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Date: 24-Dec-99 @ 02:44 PM -
RE: GoodSource4SampleCDs?
Sitar,
Big Fish Audio and East-West offer online, secure ordering. Big Fish has a fair selection of online demo's. East-West let's you preview select individual samples (loops actually) for purchase and download. I've purchased from both and my preference was for Big Fish. Ilio is also going to offer online orders but I've not checked their site in awhile. zZounds also sells sample CD's. Just do a search on Sample CD and you'll see a decent selection.
I partially disagree with R-Tek regarding how good some of the CD's are. I don't care for the construction kit formats but I can see how some might find them useful. I just bought one of the Steingberg Sounds&Cycles CD's but I've not had time to even open it up yet. It's mixed mode, i.e., AIFF, WAV, REX, Audio. I've one of the mixed mode CD's from Creative Essentials series but I wouldn't buy it again. We'll see how the Steinberg one sounds. IMO, the best CDs are those with long loops and/or lots of variation that you can cut & paste from. A lot of the breakbeat CDs give you lots of loops but no varitions. I'm planning on buying a copy of ReCycle in the near future to help solve that problem.
Try to find a couple hours to knock around a local Guitar Center that has one of those CD listening booths. You'll get a better feel for what is overhyped vs. what is useful.
http://www.bigfishaudio.com/
http://www.soundsonline.com/
good luck,
jondl