| Over 1.3GB of superb, immaculate style-based acoustic drum loops and single hits. |
KEYBOARD MAGAZINE REVIEW:
Variety is the word that best describes this wide-ranging collection of Drum Styles. Featuring the diverse drumming talents of Holland native Taco Gorter, this DVD-ROM disc covers territory both exotic and contemporary. Drum loop categories include Afro, baion, batucada, bebop, blues, bossa, comparsa, crossover, drum ’n’ bass, funk, gogo, highlife, hip-hop, house, jazz, Latin, New Orleans, pop ballad, raga muffin, reggae, rock, samba, shuffle, soul, sungo, trip hop, and tumbao. Gorter’s playing is tight, ranging from driving to laid-back and simple to complex. Single-hit drum sounds were sampled at multiple velocities. This category consists of crashes, cymbals, floor toms, hi-hats, high toms, kicks, rides, snares, and sticks clicking. Some of the “single hit” samples are actually rolls and flams. A variety of sticks were used for these hits as well, including cotton tip, brushes, and rutes. Rim shot and slap techniques were also recorded. I was particularly grateful for the inclusion of cymbal crash hits, as they very rarely occur within the loops themselves. There’s also an assortment of percussion loops involving agogo bells, congas, cowbells, shakers, tambourine, timbales, and woodblocks. They’re so solidly performed that it’s unfortunate they’re not consistently identified in the documentation. This can slow down your search for an appropriate loop, espeically if you’re using the WAV files alone. Fortunately, there are many methods of accessing the sounds. The inclusion of REX files, Reason NN-XT programs, and Native Instruments Intakt/Kontakt patches seriously enhances the usability and flexibility of this library, offering plenty of opportunity for both managing and mangling the samples and loops. There is only one area that could have used a little more diversity: the actual drum kit sounds. You could criticize it for being almost too consistent, but on the other hand, it’s tuned and recorded so well that you could take this as a good thing. In the overcrowded field of drum loops, Drum Styles manages to stand out from the pack by offering variety, quality, and flexibility in a reasonably priced package. If you want a far-reaching diversity of styles from one product, this could well be what you’re after.
Quick Facts:
Native Instruments INTAKT/KONTAKT format, including over 700 Intakt/Kontakt instrument patches
REASON formats, including hundreds of REX loops & Reason NNXT patches
WAV format, including 881 WAV files
Over 1.3 Gigabytes of samples on DVD-ROM
DRUM STYLES is a superb new range of immaculate style-based acoustic drum loops and single hits - over 1.3 Gb in total - including western contemporary rhythms such as funk, hip hop, jazzdance, rock, drum & bass, crossover, house etc., together with jazz and many examples of the more exotic equivalents of swing, for instance reggae, baion, highlife, latin, batucada, etc, etc. As a bonus there are lots af percussion loops to add into the mix, and of course the single hit drum sounds, for customizing your own rhythms.
DRUM STYLES was performed and produced by:
Taco Gorter: Drums, production.
Charley Dumerniet: Production, engineering, editing.
Jasper de Boer: Production, engineering.
Erwin Klaassen: Editing & drum track mastering.
Taco Gorter is one of the leading drummers/percussionists in the Netherlands. As a teacher and composer, Gorter has inspired countless musicians. He has played throughout Europe with numerous well-known national and international artists and is highly praised for his timing, sound, interpretation, versatility in styles and - most importantly - fun in playing.
Variety is the word that best describes this wide-ranging collection of Drum Styles. Featuring the diverse drumming talents of Holland native Taco Gorter, this DVD-ROM disc covers territory both exotic and contemporary. Drum loop categories include Afro, baion, batucada, bebop, blues, bossa, comparsa, crossover, drum ’n’ bass, funk, gogo, highlife, hip-hop, house, jazz, Latin, New Orleans, pop ballad, raga muffin, reggae, rock, samba, shuffle, soul, sungo, trip hop, and tumbao. Gorter’s playing is tight, ranging from driving to laid-back and simple to complex. Single-hit drum sounds were sampled at multiple velocities. This category consists of crashes, cymbals, floor toms, hi-hats, high toms, kicks, rides, snares, and sticks clicking. Some of the “single hit” samples are actually rolls and flams. A variety of sticks were used for these hits as well, including cotton tip, brushes, and rutes. Rim shot and slap techniques were also recorded. I was particularly grateful for the inclusion of cymbal crash hits, as they very rarely occur within the loops themselves. There’s also an assortment of percussion loops involving agogo bells, congas, cowbells, shakers, tambourine, timbales, and woodblocks. They’re so solidly performed that it’s unfortunate they’re not consistently identified in the documentation. This can slow down your search for an appropriate loop, espeically if you’re using the WAV files alone. Fortunately, there are many methods of accessing the sounds. The inclusion of REX files, Reason NN-XT programs, and Native Instruments Intakt/Kontakt patches seriously enhances the usability and flexibility of this library, offering plenty of opportunity for both managing and mangling the samples and loops. There is only one area that could have used a little more diversity: the actual drum kit sounds. You could criticize it for being almost too consistent, but on the other hand, it’s tuned and recorded so well that you could take this as a good thing. In the overcrowded field of drum loops, Drum Styles manages to stand out from the pack by offering variety, quality, and flexibility in a reasonably priced package. If you want a far-reaching diversity of styles from one product, this could well be what you’re after.
Quick Facts:
DRUM STYLES is a superb new range of immaculate style-based acoustic drum loops and single hits - over 1.3 Gb in total - including western contemporary rhythms such as funk, hip hop, jazzdance, rock, drum & bass, crossover, house etc., together with jazz and many examples of the more exotic equivalents of swing, for instance reggae, baion, highlife, latin, batucada, etc, etc. As a bonus there are lots af percussion loops to add into the mix, and of course the single hit drum sounds, for customizing your own rhythms.
DRUM STYLES was performed and produced by:
Taco Gorter: Drums, production.
Charley Dumerniet: Production, engineering, editing.
Jasper de Boer: Production, engineering.
Erwin Klaassen: Editing & drum track mastering.
Taco Gorter is one of the leading drummers/percussionists in the Netherlands. As a teacher and composer, Gorter has inspired countless musicians. He has played throughout Europe with numerous well-known national and international artists and is highly praised for his timing, sound, interpretation, versatility in styles and - most importantly - fun in playing.
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