Drum Loops

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

3 Rock Music Loops Available at a Good Price at the Loop Loft



Here we have the top three rock music loops that are available with us at The Loop Loft at attractive prices. 
Beats Like Bonham Bundle – Save 25% 
The Loop Loft brings an impressive collection of loops from legendry English musician like Led Zeppelin and John Henry Bonham in a bundled collection of multi-track drum sessions that includes some of the biggest hits ever by Led Zeppelin.
John Bonham is indeed one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music and is still admired for his speed, power, distinctive sound, groovy beats and impressive fast right foot paddling. In his brilliant artistic career, John and his iconic Ludwig Classic Maple drum set were never spaced out and even with the bundle featuring multi-track drum session we have paid homage to the late drum legend’s sound and feel     
Elite features with the bundle:
·         Six complete song session including biggest hit tracks like - Immigrant Song, All My Love, When The, Levee Breaks and  Kashmir.
·         The bundle includes seven individual drum tracks and detailed sessions for a complete control over the drum mix and production.


Reason Refill Simon Phillips Session Tracks - $69.00
The Session Tracks Refill is certainly the finest collection of a wide range of drum loops by Simon Phillips, covering the best drummers in the world who have played alongside with the legendry names like The Who, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Mick Jagger and AC/DC.
Simon Phillips, himself is the former drummer for Toto and an English jazz, pop and rock drummer, who is renowned for his prolific drumming sessions with some of the most professional names in rock music industry. Simon began his artistic career at the age of twelve with his father - Sid Phillips and replaced Judas Priest drummer Alan Moore after which he did several remarkable works with Mike Oldfield Jeff Beck Russ Ballard Camel, Jordan Rudess and Gary Moore.  
The Reason Refill Simon Phillips Session Includes:
·         34 drum sessions with wide ranging tempos and a variety of rock styles from hard rock to soothing blues.
·         Over 400 arranged REX2 stereo drum loops with patches like 68 Dr Octo Rex, 3 Combinator, Multi-velocity Kong and ReDrum.       
Doug Wamble Slide Guitar Collection – $39.00
Also get the latest release of works by talented guitarist Doug Wamble in an artistry bundle of Doug Wamble Slide Guitar Collection.  It has an impressive assortment of works by Doug and numerous tracks covering a vast range of styles from traditional blues, porch folk to dirty rock.
Doug Wamble is a renowned American vocalist, guitarist, and composer, also admired for his knowledge and skills in both jazz and blue genres. His electric and acoustic guitar lessons are considered as landmarks and that’s why we bring to you the very best of him with the highest quality slide guitar loops collection.
Doug Wamble Slide Guitar Collection includes:      
·         Collection of 385 loops with tempos ranging from 75 - 185 BPM.
·         High quality 24 bit 48 KHZ audio and vast library of both lead and rhythm tracks to choose from.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Pro Tools Sessions with Simon Philips at The Loop Loft

