Spectrasonics Backbeat - CD

Are you tired of searching through piles of overcooked, pretentious loops, when you're just trying to find a solid, tasty groove for your song? The Spectrasonics Backbeat library is just what you're looking for...great feeling, rock-steady grooves with attitude, but without overplaying. The variety and quality within this single library is astonishing.

Producers Eric Persing and Bob Wilson recorded four world-class drummers in numerous legendary studios, with some of the best drum rooms on the planet. The playng is right in the pocket by LA drummers with legendary feels. The very latest recording technology was used to capture a stunningly Hi-Fi, yet very natural sound. Every groove has a unique kit and mix! The variety of sounds within this single library is astonishing.

The featured players include:

• Gregg Bissonette (Santana, Joe Satriani, Don Henley)
• Bob Wilson (Liquid Grooves, George Benson, The Crusaders)
• John Ferraro (Larry Carlton, David Benoit, Albert Lee, Aaron Neville)
• Eric Boseman (Liquid Grooves, James Newton-Howard)

Create your own complete drum track with Song Construction Elements including Variations, Fills, Fill Bars, Intros, Breakdowns, Ride and Sidestick patterns, Add-on Cymbals and more. Backbeat lays down the perfect foundation for a wide variety of current styles.

With the Groove Control™ CD-ROMs, it's shocking how much control you have over the drummers' tempo, feel, time signature, pattern and even the pitch of their drums! The power, feel and subtlety of a live drummer, combined with all the editing control of your MIDI sequencer results in a quantum leap in what can be achieved with drum loops.

When it comes to acoustic drum grooves, this disc should be the cornerstone of your collection.

Features:

• Awesome Live grooves
• Authentic Sound and Feel
• Multiple world-class Drummers, Studios and Engineers
• Essential Styles
• Transitional Song Construction Elements
• Ultra-Wide Sonic Variety
• Unprecedented Control
• 450 loops in 39 categories