Bananawhale Releases Their First Loop Library

April 28, 2002

With the company making its debut at MIDEM in January, Bananawhale Productions has announced their first sample CD.

Loops Deluxe Pro 1.0 contains over 500 edited and maximized loops in 44.1 wave format. Each is grouped by genre and then indexed to include the original tempo of each loop. Hundreds of unique 'individual sound samples' are also included on the disc for those artists whose music making approach is sampler-based. Entire sound libraries of up to 12 minutes and factory authorized software from Sonic Foundry and CDex are included, as well.

What is, maybe, the most surprising aspect of this disc is its creator, James Fairs', vision for its use. He knows his work will be used to create new sounds, and he encourages it. "I've been creating and collecting loops and samples extensively for a number of years," he said. "I make no copyright distinctions. I offer my own work in the same vein that I pass on randomly collected loops and sounds. I know that when they're used by anyone else, they'll mean something else and be new. My feeling on that? Have at it."

Loops Deluxe Pro. 1.0 is available on the Bananawhale Productions web site for a price of $49.95 per disc.

Details:

All loops and samples are in wav. file formats.
All loops are archived with the original recording tempo...to the tenth of a BPM.
The loop files, specifically, are ACID LOOPS, in wav. form.
CDex software is provided to convert files from mp3 to wav., or visa versa.
Over 500 loops, in 11 folders, catagorized by musical function ("percussion", "straight drums", etc )
One of the 11 folders is actually a collection of 12 sound libraries...another is filled with individual, isolated sounds, for sampling

The 12th folder (the "x-file" folder) on the CD filled with software:

The Tonos.com , tc8 studio
Acid 3.0 (loop software
Vegas Video (multi-track audio and video studio)
Sound Forge (wav editor)
Biodrummer
Wave Surgeon (wav editor)
Zero-X Seamless Looper
CDex 1.30 (file conversion - convert files from mp3 to wav., or visa versa)
And more...

The "read me" file contains a clear "how-to" manual for the loops, with an extensive example, based on the use of acid 3.0 .

Each disc is shipped with a product code which will entitle the user to free loops each month, discounts on new loop releases, access to any new software made available through BANANAWHALE, and direct e-mail consultation with LOOPS DELUXE"S designers.

Loops Deluxe Pro 1.0 is a 683MB data disc, all wave files and software inclusive

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