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About the BEATS WORKING IN CUBA sample library:


BEATS WORKING IN CUBA features the first complete and utterly authentic library of Latin percussion performances recorded entirely in Havana, Cuba, peformed by the country's very finest players, and presented in multi-track format (with all tracks' loops sliced into individual hits) to provide you with complete flexibility in both tempo and the selection of instruments. The styles covered include the 12 prime Afro/Hispanic rhythms of the Cuban music culture, including: Cha Cha Cha, Danzon, Son Montuno, Bolero, Pilon, Son Traditional, Guajira Son, Guaracha, Mambo, Songo, Timba, Conga Habanera (Carnival), and Conga Moderna. There are also additional variations in some of the performances to enable you to select Modern or Traditional arrangements.

The recordings were made at Estudios Abdala, Havana. The producers, Barry Sage and Gonzalo Lasheras Garcia, are both well known in the Latin field of music, with credits including Jorge Drexler, Luis Edurdo Aute, Silvio Rodreguez, Duncan Dhu, Esclarecidos, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Melon Deisel, Mariela and Solar. Barry Sage has produced various projects in Cuba for Virgin Records. They were assisted in Havana by Raphael Santos and Marisol Alfonso Perez. The sampled performances are provided with each instrument separated out.

Features:
- Huge library of world-class Latin percussion performances, recorded in Havana, featuring Cuba's finest percussionists,
- Impeccable sound quality in 24-bit,
- Over 8 Gb of data,
- Access to individual instruments within loops (each instrument in a performed groove was recorded to its own track, so you get a separate sampled loop for each instrument),
- Each of these sampled loops (on each track) is sliced into its individual hits (and you can access each slice using NI KONTAKT or NI INTAKT software). Play loops at any tempo, in any combination of instruments!

Recording Details, Musicians, Production Team, and Library Content:
Click on the various links at above left, to get full details of the instruments involved, how they were recorded, the musicians and producers, the musical styles performed and their history, and complete lists of all the instrument patch categories, samples, and library contents...


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