inside Page
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Synth Drum Patterns. Tracks 35-43 comprise
loops from 85-160 BPM, though the section title is a bit of red herring
as some of the loops contain no drums at all.Tracks 35-37 have 6 loops similar
to those in tracks 2-16, full loop then 1 or 2 stripped down versions, these
though are just the drum loops without the bass and synth parts that the
earlier section included.
Track 38 offers 3 single versions of loops.
Tracks 39-42 delve into more rhythmic patterns on a Roland 100M, some
could be bass parts rather than drum patterns. Finally track 43 has 4
loops of snaps and sequences.
Similar to the first section there is a
variety of styles and tempo's here, though again there are not that many,
27 in all.
Synth Sequences. Here we have 6 tracks
with 45 or so short sequences. Typically lasting a few seconds each of
blips, squelches, short arpeggio runs, simple tones, scratches and so
forth. Track 47 stands out a little as it is made up of retro computer
game type sound sequences. Otherwise a wide range of seqences ready to
drop into a track, either as they stand or looped in some cases to underpin
a track more.
Synth Noizes. Not a spelling mistake,
throughout noise is spelt with a z !. Tracks 50-61 comprise around 150
samples of single sounds, blips, squelches, tones, noises, sweeps very
short sequences and so forth. Some very good sounds are to be founds here
which could form the buildings blocks of sequences, leads, arpeggio's
or rhythm sections. Some of the sounds are percussive in nature, and there
is a wide range of sounds. There are some truely weird ones in here I
would stuggle to place in a track myself, but I am sure others would find
a use for them.
Track 57 contains a couple of vocoded voice
"arhhhs" which stand out as there are not many sounds here one
could describe as pads. All in all a wide range of sounds that would find
uses in genres of music far removed the Kraftwerk like theme of the CD.
Electronic Percussion Hits. 4 tracks
comprising of 50ish snares, bass drums, hi-hats, snaps, blips and so on.
Ready to be built into drum patterns or other rythmic parts of a track.
A solid collection, though some of the drums do sound rather weak when
compared to current day fashion. It would have been nice to have a collection
of sounds from some of the era's drum machines. Withstanding that still
a useful collection, I feel would be most used as a bolt on to an existing
set of drum sounds, especially if being used away from the strictly intended
genre.

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