POST PUNK PERFECTION

VIBES 13 - Post Punk - Apple loops £24.95/Zip main £24.95.

Every time Loopmasters release one of their esteemed Vibes collections it gladdens your heart and this Post Punk offering is a really brilliant blast from the past.

You get eight kits which are:

• Acrylic - Dbm - 155bpm
• Aerosol - A - 155bpm
• Chrome - Bb - 150bpm
• Denial - Am - 145bpm
• Doom -  Gm - 140bpm
• Mantis - Cm - 150bpm
• Massacra - Abm - 135bpm
• Psycho - Dm - 147bpm

Sensational indeed and each kit gives you guitars, bass and live drums.
As you can see, tempo is all important and these rattle along at great pace but also give you a superbly banging rock sound as well.

Not only that but 'Guitars were recorded through 1973-1980 era pedals into valve amplifiers for harsher tones, whilst drums were faithfully played with heavy grooves that are characteristic of post punk. Fans of Public Image LTD, Blondie, The Clash, Killing Joke and many more will be sure to enjoy this one.'

And an added bonus is that all the sounds are also available via Loopmasters award-winning Loopcloud software.

Another ace addition to the Vibes series AND when you are on the site, check out the previous Vibes releases - they are all superb with lots of genres to choose from.

So, hit the link below, be blown away by the audio demo then snap Vibes 13 up today....

PRODUCT PAGE: VIBES 13 - POST PUNK

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RAM JAM FULL OF VOX AND MUSIC

TD AUDIO Pop Vocals - Industrial Strength - PC/Mac - Royalty-free - £34.95.

Loop and sample packs these days seem to be growing in size week after week yet the prices stay superbly reasonable for the amount you get.

Take this Industrial Strength offering for example - 2.4 gigs. Enough to keep you going for a long, long time indeed.

It's yet another of those 'ram jam full' packs with:

• 10 Full Production Kits
• 10 Guide Tracks
• 688 Audio Files
• 158 Vocals
• 35 Bass Loops
• 63 Drum Loops
• 110 Melody Loops
• 87 One shots
• 89 Midi Files
• 33 Serum Presets 
• 5 Fx

There are, as you all know by now, loads of vox packs out there and it is very good indeed to see more and more coming on to the market that include the instrumentation as well.

Of course, the main focus is on the vox and these deliver in all aspects - variety, tone, subject .

The kits come in a good variety of keys from Bbm to Dbm with lots in between with an ace range of bpm too so you have plenty of scope for many genres.

Each kit has sub-folders giving you one-shots, MIDI and Serum files plus all the WAV loops and a full mix of the track too.

Then, click on the WAV loops folder and you get more sub-folders containing bass, drums, FX, melodies, vocals and 'vocalizes' which are chants, chops etc to add that extra touch.

Yet again, every song by the female singer (unfortunately unnamed) is as clear as a bell which is nice compared to some of the garbled stuff heard on some packs.

Yes, another one of those rare '10 out of 10' packs.

Hit the link for the product page, enjoy the streaming audio demo then add this beauty to your ever-growing collection...

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DISCO FUNKTASTICO!

Robo Disco Funk - Singomakers - PC/Mac - Royalty-free - Ableton £29.95/Apple Loops £29.95/Bass Loops £9.95/Drum Loops £9.95/Full Zip £29.95/Guitar Loops £10.95/MIDI Files £7.95/Music Loops £8.95/One-Shots, FX & Sampler Patches £7.95/Reason Refill £29.95/Vocal & Vocoder Loops £9.95/Wav Loops £24.95.

Just like Loopmasters, the brains behind Singomakers pull no punches when it comes to quality, quantity or top value and here is another of their mammoth packs.

I sincerely hope you have plenty of room on your hard drive simply because this beauty weighs in at 2.6 gigs for the full zip file.

The tempo is constant throughout at 110bpm and the keys range from A# to F so yet again, plenty to play with and you lay your mitts on no fewer than:

• 83 Bass Loops (incl. Live & Synth Bass Loops)
• 110 Drum Loops (incl. Full, Top & Old School Drum Loops)
• 89 Guitar Loops (44 Dry, 45 Wet)
• 53 Music Loops
• 140 One Shots
• 20 Claps & Snares
• 20 Crashes
• 20 Hats
• 20 Kicks
• 40 Percussions
• 20 Rides
• 14 Original Vocal Loops (7 Wet, 7 Dry)
• 32 Vocoder Loops
• 93 Midi Files
• 100 FX
• 381 Rex2 Files
• 11 Sampler Patches (Incl. 6 Drum Kits, 5 FX Kits)
• Promo & Discount Folder

As always, everything is top quality, tuneful and a pleasure to play with BUT BUT BUT for me personally I simply love ye olde vocoder and this pack has plenty PLUS the original vox bits too, so the choice is yours - or simply use both in your tracks.

