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Club Revolution - Music Tech Excellence Award

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | Printer Friendly Printer Friendly

The value of a good samples pack can often be judged on three things: the quality of the sounds, the amount that they inspire, and the ease with which you can incorporate the sounds into your own tracks.

German sound wizard Oliver Schmitt spent nearly a year painstakingly creating all of the sounds and loops for his first sample pack, Club Revolution Vol. 1, which easily ticks all these boxes. The pack covers drums, basses, synths, more than 550 kick-free loops and a massive collection of extremely usable effects. The main samples comprise 650MB of 16-bit, 44.1kHz WAVs. While this may not match other packs recorded at 24-bit resolution, it allows for twice as much content – and the sound quality is excellent. Also included are 522 patches for Kontakt and EXS, which map every single sample and loop to the keyboard.

This really is a professional pack made by a producer for a producer, and this is backed up by the long list of testimonials from cutting-edge artist who are fans of Oliver’s work. There’s no hand-holding either: what you get are hundreds of individual hits, sweeps and loops that you can incorporate into any style of electronic music. Oliver clearly understands exactly what kinds of sounds make up a complete dance track and has covered every single base with staggering variety. The only drawback is that, with so many quality samples on offer, you’ll find it hard to decide which ones to use.

Verdict: An essential toolkit for anyone writing electronic music.

Rating: 10/10 plus the Music Tech Excellence Award


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