Part of a review in 2496Audio (translated from Spanish):
”Some of the major factors that highlight the products developed by OddGrooves are quality, musicality and interpretation that immediately separates them from the traditional MIDI files often found on the Internet. This is something different. Here we have products developed by professionals.”
”Forget Urban, HipHop, Electronica, Polka, Cumbia, Raggaeton, etc.. These are Rock, Jazz, and Progressive Rock patterns, giving musicians and producers hard-to-find musical patterns in unconventional time signatures. Believe me, using these files is a real inspiration.”
”When combining <OddGrooves> with Superior Drummer 2.0, the possibilities of getting impressive drum sounds are endless. ”
”If you don’t have access to a professional recording studio, a qualified engineer, a good drum kit and drummer, it will be more convenient to invest in a very good collection of MIDI loops from OddGrooves.”
Read the entire review - in Spanish - at http://2496audio.blogspot.com/
Customer Testimonials:
I have purchased a bundle (Basic, Advanced & Crazy packs)after I previewed your free pack and I must say that it blew my mind. It is a perfect fit for a project I`m doing atm (lots of odd-time signature stuff). Grooves & fills flow so natural....it helped me a lot to achieve the "feeling" of the songs I had in my mind. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Sincerely, Damir Zupanovic
Love the grooves, I actually bought the big pack too. It all started with this group drum buy from Esoundz - they bundled some grooves, and I liked them, loved the live feel. so much more vibe and groove. and not being a drummer, stuff I can't hear when I am just programming - so it's great to have more raw material.
So thanks! and I look forward to hearing more of the free grooves - I like the song format that you are doing. It's nice to have it together without piecing them together bar by bar - sometimes I hear more stuff that way.
Andy Gabrys
I got the two 4/4 packs from Oddgrooves and they are the best midi
files for rock and funk around (yes, there are funk grooves there too).
Even better than Groove Monkey IMO.
standalone at the KVR Forum
Just downloaded your Four Four drumming and I love it. Just wanted to say thanks guys!! Looking forward to more.
Chris Byrne http://www.myspace.com/theroadhammers
Just wanted to say I picked these up today and they are freaking phenomenal. It's fantastic to have some nice complex sounding drums that are still easy to apply to standard grooves. I love the feel and your drummer is great. Also love the fact that they aren't all quantized to hell. Very human sounding and groovy. Really nice stuff. I now have the urge to go buy another pack because I like the fourfour one so much! Thanks!
- Kent (swonderme at the KVR Forum)
OddGrooves is hands down the king of all midi drum loops sets. I have paid a lot of money over the past few years hiring session drummers, and always felt like I was "settling" when I tried other loop sets. I just finished putting together a drum track for my first song using OddGrooves with Superior 2.0, and it's the most kick ass drum track I've ever played to. Sounds like it was written for my song.
- Jeff Sanders, www.mountainmirrors.com
Generally: I appreciate the oddness not only because I enjoy listening to sort non-mainstream rhythm but because it forces me to explore new places in my own creative endeavors. Specifically: The subtle variations have proven useful, especially with detailed sample libraries like Superior 2 and BFD 2. I would like to have more in the Jams category. I like to cut and create my own new grooves from various Jam files. Thanks for nicely priced bundle deal.
K.C. Satterlee
I just bought these OddGrooves. Only getting a chance to mess around with them on my work laptop with my little sony plastic cheezey speakers, but this stuff is cool as heck! Can't wait to start putting this stuff to use. -kip
Your oddgrooves are excellent, but I make my living in a 4/4 world and will buy every product you make like that. So I hope you expand to "Odd & Normal Grooves" ( which it looks like you're starting to do ). Thanks for a great product.
Ray Burghardt
Excellent, much more interesting than other groove libraries.i like that you guys specialize in more interesting beats that would be difficult to program.too many other midi sets are full of way to many beats that i could just as easily programed myself.if im gonna spend time browsing midi files instead of programing them myself it'll be for grooves/fills etc..that i cant (or dont have the patience to) program myself.the idea of midi grooves is to save time not waste it. so far i only have your free set,but judging by them i'll be purchasing some more soon. I'd personally love a fill pack w/ no grooves ,just lotsa fills. fills are what i have the most difficult time w/ when trying to compose midi.
Tony Galasso
I am very impressed! All that for $20? - Jeff
I'm loving this so far! I just had one of the Tom Grooves running for about half an hour until my girlfriend made me turn it off. - Montie
Slammin'! Really dig the odd meter grooves... Intense energy... Albert Q Wing (Sax player with Frank Zappa, Larry Carlton, Fowler Brothers and many more) Albert Wing's Myspace page
The bottom line here is that any genre that under-represented in the grooves market. I listen to and play all sorts of music but can rarely find grooves that allow for full and easy working into whatever I may compose. Yours do the job excellently and offer wide creative opportunities. Not everyone plays funk or dance music and I am very happy that you guys are doing what you are. Keep up the good work. :-)
Anthony Boardman