The Pro Tools Session with Simon Philips at The Loop Loft is an amazing experience of real drums being played in different loops, by one of the best drummers in the world. In this custom designed template of multiple sessions a wide range of rock styles can be listened to. The sessions which suit the composer the best can be easily dragged and dropped into his own sequence. Let’s have a look at the special features of this session.
1. Easy addition
The pro session includes 34 different assemblies of drums in different tempos. The performances range from Hard rock to Texas Blues. Each session is ideally divided into the verse, chorus, fills etc. A composer can choose a session based on the feel and tempo and decide to add it to his track. Simply drag and drop the parts you like into the sequencer software and re arrange them. The composer can also match and mix loops from different sets and add them together to make his own collection.
2. Inclusions
This is the first in a collection of drum sessions in multi tracks that have been custom designed for Pro Tools. The 34 sessions templates in .ptf have already been mixed by using native plug-ins and are inclusive of tracks of keys and vocals, guitar, reverb, chorus and delay. They are ready to use and give a creative jump start to the composer. It also includes loop versions in stereo in-
·         REX2
·         AIFF
·         WAV
·         Stylus RMX FORMATS
·         ReFill for Reason
3. Loops
The session is inclusive of Bass Loops arranged in WAV, REX2, AIFF for Apple Loops and Stylus RMX formats. The drum loops sessions are in complete stereo singles library that includes kicks, toms, snares and cymbals.
4. Equipment and Recording
All tracks of the sessions have been recorded in Los Angeles in the Woodcliiff Studios. The drums that Simon used were Tama and Pro Tools was used to track all performances. The mastery of the sessions was done in the record release quality, making sure that there was no over processing and stress was laid on the kit and the drummer.
5. Simons gear
Simon used the following equipment for the recording-
·         Tama Star Classic Maple kit
·         Kick drums – 16”by 24”
·         Toms - 7" x 10", 9" x 12", 10" x 13", 11" x 14", 12" x 15", 13" x 16"
·         Snares - Drum Paradise "HitMaker" 5" x 14", 1939 Leady 6-1/2" x 14", 1974 Ludwig 402 6-1/2" x 14", Tama Star classic Piccolo 3-3/4"x 14", Tama "Pageant" 5" x 12"
·         Zildjian "A" Custom cymbals - 14" HiHats, 22" Ride, 19", 18" & 17" Crashes, 12" Splash, 10" SR Hats, 22" Oriental China & 22" A Custom China.
6. Signature sticks in Pro mark
Simon used the following microphones for the Pro Tools Session-
·         Shure SM57 for Snare
·         Shure KSM27s for the Toms
·         AKG 414 for Hats
·         AKG 460s for Overheads and Yamaha
·         NS10/20 Subkick mics

·         Shure Beta 52 for the Kicks.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Drum Loop Users Should Know These 6 Things



If you are planning to loop with drum loops and just have started, here are some techniques that will let you save some time and also help you master using the use if drum loops.
1.    Creating and Slicing Audio Samples
The biggest advantage with looping techniques is the availability of creating your own audio samples with numerous options to arrange and slice the drum loops. Moreover, you can even combine the drum loops with several other looping options and create our own unique track. With loops, you even get the benefit of altering the arrangements of sounds from instruments and vary their release as per requirements.
2.    Chopping the Drum Hits For Glitch Effect
Besides the eternal option of creating sound tracks with loops, you can even have different kind of effects added to it with simple tricks to chop up the drum hits. While looping over drums there isn’t any stone rule that needs to be followed, as you can have your guideline with multiple semitones for a sync audio output. 
 3.    Adding Different Drum Patterns For Enhanced Audio
Using looping techniques with drums allows you to add different kinds of patterns in your audio track and consequently notice the enhancing complexity in it. This is one technique, which most DJs preferably use and give their rhythmic audio a superior background. You can even have the desired drum loops in the beginning, background or just for break beats.
4.    Layer the Drum Hits And Sound Better
A common issue noticed with several starters is that they restrict themselves to a specified circle of drum kicks or snare hits. However, with looping techniques, you can add drum beats to double or triple the amount and merge them effortlessly with layering effects. This even allows you to add different genres of drums and dub step in a minimal labor.
5.    Using Return Channels To Create Effects
Most common method to create different sorts of effects with lopping is to load them from audio channels. However, preferring a return channel for the same task is much convenient and handy. This allows you to add more effects with different instruments and doesn’t consume much of space on system. Moreover, you have control over different loops at a single platform and an ease of layering them with loads of effects too.
6.    Rearranging Loops In Individual Channels
With loops you can chop or slice them as per requirement and consequently arrange them for a desired playing option. Using such techniques provides you with a broader platform of creating own loops and even an enhanced library to try out from. Moreover, you set yourself free from changing the drums hits for addition of effects in sound track. You get to add different kinds of effects with loops arranged in a separate individual channels and increase the possibilities with it too. 

Monday, April 7, 2014

Useful Tips to Master the Art Drum Loops

For all music lovers and wanna be music composers, music loops will be an essential part of your composing kit, especially if your hands are not well practiced at instrument like the drums and loops.
In order to excel in the art of looping, here’s tips from experts. They’ve all the way to share their secrets, take a look:    
Arranging And Chopping Drum Loops
Looping software today comes in a variety of options and depending upon the one you buy, you can have access to endless choices. The real test of the music composer lies in slicing them in an exact manner and then arranging in characteristic channels. Once you identify the need of rearranging and chopping the drum loops, you will be able to create your own looping effects and that too without much hesitation.  
  

