Article Rating Music Tech Magazine 7/10 Greg Adams’ Big Band Brass is the latest release in the Performance Loops series, which takes performances of complete songs and slices them into loops to provide samples and loops which don’t have the stale feel inherent in many other samples collections. This latest release takes a number of

Article Future Music Few instruments are harder to reproduce through the traditional sample-played-on-a-keyboard method than trumpets, saxophones and other brass. Perhaps only the guitar, with its very particular “guitar” articulations, is harder to emulate with a sampler and keyboard. Nevertheless, manufactures continue to explore ways to bring playable horn samples to producers, but unless you’re

Article Rating Computer Music 8 out of 10 Trumpeter, composer and arranger Greg Adams has worked with the likes of Rod Stewart and Elton John, and he’s the driving force behind this finger-snappin’ DVD. The content is duplicated in Acidized WAV and Apple Loops formats, giving you a total of more than 4600 loops and

Article Rating Author Interface Magazine 8 out of 10 Dave Huizing The second edition of the Performance Loops series has arrived. In the first issue, there were acoustic drum loops, but now it’s up to the guitars to roll. As the title implies, this is a box of loops played with acoustic guitars. Which guitars

Article Author EQ Magazine Craig Anderton The “performance loops” concept strings together compatible loops to create complete compositions. The loops are taken from multi-track recordings of songs, yielding various chord progressions but also, several loops are repeated with small variations. The loops are basically rhythm guitar parts using 6-string (474 MB; mono, stereo, and double-tracked),

Article Author Keyboard Magazine Bob Schleeter Pros: Outstanding performances. Excellent tone. Killer recordings. Cons: Lack of fingerpicking material. No mention of major/minor tonality in loops. Bottom Line: A great way to get top-quality acoustic guitar parts. Yikes, I think to myself. The cover says “Over 1000 Guitar Loops and Samples.” Everybody I know already plays

Article Rating Author Electronic Musician 4 out of 5 Jeff Obee Drum loops are as common as ants at a picnic, and for good reason. They provide a basic rhythmic template for songwriting, they’re the foundation of contemporary dance music, and they work great for broadcast and multimedia projects where deadlines are a concern. However,