This months production department picks of the month highlights two extremely well done Indie pop products by a couple of my favorite brands we carry, Majorn9ne and Dieguis Productions. These products cover the entire genre from soft acoustics and vocal melodies to gritty basses and punchy drums. All samples and loops are expertly recorded in the highest possible quality, cut to bar lines for quick and easy arrangement and formatted in Apple Loops, Acidized WAV and REX Formats. In addition to these formats, both products have been formatted for Big Fish Audio’s new KLI series that takes advantage of the power and flexibility of Native Instruments’ “Kontakt” engine.
This massive 6.5 GB collection of Alternative, Indie and Pop-Rock is a showcase of groups like Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Keys, Imagine Dragons, Young the Giant, Snow Patrol, The Fray, Neon Trees and many more. Crush contains Drum Elements that contain individual drum kit pieces (kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, cymbals; etc) that you can use individually or mix n match to create an unlimited variety of drum grooves and rhythmic textures.
The library contains an enormous collection of Instrument Kits that give you the freedom to simply use one layer of the instrument by itself or increase the depth, complexity and beauty by adding additional complimentary instrument parts.
Crush includes Vocals (Female and Male) Acoustic Drums (Stereo, Hits and 24-bit WAV Multi-Drums) Electric Bass, Electric Guitars, Pianos, Keys, Synths and many additional instruments that provide you with today’s rock sound.
By giving you the ability to add the amount of depth and texture needed, along with multiple variations and rhythmic figures, Crush gives you total creative freedom and allows you to tweak to your hearts content!
Crush also includes over 3 GB of Multi-Drums from the “Drum Loops” sections of the instrument kits for you to mix n match, remix and adjust anyway you like it. Pick up Crush and Inject your projects with the raw emotion of today’s hottest Alternative, Indie and Pop-Rock music.
Acoustic Collection nails a sound that has become very popular in the last few years. From Grammy Award winning bands, to major commercials and even contemporary film scores, these sounds are a must have for any producer. This collection features not only acoustic guitars but also, drums, vocals, hand claps, snaps, glockenspiels, and a whole lot more.
In addition, a folder of hand claps and snaps one shot hits and multi-track drum stems have been included to create your own custom mixes.
Indie Acoustic Collection is a truly amazing and usable product that feels familiar and current but still brings something new to the table.
This month’s production department picks of the month come from the rising popularity of Dubstep and Electronica influences in modern Pop, RnB, and Indie tracks. From punchy dance kick drums and dirty wobble basses, to out of this word synth pads and lead lines, these two products cover TONS of ground. Both products come in 24-Bit Apple Loops, Acidized WAV and REX formats. In addition to these formats both products include some midi files and have been formatted for Big Fish Audio’s new KLI series that takes advantage of the power and flexibility of Native Instruments’ “Kontakt” engine.
Future Complextro is the Dubstep/Complextro producers dream, and stays ahead of the curve in a very usable and current way. All kits are recorded in 128 BPM so every element can be mixed and matched with ease. There are separate drum hits and drums tracks folders as well for easy custom drum part creation. To put it simply, Future Complextro is SIMPLE in its layout but offers TONS in content. Future Complextro contains over 700 MB of original content split into 15 full construction kits.
In the KLI version of Future Complextro, we have included separate patches to give you complete control over the iconic and much sought after “Wobble Bass” sound that make Dubstep so unique. Various wobble bass sounds have been sliced up and laid out on the keyboard for quick and custom wobble performances. Here is a video performance of these wobble menus in action from another outstanding product. “Dubstep Killer“. Although this video is from another product the concept and quality of these patches are the same.
Progressive House Hits boasts 15 full kits of House beats and melodies. Fat synths, dirty leads and HUGE drums are just a few of the things that make this product great. This product brings House music in the best way possible, inspiring, innovative, flashy and strong. Drum track loops and single hits are also included so that full control over the beat section is at your finger tips. Coming in at about 800 MB and boasting KLI formatting to make mixing, arranging and customizing even easier and more accessible, this product was a must have for us and we are sure it will be for you as well.
