SPECTRASONICS  Jun 1, 2001 Shape-shifting and roof-raising sample CDs. Sample CDs can save a producer time, money, and hassle if done with the right combination of imagination,...

AMG  Jun 1, 2001 Just as an IV drip helps a hospital patient to avoid dehydration, Intravenous (two CDs audio and WAV, $99.95) will smooth out and rejuvenate your tracks....

G-Force  Jun 1, 2001 Producers of epic house music are generally an ambitious bunch who specialize in creating heavily layered orchestrations; trippy, swirling sound effects;...

AMG  May 1, 2001 Are dirty house rhythms your idea of a good time? Or are you searching for a slick, deep beat that goes thump in the night? If you're looking for party...

Zero-G  May 1, 2001 Defining trip-hop may be as difficult a pursuit as catching a butterfly, but the styles and tonal attitudes that the trip-hop net captures do signify...

AMG  Apr 1, 2001 When most people think of chill-out music these days, they usually envision mellow R&B, light jazz, or down-tempo pop. But the samples in this collection...

G-Force  Apr 1, 2001 For my money, the Gretsch drum kit was the drum sound of the 70s. Woody, natural, and crisp, it turned up in everything from Paul Simon to Philly Soul...

Sonic Implants  Apr 1, 2001 Deep down near the dank, dark root of groove and just beside the fickle heart of feel lies the sound of the kick, snare, and hi-hat. Because drum sounds...

Big Fish Audio  Mar 1, 2001 If you've ever seen Shaft's Big Score and you remember the scene at Mother Ike's nightclub, then you have a good idea of what this sample CD is like....

Ueberschall  Mar 1, 2001 Two-step artists like MJ Cole, Artful Dodger, Wookie, and Craig David are all the rage in England. And now this U.K. garage offshoot, which combines house...

Zero-G  Mar 1, 2001 Maybe it's because I like sci-fi and ghost stories so much, or maybe it's the number of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Twilight Zone episodes I watched...

Big Fish Audio  Feb 1, 2001 John Tejada, who produced the superfine Wall of Vinyl series and Loopzilla Underground sample CDs, returns with more stanky sounds and loony loops on...

Q-Up Arts  Feb 1, 2001 Tonal TexturesDavid Torn'sPandora's Toolbox With titles like To Burble and Pine and Subtonia in Chrome, it's immediately evident that the loops on David...

Zero-G  Feb 1, 2001 Shawn Lee apparently possesses some sort of fascination with our simian siblings. He recently released the acclaimed solo album Monkey Boy; played guitar,...

Zero-G  Jan 1, 2001 Total Drum & Bass Drum 'n' bass sample CDs usually leave me cold. They rarely have enough truly usable (read: not hopelessly cliched or tone-deaf) breaks,...