Mzone Releases Double CD-ROM Of Acoustic Drum
Loops, Fills, and Hits
 January 4, 2000
The GrooveMasters Drums sampling-CD from Mzone and Dublab
Productions has just been released as a double AKAI S1000 CDROM set, compatible
with most modern samplers and PC & Mac sample-players. Mads Michelsen, one of
Denmark's most experienced drummers, has filled these 2 CD's with nearly 1GB of
true stereo acoustic drum loops & hits.
On
CD-1 you'll find drum loops and fills (one or two bars each). In total
there are more than 900 loops featuring a huge choice of kit sounds. Each
loop is available in several variations, with and without bass drum, with
cymbals, hi-hat only, etc. They are presented in fixed and free tempo;
the fixed section is played to a click, the free-tempo loops are played
without.
CD-2 gives you more than 650 single hits, at hard to soft velocities,
with complete samples of 3 entire drum kits and cymbals. The styles, for
both discs, are divided into Rock, Rock & Roll, Shuffle, Straight, Disco,
and Mixed, but you'll also find R&B stylings, brush patterns, classic-rock
grooves, roots/reggae rhythms, and much more.
The CDs were recorded to analog tape to give a tight, warm quality.
The mics used include the Shure SM57, Neumann U 87, U 47, and U 69, Sennheiser
441, and AKG "The Tube" and D112, among others. These have been sent through
a selection of solid-state and tube compressors, and a Calrec mixing board,
to an Otari MTR100 deck and Ampex 499 tape. A TC Electronics M5000 A/D
converter was used to transfer to DAT.
Also included is an FX section containing loops treated with phasers,
flangers, and vintage amps, such as a Gibson Jazz guitar amp, an Eventide
H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer, or a TC Electronics 1210 processor for the delay
and phasing effects.
GrooveMasters - Drums is part of a whole new series of sample CDs featuring
integrated grooves and multisamples of high quality that are 100% license
free.
Available as a double AUDIO CD or as a CD-ROM in the AKAI S1000 format
(which is also compatible with the Emu EOS operating system).
For more information visit their website at www.mzone.dk.
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