

Using the Acidised WAV files with Acid Pro 4, it was an absolute doddle to construct some very authentic-sounding backing tracks. Most of the other folder titles listed above give a clear idea of their contents, but if you like your riffs low and loud, the highlight is probably the distorted guitars section. The separate 'break kits' folder contains combinations of guitars, bass and drums intended to work as links between musical sections, and these can be added to material from the main construction kits to provide further variety. Of course, all the component drum, guitar and bass parts are provided so you can mix and match as desired. The construction kits contain A and B 'parts' that might be used for song construction, and a 'full mix' WAV is provided to demonstrate what can be done. With some 650MB spread over nearly 600 loops, there is plenty to get your teeth into.

8BIT DRUMMER METAL PLUS
The material is organised into eight construction kits plus additional folders containing drum loops, drum breaks, bass guitars, distorted guitars, guitar FX, break kits and acoustic guitars. I used the latter for the purposes of review. The title is distributed by Time + Space and is supplied as a two-CD set, with CD1 in audio format and CD2 containing the same material as Acidised WAV files. If you need to conjure up something on the darker side of modern rock (think Korn or Papa Roach), then Ueberschall's Nu Metal might be just what you are looking for. "All the material has been well recorded - the drums are generally powerful, the basses thunder and the majority of the guitars growl. That said, if you could find a way of accommodating this you could be well on the way to creating something new. However, I think you have to question who this collection is aimed at: few nu metal outfits will be content using guitar samples rather than the real thing. There’s a distinct live feel about many of these recordings and some virtuoso performances. Far from simply presenting one high-octane guitar riff after another, it offers some genuinely innovative material from every instrument in the typical nu metal line up – and a few untypical ones. As far as the latter is concerned, we’re still very much in the area of guitar-led, distortion-fuelled music, but the tempos are slightly lower and there’s considerably more emphasis on experimentation, with bands often featuring DJs, multiple vocalists and non-guitar-based musicians.Īll of the above is reflected in this collection.

If the only metal you’re familiar with is the heavy kind, you’ll doubtless be confused by new alloys such as death, speed, and nu metal. WAV file) collection put together by Ueberschall. "There’s a distinct live feel about many of these recordings and some virtuoso performances.
