SOUNDS FOR A SEXY DANCEFLOOR


Rather than force-feeding you thematic or contrived-sounding construction kits, newcomers Sample Magic opted to provide the more than 1,450 24-bit loops, licks and one-shots for wide open cross-matching. Tempos are calibrated to only three groups (125, 127 and 130 bpm), and all melodic material is key-referenced in the file name. The 124 drum loops combine acoustic and electronic elements with evocative results, ranging from deeply resonant house and hard-disco grooves that thunder through your soul to enchanting tribal, African and Latin rhythms. These funky pile drivers feature truly interesting kick tones sculptured such that they captivate the leading charge of a great house track and not once wane over the course of an arrangement, yet they fold effortlessly into any one of the nearly 300 percussion and top-end loops with exhilarating, trancelike results. Bass, brass (trumpet, trombone, sax and section), guitar and electric-piano loop folders provide ample licks, phrases and hits. The Music loops folder holds gorgeous effected and filtered program material that sounds lifted from vinyl and suits dramatic intros, transitions, turnarounds or just a battle with writers block. Some purposely unintelligible, shimmering vocoded vocals provide the most inspirational human elements of this library. Two additional folders of clearly spoken and sung vocal phrases provide scorching shout-outs that border on erotica, as well as soulful scats and diva licks that will leave the crowd sweating. This is one incredibly powerful, sexy and real-sounding house library with no filler or repetition.