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Goldbaby has announced the release of the Urban Cookbook Vol 2 sample library.

Time to cook up some more delicious beats… the cookbook has a sequel! Including more ingredients which are full of saturated fat, MSG, a heap of sugar and certainly not suitable for a low cholesterol diet.

These new recipes are perfect for these dishes: Hip Hop, Dub Step, Drum & Bass, Breaks, Grime, Dance Hall, Electro… Although chefs making other dishes like: IDM, House and Techno will appreciate the varied high quality ingredients.

Punchy Kicks, Solid Snares, Hi Hats, Toms, Percussion, Claps, Cymbals, Layering tools, FX, Vinyl Hits, Chord Hits, Bass Tools and Rex Loops… just over 1 GB of the freshest ingredients.

Urban Cookbook Vol. 2 features

• 3090 samples (24 bit).
• 211 Rex loops.
• 128 Maschine Kits, 6 Projects and 33 Instruments.
• 49 Presets and 144 kits for Geist.
• 121 Battery 3 Kits.
• 159 Kontakt 4 Kits (requires full version of Kontakt 4 or higher).
• 149 EXS-24 Patches for Logic.
• 49 Kong Kits, 102 NNXT patches and 15 Combinators for Reason 6.5 or higher.

Urban Cookbook Vol. 2 costs $49 USD.

More information: Goldbaby / Urban Cookbook Vol 2

Standard Beat Company has announced the release of Black Surface Volume One, a new collection of dark ambient hits and loops.

Created by sampling organic and found objects then sent through a rigorous post process, Black Surface offers a unique and versatile set of tools for both music and sound design. Black Surface Volume One includes kits for Native Instruments Kontakt 5 and Battery 3, 93 individual hits in 24 bit .wav format, 10 construction style beats (a total of 43 loops) in both .rex and 24 bit .wav formats, and 3 kits for Native Instruments Maschine.

Black Surface Volume One was composed using all original samples recorded with a variety of portable, cellular, and cassette recorders. Loops were sequenced using additional sounds from the beatserv “Vintage” library and Audio Damage’s Tattoo.

The sample library costs $29 USD.

More information: Standard Beat Company / Black Surface Vol. One

Producertech is offering rekkerd.org readers a chance to win one of its latest online video courses: Dubstep Production in Logic Pro by FracTroniX.

In this new online course, FracTroniX takes you through each stage of producing a heavy Dubstep track with Logic Pro.

The course is split into parts, which focus on each of the main areas of production, including creating beats, basslines and melodic accompaniment, as well as mixing and mastering.

You have a chance to get the first part of the series – Making Heavy Beats – by leaving a comment below. The deadline is February 15th, 11.59pm CET. On February 16th, 2013, the lucky winner will be picked at random, and announced here.

Good luck!

More information: Dubstep Production Course in Logic Pro by FracTroniX

Loopmasters has released Hip Hop Instrumentals 2, a new collection of laid back atmospheric, dope and dusty breaks and beats by Chemo.

Relax your heads with 10 timeless Hip Hop construction kits plus bonus Drum Loops and Atmospheric SFX. Each construction kit has everything you need to build inspirational Hip Hop productions including stems of each drum part, Bass Loop, Hook and Atmosphere along with its own separate drum kit for those who want to roll their own breaks.

With tempos varying between 70-114 BPM this dynamic pack is also perfect for Chill Out, Urban, Triphop, Downtempo and all worldwide hip hop genres.

Weighing in at 816 MB Hip Hop Instrumentals Vol. 2 includes 235 24-bit samples, with 109 loops and 126 one shot samples. Also included are 27 ready to play patches for Kontakt, Halion, SFZ, EXS and Reason NNXT compatible soft-samplers. Added to this there are 14 Native instrument Maschine construction kit programs. Apple loops Reason Refill and Ableton Live versions are available to purchase separately.

The sample library costs £24.95 GBP.

More information: Loopmasters / Hip Hop Instrumentals 2

Team Popo has released version 2.0 of BeatEvolve, a music app for iOS.

Anyone can make music with BeatEvolve! With 32 instruments to choose from, the intuitive interface lets you combine 3 layers of harmonies to create awesome riffs!

Select from one of six preset evolution rules or create your own from scratch then sit back and watch as the music changes all by itself.

Changes in BeatEvolve v2.0

• Vastly Improved Audio – every instrument has been rerecorded from scratch to give you the best possible experience.
• Drum Kit – this has been added as a new percussion instrument. The 16 drum beats include a variety of drums and cymbals to use with the rest of your musical composition.

The app is available to purchase for $2.99 USD.

More information: Team Popo

The Producers Choice has released Futuristic Drums, a collection of drum loops and samples.

We came up with a PRE MIXED collection of 100% unique sounds – so you can skip the mixing worries and sound like a SUPERPRODUCER.

Straight from the mixing desk of our multi-platinum producers – Futuristic Drumz is a brand new – 100% unique kit bringing you FRESH, UNIQUE and FUTURISTIC One Shot Drum Hits, FX, Percussions, Loops and more.

Futuristic Drums features

• 230 samples – including one shot drums, FX and loops.
• HUGE drum library of Kicks, Claps, Snares, Percs, FX & More.
• LOOPS – 20+ Futuristic Drum Loops – showing off what you can do with this kit! Throw them into your sequencer for fast beats.
• BONUS – Unique One Shot Vocal Hits section.
• 24-bit wav format – for use in 99% of music software/hardware (Including FL Studio, Maschine, MPC, Reason, Logic and more).
• 100% Royalty Free – use this pack without compromise.

The sample pack costs $37 USD.

More information: The Producers Choice / Futuristic Drums