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Sep 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
Musicians may argue over what constitutes funk, but you can't argue that the most sampled funk tracks ever originated with George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic...
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Aug 1, 2006,
By Geary Yelton
For centuries, the gold standard in handcrafted acoustic instruments has been any violin, viola, or cello made by Antonio Stradivari (also known as Stradivarius),...
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Jul 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
For some musicians, creating music from preordained riffs is antithetical to the very concept of jazz. Nevertheless, even if you don't create improvised...
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May 1, 2006,
By Geary Yelton
When I was in college, my freshman music history teacher introduced the class to avant-garde by playing an excerpt from John Cage's a piece composed in...
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Apr 1, 2006,
By Doug Eisengrein
Ultimate Sound Bank's SonicBoomBox ($99) and EthnicBoomBox ($99) furnish software instruments for Apple GarageBand and loop libraries in Apple Loops format....
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Mar 1, 2006,
By Doug Eisengrein
Rock Bass ($49.95) is a genre-specific loop and sample collection of rock- and funk-inspired bass licks. It comes on CD and contains 660 MB of loops and...
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Mar 1, 2006,
By David M. Rubin
The four-volume EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra library broke new ground as the first 24-bit orchestral library with multilayered samples of...
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Feb 1, 2006,
By Doug Eisengrein
Big Fish Audio's Rotation DVD ($99.95) is packed with more than 1.5 GB of loops and samples designed for pop and R&B music production. The loops are provided...
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Feb 1, 2006,
By Mike Levine
Loop libraries from Discrete Drums are known for being creative, well recorded, and well played. The company's latest product, Heavy Mental Drums, is...
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Feb 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
Every regional style has its adherents, but besides authenticity, the most important elements in a sample library of ethnic music is recording quality,...
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Jan 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
Sampled saxophone phrases that fit any musical occasion are rare; a snippet might swing with perfect tone and have every note in the right place, yet...
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Dec 1, 2005,
By Mike Levine
With all the drum-loop collections on the market, making the right purchasing decision can be tricky. Beyond just a product's stylistic focus, you need...
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Dec 1, 2005,
By Mike Levine
Loop libraries from Discrete Drums are known for being creative, well-recorded, and well-played. The company's latest product, Heavy Mental Drums a collection...
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Dec 1, 2005,
By Doug Eisengrein
Big Fish Audio's Rotation ($99.95) DVD is packed with over 1.5 GB of loops and samples designed for pop and R&B music production. The loops are provided...
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Nov 1, 2005,
By Len Sasso
TrackTeam Audio produces content packages, called LiveFills, for Ableton Live. There are three titles in the series: Tacklebox 001 ($49 CD-ROM), Beatbox...
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Nov 1, 2005,
By Marty Cutler
If you're an electronic musician, you can choose from an enormous variety of sample collections featuring exquisite-sounding basses that you can play...
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Nov 1, 2005,
By Marty Cutler
First Call Horns ($299.95) from Big Fish Audio is a sampled horn collection designed for Jazz, Latin, and Pop projects. The package's single DVD holds...
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Sep 1, 2005,
By Geary Yelton
With the release of GarageBand 2, Apple Computer's consumer-level audio sequencer continues to expand and gain more converts. As its user base grows,...
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Sep 1, 2005,
By Gene Porfido
Raw Power ($69.95) is a collection of more than 1,500 samples and loops in several rock styles, primarily for use in Propellerhead Reason. The CD comes...
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Jun 1, 2005,
By Doug Eisengrein
Reason Drum Kits ReFill Collection ($129) is the latest ReFill product from Propellerhead. ReFills are sound banks that have myriad samples and patches...
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GARRITAN Stradivari Solo Violin 1.07
SOUNDLABEL Piano Attack
ULTIMATE SOUND BANK
BIG FISH AUDIO Rock Bass
BIG FISH AUDIO Rotation
DISCRETE DRUMS Heavy Mental Drums
ZERO-G Beats Working in Cuba