Tribal Tech House - Music Tech - January 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
After a brief break following the excellent Sunrise Sessions downbeat pack, the Sample Magic team is back to the dance floor with the latest loop and hit library, Tribal Tech-House. Taking influences from live Afro-tribal workouts, this pack combines tight, percussive loops with both deep minimal and more upbeat jackin’ tech house.
The DVD contains around 870MB of 24-bit/44.1kHz audio in Wav, Apple Loops and Rex2 formats, plus drum hit instrument patches for EXS24, HALion, Kontakt and NN-XT. Speed-wise we’re looking at 125, 127 and 130BPM loops divided into bass lines, beats, combi loops, FX and FX loops, percussion loops, synths and tops. As with all the Sample Magic packs, the production throughout is immaculate and you could happily throw any of the samples into your track in the knowledge that they would sound solid on the dance floor.
The bass lines have been mixed fairly dry with the occasional flourish of effects; all throb with a fat analogue warmth. The expertly produced beat selection contains driving grooves with two or three variations on each beat and some nice percussive elements. You could argue that Tribal Tech-House is a fairly similar affair to the Minimal Techno and Progressive House libraries, but the main difference comes from the more excessive use of percussion. The short percussion loops have been tightened and processed to lock with a straight 4/4 groove and offer variation through imaginative use of pitch, panning and reverb to create depth and space.
Further emphasis on percussion can be found in the individual drum hits folder, where a strong but modest selection of very usable kicks, snares and hats is accompanied by a larger folder of 112 percussive hits. The other folders of FX loops and tops add thinned-out tech loops that can be used to add sparkle to your beats.
Finally, the Synths folder features an inventive selection of both deep grooves awash with reverb and more ravey, upbeat riffs with pitch bends and ring-mod dissonance.
This is another stunning release from Sample Magic in which the quality and production never dips below excellent. If you’re looking for club-ready sounds and tech percussion loops, you won’t find much better than this.
Verdict: Another immaculately produced library from the Sample Magic team, stacked with warm basses, beats and tech percussion.
Rating: 9/10
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