ModernBeats.com has released Urban Percussion Loopz 1, an ACIDized WAV loop library featuring a plethora of "percussive landscapes" (includes 200 percussion ensemble loops).

Designed for ease-of-use, Urban Percussion Loopz is organized into four popular hip hop industry tempos: 87 BPM, 92 BPM, 97 BPM, and 102 BPM. Each of the tempo groups contain 25 original percussive themes including 2 variation loops within each theme: "Main" loop and "Fill" loop. The loop library works seamlessly in combination with all other ModernBeats' loopsets, utilizing same group and tempo layouts. This allows users to build full productions within minutes by mix-matching and layering loops from each series together.

Urban Percussion Loopz features a variety of world & ethnic instruments including the agogo bell, berimbau, cabasa, cajon, chaker, chime, congas, cowbell, clave, djembe, doumbek, gankogui, guiro, nubell tree, pandeiro, rainstick, sleigh bell, talking drum, timbale, tombek, triangle, & the udu.

Urban Percussion Loopz is offered on CD-ROM or as a download. Prices start at $34.95.