Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank have announced the release of the Beat Box Anthology UVI Soundbank.
"Beat Box Anthology is the one-stop shopping collection for drum machine sounds and loops, covering almost every generation of these instruments. Even if these cult machines were a milestone in the 70s, 80s and 90s music production, their sounds are still used today in a lot of Urban, Hip Hop, Electro House and even Electro Pop productions." said Alain Etchart, Founder and Director of Marketing at Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank.
The first "affordable" drum machines were manufactured in the 60s, and were designed to imitate the sounds of drums and percussions. Analog synthesis was the the first technology used to generate the drum sounds and most models left no opportunity to the user to alter or modify the pre-programmed rhythms. Then in the 80s the first models using low resolution digital samples were launched, and were quickly used in the most successful tunes in the music industry. In the 90s the sound quality got better, but loosing in the meantime the character that had made older models so remarkable.
Beat Box Anthology is divided in three sections: Classic, Analog and Digital. In the Classic category you will find the cult machines that are still used a lot today, like the 808 or the 909. Sampling and recording was particularly complete, covering every parameter and setting you can find on these machines. To capture the essence of these pieces of history, USB recorded everything in 24-bit 96kHz, using the best DI Box and analog to digital converters.
Another unique approach to this kind of collection, is the mastering step that once more makes it unique. Sounds were mastered at Sterling Sound with Chris Gerhinger, for a punchy sound.
With a total of around 10,000 samples and loops from 80 different machines, Beat Box Anthology also contains hundreds of native kits and patterns for MOTU's BPM.
Beat Box Anthology is now available for $149.
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