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BIG FISH AUDIO: EARTH TONE

World percussion libraries are useful to have around, because just about any type of music—from hip-hop, ...

SONY: DRUM ’N’ BASS AND BEYOND (DJ SAWKA)

A lot of really good sound libraries come across my desk, but this one is definitely a cut above. Few DnB libraries have done the genre justice (BiPolar being a notable exception), but ...

BIG FISH AUDIO: SYNTRON-X

PROPELLERHEAD SOFTWARE: REASON ELECTRIC BASS

If you’ve checked out any of Propellerhead’s ReFills, you’ve probably already bought Reason Electric Bass (REB) . . . so go back to making music.

SONY: PHD—PROGRESSIVE HOUSE DYNAMICS

PHD, from Bunker 8, has 21 construction kits, each with between 9 and 15 loops. Some drum elements (e.g., kick loop) are also broken out separately from a mixed drum loop. And, extra credit ...