Sample Magic go downtempo with Soundtrack & Chill

This latest (and 17th) release from UK-based sample developers Sample Magic will suit both soundtrack composers and ambient music producers down to a tee with 1.58GB of the deepest cinematic moods and organic ambience.

Soundtrack and Chill features hundreds of trembling textures, Vangelis-soundscapes, sultry keys, ambient guitars, haunting vibes and viola, cracked percussion, hypnotic Tokyo chimes, dark operatics, delayed city atmospheres and much, much more.

With a mix of live and synthetic material, alongside field recordings and genuine 19th century spoken word and vocal clips for a truly original voyage into the late-night slow lane, this multiformat collection features  over 600 shots and loops at 60, 70 and 80 bpm.

RRP: £59.95 / €69.95

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Win Sound On Sound for a year plus 5 star sample libraries!

Sound On Sound has become internationally recognised as the ’bible’ of the hi-tech music recording industry with each issue packed to the max with product tests, interviews and tutorials.

Throughout February, we’re giving you the opportunity to win one of five annual subscriptions to Sound On Sound magazine plus five sample libraries from our top brands each of which received a fantastic 5 star review from SOS in 2009. In total, each prize is worth over £345!

The five top rated titles are:

Acid Jazz City 2 (Big Fish Audio) – Retro and free Jazz styles infused with a Hip Hop groove.

Indian Dance Classics (Zero-G) – Over 750 samples and 1.7Gb of Indian percussion loops.

Minimal Techno (Sample Magic) – The global sound of after-hours electronica.

Textured Guitars (Nine Volt Audio) – Ethereal to electronic, clean to dirty and smooth to stuttered sounds.

Tim Healey & Marc Adamo: Alternative House (Loopmasters) – Jackin, Electro Breaks, Tech, Minimal & Punked up Fidget Funk.

To enter, all you need to do is send us the answer to a very simple question.

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Sample Magic drop some brand new Deep Tech House…

London based sound wizards Sample Magic are now on release number sixteen and they continue to dazzle producers all over the world with their premier collections of high quality hotness. Once again they have delved into a sub genre of house, pulled out the best bits and presented them in a nice easy to use package.

Deep Tech House features 100s of jackin´ minimal grooves, classic tech workouts and dusky soulful drums plus tight and percussive tops; basslines from Chicago to Detroit and beyond; all-analogue melodies and blissful vinyl-infused music loops; broken-out combi kits; 300+ finely sculpted drum hits, jazzy chords and bass hits; plus creaks, sweeps, low-risers and falls and bpm-linked background dust and detail loops.

Miss it at your peril!

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Sample Magic unveil the secrets of House music production…

After four years of producing award-winning sample libraries, Sample Magic share the secrets of house music production in this 144-page full colour book packed with hundreds of walk throughs, hints, tips and insights from some of the biggest names in the industry.

The Secrets of House Music Production covers all parts of the production process including: making beats, drum sounds, basslines, structure, instrumentals, FX, mixing, vocals, mastering, remixes, programming ideas and more.

In-depth tutorials reveal the tricks of the pros, with step-by-step instruction using Logic, Cubase and Ableton. A bonus CD includes over 500MB of exclusive samples to get you started.

Written by Marc Adamo (DJ Magazine, Future Music) with contributions from Wolfgang Gartner, Way Out West, Sharooz and a foreword by Mark Knight, this is the first time the secrets of house music have ever been fully revealed.

Starts shipping next week in time for Christmas!

RRP: £34.95 / €41.95

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Save ££s with our new sample library bundles!

We´ve pulled together a selection of bundles each containing three best selling titles from some of our top sample library brands! These special bundles could save you up to £50 giving you even more samples for your money!

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Sample Magic deliver some sultry sunrise sounds…

Sample Magic’s first downtempo release, Sunset Sessions, sold out in under a year, so, inspired by this, they started work on Sunrise Sessions – a sequel just as unique and mellow, but with an even wider palette of sounds.

Sample Magic worked through 80 hours of material to create this new library of beats, Rhodes, basslines and guitars plus more esoteric instruments including violin, Wurlitzer and glockenspiel. Reflecting the recent trend towards grittier, glitchier sounds, they’ve also supplied scratched up guitars, lo-fi beat fills and shady piano hooks to hide in the mix.

This 2.70GB CD/DVD multipack (2,771 files), includes 24-bit Wavs (982MB, 982 files), Stylus-RMX compatible Rex2 files (413MB, 579 files), Apple Loops (712MB, 581 files) plus EXS24, Reason NNXT, Kontakt II, Kontakt Monolith and Halion patches.

RRP: £59.99

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Sample Magic deliver deep, driving euphoric house…

Following on from such huge successes as Minimal & Tech House, Nu Rave and Minimal Techno (to name a few), Sample Magic released their 12th sample library this week – Progressive House.

This multi-format collection features over 200 chunky, funky, bigroom beats; techy and tribal kick-free rhythm-rocking tops; pulsing sub-basses and funked-up fifths; evolving pads and luscious leads; moody and minimal trackblazing combis plus tempo-matched FX loops, bonus analogue drum hit archive, swooshes, sweeps and much more….

RRP: £58.67

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Sharooz – the cover star!

Check out the ´In the Studio´ feature with Sample Magic Co-founder Sharooz Raoofi in the June issue of Future Music!!

Sharooz talks production, synths and creating samples as well as presenting some exclusive video tutorials from his own studio on the magazine´s cover DVD.

The issue is on sale now!