These libraries are really huge... Each of them consist of three or four CDs, and samples in its finest detail a single instrument. Their approach is substantially different from the recent Virtual Instruments which appeared in the music field (like Trilogy, Drumkit From Hell II, Hardcore Bass, etc...): for the use of these sound you will necessary need a sampler which supports Hard Disk streaming (Kontakt, Halion or Gigastudio for example). The peculiarity which made me choose there samples libraries was the enormous amount of samples per note or hit. I chose not to have hundreds of bass or drum kit, but only one sampled in great detail (with an eye to the price, according to me a great strenght point of these products!!)

The “Electric Bass” present a Bass Collection^® 4-string Bass recorded with a pre Ampeg SVT and AD convertors RME^® with 24-bit and TC^® DSP hardware. It comprise cromatic samples for each strings, up to the ninth fret (up to the 14th fret for the G string) with 40 velocity splits: this permits to obtain phrases with an enormous detail, and to preserve the original dynamic of the electric bass.

In “Real Drum Collection” we find a “brass snare” (with traditional hits, rim shots, sidestick, flams, rolls), a “wood snare”, three toms, a bass drum, hit, a crash, a ride and a splash. The samples were taken with traditional sticks, with brush and with “hod rods”, a mixture of normal sticks and brushes, used in unplugged gigs. Even in this library the sampling is very meticulous: we have up to 110 velocity splits for the snare and the bass drums, with separate left and right hand hits. Up to 50 hits are present for the tom and the cymbals. These huge number of samples is very useful when one wants to avoid the typical “monotony” which is present in the traditional MIDI tracks. By varying the velocity of the note you are able to obtain really realistic fills and patterns, with an extreme realism and a high dynamic. Even in this library, the sound are perfectly “dry”, to let the user process the sound with its own effect and taste.

Following, there are some tracks realised with these two libraries, which comprise several different styles. Bass and Drum are 100% Realsamples, and I added also guitar or some instruments from Garritan Personal Orchestra (www.garritan.com). Tracks were mixed with Creamware Pulsar, and the bass and drum track were effected with reverb, eq and compressor in order to obtain what i judje a “good” mix (or at least I hope so! ;-) )

(The tracks are 192kbps mp3 and are about 1.5 MB each)

Heavy Metal
Pop
Jazzy
Hard Rock

I also recorded the bass and the drum alone of the same tracks above, this time completely “dry”, without any mixing artifact

Heavy Metal Drums
Pop Bass
Pop Drums
Jazzy Bass
Hard Rock Bass
Hard Rock Drums

Finally, ten phrases recorded with the Electric Bass played with my MIDI guitar:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Snare Roll, Tom Roll

(Tracks realised by Matteo Bosi for Realsamples – www.realsamples.de)

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