Eric Darken, Nashville's premiere percussionist, has a unique vision and compelling natural instincts when it comes to rhythms. His vast percussion collection contains traditional and bizarre elements. On these discs you will find tambourine and toilet seat, shakers and sea shells, berimbaw and brief case, copper bongo and curtain rod, ewe drum and egg carton, log drum and laundry basket, just to name a few. In addition to Eric's tracks, each loop contains a drum machine track to create a unique blend of human and mechanical feels. Contains 40 loops, 890 tracks, 102 percussion instruments, and 497 samples of different hits and velocities for maximum expression and realism. All percussion tracks are included individually, and all loops feature several pre-mixed versions for convenience. Mixes include: full mix dry, full mix with effects (simple delays and reverbs) full mix dry with drum machine, and full mix with effects and drum machine. Loops also feature actual endings!
Includes:
16 bit 44.1 wav files
Multiple breakouts of each percussion element to allow for the ultimate in customization.
One-shot samples of all instruments.
Ableton's Live demo software included.
All loops included as Live "sets"
Compatible with BOSS BR-1180 CD and BR-1600CD, plus Roland CDX-1
Discrete Percussion also available in Apple Loop Format.
Winner 2006 Electronic Musician Editors Choice Award - Sound Library
"Eric Darken is a master operator... a lot of creativity went into these loops" - EQ
"The recording quality is, as usual with Discrete Drums collections, stellar." - Electronic Musician
Eric Darken, Percussionist
Eric Darken is a percussionist from Nashville, TN who has recorded with a variety of artists including BonJovi, Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner, CeCe Winans, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Steven Curtis Chapman, Mercy Me, Jewel, Bob Seger, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban and others.
Eric Darken's music has been used on Dateline, 20/20, The Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer, Access Hollywood and a variety of MSNBC Shows.
Eric has been nominated 4 times for an Academy of Country Music Award in the musician category, he is a 2 time nominee and winner of a Dove Award in the instrumental category and has been nominated 2 times for a Nashville Music Award.
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