Yeah, I know. Groan. (Other stupid post titles “Bass, How Low Can You Go?” “Bass Fishing with Puffer”.)

A few weeks ago, I wrote a mash note to the soniccouture.com sample libraries that I’d acquired (Hang Drum, Konkrete Drums 2). I also mentioned that there was a deal with Soniccouture on Abstrakt Bass. The fine gentlemen at soniccouture provided me with a review copy. I’ve now had a chance to investigate more this library.

Honestly, it’s taken me a while. And not just because of my recent hardware woes. As I said about Konkrete Drums, this thing is impressively deep. It covers a lot of ground, and it covers it well. One of the things that’s so brilliant about souniccouture’s instruments is that they are just that, instruments. Which is another reason it’s taken me so long to formulate a semi-informed opinion: these are a blast to just play, and it’s hard to just flick through the library without wanting to stop and work on something, or just throw together a “live” setup and “jam” for a while. Plus they load quickly – well, inasmuch as any Kontakt multi-sample instrument can be said to load quickly – and sound great in a mix without a lot of tinkering. And all the pertinent controls are right there on the front.
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