The basslines are ace too with a choice of electric or synth.

You get eight sub-folders which are bass, drums, FX, guitar, music, one-shots, original vox loops and vocoder loops. Great stuff indeed.

Like most genres, disco will never die or fade away and will be simply updated as new ideas come to the surface and this collection is as up to date as possible with great sounds indeed.

For the tech-heads out there we are told: 'All samples have been created and processed by HQ studio equipment like Avalon VT747, Manley passive EQ, UAD 2, Fender Guitars through 1169 analog compressor, Virus TI2, Moog, NI Massive, Arturia Minibrute 2, Korg MS20 and a lot more!' 

So, don't hang about, head over to the product page via the link below, enjoy the demo of this library and, as always, buy it NOW!!

PRODUCT PAGE: ROBO DISCO FUNK

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LUVVERLY LATINO

Nu Cumbia 2 - Ableton Live 9.7.5 £29.95/Apple Loops £29.95/Bass & Vocal Wav Loops £7.95/Drum + Perc Wav Lps £9.95/Music Wav Loops £15.95/One Shots + Patches £4.95/Reason 5+ Refill £29.95/ZIP (main) £29.95.

Loopmasters does it yet again with 1.22gigs of fun at a superb price to suit all wallets.

Yep, it's time for a 'lotta Latino' as you get hundreds of Latin American sounds brought up to date with banging basses, synths - even some top vox - the lot!

Moving smoothly from 80bpm to 90bpm this will have you clutching your maracas with pride and enthusiasm as you add this lot to your collection.

Of course, there is no need at all for you to stick with any particular genre as the sounds in this  collection can be used in lots of stuff. And as, Loopmasters tell us: 'Created exclusively for Loopmasters by Dub Salon, Nu Cumbia 2 features electronic and acoustic recordings that fuse traditional Cumbia with electronic dance and dub sounds.' 

Crikey!! What do you get? Take a look and faint:

• 142 Electric Guitar Loops
• 107 Percussion Loops
• 85 Accordion Loops
• 55 Keys Loops
• 30 Double Bass Loops
• 30 Full Drum Loops
• 24 Synth Loops
• 20 Vocal Loops
• 94 Drum/Perc Hits
• 25 Fx
• 17 Vocals
• 493 Rex2 Files
• 16 Soft Sampler Patches
• 10 Kong

The keys range from Am to Gm so you have lots to play with.

The basslines are particularly of interest because they are played with a double bass so they are nice and earthy.
The synths deserve a special mention too. Nice and gripping.

The icing on the cake though are the vox and they add a very nice touch indeed to any track you craft from this collection - and do not forget that this whole pack is available via Loopcloud as well if you are a user of this award-winning software.

Hit the link below, check out the audio demo, buy TODAY and Disfruta de esta galleta de una colección....check out Google translate for that!!!

PRODUCT PAGE: NU CUMBIA 2

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YET MORE TOP VOX

Dennyiah: Pop & Soul Vocals - PC/Mac - ACIDized WAV/Apple Loops/AIFF Files - Royalty-free - £29.95/35.92 EUR. 

Here is a nice and refreshing female vox pack from Producer Loops with four great songs from a songstress called Dennyiah.

'Dennyiah (Denisa Gajarska) is a Slovak singer based in Kosice city. Her vocals resemble the new breed of soul divas (Adele, Amy Winehouse, etc.) The ability to fuse musical cultures like pop, blues, jazz and soul with a trace of something very central European, is what makes Dennyiah so special.' 

Each of the four kits is split into three parts - the acapella, instrumentation, drums - giving you:

• Song 1 - C - 112bpm
• Song 2 - Dm - 105bpm
• Song 3 - Bb - 73bpm
• Song 4 - Bm - 89bpm

The instrumental folder for each of the songs give you a great array of sounds including the likes of bass, guitar, Rhodes, violin, chords, synths, pads etc so you have plenty to play with.
You also get full mixes of each song as well to steer you in the right direction.

As for the accas, well, you can either slap in the full song or you can just load the individual leads and backing to play with to your heart's content. And of course, as I often bleat on over the years, Producer Loops output ALWAYS snaps to whatever bpm you fancy using without losing audio quality, so, as you can see by the track listing above, you have plenty of scope for a good few genres.

Dennyiah is a class act, so make sure you add her talents to your library today. Zap the link for the product page, enjoy the audio demo - and BUY!