This Months products are really amazing production tools for anyone looking for inspiration from compelling guitar and drums sessions. Both libraries are incredibly diverse and cover even more ground when used together. They are both formatted in 24-Bit Apple Loops, Acidized WAV, REX, and Kontakt 4/5 formats (KLI Series, and are cut perfectly to bar lines so mixing, matching and original compositions are a piece of cake to create on the fly. If you need grab and go tools for pop, rock, alt and indie styles (to name a few) then look no further than Songwriter Drum Sessions and Guitar Sessions: Contemporary Pop Guitars!
Songwriter Drum Sessions is a library that defines “solid” playing, in a straightforward, catchy and easy to use format with 16 full drum loop sets. In addition 75 drum hits have been included for custom beat making. Pop, rock, downtempo, soul, dance and everything in between is covered in this amazing Drum Session library built for the producer who needs high quality, inspiring drum loops that are a cut above the rest!
Guitar Sessions: Contemporary Pop Guitars contains a huge assortment of loops ready to help you create chart topping hits of tomorrow. Covering rhythm, lead, ambience, and real melodic groove and a plethora of styles, Guitar Sessions covers everything you might need for the Pop genre. Incredible guitar tone is mixed with original creativity in this must have library for any pop producer. The library is massive, boasting 3.5 GB of truly usable original WAV content. Any guitar you need for pop music can be found right here, clean and distorted electrics, strummed and picked acoustics, ambient and steel guitars are all at your fingertips with Guitar Sessions: Contemporary Pop Guitars.
This months picks of the month include two outstanding libraries featuring guitars played with various unique effects allowing the user to use them in many different musical contexts. Many of the sounds are specifically geared towards a more modern cinematic use while others would be great in rock, electronica, ambient, or other experimental styles. Each of the two libraries comes in both WAV, REX, and Apple Loop formats as well as in Kontakt format as part of our KLI Series.
First, let’s take a look at Guitar Soundscapes. Guitar Soundscapes has a specific lushness to the sound design and will immediately draw you in with its full spectrum of guitar parts from high soaring leads to deep more pad-like Guitarscapes. All guitars were recorded using real amps and all effects were created using outboard effects and top of the line guitar pedals. We think you will agree the result is stunningly beautiful. In total, there is more than 3 GB (24-bit WAV) of original content here.
Second up is the just released Eclipse: Ambient Guitars. This product explores a very wide range of guitars from acoustics to various different electrics. In addition there is a vast amount of different effects used and a lot of experimental uses of the guitars. From percussion effects created by a recorded guitar, to intensely unique and complicated delay effects. Some of the kits sound as if they could fit directly into a cutting edge rock song while others would be perfect content to find its way into a modern techie film score. Just like Guitar Soundscapes, Eclipse contains a large amount of content with nearly 3.5 GB (24-bit WAV) of content.
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Urban Pop Sensation is a great resource for both uptempo Dance-Pop and uptempo R&B-Pop. The reality is, these two genres are blended together to create a sound that has dominated the Top 40 charts for a number of years now. Whether you’re a diehard fan of this style of music or you have a project that needs that “sound” Urban Pop Sensation is a great resource for you. You’ll find 10 construction kits in the styles of Jason Derulo, Lady Gaga, Usher and others.
These kits not only include instrumental parts but many of them feature vocal hooks as well. BPM’s are generally around the 130 mark in a number of different keys. Each kit also has all the drum hits broken down as individual one-shots if you prefer to create your own drum parts by throwing them in kontakt, exs24, machine, or any other sampler. In addition each element of the full drum loop is broken down into its own multi-track drum part which gives you a lot of flexibility if you want to mix and match parts or just dive a little deeper into your mix. Urban Pop Sensation is definitely recommended if you want to create some authentic and pro chart toppers!