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FREE SAMPLES!


HERE’S another batch of high quality, royalty-free samples, this time provided by our friends at Loopmasters. This week’s pack is perfect for beefi ng up your collection of loops. There is material from Alex Niggemann and Meat Katie as well as samples from the ‘New Sound of Dubstep’, ‘Swedish House’, ‘Maximal Electro’ and ‘Tech House Percussion’ packs. Click here to grab the samples and enjoy!


Click here to grab the samples and enjoy! APP OF THE WEEK


APP NAME : SAMPLETANK V 1.1 DEVELOPER : IK MULTIMEDIA FORMAT : PRICE :


A major update of this powerful sound and groove workstation means it is now accessible on both iPad and iPhone. The number of instruments has been boosted to 136 with hundreds more available via in-app purchases (2.5GB in total!), and over 1,000 patterns to trigger the sounds. Also new is the ability to put together whole songs (albeit fairly basic ones) on the go with the in-built four-track MIDI recorder. Recording your own grooves is great fun on the assignable drum pad interface, and other features include a full range of in- built effects, master reverb, quantize, export to audio, and scale presets on the dual level keyboard.


IPAD/IPHONE/ITOUCH £13.99


The free app is well worth downloading to trial the interface but the SampleTank’s real strength lies in the huge quantity and quality of the samples in the paid-for version. Plus with the iRig MIDI interface enabling easy and reliable connection to a MIDI controller, this is a genuine option for live performances.


VERDICT 9/10


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