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New York - 22 loops & 2 fills
- the collection starts off with a fairly straightforward collection of
loops. Very open sounding as is most of the CD. Just sounds like someone
sitting there playing the drums, which no doubt it is. The is nothing
in the way of overt effects or fancy percussive sounds. Just solid drum
loops.
70's Ballad - 25
loops, 8 fills, 3 hi-hat/ride loops & 12 hits - not entirely dissimilar
from the previous collection, perhaps a little gentler sounding as you
would expect from the title.
Sylvian - 24
loops - For anyone familiar with David Sylvian/Japan type tracks then
these are the sort of slow drum loops that would be suitable for backing
that kind of sound. My favourite part of the collection, little bit different
from the other sections, slightly different percussive sounds being used.
Lanois - 10
loops & 2 variations - Bit more up tempo and funkier - bearing in
mind the parameters of the collection, but still retaining the general
feel of the whole collection.
6/8 - 38
loops, 7 fills & 3 hi-hat/ride loops - slightly unusual time signature
for those brought up on a diet strictly of 4/4 adds a little variety in
form. Good collection, though as with many of the loops here some of the
loops you feel need a bit of a kick to get them going. This isn't a critism,
its no doubt that's just intention of the collection, guess I'm too used
to 150 BPM loops !
Tom Groove - 12
loops - Sounding positively uptempo compared to much of the collection
!, though again still fitting in with the overall collection soundwise.
Russ - 5
loops, 6 variations & 3 cymbal/ride loops. Nice little collection
of loops, with a nice clicky sort of sound adding a fill effect.
Individual Hits - 48
hits, 2 kicks, 3 snares, 2 rim shots, 8 hi-hats, 10 crash cymbals, 6 ride
cymbals, 6 toms, 3 snare flams, 7 tom flams and a cymbal roll. Something
a little different from your normal selection of kicks and snares many
sample CD's give, particularly the cymbal sounds that often tend to be
a little thin on the ground. As with a CD of this type it can't compete
with a full price specialist selection, but beats the sounds on most GM
soundcards/synths hands down.

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