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Zero-G

BeatMaster £56

This groove-manipulating Kontakt 5 instrument comprises 14 NKIs, drawing on 4,000 pre-sliced drum and percussion loops, in categories like Techno, Urban, Drum & Bass and more. Loop and slice selection, playback and repitching is controlled by clearly colour-coded keyswitches, and various parameters can be edited on a per-slice basis, including sound selection and timestretch: serious experimental potential. Coming from Zero-G, it’s no surprise that the loops are excellent, and despite its semi-intuitive interface, ineffective groove quantise maps, and waveforms that don’t update to represent slice changes, Beat Master is a powerful tool at a very fair price. timespace.com

8/100

UNDRGRND Sounds

Breaks Techno £35

Fusing the driving momentum of techno with the sonic, dynamic and temporal styling of breakbeat and its derivatives,

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