Product: Big Fish Audio Breakbeat Wav
Price Paid: US $100
Submitted
07/07/2004
at
03:59pm
by
Philip Cativo
Reviewer Background
:
I have been making music for about 22 years and working with digital audio for about 12 years
I make mostly ambient electronica ala morcheeba,hooverphonic,david sylvian etc..
i've been working with this library for about 1 year
my monitoring setup consists of a pair of BX8'S and a pair of AKG271's
Overall Rating
:
8
I think the quality of the material on board is worth the price tag.I bought this title because it recieved excelent recomendations from Future Music and i beleive it recieved their platinum best buy award and i was looking for something with breakbeats along the lines of The Crystal Method, Chemical Bros.etc. As far as usability goes alot of these beats are a little too laid back for my taste with the majority falling in the 70 to 100bpm range i think there are only about 10 loops between 100 to 121bpm. Not that this is a bad thing at all as they all have a very live feel to them but it can get a little too down tempo and predictable after a bit. I have been able to use these on quite a few occasions but i do have a few other library's that cover this territory pretty thoroughly. I do feel that it was worth the price tag the sound quality is superb and they usually give 3 or 4 variations per loop which is incredibly helpful, additionally they offer a pretty extensive single hit section with a good selection of kicks,snares,hats and ghosted parts to round it out.