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Akoustik_Bass_Hitz_Demo (mp3 Audio) Akoustik Bass Hitz CONTENTS LIST (PDF)
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Available now!! AKOUSTIK BASS HITZ - featuring Chip Jackson and produced by Vinnie Zummo. Check the demo!
Out now! AKOUSTIK BASS HITZ. Chip Jackson is a world class acoustic bass player who has worked with everyone from Elvin Jones, Horace Silver & Wynton Marsalis in the jazz world, to Natalie Merchant in the pop realm. Together with Vinnie Zummo, producer of the award winning New York Cutz series of sample CDs, Zero-G bring you this slammin’ taste of NYC-style sweaty, fonky–ass, acoustic bass & drum loopz. This is not your average acoustic bass sample collection! In addition to the Jazz tip that Chip is famous for, there are around 500 individual bass lix and full band construction kits on this DVD, in every style imaginable, including: Retro Lounge, Hip Hop, Latin, 60’s English, Rock-a-Billy, Dance, Zydeco, Acid Jazz, Fast Jazz, Abstract Jazz, Swing, Folk, Heavy Metal (these metal tracks will make your speakers rumble!), Reggae, Ska, Wa lix, Bow & Voice lix, Acoustik Fuzz Bass, Atmospherics and on & on…. The over 100 matching drum loopz programmed or played by Vinnie Zummo, cover the same range and beyond. The live drum loops feature 2 or 3 separate fills as well to make it easy to program your own music. There are also plenty of guitar, rhodes, organ tracks, & even some banjo, dobro, & mandolins within the construction kitz to make this CD a slammin’ bargain.. Instruments are offered solo-ed as well and in 6 to 12 keys wherever possible. Make your tracks growl & snort with some authentic New York attitude!
"...In experimenting with the WAV files using Sony Acid Pro, a number of things stood out. First, the quality of the acoustic bass playing is excellent. Chip Jackson's playing has 'attitude' written all the way through it, and whatever musical context these loops are used in they will add a distinctive character of their own... Second, the sound of the bass is huge and feels very 'live'. Of course, some of the loops are laid back and cool, but there are just as many that have a tremendous amount of energy, with loads of finger noise to add character - just take care with your speakers, as the bottom end of this lot will really get those cones moving!... The other loops provided are equally inspiring ...There is easily enough material here to construct complete rhythm sections and some full backing tracks without dipping into other libraries.... Perhaps the most interesting feature is the range of musical styles covered... What is really impressive is the speaker-shaking sound and attitude of the playing. If you don't usually consider acoustic bass to be part of you musical palette, Akoustik Bass Hitz might just change your mind." FIVE STARS out of five.
SOUND ON SOUND MAGAZINE (UK)
"...There is surely no finer example of the symbiosis that exists between that of the drummer and acoustic bass player - and very few that would eclipse the performances put in by bassist Chip Jackson and drummer/instrumentalist Vinnie Zummo on Akoustik Bass Hitz... With over 1.5GB of material, this new DVD-ROM title from Zero-G has the kind of space needed to really explore the two instruments... a huge amount of material that will appeal to a broad range of users... Zummo matches Jacksons's bass lines with over 100 drum loops and reveals his versatility as a musician within the construction-kit format... Unlike any other samples collection you've ever come across, Akoustik Bass Hitz will take your music into areas it's never been before. Rated 8/10"
MUSIC TECH MAGAZINE, UK
"...this is surely going to go off the cool scale right?! Actually, yes, it does; with Jazz doing the rounds and trendy again for the 200th time, there are parts of this that are too clever for their own good... You get some lush acoustic flicks, some great shuffling beats - hell you can almost smell the smoke... There's a mad unexpected range of material..Rated 8/10"
FUTURE MUSIC MAGAZINE (UK)
A Review of Akoustik Bass Hitz has appeared on the popular Samplepoolz website in Germany. Here is a link to the review and an English translation:
SAMPLEPOOLZ WEBSITE
Features:
- 38 Construction Kits in Native Instruments KONTAKT, REX and WAV formats
- Over 1.5 GB on DVD-ROM
- Includes: 893 REX2 loops, 957 WAV files
While planning this project, Chip and Vinnie included as many acoustic bass styles as possible since the currently available acoustic bass sample CDs were very limited in the range of musical idioms offered. The more commonly used styles (Jazz, acid jazz, hip hop, etc…) are provided in 12 keys and most others in 6 keys. (Most users have DAWs that employ time compression and pitch change that can change 6 keys into 12.) Throughout the project, the major priority was to capture Chip’s raw, live, New York energy and combine it with some useful drum loops made in the "New York Cutz" style as well as some live drums and retro grooves. The emphasis was TOTALLY on making tracks that feel great as opposed to technically perfect bass licks. Some of the licks were taken from live concert tapes as well in an effort to bring you the “sweaty live grooves” factor.
Click on the link at above left to get a full detailed list (PDF file) of the contents of this great new creative sampling resource!
Catalog (SKU) number: ZG-129
Latest News:
You can now also purchase the entire Akoustik Bass Hitz sample library as a DOWNLOAD in either ACID/WAV format (whole library) or REX format (loops only). Click HERE for more info!
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DOWNLOADABLE Version
 To buy, go to DOWNLOAD AREA (click link above)
REX Format
ACIDized WAV format
| | Kontakt/REX/WAV
WAV format also provided
REX2 files also provided for loops
Over 1.5 Gigabytes of samples
NI KONTAKT format (construction kit patches)
DVD-ROM (requires DVD-ROM drive)
| | $69.99 USD (= approx £37 GBP / 55 Euro) | | £59.95 GBP / 79 Euro / $99.95 USD |
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