Rock, folk, pop, jazz, funk, reggae all use breaks and bass pedals and holds and rests. It can make or break a song and features in all good tunes from Miles Davis to Bruno Mars.

Today this option is still very limited: one break, hold, rest per beat and the possibility to shift it by an 8th or 16th.

This last option sounds really bad in swing, shuffle or waltzes…

It needs to be adressed, I think. Check out all modern singer songwriters and folk and jazz from the fifties to today.


Biab, Kontakt, Sampletank and lots of nice libraries, from Fluffy audio to Abbey Road drums.
Check out these great contemporary Jazz Styles: www.jazzstylezz.com