Each Festa Latina Volume in the series includes .WAV CD-ROM. Fast arranging is possible in WAV-format with your sequencer. Volume 2 in the series offers Bass, Guitars and Pianos and features the most comprehensive collection of traditional and pop-latin pianos and bass loops, most in 4-bar rhythm, each in four keys and different tempo. Highlight on this CD: the guitars are well prepared in a construction kit format. Styles include:
* Baion
* Bomba
* Candombe
* Merengue
* Murga
* binary Polyrhythms
* Salsa – different rhythms from: Son Montuno, Mambo, Guajira, Guaguanco, Cha-Cha-Cha, Guaracha, Mozambique
* Samba – different rhythms from: Bossa Nova, Samba-Reggae, Samba-Batucada, Samba-Partido Alto, Samba Pop
* Ternary Library – different rhythms from:Rumba Columbia, Bembe, Chacarera, Chamame
* Ternary Polyrhythms
* Piano midifiles
I find the deficit of piano and glut of guitar loops on this to be puzzling. The presence of actual guitar in most styles you could call genuine “Latin” is really rare, and especially so of electric guitar. The legendary Cuban band “Irakere” did have electric guitar, making it one of probably 1,000 that didn’t use actual guitar; the “tres” has such a distinctive sound it’s just not quite a guitar 🙂
One other exception to the traditional absence of electric guitar in what we’d call “salsa” is available on YouTube, but have a fire extinguisher nearby; the Fania All-Stars live show in Africa, with Carlos Santana’s brother Jorge absolutely scorching his solo on “El Raton”………
I think this is a case where Melodyne is the perfect tool for loading a single instrument’s loops and exporting as MIDI…….. as in the guitar WAVs on this being converted to MIDI then used on piano VST’s; piano speaks salsa and its cousin styles too well to minimize its presence in packages like this.
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