Disc One: EarthBeat Multitrack 24 Bit WAV Files Disc 1 of 5
Earth Beat - 100 BPM - juicy African flavored loop with funky brushed drums - Drums: verse 1 & 2 - break 1, 1b, 2, 2b, funky 1 & 2 - brush 1 & 2 - break 3, 3b, chorus 1, 1b & fill - crash 1-4 - ending. Perc loop: conga, dumbek, hand drum, shaker, tamb, stereo bell tree
Box of Rocks - 85 BPM- mid tempo loop with laid back drums - Drums: verse 1, 1b & fill - bridge 1 & 2 - chorus 1 & 2 - tom beat 1, 2, 2b & fill - break 1, 2, 2b & fill - funk 1, 2, 2b & fill - 3 beat intro - 2 beat intro - intro 1-3 - crash 1 - 5. Perc Loop: brush floor tom, brush lo bongo, brush hi bongo, brush rack tom, bass drum, tamb, box, and woodblock
Coffee Beans - 81.5 BPM hypnotic drums over mid tempo latin blend loop Drums: verse 1, 1b, & fill - verse 2, 2b, 2c, & fill - bridge 1, 1b, fill 1, fill 2, & fill 3 - chorus 1, 1b, fill 1, & fill 2 - alt beat 1, 1b, fill 1, & fill 2 - break 1,1b, fill & fill 2 - break 2, 2b, 2c, 2d, fill 1, & fill 2 - intros 1 - 3 - ending light - crashes 1-3. Perc loop: stereo shaker, bottle cap, clave, stereo bongos, leslie
Tall Grass - 79 BPM - slow African flavored loop with brushed drums - Drums: verse 1, 1b & verse pause - bridge 1, 1b & fill - break 1, 1b & fill - chorus 1, 2, 2b & fill - intro 1-4 - crash 1-3 - ride end - drum end. Perc loop: shaker 1, shaker 2, mute conga, tamb head, metal crunch, tamb, water bottle, leslie
Disc Two: EarthBeat Multitrack 24 Bit WAV Files Disc 2 of 5
Easy Go - 95 BPM - quirky perc loop with snapping drums - Drums: verse 1, 1b, 2 & 2b - chorus 1 & 1b - break 1, 1b, alt beat 1, 1b, break 2, 2b, 2c, 2d - intro 1-4 - crash 1-5 - hat end open 1 & 2 - hat end closed. Perc loop: deep tom, bongo L & R, crashers, metal perc, shaker, tamb, box, leslie
Into It - 90 BPM - bubbly 6/8 african loop with a variety of drum styles from half time to slamming, also includes brush drum segments. LOTS of drum variations. Drums: verse 1, 2, 2b & fill - chorus 1, 2, 2b & fill - break 1, 1b, & 1c - break 1, 1b, & 1c - x-stick - light verse 1, 1b & fill - light bridge, b & fill - bridge,b & fill - solo 1 & 2 - brush verse 1, 1b, fill, brush verse 2, 2b, & fill 2 - brush bridge 1, 2, 3, 3b & fill - brush chorus 1, 1b & fill - brush intro 1-3 - intro 1-5 - crash 1-8 - hat end - drum end. Perc loop: high shaker, low shaker L & R, woodblock L & R, conga, lo drum, leslie
Oasis - 70 BPM - deep, cool perc loop with an Eastern flavor, and nice flowing drums. A few sections feature an alternate mushy snare. Drums: verse 1, 2, 2b & fill - bridge 1, 2 & 2b - mush snare 1, 2, 2b & fill - chorus 1, 2, 2b, fill, 3, 4, 4b, fill2 - tom beat 1, 2, 2b & 2c - intro 1, 3 beat intro, intro 2, crash 1-5. Perc loop: snare rim L & R, djembe towel, flanged percussion, shaker, frame drum, sleigh bells, triangle.
Disc Three: EarthBeat Multitrack 24 Bit WAV Files Disc 3 of 5
Fast One - 156 BPM - quirky, breathing perc loop with fast aggressive drums - Drums: verse 1,1b, fill, 2, 2b & verse 2 fill - bridge 1, 1b, 1c, 2, 2b, 2c & fill - chorus 1, 2a, 2b & fill - intro 1 - solo 1, 2, 2b & fill - break 1, 2, 2b & fill - boogaloo 1, 1b & fill - rim 1, 1b & fill - crash 1-4 - ending. Perc loop: shaker, shaker 2, box, trash cymbal L & R, leslie
Stinger - 125 BPM - African textures blended with a metallic overtone with fast paced aggressive drums. Drums: verse 1, 2, 2b & fill - chorus 1, 2, 2b & fill - bridge 1, 2, 2b & fill - fours 1, 2, 2b & fill - disco 1, 2 & fill - funk 1, 2, 2b & fill - tom beat 1, 2 & 2b - intro 1-4 - hat intro - intro 5-7 - crashes 1-8. Perc loop: crashers, finger cymbal, shaker, frame drum, hollow tamb, leslie
Tropical Sun - 88 BPM - very cool percolating perc loop with a flanged delay, with a variety of drum segments. Drums: verse 1, 1b & fill - bridge 1, 2, 2b & fill - alt beat 1, 2, 2a, 2 fill, 3, 4, 4b, 4 fill & 5 - cool beat a, b & c - intro 1-4 - crash 1-8. Perc loop: bass drum, conga, hi bongos, lo conga, delay tom, leslie
Itchin’ - 95 BPM - semi-latin perc loop with funky drums. Drums: verse 1, 2, 2b & fill - bridge 1, 2, 2b & fill - chorus 1, 1b & fill - funk 1, 1b, 1c & fill - break 1, 1b, 2, 2b & fill - intro 1-3 - crash 1-4 - hat end. Perc loop: clave, conga, ratchet, cowbell, tamb
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Space Time - 73 BPM - ethereal, spacey dramatic perc loop with big giant drums. Drums: verse 1 & 2 - bridge - chorus - x-stick 1, 1b, 2 & fill - break 1 & 2 - tom break - brush beat 1 & 2 - intro 1, brush intro, intro 2 - crash 1-6 - drum end. Perc loop: stereo shaker, castanets, tamb, heartbeat, loose drum, stereo thundersheet, leslie.