PRODUCT PAGE: DENNYIAH: POP & SOUL VOCALS

MAIN SITE: PRODUCER LOOPS

'MUST HAVE' HOUSE WITH VOX

Vocal House Anthems Vol 4 - ACIDized WAV/Apple Loops/AIFF Files/Ableton Live 8.1.3/REX2 Loops/Reason ReFill/MIDI - Royalty-free - £34.95/ 41.83 EUR.

WOWEE!! This is deffo in the category of  'up there with the best of 2020 so far' and is packed to the rafters with superb stuff.

And it makes a really nice change to get some male vox too in different tones from high to low.

Five rammed kits give you:

• Real Love - Am - 122bpm
• Darkness - A#m - 128bpm
• Dirty Baby - F - 123bpm
• I Want You - C#m - 125bpm
• Dangerous Love - 125bpm

Each song folder breaks down into no fewer than seven sub-folders delivering drums, dry loops. wet loops, MIDI files, one-shots, tailed loops and the vox themselves.

The vox are excellent indeed with verse, chorus and hooks AND are as clear as the proverbial bell. The music gives you bass, plucks, drops, leads, strings, brass, piano, arps - plus of course the full MP3 versions of the music and vox. 

I won't faff about waffling on any longer - check this ACE pack for yourself. Hit the link and enjoy the audio demo then buy this NOW!!
This is definitely another 'must have' from good old Producer Loops....

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MIDDLE-EASTERN MAGIC

ARABIC POP VOL 2 - ACIDized WAV/Apple Loops/AIFF Files/Ableton Live 8.1.3 Pack/MIDI - Royalty-free -  £29.95 / 35.66 EUR. 

When Volume 1 hit the Producer Loops shelves it was a real breath of fresh air and it is a genuine pleasure to see Volume 2 has made an appearance.

Stunning sounds bring a real 'taste the difference' to your musical compositions.

Let's face it, the modern-day 'Middle East' is a place of vast oil fields, massive cities and towering blocks of plush apartments that none of us mere mortals could afford to live in - even if we scooped a Euromillions rollover - so this collection can easily transport your mind back to the days of just 'camels and sand'.
But of course, it's not 'old stuff' at all and is bang up to date with 2020 music because it's styled on the 'Middle Eastern Trap' sound that has made it's way into the charts. 

These kits really zip along at 150bpm and you get two in Fm and three in Em.

The icing on the cake for this collection (as with Volume 1) is the plethora of authentic sounds you get such as 'ney' - an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Middle Eastern music; a Kamanche - an Iranian bowed string instrument; a tombak - a goblet drum; a Santor -  a dulcimer played using a small hammer; a Tar - a long-necked string instrument; a Setar -  a member of the lute family. 
Plus of course you get synths, arps, bass, pads, plenty of vox from choir sounds to chants, brass, chords, uplifters and risers, pianos, sweeps, FX - SHEDLOADS!!!

You also get sub-folders of drums/percs, MIDI files, one-shots and presets for Massive and Serum.

All in all, yet another Producer Loops cracker, so hit the link, listen to and enjoy the streaming audio then buy with security and confidence today!

PRODUCT PAGE: ARABIC POP VOL 2

MAIN SITE: PRODUCER LOOPS

MORE TOP TRANCE LOOPS

Classic Melodic Trance Vol 2 - PC/Mac - ACIDized WAV/Apple Loops/AIFF Files/ REX2 Loops/Reason ReFill/Ableton Live Pack 8.1.3+/ MIDI - Royalty-free - £29.95 / 35.66 EUR.

Music maestro Jan Franklin is back on the scene with another nice and melodic collection of dance-floor delights.

Yet again, nice and tuneful and the sounds hit the spot perfectly as you'd expect from Mr Franklin and, as for authenticity of the genre, as Producer Loops tell us: 'Jan produced most of these melodies between 1996 and 2001 so 'authenticity' is guaranteed.'

You get five kits which are:

• D - 138bpm
• A - 135bpm
• D - 135bpm
• C - 140bpm
• A - 136bpm

And, as always, loops stretch up or down without loss of audio quality so you can easily use the loops in EDM, techno - whatever you fancy.

The folders give you sub-folders of MIDI files and one-shots and the sounds deliver every drum loop and perc you need plus of course the likes of plucks, tops, risers, bass, pads, sine plucks, saw synths, toplines, risers, FX, acid lines, pads - and one kit even has gated vox to spice things up.

You also get a full mix of each track too.

Another top part of this library are the drum loops - nice and meaty so no need for you to use compression and, as mentioned before, everything is nice and tuneful too.

Hit the links, hear the audio demo then buy today - oh yes, if you missed Volume 1 then snap that beauty up as well. 

PRODUCT PAGE: CLASSIC MELODIC TRANCE VOL 2

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