Ueberschall has released Urban Ballads, an all new release which includes 22 Construction Kits providing 3.6 GB of R&B Music. It grants you access to the melancholic and emotional facet of modern and classic R&B music. Including tempos between 50 – 77 BPM, you'll find primarily slow and calm Kits with applicable accents, which are perfect for creating the freshest, most modern love tunes, ballads or R&B tracks.

All Construction Kits are filled with "extraordinary" samples, beatz, guitars, Rhodes, pianos, basslines, synths, pads, fx sounds and a whole bunch of drum and percussion sounds. Every sample on Urban Ballads is labeled with BPM information and root key (key signatures).

Furthermore, the kit contains up to 4 sub-kits, material is organized as follows:

• Main Kit - Includes the main theme, sounds and phrases.
• Variation Kit A - Provides an alternative track and phrases which is used to add contrast to the main theme.
• Variation Kit B – Provides an additional alternative track and phrases which is used to give you more flexibility.
• Intro/Outro Kit - Here you can find the matching intro/outro track for the overall kit, along with its individual parts.

This structure makes it easy to select the correct vibe needed for your track. Plus the integrated Elastik Player allows you to fit the samples to your individual needs. The content is geared toward Urban Music producers, especially R&B producers, looking for authentic R&B sounds. Everything is programmed to conform to the musical genre.

Responsible for this product is Marc Steinmeier. He has worked for companies like Universal Music, EMI Electrola and Sony/BMG to name a few. He has assisted, produced or remixed for well known artists such as LL Cool J, Alica Keys, George Clinton, and Eminem to name a few.

Pricing & Availability

Urban Ballads costs €99. It is powered by the included Elastik Player so it is available for Windows and Mac OS X in stand-alone and VST, AU and RTAS instrument plug-in formats.