Submersible Music And Sonic Emulations Announce MPC Lockbox DrumCore Expansion Packs

Oct 07, 2006

Submersible Music and SonicEmulations today announced that the SonicEmulations MPC Lockbox loop library will be shipping as DrumCore expansion packs this October. "MPC Lockbox" features GrooveSets and drumkits and is targeted at DJs, Producers and Hip-Hop fans. These new DrummerPacks feature both audio loops and drum and percussion sounds available as single hits or ready-to-play kits in DrumCore's MIDI instrument.

Like all DrummerPacks, this content comes pre-configured with metadata for use with the DrumCore search engine. This provides quick access to grooves, fills, variations and individual drum sounds. Search content based on feel (straight, shuffle, etc.), time signature and tempo. Users can even add their own search criteria (new styles or comments, for example). Content is arranged in "GrooveSets", which are a collection of related beats, variations and fills that serve as a construction kit for song creation. Most GrooveSets include hi-hat and ride patterns to compliment traditional verse-chorus structures. All packs can export from DrumCore directly to tracks in applications that support "drag-and-drop" such as Acid®, Audition®, Cubase®, Digital Performer®, Live™, Logic®, Nuendo®, Pro Tools® 7 and Sonar™. Audio exports in standard audio formats such as WAV and AIFF and REX2.

MPC Lockbox will be available for $59.99 each (US retail price) and requires DrumCore 2 (Mac® or PC). Example drum tracks using these products' GrooveSets are available in the DrummerPack area on the DrumCore website. All content has been previously released by SonicEmulations, see bandmateloops.com. These DrummerPacks will be available in October from the BandMates and DrumCore websites and via most music software retailers.

MPC Lockbox Includes:
MPC Lockbox (DVD-ROM) delivers all the content of FIVE top-selling Sonic Stop loop libraries. This massive collection includes Hotbox Volumes 1, 2 & 3, Trickbox and Icebox Hip-Hop Drums in one library - plus a special sixth library previously unreleased on disc that features over 1000 extraordinary Akai MPC-style drum loops and rhythms and over 200 "one-shot" sounds, available both as single hits and as drumkits in DrumCore's MIDI instrument.

For more information, visit their web site at www.drumcore.com.