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The Loop Loft has announced the release of The Art of Brushes Vol 2, a new collection of drum loops.

A collection of loops and samples focused entirely on brushes, this second volume contains over twice as many files as the original, giving you the sounds and grooves you need to produce authentic drum tracks in a wide range of styles.

From folk, to Americana, to bebop, to electronica, the depth and airiness of the brushes combined with the warmth and timbre of vintage drums and hand-hammered cymbals provide the perfect foundation for even the most discerning producer and songwriter who needs truly professional sounding (and feeling) drum tracks.

The Art of Brushes Vol 2 features

• Includes 135 loops and 82 samples.
• Tempo Range: 80-212 BPM.
• 100% Royalty Free.
• High quality 24-bit/48 kHz audio.
• Available formats: WAV, REX2 and AIFF (Apple Loops).
• Sets included: 80_FatAndLoose, 86_DarkAndFunky, 90_WarmAndWide, 120_TightAndRingy, 180_InThreeOrSix, 212_BeAndBop.

The Art of Brushes Vol 2 is available to purchase as a download for $24.95 USD.

More information: The Loop Loft

Best Service has released Cinematique Instruments, a boxed version of Cinematique Instruments products powered by Engine, the sample player based on Yellow Tools Independence Pro.

Cinematique Instruments sets a focus on weird, odd and rare instruments which adds a subtle and individual character to your music production. Cinematique Instruments nearly recorded everything they could get their hands on!

The library contains wonderful string instruments such as an autoharp, a 36 string instrument with a series of chord bars, a kantele, a traditional plucked 5-string instrument of the zitherfamily native to Finland, a wooden celtic nylon harp or a bowed psaltery, an instrument of the zither family such as a kind of a wooden soundbox with unstopped strings over it.

Beyond a nice collection of percussion sounds Cinematique Instruments features also strange and rare keyboard instruments such as the low-price, garbage Super-Sound EK-470 e-piano, the charming organ with its electric fan which blows air across reeds or the organic and warm Zeitter & Winkelmann Piano.
But there are also special sound paks called Glass, Metallic Objects, Experimental Box and Downbeat Box. These sound paks are an amazing source of individual und inspriring textures, pads, mallets and percussions instruments.They beat and knocked doors and sideboards of a metallic kitchen with timpani mallets, brushes, sticks, fingers and fists, they tapped with fingers and timpani mallets against lids, rubbed around the glass rim and they assembled instruments from unique sounds such as stationannouncements, trains, paper crumpling, acoustic and electronic noise, station hum, underground railway noise, pneumatic doors, crown cap shaking, glitches, noise, hiss, hum and other weirdness.

Cinematique Instrument´s goal and ultimate ambition is to inspire everyone by using its highly playable and unique instruments providing a lot of opportunities for your music production.

Cinematique Instruments is available to purchase for PC and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS), priced at 199 EUR.

More information: Best Service / Cinematique Instruments

FXpansion has released BFD Signature Snares Vol.2, the second instalment of Yamaha artist signature snares for your BFD2 library.

With the usual high levels of detail, multiple channels and multiple articulations, BFD Signature Snares Vol.2 is ready for you to sequence and mix using BFD 2.1′s powerful software interface.

The snares are captured in the same room as previous Yamaha expansion kits and the Jazz & Funk, Percussion and B.O.M.B expansion packs, in Omega Studios, Rockville, MD, USA. The tight, precise and very playable sound makes them sound great when combined with any kit-pieces in the BFD library.

BFD v2.1′s support for custom articulations allows these snares to offer ‘rim clicks’ in addition to the standard snare articulations, as well as positional sensing when used with electronic drums.

BFD Signature Snares Vol.2 features

• Low-cost, download-only expansion pack for BFD2.
• 5 signature snares: Gadd Signature Snare Drum (5.5″ x 14″), Chamberlin Snare Drum (5.5″ x 14″), Robinson Signature Snare Drum (5″ x 15″), Leim Signature Model (6.5″ x 14″), Garibaldi Signature Model (3.5″ x 14″).
• Multiple articulations including rim-clicks.
• Played with various beaters (sticks, brushes, mallets, rods).