Sugar Cane - 82 BPM - mid tempo latin perc loop with latin flavored drums - Drums: verse 1 & 2 - bridge - chorus - alternate beat - solo - x-stick - funk - intro 1-4 - crash 1-6. Perc loop: shaker 1, shaker 2, stereo shaker 3, agogo, tamb drum, talking drum, turtle/grater, leslie.
Disc Five: EarthBeat Multitrack 24 Bit WAV Files Disc 5 of 5
Carlos - 120 BPM - latin perc loop and latin/rock drums - Drums: Verse 1, 1b, 1 fill, fill 2 - light verse 1, 1b & fill - bridge 1, 1b, fill 1 & fill 2 - chorus 1, 1b & 1c - x-stick 1, 2, 2b & fill - solo 1 , 2, 2b & fill - fat snare 1, 1b, 1c, 2, 2b & fill - fat snare intro - intro 1-3 - crash 1-7. Perc loop: conga L & R, guiro, cowbell, gourd, triangle.
Commotion - 97.5 BPM - raucous perc loop with a lot of big drum variations. Drums: verse 1, 1a, 2, 2b, 2c, 2d, fill 1 & fill 2 - chorus 1, 2, 2b, 2c, fill 1 & fill 2 - half time 1, 2, 2b & fill - heavy 1, 2, 2b, fill 1 & fill 2 - basic 1, 2, 2b & fill - intro 1-4 - crash 1-6. Perc loop: stereo tamb, stereo shaker, pans, lo drum, bongo, towel snare, leslie
Underbrush - 81 BPM - nice medium slow 6/8 loop with light brush drums - Drums: verse 1, 2, 2b, 2 fill, 3, 4, 4b & 4 fill - alternate beat 1, 1b, & fill - bridge 1, 1b & fill - break 1, 1b & fill - snare only - snare only fill - fill - intro 1 & 2 - crash 1-5 - snare hit. Perc loop: hand drum L & R, stereo shaker, leslie
Live "Sets" for every piece in this collection are included to facilitate easy tempo alteration.
Disc Six: EarthBeat 16 Bit Sereo WAV Files
This disc contains all of the drum and percussion performances from EarthBeat in a 16 Bit Stereo WAV format. The drums are pre-mixed, and the percussion loops are included mixed, and with all of the individual percussion elements broken out into mono or stereo tracks as appropriate. This means that you can make your own loops from the components and mix and process them any way you like. Another unique feature with out loops is that they all include an ending, just in case you don't want the loop to go on forever. All pieces include Live Sets for use in Ableton's award winning Live software (demo included on Disc 5).
Disc Seven: EarthBeat 24 Bit WAV Samples
All 16 songs with drum and percussion samples. Drum samples appear in 2 formats - "Dry and "Room Only". The "Dry" samples have all the mics open (except the room ambience mics). This means that a snare sample (for example) will also have a bit of tom tom ring. Conversely, the tom tom samples will have a touch of the snare rattling. The reason for this is that no drummer ever records his drums separately - he plays them as a kit. When you use our samples, you will find that the drum kit sounds a lot more natural due to the drums ringing and vibrating together. The "Room Only" Samples are simply that - the room ambience mics by themselves. This gives you the option of mapping them to another kit and mixing in as much or as little room sound as you like, giving you the natural room reverberations that were present during the recordings. A little will fatten up the kit nicely, a lot will give you a gigantic drum sound that will frighten the pets. Try experimenting with delaying the room sounds by a 16th, reversing them all and triggering them before the dry kit. Even write an entirely different drum program for the room kit. Try compressing the heck out of them and use them by themselves. Note that while there are lots of different tambourines, shakers, and other percussion samples, some may be duplicated in places. This is for convenience so that you can easily find the samples for the song you are working with.
Disc Eight: EarthBeat 24 Bit WAV SAMPLES Audio CD
Great for auditioning the material. All 16 songs include:
- "example", which is a mix of the drums and companion percussion loop
- "perc," which is the loop by itself
- "drums," which consists of all the drum performances for that piece