Club Electro

Sound on Sound, 2009-11-01

Club...

by Sound On Sound

Sound on Sound, 2009-11-01

Club Electro

Sound On Sound, November 2009
www.soundonsound.com


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As the name suggests, Club Electro takes a modern clubland sensibility and delivers it with a hint of ‘80s-influenced electro. The material is organised into 28 Construction Kits, each of which is based around a single musical idea. Within each kit a ‘demo‘ loop illustrates how the individual loops might be arranged, while the other loops contain the usual range of layers, featuring drums, bass, synths and the occasional vocal. Individual drum hits are also provided. The layers themselves are plentiful, so, within the limitation of each construction kit‘s basic musical pattern, there are plenty of possibilities for variation. The best way to think of these kits is as a single song section - and if you want further variation for something like a chorus / verse structure, you need to add some of your own elements, or find two construction kits that work together.
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Club Electro is (...) well worth checking out, and fits neatly into the growing range of electro-based titles in the Ueberschall range.

John Walden

Keys, 2009-04-01

Club Electro

by Keys

Keys, 2009-04-01

Club Electro
Keys, 04/2009
www.keys.de


Club Electro represents the total opposite to Minimal Electro Vibes. The producer, who also made the Electro Producer Pack, worked with similar equipment. This library shows where electro is today. The dominatig instruments are 4/4-kickdrums and monoton bass- and synthlines. The grooves are closer to typical techno as to funky old-school electro from the 80s.
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The drumsounds are relatively hard while the synthsequences compromise with aggressive sound, resonating filtersweeps and deep basslines.
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While even the rhythm section is seperated in the single lines the drums can be exchanged very fast to vary the beat. Club Electro is aiming on grooves with an assertive sound. All in all the offered sounds are very versatile (...). This library is just right for fans of the hard electro style of today.


Translated by Wenzel Mehnert / Ueberschall

Music Tech Magazine, 2008-12-01

by Music Tech Magazine

Music Tech Magazine, 2008-12-01

Club Electro
Music Tech Magazine, December 2008
www.musictechmag.co.uk


Ah, construction kits… How do we feel about them? For anyone who doesn’t already know, a construction kit sample pack essentially comprises several short and layered tracks that represent the individual components a user needs to build up their own productions. While this is an excellent way for budding producers to glean an insight into how a track is put together, it is also a much less creative way of working, as the imported material is often several bars long and requires a lot of tweaking to transform it into your own. That’s not to say it can’t be done, of course, but it requires rather more time and patience.

So, then, to Club Electro, which is the latest sample pack from Ueberschall. It features 28 construction kits of tight-sounding electronic loops. Each kit has approximately 20 loops covering basses, synths, pads, FX, beats and single drum hits. The synths on offer are a contemporary mix of cutting-edge new and classic analogue models, such as the Alesis Andromeda, Moog Voyager, Prophet 5 and Oberheim Xpander, to name but a few. The overall quality is excellent, although occasionally dipping into synth demo-song territory. Some of the tracks sound a little cluttered when all the mix elements are present, but this is not really a problem because the parts are designed to be used individually. The beats are solid and the synths are suitably crunchy, although a little further production polish may be needed to really help them stand out in the mix.

We won’t go in to the pros and cons of Ueberschall’s Elastik Player here, but we will mention that the copy protection system the company has employed puts many a soft synth to shame.

Verdict: A high-quality samples collection that’s arguably let down by the format in which it’s delivered.

Rating: 7/10

Beat, 2008-10-01

Club Electro

by Beat

Beat, 2008-10-01

Club Electro
Beat, 10-2008
www.beat.de


Such a nice little fellow hasn‘t been around here for a long time. But the cover of Club Electro isn‘t the only special thing about it. The content of the sample- and loop-library from Ueberschall knows how to convince, too. 28 construction-kits, loaded with punchy leads, basslines, drums and sequences are waiting for their show in every club or electro production à la Mr. Oizo.
In a nutshell: One of the best releases this year.

Translated by Wenzel Mehnert / Ueberschall