「・・・途方も無いほど素晴らしい"タイトで分厚い"ドラムループ・・・。キックドラムは、本当に見事で、豊かな鳴りのサンプルです。ベースは単独でサブウーファーを引き裂くほど。更に、極めて美しいミュージック・ループ達を収録・・・。」 While there are a few great house sample libraries, there are also numerous collections with fewer infectious grooves than a copy of Wisden. It was therefore with mixed feelings that I opened up this library from new developers Sample Magic. My misgivings were soon crushed under some enormously chunky drum grooves, which surged forward with a predatory determination I’ve seldom heard elsewhere. The all-important kick drums are fine specimens, ranging from rich and resonant to taut and funky and they meld with the other percussive loop elements to give the sound that usually elusive ‘smack’.



The drum loops are in three tempo groups (125, 127 and 130bpm) and are accompanied by various folders of upper percussive layers, some of which are performances by individual instruments, such as congas, maracas and tambourine. Most have nice, expressive performance touches. However, the mixed percussion ‘tops’ tracks are even better - nothing too busy, but with great momentum and a fullness that really shines when you drop the main beat into your arrangement.



Bass tones are a strong point. A good selection of frisk-thumbed bass guitar workouts is balanced with a handful of restrained but gargantuan synth loops. Some of the sounds have obviously been designed to stay out of the way of the more subby kick drums, but there is plenty here that could single-handedly tear your subwoofer from its surround!



The most inspirational material, though, resides elsewhere: the beautifully programmed Music Loops folder shows an undeniable flair for creative effects processing, while the Rhodes and Wurlitzer folders schmooze you with rounded, often pleasantly grainy, timbres. A folder of lyric-less vocoded loops swish and sparkle magnificently.