Alpha
Dance II
Sample CD-ROM library in audio & Akai format
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Alpha Dance II is the sequel to
Best Service's Alpha Dance, one of the classic techno-dance CDs
of the early-mid 1990s. Alpha Dance II comes in two CDs - one that contains the audio format, and the other one containing the Akai CD-ROM portion of this collection. There is a generous 300MB of samples, all geared for dance production. This collection was produced in Berlin in 1995, and naturally the style best suited to it is mid-90s techno-house. All the elements needed in a dance production are present, including liquid house organs, superb sequencer lines, analog-sounding and evolving pads, several different types of synth FX, bleeps, zaps, sub bass, vocals, acoustic and electronic percussion loops, lead synths, basses, vocoders, and more! |
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The nice thing about this CDs is that the samples were all recorded very dry and clean; that gives the users the ability to apply their own effects and production tricks. Check out the following demos of individual patches from Alpha Dance II: |
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Best Service Alpha Dance II review with audio demo
Alpha Dance II - intro + demosong The original factory demo song. This song will give you an idea of how much you can do with just a sampler and a well-produced sample CD like this.
And here below I'm adding some examples of the
single sounds contained in the Akai CD-ROM. All examples were played from Propellerhead
Reason 3's NN-XT sampler, going through the RV7000 reverb (running programs
matched to the nature of the samples) - going through the default Mastering
Suite.
| Sound name with mp3 demo | My comments |
| Partition A | |
| ACID SEQ.1 | Classic analog resonant sequencer synth - velocity assigned to filter cutoff. |
| CLICKY ORGAN | Quintessential 1990s House organ |
| GROOVY ORGAN | Very nice type of electric organ suitable for many genres. |
| PIANO 2 | The classic Korg M1-style House piano. |
| QUINT SEQ. | Succulent and analog synthesizer. |
| SHORTY SEQ. | Beautiful analog style sequencer synth. |
| Partition B | |
| BELLY | Ravishing analog pad. |
| RISING...... | Fantastic resonating pad. |
| Partition C | |
| BEAUTY...... | Yes, this is a beauty!!! The classic "puffy cloud" synth pad of the '80s. |
| CLAVI..... | I'm not sure why they call it "Clavi", but this is a classy syn-pad. |
| SYNTHFX 1-24 | Lots of pure-analog synth effects. Always fun and useful to have. |
| Partition D | |
| CLEAR VOICES | Nice percussive synth vox. |
| CRACK BASS | Classic analog bass. |
| FAME BASS | DX style bass. |
| GRUFF BASS | Different and interesting. |
| SAX 1 | Not bad for a dance collection! |
| Partition E | |
| MEDUSA LEAD | Dazzling lead, very popular in the mid-90s... very 808-State. |
| PULSA LEAD | Quintessential Euro lead. |
| RAVE BEEP 1 | Typical early 90s synth. |
| SCRAPER | Detuned digital synth. |
| Partition F | |
| AC.LOOP9 130 | Emphatically equalized to sit in the mix on top of a heavier loop. |
| BREAKER 133 | Classic breakbeat loop |
| MISC.LP.130 | Miscellaneous Latin percussion loop |
| PULSENOISE | Wicked lead |
| RAVE BEEP11 | Another classic techno lead. |
| Year of release: | 1995 |
| Polyphony: | n/a |
| Sound generation method: | sample CD |
| Preset memories | n/a |
| MIDI: | n/a |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | n/a |
| Sequencer | n/a |
| Arpeggiator | n/a |
| Effects | n/a |
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
| www.bestservice.de | Home Page | Sample CDs, Virtual instruments |