twiddly bits - Latin Spice

Instant Guide

• Almost 900 unique, royalty-free MIDI loops
• Everything played by live musicians – with no quantizing
• Multiple styles from Bolero to Tango
• Individual Latin percussion loops (shakers, congas, and more)
• SMF format with standard GM mapping (see below for additional formats)
• Additional native file formats for Motif/Motif ES workstations
• Players include Joe Fuentes, Derek Negron, Phil Retamoza, Michael Spiro, Rich Kuhns, Phil Hawkins, and Tango specialist Sebastian Rosenfeldt.
• Instant download: start working in 2 minutes!

Categories and Loops

We Say

Instrumentation comprises a large number of drum & percussion loops plus basslines, guitar strums, brass stabs, steel drums, accordion and more. The collection is organized into12 folders of parts that relate to that style. So, Tango offers contrabass, piano, and bandoneon while in Merengue you'll find drums, percussion, bass, accordion, sax etc.

Everything has been MIDI-recorded by top players in the genre so it is easy to produce truly authentic compositions from this material. You can also cross-pollinate, or simply inject any piece of music with some Latin magic – a Spanish guitar line, a Norteno snare roll, some steel drums, a Bolero rhythm, a Merengue accordion part…

SMF Type 1 file format. Guaranteed to work with all DAWs and hardware sequencers that can load/import .MIDs: Cubase (all versions, including LE and Sequel), GarageBand, Pro Tools, Logic, Acid, Reason, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Live, and Cakewalk (all version), and with all VSTs or synth sound sources.

Available Formats

• SMF [.mid]
• Motif [w3p]
• Motif ES [w7p]

Additional Info

• Latin Spice Demo [mp3]
• Download some sample loops [.mid]
• View The Twids In Action [web video]
  • PART 1
  • PART 2
  • PART 3