 Sunset
sessions
The sunkissed
sounds of balmy nights and summer breezes, smoky lounges and sandy
beaches are bought together in Sunset Sessions, the biggest Sample
Magic release to date.
Sunset Sessions - Full audio demo
 "Sunset Sessions offers a mature and organically seductive sound to lounge music traveling in the slow lane." Remix magazine, April 2008 Full review >>
 "A twisted take on the ubiquitous
chill-out and lounge libraries - and a
refreshing one too. Highly recommended.
9/10." Computer Music magazine, Sept, 2007 Full review >>
Boasting over
2,500 samples, this huge 3GB collection features:
Drums >
200+ crusty old-school beats, lazy chillout grooves, fills and masses
of percussion loops at 80, 90 and 100bpm
Drum
loops Percussion
loops
Keys >
Dusty Rhodes Mk II and silky-smooth grand piano licks - captured
through the finest mics and preamps.
Piano
loops Rhodes
loops
Music loops
> Lushly orchestrated musical building blocks,
100% copyright-free to slot into your productions.
Music
loops
Pads and
textures > Beautifully detailed evolving
soundscapes from analogue pinoeer Ian Boddy and dance veterans Eat
Static. Pads and textures
Live instruments
> Sultry trombone, woody double bass, flutes,
xylophone, jazzy bass and guitar - all engineered to fit your mix and
key/tempo labelled for your convenience.
Bass
loops Guitar
loops Trombones
Flutes
And more >
Spacey FX, sparkling vocoders, analogue bleeps, synth washes, glitches,
a bumper choice of drum hits, 200+ chords, producer's tips and more...
Vocoders
FX
FORMATS:
3.32GB CD/DVD multipack (2,954 files), includes Audio, 24-Bit Wavs
(1.78GB, 1,516 files), Rex files (579MB, 621 files), Apple Loops
(946MB, 625 files) plus EXS24, Reason, Kontakt and Halion patches (20+
of each).
Buy
Sunset Sessions
Sunset Sessions reviewed:
9/10, Computer
Music, Sept 2007
"Sunset Sessions is a slightly
twisted take on the ubiquitous chill-out and lounge libraries that
we're used to seeing - and a refreshing one too.
Most of the samples are in loop format and cover a wealth of real
instruments, including electric piano, guitar, flute, bass amd even
trombone. Though the loops are short, they're well recorded and played
and have a very authentic, modern and sleazy chill-out vibe to them.
You also get plenty of synths and pads (with their chords and keys in
the filenames - brownie points aplenty!), and a small selection of
single hit drums. This comes highly recommended. 9/10"
Remix Magazine, April 2008
Chill-out is a pretty wide genre, so there's no better way to compile this 1.8 GB collective hangover than by commissioning samples from a diverse range of talent — including analog pioneer Ian Boddy, soundscape veteran Eat Static, lounge lizard Jake Island and more.
The disc unfolds in three stages of insobriety (80, 90 and 100 bpm), from dancing away the last call at a balmy beach club to recovering in slow motion back at the resort. Setting the pace are roughly 50 drum loops per tempo category (many of which are variations) mostly made from acoustic kits. Though not overly wet, these are often processed using distortion, reverb or a trippy "grain" effect on only specific snare and hi-hat beats for carefully appointed accents. I'm a big fan of the crossover nature to these loops, blending crusty funk and dark dub with vinyl-resourced hip-hop and modern electro minimalism. The beats are strong and intelligent. Supplemental fills, percussion loops and a vast folder of drum hits are also provided.
In the live instrument folders, some exquisitely played double-bass loops have been close-miked to capture tons of great wood tone and lively string character. Soft jazz and folk-inspired flute phrases proved to be great REX ammunition. The dusty Rhodes phrases and broken chords are, in a word, gorgeous; their riffing counterparts practically write booze-soaked compositions for you, particularly when arranged haphazardly. Strident classical and jazz styling on acoustic piano and swirling acoustic guitar tremolo runs lend a defining smokiness to any groove. And I absolutely loved the sultry trombone licks that give this library another unique dimension. Sunset Sessions offers a mature and organically seductive sound to lounge music traveling in the slow lane. |
