Beats Working in Cuba - LESS

Sample CD

The styles covered include the 12 prime Afro/Hispanic rhythms of the Cuban music culture, including: * Cha Cha Cha * Danzon * Son Montuno * Bolero * Pilon * Son Traditional * Guajira Son * Guaracha * Mambo * Songo * Timba * Conga Habanera (Carnival) * Conga Moderna. There are also additional variations in some of the performances to enable the user to select Modern or Traditional arrangements.

The recordings were made at Estudios Abdala, Havana. The producers, Barry Sage and Gonzalo Lasheras Garcia, are both well known in the Latin field of music, with credits including Jorge Drexler, Luis Edurdo Aute, Silvio Rodreguez, Duncan Dhu, Esclarecidos, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Melon Deisel, Mariela and Solar. Barry Sage has produced various projects in Cuba for Virgin Records. They were assisted in Havana by Raphael Santos and Marisol Alfonso Perez.

The performances are provided with each instrument separated out, and the whole library is presented within NATIVE INSTRUMENTS' stunning new state-of-the-art plug-in interface which is specifically designed for rhythmic loop playback, manipulation, and mayhem. The convenient one-screen interface is based on (and provides all the sound manipulation tools of) NI's new INTAKT sampler, and features tremendous sound shaping abilities without disrupting the creative flow, including a first-class multimode filter, an envelope follower, two LFOs, effects, and more. The multi-track loops can also be automatically synced to tempo, either via the Beat Machine or the Time Machine. The Beat Machine has loops divided into their individual hits (slices). Each instrument (track) of each loop is sliced - which means any combination of instruments can be played at a wide range of tempos without change in pitch or audio quality. It also allows the user to give each hit individual settings for pitch, playback direction, pitch envelope, amp envelope, distortion, delay, and more; a MIDI file of each loop can be easily exported so that groove, accent, and feel can be manipulated in any host sequencer. The Time Machine time-stretches or compresses loops in real time.

Not only can you sync, stretch, and pitch the loops, but also filter, effect and modulate them as well! A powerful sound-shaping filter, flexible envelopes, syncable LFOs, and distortion, syncable delay, and lo-fi effects can inject even more energy and individuality into the loops. Since the software interface is based on the KONTAKT engine, working with it is fast, easy, and sounds great!

Supported Interfaces

• VST® 2.0, MAStm, DXiTM, ASIOtm, SoundmanagerTM, FreeMIDItm, OMStm, Audio UnitsTM**, Core AudioTM**, RTAStm**
• Sound Library can also be loaded into other Native Instruments samplers including KONTAKT, for even greater flexibility and more options for working with the material.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows XP/2000/ME/98, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM
• Mac OS 9.2 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM

Recommended System

• Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 700 MHz, 512 MB
• Mac OS 9.2 or higher, G4 733, 512 MB

# ** RTAS support and OS X compatibility including support for Audio Units and Core Audio will be available as downloadable update later.