Marshall Jefferson – iDJ – April 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Whether you’ve a penchant for Reason, Cakewalk or Ableton, Loopmasters have served up an impressive 1.2GB for your sampling pleasure. With 100 drum loops, 40 guitar loops, synths, brass, strings, piano, percussion and nearly 400 vocal samples, all from the house legend that is Marshall Jefferson – if this doesn’t inspire your production, nothing will.
Needless to say Marshall dug deep for this collection, and he’s pulled together some of the finest musicians known to house music. Vocals are courtesy of none other than Byron Stingly and Paris Brightbridge. Mr Acid himself Chris ‘Bam Bam ‘Westbrook for drum and keyboard programming, Chicago’s own Louie Louie on percussion, Ed Funk on drums, Sherman Burks and Rob Crawford for keyboard programming, the Orbert Davis of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic for string and horn composition and, to top it off, Ce Ce Rogers to edit all the loops… this really is a quality line up!
Wrapped up in their respective file folders and then set in individual folders for vocals, drums etc, the BPM’d loops are easy to navigate and select. The drum loops are also divided into live drums or programmed breaks, so if the 909 or 808 sound is your thing it’s so easy to pick and loop. The folders are easy and intuitive: you could quite easily be creating the next anthem in minutes using this.
Essentially, this is a quality selection throughout. There are no throwaway loops here: from the vocals to the drums, the talent behind their creation and compilation speaks for itself. From the grooves of Philly to Chicago’s acid and back to the garage of New York, House Generation has something for everyone. If you’re producing, recording or playing house music this sample set is a must for your collection.
Verdict
Sound quality: 20/20
Build quality: 19/20
Ease of use: 18/20
Value for money: 17/20
Feature set: 17/20
IDJ rating: 91%
One of the most influential house music producers of all time puts together a mighty toolbox of samples for the producers of the future. There are untold house sample sets around, but none quite like this – a unique collection.
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