It’s February, and as it’s been cold up here in the United States so let’s heat it up a bit with a couple of products just begging to be used in your next chart topping track. This month I’ll be looking over a couple of Hip Hop products that provide you with live instruments that normally wouldn’t be accessable to most people.
Nothing sets apart a track more than the use of live strings. Live string players are expensive and it takes a lot of experience to record and capture the nuances of these instruments. Big Fish Audio has made it a bit easier to include live strings in your Hip Hop, Pop, or R&B tracks with Urban String Sessions. Urban String Sessions provides and excellent assortment of live string loops recorded in a mid-size studio setting. Each loop includes various parts and sections broken out to allow for further arrangement and custom mixing. Any way you slice it I think you’ll love how quickly and easily these loops will fit with your music.
My second selection for the month contains live played Indian percussion played along with hip hop beats. Hip Hop India was played by master percussionist Sanket Athale. What truly makes this library stand out from ordinary ethnic percussion libraries is Sanket’s ability to incorporate expertly played Indian percussion with a modern approach. Take a listen to the demos and you’ll hear what I mean. Every instrument was recorded in complete isolation allowing you to select and choose the exact group of instruments of your choosing. No sample library one-shots will ever replace the nuance and feel of a live player and Hip Hop India is truly no exception.
The Top 10 Loops and Instruments to start off 2011 picks up were 2010 left off with some familiar titles and a few newcomers. The Crate: Ultimate Urban Samples moved up to take the number one spot. Modern Country, Modern Rock Guitar and Bass Loops and Ambient Skyline hung close, and newcomers, So Shady and Hook City: Urban Pop Edition, broke into the top ten.
There wasn’t a lot of change on the Instruments side with Q still on top with Electri6ity, Cinesample’s Cineorch and Voxos: Epic Virtual Choir following. A new product in the Instruments top ten was Sonokinetic’s Voices of Isreal. Performed by one of the greatest contemporary classical Jewish singers of our time, Hadass Pal Yarden, this virtual instrument brings you chants, improvisations, poems and songs from an ancient country.
For those who have weathered the dusty trails of the Southern road, who have spit in the face of danger, and stared down the barrel of a .45 with nothing but an oldguitar strapped to your back, Southern Rock gods, we salute you.
Consume the raw, rebellious rise of southern pride with music with this Massive 8.7 GB (4.7 GB 24-Bit Wav files) Library. Legends like Lynyrd Skynrd, the Allman Brothers, Charlie Daniels, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Molly Hatchet are given tribute to the revolution of rock that took on a southern style that was anything but soft.
With explosions of furious fiddle playing, the detonating drums, and the growl of the guitar, this wild and untamed genre of music is yours to harness with a library of tracks straining to be let loose and run free with your creative hand at the reins.
Rip up some chords with a revolution that beat down the borders and swarmed the nation. This infectious riot of British upstart rebels simply rocked the world invaded our hearts and our souls with some of the greatest songs ever written and performed.
This massive 6.4 GB library is a tribute to rock legends like the Stones, Queen, Who, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles and many more that led this charge of British power that overwhelmed us and had us begging for more. Soak your tracks in the pure crackling energy that ripples through the immense sounds of this collection of British beats. Its rocking waves of surging guitars and crashing drums will set your songs on fire and trash your studio. So go on, give in to your rebellious side and join a revolution worth fighting for.
Hello everyone! Hope this week was great and filled with productivity. This week we have a bunch of new products and a new brand to add to our list.
As far as new products are concerned, MVP Loops sets us up for this weekend with Monsta and Kush.
Dieguis Productions hits home with two incredible products. British Invasion and Southern Rock.
Big Fish Audio brings you something that isn’t found very often. High quality beatbox loops and samples by 5 beatbox professionals. Be sure to check out NYC Beatbox.
Prime Loops adds 4 more packs to their rosters: Hip Hop Genius, Smooth Keys, Trip Fantasia and Urban Guitar Jamz.
Smash up the Studio brings you Soul Machine: Audio Version.
Now for the BIG news. Big Fish Audio now carries the SONY label! We have all their great libraries. All of which are well priced, tons of genres to choose from and well put together sound libraries for your use. We’re really excited to partner up with SONY to give you all the best possible music resource for your music production needs.
Big Fish Audio announces their partnership with Sony Creative Software. Now Sony’s entire collection of 180 Loop Library titles are available on bigfishaudio.com! Many Big Fish Audio users have been working with Acid for years and are familiar with the popular format. Sony’s collection of loop libraries adds a whole new catalog available to Big Fish Audio fans with titles in just about every genre as well as titles from some of the biggest names in the industry.
