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Spectrasonics
takes Retro into the future!
- Awesome Live drum & percussion grooves
- Authentic Vintage Sound, Feel & Style
- Multiple world-class Drummers, Studios and Engineers
- Transitional Song Construction Elements
- Ultra-Wide Sonic Variety
- Unprecedented Control
A fresh take on the killer vintage sound. The sonic
texture of these loops makes them ultra-flexible, bringing massive "vibe"
to any modern track. Producer Eric Persing's
mixes create a unique, dry sonic attitude in this library, making it ideal
for layering with other groove elements. Vintage mics, warm Analog tape
compression and antique drums all contribute to the funkiness. And with
Groove Control™,
the grooves are at your command, effortlessly blending their timing and
human feel to match your music. Turn a GoGo groove into Deep House, a
JB Boogaloo into Drum & Bass, a Fatback P-Funk groove into Alternative
Reggae, or an R&B stomp into a Pop Ballad! It's scary how quickly
you can sound like a remix genius!
There have been numerous drum loop products produced in the past, but
never before with this level of quantity, quality, flexibility and variety.
The authenticity in Sound, Feel and Style is unprecedented.
Producers Eric Persing and Bob
Wilson (Liquid
Grooves), went to great lengths to insure that every groove was performed
with maximum inspiration and is truly "the real deal".
Normally, a drum loop library features the same drummer playing one kit,
in one studio, all recorded in one day -resulting in the same basic sound
throughout the collection. It may be good, but the lack of variety gets
old quickly. In one of the biggest departures from other drum loop discs,
Retro Funk was created from months of recording sessions with multiple
world-class drummers -each recorded by different engineers in numerous
legendary Hollywood studios like Captial Records, The Enterprise and O'Henry's.
The focus is on live drumming with serious feel, vintage drums and a huge
variety of original grooves and fills from four incredible drummers!
The featured players on Retro Funk include:
Gregg
Bissonette (Santana, Joe Satriani, Don Henley)
Bob
Wilson (Liquid Grooves, George Benson, The Crusaders)
John Ferraro (Larry Carlton, David Benoit, Albert Lee, Aaron Neville)
Eric
Boseman (Liquid Grooves, James Newton-Howard)
Create your own complete drum
track with Song Construction Elements including Variations, Fills, Fill
Bars, Intros, Breakdowns, Ride and Sidestick patterns, Add-on Cymbals,
Claps, Vinyl noise and funky live Percussion loops too! This massive stash
of grooves is destined to be another Spectrasonics legend.
"a nifty bunch of top session drummers focusing on laid-back
and super-cool funk drumming. Groove Control™ is an amazingly useful
addition to any CD-ROM, and Retrofunk uses this feature to the full...this
is a release that deals in sheer quality...more than enough authentically
'70s drumminq sounds and stvles to keep retroheads and ex-hippies happy.
But where this release succeeds best is in providing all the flavour
and spirit of retro soul/funk while at the same time fusing it with
a 'must-sample' sound quality and an infectiously musical groove. There
is a fantastically wide range of drum sounds on offer, from ultra-tinny
hi-hats to 'squanky' snares and bass drums that sound as if they are
stuffed with cotton wool. But it's not all tongue-in-cheek, and there
are some amazingly tight and powerful funk-rock kit sounds that would
give even hard rockers a run for their money...Ultimately, Retrofunk's
flair, precision, musicianship and sheer usefulness certainly rate it
as one of the best drumming discs."
-Sound on Sound 5 Star review
*note: The CD-ROM versions of Retro Funk include the
Audio/Data CD for speed referencing, as well as a bonus Retro Funk "mod"
for Rebirth fanatics!
For more Groove Control™ drum libraries check out
Backbeat and Liquid
Grooves!
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RetroFunk Demo (2.5 mb)
Demo by Eric Persing
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