It’s Friday, and I know you hungry for some fish!
I had a house full last week so I had to skip big fish friday, but I’m back with something dope for ya
If you like that chopped up, jazzy, breakbeat style of music, then you’ll be interested in this review
of Breakbeat Jazz.
What is Breakbeat Jazz?
Breakbeat Jazz is a raw collection of jazzy turntable style breakbeats and vinyl sweetness.
Laid back jazzy rhodes, flutes, guitars, bass and random musical chords all molten together into a sweet beat casserole.
Oh yeah, and just in case you may wonder if it’s really capturing the breakbeat/lounge hip hop vibe…
it’s made by eQuipped Music.
Yeah, the same ones behind Smoker’s Delight and Smoker’s Relight Deux!
You know it’s gonna sound sweet!
Quick Specs
- Contents: 4gb of drums, rhodes, bass, guitars, percussions, and fx
- Format: REX, WAV, RMX
- Price: $99 for the dvd or $49 for each of the two download pak versions.
How does it sound?
It sounds raw and jazzy.
The drums are thick and crusty, the samples have a vinyl/dusty feel to them and the samples are ready to be sliced.
There aren’t many long loops in this one, the music loops folder provides a nice collection of samples to chop.
The rest of the sounds are mostly bits and pieces, perfect for molding together those spontaneous moments of pure funk!
The keys and bass notes are very useful, when used together or spread out across your keys/pads to form the basis of your track.
Well record, this one definitely has some imperfections in some of the samples, but it’s a good imperfection, which goes in line perfectly with the turntable them.
The sounds don’t force you to go in a certain direction, but simply give you the building blocks for your next musical skyscraper.
So what’s the bottom line?
I loved this library, I thought I would miss the longer loops more but I actually loved the chords and short hits quite a bit, felt exactly like the type of small snippets you’d grab off of a vinyl and build around.
I give this library a 4.5 out of 5 subs, very solid and the drums are sick! The kicks, hats, and snares come in two versions…lo fi and phat!
I also like the fact that they break it down into two parts and allow you to pay a little less to download half of the library at a time, good move.
So check it out and let me know what you think. Breakbeat Jazz at Big Fish Audio
…I usually look for cheaper sample packages but I think I need to stop being thrifty(cheap) and spend the ends for this jazz set. What I heard is sounds that I could use on my own production. Thanks Saint Joe!
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saintjoe Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 11:54 am
I feel ya D! Nothing wrong with being thrifty, but you def have to keep an open mind, there is some gold out there in the higher price brackets. It would be cool if they were lower, but you usually get a lot more content in the higher priced libraries.
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I could use that in some of my productions..
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saintjoe Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 11:54 am
No doubt fam, thanks for watchin.
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I’m definitely gonna think about picking this up. Good stuff right there
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saintjoe Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
thanks for watchin yo.
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mark Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
yo great reviews man bcause of u i went and bought the maschine, what is it that you have over the pads of the maschine…..peace mark
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Whatup Joe,
I think I will pick that up. Its sounds dope and I should be able to use those sounds in my music.
Hey man I just ordered SONiVOX Eighty-Eight VST today from Sweetwater.com have you had a chance to mess around with that yet?
Actually I brought a few things today from SONiVOX…I got some of the DVIs from them such as the Slap Bass, Guild Guitar, & Acoustic Bass. I was surprised at how good those DVIs sounded. In that last track I sent you “Ridin’ Dirty” I went back and changed the Slap Bass from my Motif for the Slap Bass from Sonivox (Sounds very realistic).
If you want to hear how it sounds now go to:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=992204
Also yesterday I brought the Roland Fantom X library for Kontakt from TyphoonSounds. Very dope sounds (especially the drums, brass, piano, etc).
If you are looking for authentic sounding Roalnd Fantom sounds I would recommend that library.
Keep up the dope reviews man.
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saintjoe Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
I heard eighty-eight at namm, it’s amazing!
I already had them typhoon sounds because I missed a few sounds after I sold my fantom lol, I got that and the motif bank, good stuff. I honestly don’t use it much with all the other kontakt libraries I got, but it’s good to have.
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This pak definitely has some nice sounds, the demo song on the site is chill but I’d have to say your review exposes more of the product’s potential. A definite “gonna buy it” item along w/the Mirror Ball dvd which is on sale.
Umm-hmm….man do I have some ideas brewing in my head *(insert sinister grin while rubbing hands together or perhaps a PaiMei/White Lotus beard stroke)
-strike shaw bros. cinematic tension music-
Peace
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saintjoe Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
hahaha, I feel ya man, it’s pretty slick, I’ve never been let down by eQuipped Music libraries man…Big Fish got the goodies!
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I didn’t think much of this until your review. Fiya! Gotta have it. Be blessed.
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saintjoe Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Hahaha, thanks man, I try to show things from OUR perspective and show what we care about!
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Really like what you put together in the demonstration, nice sounds and as usual you know how to hook ‘em up. I got a joint called Foundation that they made back when they were e-lab, and a lot of these drums are in that one too, different patterns tho. Not a bad thing at all, like their Smokers series these are sounds you would use a lot. I’ll probably grab this, but I’m glad I’ve got some of those drums in the meantime.
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saintjoe Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Yeah man, their drums usually overlap a lil bit from what I can see but each library has a slight edge in processing/eq to be just a tad different.
Their libraries have some of the longest “use factor” I’ve come across from a brand…they never get old.
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love it, got to get it!!!
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saintjoe Reply:
March 27th, 2010 at 6:00 am
no doubt yo, thanks for checkin it.
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nice and mellow man thats a nice way to wind down and start the weekend with some nice grooves think i,ll add to my library joe thanks for the review
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saintjoe Reply:
March 27th, 2010 at 6:01 am
no doubt yo, they def some goodies, thanks for the comment.
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Dats a ill package fam!!
keep it up!!
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saintjoe Reply:
March 27th, 2010 at 6:01 am
i feel ya yo! thanks for checkin it out.
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That go fam.Keep up the good work and school em on how we make these dope beatz.It’s not some kind of game.Real blood sweat and tear’s go into this here.Good lookin.
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saintjoe Reply:
March 30th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
no doubt fam lol, thanks for checkin it out yo, I appreciate it.
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mate what kind of beat making program are you using on the computer? thanks
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saintjoe Reply:
July 18th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
@Ole, In this video I’m using Native Instruments Maschine.
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been gone awhile but had to check it on big fish friday …yo leave to these guys at big fish audio to come up with some tight ish as allways the sounds are clear as a bell drums kits are slammin and there easy to work with …keep the creative flow going …big up to u joe for that one man peace
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saintjoe Reply:
July 18th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
@tony, whasup fam, thanks for checkin it out, they def got some goodies yo.
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