‘String Quartet Vol 1’ features a collection of 198 smooth, melodic, and flexible string loops ranging from 85 to 140 BPM. Cello, dual violins and viola are featured in these melodic loops. Stereo and mono loops are included, providing maximum flexibility for your productions. Add strings to Downtempo, Ambient, Cinematic, Hip Hop, Folk and Electro tracks with ease.
Baglama or ‘saz’ is a folk instrument whose history goes back more than 1000 years, to a time when Turks first started settling in Anatolia. For centuries poets reflected their deepest emotions with baglama and it became an essential instrument for all kinds of traditional celebrations, including weddings. Meanwhile the instrument’s popularity spread from Asia to Anatolia, to Rumelia and even to some parts of Europe. It is still one of Anatolia’s dearest and most precious sounds.
‘Azerbaijani Tar’ contains professionally played and recorded melodies ready to allow you to discover the unique sounds of Tar. The Tar is a Turkish folk instrument played with a plectrum which is also commonly used in Azerbaijan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Georgia. Its body is composed of two bowls of different size and is generally made from mulberry trees. The gögüs section is covered with a membrane taken from the heart of water buffaloes or cattle. Sap section is from hard wood and fish line pitches are tied onto it. There are two main groups of strings on tar. Those in the first group are used in playing the tune and consists of three groups of two strings. The other group of strings are called Kök and Zengi, and are tuned according to the mode to be used and enhance the tone.
Bringing you melodic instrument loops as diverse as India’s rich cultural history, Indian Folk contains just under one thousand 24-bit Wav files full of color and authenticity. With the arrival of movies and pop-music, the popularity of India’s folk music was weakened, but this product aims to hold true to this dance-oriented heritage. Instruments like Folk Violins, Bollywood Violins, Ravanhattha, Benjo, and Shehnai will easily bring to life a World/ Ethnic composition.
South is the new library featuring authentic Folk Percussive Sequences and Individual Percussion Instruments directly taken from Southern Italian Tradition. Several tambourine sizes and types used, including traditional Tammorra, Pizzica and even a custom Tar. All loops are tempo synced. Individual sustained instruments are multisampled and have multiple round robins. Additional rolls and effects are included.
Add a little folky goodness to your tracks with “Blues Folk Songwriter Vol 2”. This pack features 187 rhythmic and soulful loops played on acoustic guitar and dobro and arranged in 4 easy to access loop sets. These loops are perfect for addling a little warmth and authenticity to your tracks, either by dropping them in straight out of the box or with a little fx tweaking. Loops can be paired together to add a rich stereo vibe or used in mono tracks to add flavour to your tracks.
From funk, folk, pop, jazz and rock, Aaron Comess has done it all in his illustrious career as one of NYC’s premier drummers. Widely known for his work as a founding member of the Grammy-nominated, ten million album-selling band Spin Doctors, Comess bring his signature style and sound to this incredible new Loop Loft collection. Aaron Comess Looped Vol 1 features six unique sessions containing grooves that range from fat back, soulful Stax-esque beats, warm, stirred brush grooves, thunderous rock and songwriter-friendly tracks. The collection also includes samples of Aaron’s entire drum kit, allowing you to program your own grooves using the exact same sounds from the loop sessions.
