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headquest · Post by **headquest** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:04 am

After not likeing Music Tech magazine a lot in the past, I have recently been very impressed and enjoyed reading it...

Anyway, this month they are offering a FREE Loopmasters CD if you subscribe. I've never been one to buy a loop CD, but I've often wondered what they are like, and the CD is worth more than the 6-month subscription, so it seems to be a win-win situation.

Basically though I wonder if anyone here uses this stuff, is it recommended, and if so which of the six choices is the best one to go for...? The six offered are:

1. Drum and Bass Masterclass
2. Disco House Sessions
3. Deep Trance and Techno
4. Urban Soul
5. Hip Hop Progressions
6. Combinations

As no.6 is a specific "production package" for Reason 3 (of which I am a big fan

) it seems the logical choice. However, I can see that maybe 4 or 5 could be good for use in my other software of choice - Ableton Live - maybe I could use this to lay down a nice quick music bed and then improvise/record piano on top?

Any advice welcomed!

Thanks.

Coxy · Post by **Coxy** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:51 am

I've just bought the loopmasters Electro house CD. I was going for a Sample magic electro house but loopmasters offered download ability and was cheaper and "I wanted it NOW"

The quality is good, what you get is solid for it's genre and works well. I feel the content is lacking vs the higher priced offerings like sample magics and vengeance sounds but you get what you pay for and I am happy with what I got.

headquest · Post by **headquest** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:15 pm

Thanks for that.

Anyone else tried out any of them?

LOOPxDIGGA · Post by **LOOPxDIGGA** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:45 pm

ive tried 2 different loopmasters cd's...none of which are on your list, but i liked them...had a large variety of things in them, good sound quality....whether its worth the subscription, i cant answer....depends on how much the description is....but if its $30 or under, id say go for it..

pavvel · Post by **pavvel** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm

Yes I have tried a couple very good quality sample and great price too

dhanjit · Post by **dhanjit** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:53 pm

headquest wrote:6. Combinations

As no.6 is a specific "production package" for Reason 3 (of which I am a big fan ) it seems the logical choice.

Combinations is a highlights package containing elements from lots of other Loopmasters sample CDs, with more than 200 Combinator patches.

http://www.loopmasters.com/sampleshop/1 ... de=LMOS_14

If you weren't able to get this free, I would strongly urge you to buy it - I think it's the best VFM refill there is (although the recently released Garritan GPO refill runs it close).

headquest · Post by **headquest** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:16 am

Thanks

Will subscribe and choose this one then. A very good deal (as I buy the magazine each month anyway).

deaneager · Post by **deaneager** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:50 am

I have Disco House sessions, it's very useable without being so distinctive that everyone will recognise the loops immediately (which is a good thing, right?).
Well worth the £40 I paid, so if you're getting it bundled with your subscription it's a real bargain!

diverdee · Post by **diverdee** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:16 pm

Combinations is pretty good - a friend recommended it to me, has some nice 'dancey' type presets & samples.

Loopmasters CDs - recommended?