Galbanum releases Abstraction 02 [ACID|AL|REX]

Galbanum has announced the release of Abstraction 02, the newest addition to its Abstraction Sample Line of downloadable samples, loops, hits, and construction kits provided in industry standard formats including Apple Loops, Acid Loops, REX2, AIFF, and WAV. Abstraction 02 focuses on edgy electronic loop adders, glitched-out synthetic drum phrases, abstract rhythmic freak-outs, deep and techy percussion hits, fresh momentum builders, and peak-hour floor-filling groove elements.

Abstraction 02 content is suitable for: Tech House, Electro House, Minimal Techno, Minimal House, Minimal Trance, Progressive House, Deep House, Progressive Trance, DnB and Breaks, Ambient and Chill Out, Glitch Hop, Trip Hop, Electronica and IDM, Left Field, Abstract Rock, Film and Game Scoring, Sound FX and any other cross-genre music style that successfully borrows from these influences.

Product Specifications:

• 1,536 new files: 512 Loops plus 1024 single-hit abstract electronic percussion samples. All files are 44.1K/24bit content.
• Loops available in Apple Loops, Acid Loops, or REX2 formats. All loops are 2 or 4 measures long and are designed to allow using partial segments of the full loop to give thousands of variations.
• Single-hit samples are intelligently grouped into 32 instrument folders and named with MIDI note names to facilitate auto-key-mappings for supported samplers.

Special Features:

• All loops are provided without standard embedded kick/snare/high-hat patterns. This makes the loops much more usable in various genres of dance music where the producer is free to mix and arrange them with his own favorite samples.
• All samples are made in stereo and make use of extreme spatial processing techniques at the sample level to produce sounds that jump out of the speakers. This produces loops which are very active spatially while keeping perfect silence in-between hits when desired. The result is loops that can cut and punch through even dense mixes without taking up huge amounts of mix space.
• All loops are provided without additional auxiliary reverb or delay effects. This keeps the loops pristinely clean and sharp, enables easy custom slicing and editing, and allows send effects to be added as needed at the mix stage by the producer to perfectly suite the needs of the given project. The result is more flexibility and better coherence between the loops and the other elements of the project.

Abstraction 02 direct downloads are $39.95 for Apple Loops, Acid Loops, or REX2 formats. Cross-grades to multiple formats are available for $14.95 per additional format.

Physical distribution is planned for Q2 2008.