Rio Grooves! is Cinesamples? original Brazilian percussion library for Kontakt, produced by multi-platinum producer and composer Victor Pozas and Grammy awarded producer and composer Roberto Schilling. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro with Brazil’s best musicians, Rio Grooves covers the essentials of authentic Brazilian percussion rhythms. 

We are excited to introduce what we believe to be the most essential collection of Brazilian rhythms ever made, played by the finest musicians, and captured by state of the art recording and mixing. It features an unparalleled level of flexibility offered by multi-microphone perspective balancing, seamless synchronization with your music, and preset MIDI files, all presented in a straightforward interface. For the first time, producers, composers and musicians around the world can access the most versatile take on Brazilian rhythms. The instruments available in each patch are shown in the GUI.  They include ...

1. Agogo
2. Apito
3. Atabaque
4. Berimbau
5. Caixa
6. Cuica
7. Ganza
8. Palmas
9. Pandeiro
10. Reco-reco
11. Repinique
12. Rocar
13. Surdo
14. Tambourim
15. Tantan
16. Triangulo
17. Xequere

Rio Grooves! offers a convenient sync-to DAW functionality that conforms the rhythms to the downbeat in your DAW regardless when you begin playing within the bar.  The Offset knob allows the to change the feel by offsetting the start point in either direction.

Each instrument includes three different micrphone positions (Close, Overhead, and Room) that you can dial in and out to fit any mix.

Each patch has preset MIDI patterns assigned to keys C0 thru G0. These preset patterns serve as examples of the patch's rhythm, as well as providing an intuitive, ready to use version of the rhythm as an accompaniment or a starting point on which to build.  The text window displays the name of the selected preset pattern and gives the a MIDI file, which can be "draged and dropped" from the text window into the DAW's session.

Instrument Groove, Song Form, and Simple to Complex. 

• Escola de Samba 1 - Song Form
• Escola de Samba 2 - Song Form
• Escola de Samba Extras
• Escola Maculelê - Song Form
• Baião - Instrument Groove
• Capoeira - Instrument Groove
• Galope - Instrument Groove
• Maculelê - Instrument Groove
• Maracatu - Instrument Groove
• Roda de Samba - Instrument Groove
• Samba Funk - Instrument Groove
• Samba Reggae - Instrument Groove
• Telecoteco - Instrument Groove
• Velha Guarda - Instrument Groove
• Xote - Instrument Groove
• Funk de Bloco 1 - Simple to Complex
• Funk de Bloco 2 - Simple to Complex
• Ijexá - Simple to Complex
• Jongo - Simple to Complex
• Macumba - Simple to Complex

Please note: It requires the Kontakt Player from Native Instruments.
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