Locating Specific Drum Loops
Once you understand how effects are produced with loop arrangements, you need to slice them properly and then locate them in distinctive audio channels. This will give you an enhanced management over loops with addition of effects as it doesn’t require an alternation with the drum hits for the same purpose. With a distributed approach to the located drum loops, you will excuse yourself from fusing different looping effects and create a defined audio output. 
Utilizing Return Channels
One common mistake that most amateur looping artists make is stacking of their audio channels with different effects from the host. However, the simpler and more sensible way to do the same are to add the effects in the return channels and consequently enhance the possibilities with greater effect options from different instruments. Moreover, with a proper practice of return channels you get efficient with creating all sorts of drumming effects in one single channel without heaps of layering.
Enhance The Possibilities With Additions
In order to master the art of drum lopping you need understand the importance of creating a superior audio clip with layering effects that engage additional drumming effects. You can layer up different effects like snares, claps or kicks together, so that you have endless possibilities to create your own masterpiece with drum loops.
Altering Loop Arrangements
A real useful tip to create your own loop is to alter the arrangements of drum loops and precisely chop it with audio samples and MIDI loops. Using looping techniques means that you have an open platform for altering the looping arrangements with a modification in drumming style and slicing them in a respective manner.    
Editing Drum Loops With Samples
When editing loops in individual layers, it’s important that you make the most of all provided samples. This indeed will enhance your possibilities with audio outputs and add that sense of groove to the track. Even though the track will be distributed in separate sections it will create a sense of multi-track with a bridge over smaller audio sections.                              

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Using Music Loops – Need Not be seen as Cheating



Running parallel to the maturity of human civilization, music and the sense about it has constantly been on the running end. The latest addition to this ancient art of music is the usage of musical loops.
However, some people believe that using loops to create music is similar to cheating for a composition. Therefore, we bring to you factors that will make you realize that using loops to create music is just the latest move of modernizing music.
Technological Improvement and the Availability of Endless Musical Loops
Music and musical instruments have been a part of human existence from ages and one thing that has aided their subsistence is the tendency to modernize according to the urbanizing cultures.
From, wooden acoustic guitar of the medieval ages to the new age metal head electric guitars, examples about modernizing musical instruments are certainly endless. Moreover, new age musical technologies have given birth to musical genres like disco, rock, hip hop, jazz and much more.
Loops are the most popular of the latest additions to this modern age chapter of music and it promises to move the industry with its simple yet efficient techniques. Loops provide musicians with the freedom to blend and twirl the grooves from different musical instruments using digital software technologies like MIDI loops, Kontakt Drums, MASCHINE Kits and Stylus RMX. This adds that special modern twist to the traditional styles of music we have followed from ages.
Is Looping Identical To Cheating
Before, we begin to review the concerns of looping as cheating, let us understand what the essence of looping is. A musical loop is a small section of sound, which is cyclically repeated as a segment of prerecorded music and has the freedom to use it endless times.
Usage of loops with musical compositions allows music composers to produce remixes as a blend of traditional music styles with latest digital technologies. Undoubtedly, these technologies have condensed live musical sessions that took hours earlier to an easier shorter replacement.  Moreover, this allows composers to bring in new musical styles to the compositions and remix them for a groovy musical pattern.

 
A Loop Is the Modern Musical Element
If we understand and consider looping techniques as an important feature of the modern age music, we get to notice the endless possibilities that are feasible with it. This is why some of the most professional music artists and composers have appreciated the combination of musical loops as “modernizing key of musical composition.”
Moreover, they see looping technique as an essential element of new age music and stresses on the numerous potentials it has that can help artists enhance their performances. 
Loops are the most recent addition to the music industry that is designed to enhance musical experiences with blends of different musical categories, which is not necessarily cheating as described by many.