Reggaeton meets Dancehall Vol. 1

Review by Ginno Legaspi

Audio Bomb/Best Service spices up the sampling world with Reggaeton Meets Dancehall Vol. 1. If you´re into producing reggaeton and dancehall then you might want to take a look at this library. It contains the usual elements/construction kits for both genre, loaded with island-music style. RMD Vol. 1 is delivered in 16-bit/44.1kHz Acidised Wave, Rex2, NN-XT, Soundfont and HALion formats. Both styles break into two folders that include 15 construction kits each, with tempos ranging from 94 to 115 bpm. Each construction kit folder comes with a mix-down file along with individual loops like drums, percussions, keys, bass, etc. Single-shot instrument and drum hits are also provided if you want to construct your own loops from scratch. The sounds on these discs are so well labeled, in detail, that the producers even included the name of the synths used to create the sounds/loops. Now, that´s cool.

Although some of the samples have that synthetic feel, there are some really nice gems included in this library: like the punchy drum sounds and the groovy acoustic guitars. The ethnic hits and percussions are also a good addition. Effects sounds are aplenty and the fat basses sound tight and crunchy. Overall, this is a very flavorful release and should be an indispensable library to professional music producers.