

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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