BFD Signature Snares Vol.2 is available as a download-only product, priced at £35 GBP / 49 EUR / $70 USD for all registered BFD2 owners. Registered BFD2 owners with one or more of the Yamaha Expansion Kits (Maple Custom Absolute, Oak Custom, BFD Cocktail, BFD Heavy or Signature Snares Vol.1) can purchase BFD Signature Snares Vol.2 at a discounted price of £25 GBP / 35 EUR / $50 USD.

More information: FXpansion / BFD Signature Snares Vol.2

The Loop Loft has released The Art of Brushes Volume 1, a collection of brush performances.

Have you been searching for a loop pack focused entirely on brushes? Well, you’re not alone. At The Loop Loft, we’ve received many requests for drum loops that incorporate the warmth and ambiance that only brushes and a coated drumhead can provide. After several months and eight separate recording sessions, we’re proud to bring you the first loop pack consisting of 100% brush performances.

With grooves ranging from jazz ballads to funky linear grooves to double time “train” shuffles to folk rock back beats, The Art of Brushes Volumes Vol 1 is the most dynamic and genre-spanning loop pack available anywhere!

The Art of Brushes Volume 1 features

• Number of Loops: 103
• Tempo Range: 68-212 BPM
• Sets included: 68_JazzBallad, 75_PopBallad, 79_Chill, 103_Funky, 140_Granola, 144_BackBeat, 179_FiveFour, 212_Train
• Instant Downloads, 100% Royalty Free
• High Quality 24 Bit 48 KHZ Audio
• WAV, REX2 and AIFF Formats

The Art of Brushes Volume 1 is available to purchase for $39.95 USD.

More information: The Loop Loft

Acousticsamples has released updated version of three of its sample libraries.

Changes in DrumTaste Brush / VibysM V3 / A-Pian V2

• DrumTaste Brush: now features a Multi-output patch to really be able to mix and apply the effects on every element of the drums.
• VibysM: The Kontakt Version has been improved and now features a better voicing and a build in motor simulation (tremolo effect).
• A-Pian: The Kontakt Version has been completely rewritten, voiced and adjusted.
• A-Pian: Now uses the script of the Kawai-EX PRO.
• VibsysM / A-Pian: Two new formats are also available: Halion and Mach5 and the existing EXS and SFZ versions have been improved.

The updates are free for current library owners.

More information: Acousticsamples

Acousticsamples has announced the release of DrumTaste Brush, a sample library featuring a brush drum kit.

DrumTaste Brush features

• The DrumTaste Brush is a Brush Kit featuring a 22″ bassdrum, a 12″ hi tom, a 14″ low tom, a 14″ piccolo snare, two 22″ rides and a 13″ hihat
• 3382 samples, 1.42 Go of samples recorded at 24 bits, 96khz downsampled to 44.1khz, no loops.
• 3 mic positions for each drum that you can mix and/or disable from the interface.
• About 20 velocity layers X 4 round robins (so about 80 samples per drums per position) and only 6 velocity layers for the two ride cymbals.
• Custom mapping, you can assign every element to any key simply by pressing a key and assigning a sample.
• Mappings presets: GM, V-DRUMS, IMAP, NSKIT (NDK) or default one.
• Separated compression module for each component.
• Hihat with 5 levels on openness and triggering from one key depending on a controller value (any controller) and automatic closing sound (hear it at the beginning of the demo 4).
• Playable instrument, right hand and left hand mappings (mapping repetition customizable).
• Detailed snare, 6 different hit positions and multiple brush actions.
• 4 different brush actions and a script that allows an easy playability on a keyboard or on an e-drum.
• KONTAKT 2 and 3 format to benefit from the interface, the multiple mic position mixing and the custom mapping. Easy to use KONTAKT interface. Other formats are coming.
• Includes the demos midi files.

DrumTaste Brush is available for Kontakt 2 and higher, priced at 49 EUR.

More information: Acousticsamples / DrumTaste Brush