Blues Harp Essentials Vol 1

Played by one of Germany's most renowned Blues Brother, Frank "Elwood" Henkes of The Blues Brothers Revival Band, 'Blues Harp Essentials Vol 1' delivers a collection of 165 authentic Blues Harp loops and phrases, captured with character and expression across a range of tempos. From emotional and dirty-distorted phrases to melodic wails, this collection brings genuine blues feeling to your music.

Breathe life into your tracks with the unmistakable soul of the blues. The 'Blues Harp Essential Vol 1' is your go-to harmonica loop library for injecting real human feel and raw emotion into your productions. Carefully curated and recorded with heart and soul, these harmonica loops cover a wide range of tempos and keys - ideal for producers working in blues, rock, folk, country, cinematic or even modern hip-hop and EDM genres.

Recorded with both analog and digital gear and played by a real Blues Brother every note in this pack tells a real story. You can hear, you can feel the authenticity of more than 2500 concerts Frank "Elwood" Henkes played throughout Europe including venues like the Montreux Jazz Festival. This is why these loops feel alive. You'll hear the breath, the dirt and the groove that define classic blues harp.

Each file is clearly labeled by key and tempo, and comes in as dry WAV audio files for use in any DAW - Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase and more.

Whether you're building a film score with a dusty southern mood, adding an expressive solo or phrases to a rock anthem or layering texture into a folk-inspired beat, this pack makes it easy to find the harp part you can use. Dry versions give you full creative control - shape the sound to your mix as you like it.

Smiling Lizard Music® is an independent music company from Germany that is focused on composition/production and publishing/licensing. The Dusseldorf based firm carries out works in pop, rock, instrumental and cinematic genres and also offers consulting services.

Most loops are edited with one bar space at the end. The selections are in time, but sometimes you want to move them. Just toggle grid mode with the one bar quantization or move them freely. The free tempo samples are from a session at 130 BPM, but without click. Elwood just wanted to let it go.

If you're looking for blues harmonica samples that sound real, feel raw, and elevate your production with, like Bruce Sprinngsteen would put it, "just a little of that human touch", the 'Blues Harp Essential Vol 1' is a must-have in your creative toolkit!

Our loops are mastered at −3 dBFS headroom and are fairly conservative in terms of volume. For optimal results and to prevent internal peaks during time stretching in Cubase, we recommend using a soft knee limiter with a ceiling of −3 dB on each loop track.

Product Details:

• 165 Samples & Phrases
• WAV Audio Format
• 303 MB of Content
• 44.1kHz/24-Bit Audio Quality
• 100% Royalty-Free
• Dry Sound without Effects
• Produced in Cubase with Tempo and Pitch Informations (ACIDized)