 Click to zoom image Click here for the Drum Styles FULL CONTENTS INDEX (PDF)  Taco Gorter Drum Styles Demo 1 - Batucada do Merniet (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 2 - Carstreet Gogo (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 3 - Chunky Tamborim (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 4 - Claxon (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 5 - Cross Border (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 6 - Descarga Suave I Caliente (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 7 - Jazz Chaps (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 8 - Jazzdancer (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 9 - Shugo (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 10 - Burakabu (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 11 - Farah (mp3) Drum Styles Demo 12 - Soulroads To Destiny
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DRUM STYLES - an exciting and flexible new range of Acoustic Drum Loops & Single Hits in many specific popular musical styles, performed by one of Holland's greatest drummers, highly praised for his timing, sound, interpretation, versatility in styles and - most importantly - fun in playing. Check the 12 Demo Songs!
DRUM STYLES is a superb new range of immaculate style-based acoustic drum loops and single hits - over 1.3 Gb in total - including western contemporary rhythms such as funk, hip hop, jazzdance, rock, drum & bass, crossover, house etc., together with jazz and many examples of the more exotic equivalents of swing, for instance reggae, baion, highlife, latin, batucada, etc, etc. As a bonus there are lots af percussion loops to add into the mix, and of course the single hit drum sounds, for customizing your own rhythms.
"...In the overcrowded field of drum loops, Zero-G Drum Styles manages to stand out from the packby offering variety, quality and flexibility in a reasonably priced package... If you want a far-reaching diversity of styles from one product, this could well be what you're after... Large stylistic range, Flexible and easy to use, Well performed, recorded and mixed... The inclusion of REX files, Reason NN-XT programs and Native Instruments Intakt/Kontakt patches seriously enhances the usability and flexibility of this library, offering plenty of opportunity for both managing and mangling the samples and loops...".
KEYBOARD MAGAZINE (USA)
"...The quality of the recording and the playing is extremely high. The combination of dance and world music makes this an ideal collection for anyone who's seeking to produce jazzed-out, chilled dance (a la Jazzanova) or for people who are looking to inject some real-world groove into their tracks" - COMPUTER MUSIC magazine, Feb 2006.
Features: - Native Instruments INTAKT/KONTAKT format, including over 700 Intakt/Kontakt instrument patches, - REASON formats, including hundreds of REX loops & Reason NNXT patches, - WAV format, including 881 WAV files, - Over 1.3 Gigabytes of samples on DVD-ROM
Click on the link at above left to get a detailed list (PDF file) of the full contents of this flexible new resource for creating professional rhythm tracks in specific styles of music.
DRUM STYLES was performed and produced by: Taco Gorter: Drums, production. Charley Dumerniet: Production, engineering, editing. Jasper de Boer: Production, engineering. Erwin Klaassen: Editing & drum track mastering.
Taco Gorter is one of the leading drummers/percussionists in the Netherlands. As a teacher and composer, Gorter has inspired countless musicians. He has played throughout Europe with numerous well-known national and international artists and is highly praised for his timing, sound, interpretation, versatility in styles and - most importantly - fun in playing. More info about Taco can be found on the website www.tacogorter.com
ABOUT THE DEMO SONGS (See MP3 links on left): All songs composed and arranged by T.P. Gorter, except "Jazzdancer" and "Batucada do Merniet", composed and arranged by T.P. Gorter and C. Dumerniet. Production by T.P. Gorter and C. Dumerniet. Edited and mastered by E. Klaassen. All rights concerning all 12 demo songs are reserved by the composer(s) / arranger(s). Guest musician on "Farah" - Philip de Goey, Flute. Guest musician on "Shugo" - Marcel "Lassa" van Ettingen, Bass. Guest musicians on "Claxon" - Philip de Goey, Flute; R. ten Cate, additional synths; Pygmees du haut Zaïre / Coro. Guest musician on "Burakabu" - A.T. Samba: Vocals (Gambia). Guest musician on "Batucada do Merniet" - Philip de Goey: Flute.
Also, click HERE to see and hear Drum Styles being implemented in the producers' new project "Another Thought".
Item code: ZG-133
Latest News: You can now also purchase the DRUM STYLES sample library as a DOWNLOAD in 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
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WAV format also provided
REX2 files also provided for loops
REASON NNXT Sampler patches
Over 1.3 Gigabytes of samples
NI INTAKT format
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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