Funky House Grooves 2 is the follow up to Sample Magic’s original release “Funky House Grooves” that featured over 1000 house samples. The Funky House Grooves 2 version covers a wide range of genres and styles making it a must have for producers/remixers and artists a-like.
The Product:
Funky House Grooves 2 can be described as inspiration in a CD/DVD package. It is one of those perfectly put together sample packages that you will find yourself reaching into your sample collection for again and again. If you are looking to make a house beat in either 125, 127 or 130 BPM then Funky House Grooves 2 should be your first port of call due to the quality of the workmanship that has gone into making these samples. Found within the disk, neatly organized in folders by tempo are the following sample types that can be used:
- Drums - Slickly programmed, punchy and percussive 4x4 floor melters - all tweaked for maximum impact.
- Keys - Soulful Rhodes, funked-up clavs and classic analogue sequencers from the instruments that defined an era.
- Bass and guitar - Jazzy live bass runs and afro-infused mute guitar licks, expertly played and recorded for instant inspiration.
- Percussion - Authentic African ensembles, conga, bongo, shaker and sabar loops to get the groove rolling.
- Brass - Tight and punchy disco-tinged 3-piece sections, offering an array of all-original riffs and runs.
- More - 100s of single drum hits, FX, filtered musical stabs and much more - all in crystal-clear 24-bit.
Format
Funky House Grooves 2 is delivered as a 2.52GB CD/DVD multipack that between them holds 3,551 files. These sample files are held in various formats which includes Audio, 24-bit Wavs (802MB, 1,207 files), Stylus RMX compatible Rex files (427MB, 688 files), Apple Loops (669MB, 688 files) plus EXS24, Reason NNXT, Kontakt II and Halion patches. So many formats are included that I'm sure regardless of your studio setup you will be able to just slip on the CD/DVD and be making music is minutes.
Key Features: - 2.5 GB of original vocal material
- Multi-format vocal library
- Over 700 patches
- 850 samples
- 24bit quality recordings
- Pop, Dance, Folk, Downtempo, RnB, HipHop & Urban vocalists
- Tool box loaded with different effect loops, scratches simulated radio samples and more
- 100% royalty free
Setting up
The package includes various plug-ins available for different VST’s. FHG2 covers Apple Loops, Esx24, Halion, REX, Reason and stylus. The easiest form of using samples is the raw files, this is the way I personally make a track. I took the sample I wanted and manipulated the raw file to make it into something completely different, but left elements of the original file. The Esx24 set-up was very easy to complete, basically just a drag-drop situation. I assume the same/similar process is required to use in the other programs.
Usage
The samples are very well organised into different BPM folders. Giving you more time to listen through to the appropriate tempo and get working on the next big hit! For the sample track I prepared I used the drum samples, each one is produced very well with some very punchy kick drum compression and creative beats. Making a listen-worthy track has never been so easy, you can drag and drop the samples to create a dance floor classic in no time at all. The DVD features one hit samples that are very handy. This saves a lot of time cutting and moving around audio files and reducing the audio quality. These samples provided on the DVD are very high quality, they are not only high quality from a sound perspective but also from a usability angle. Kind of makes you mad not being able to create samples of similar creativity and quality yourself! The format is 24bit and is top of the range.
The Bottom Line
The Funky House Grooves 2 sample package is definitely worth the money, the samples are excellent and there is so many creative possibilities to keep you entertained for hours on end. Any budding producer or remixers music will benefit 10 fold from the purchase of this little gem. Combine this with the originalFunky House Grooves package and you will probably have a song in the clubs before you know it! If you make House music then this is a must buy for your sample collection.
Pros:- 24-bit high quality samples
- Well Organized Folders
- Amazing house beats
- Handy One Hit Samples
- Easy Install and Excellent Instructions
Cons:- You will spend more of your life producing and/or remixing!
- You will become jealous that you can't make loops as good as this.
Information:
Multiformat DVD/CD Version
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