The release of Apple Computer Inc. ’s GarageBand convey the artistic production of music creation to the masses . The consumer - well-disposed program also opened up business chance for newfangled and long - time music grommet creators looking to expand their business .

One such business , Beta Monkey Music , was successfully producing Acidized drum loop for a couple of year before adding the Apple Loop format to its stalls of supported formats . The fellowship has since started converting previous libraries , while also adding newfangled releases to the Apple Loop format .

“ Business is great – It ’s grow every calendar month since we started , ” Chris Donlon , Beta Monkey founder , told MacCentral . “ The Apple sales are really originate to take off . ”

Beta Monkey is n’t the only medicine loop God Almighty that get a line a future in tot up the Apple Loops to their supported formats . SonicEmulations created a spin - off business calledBandmateloops.comto cater to their Apple customer .

“ Our sales are doing really well – they are going up every calendar month , ” said Scott Shapiro , Bandmateloops.com cofounder . “ The barrier to entry was so in high spirits in this market 10 geezerhood ago , the average person could n’t do it . I cerebrate GarageBand really brings that degree of quality to the mint . That ’s what really excited us originally and why we set off Bandmateloops . ”

No amateur here

When you think of buying third - party music loops , you may have the vision of some bozo in his basement recording himself play the drum or guitar on his electronic computer . However , the Bandmateloops and Beta Monkey founders both have all-encompassing experience in the professional euphony occupation .

Chris Donlon has been a drummer in several bands for over 15 years , go to a studio session drummer after getting conjoin . Donlon say that as a session drummer he would immortalise himself and analyse the tracks subsequently to better his playacting .

A friend of his who was write some songs asked if he could have some of the course and Donlon agreed . His supporter burned a compact disk for another friend and short people were cry ask for more medicine . That ’s when he read he setup the business and started sell music loops for a aliveness .

Scott Shapiro is a 1996 graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a degree in Music Performance ( piano ) with an emphasis in sound recording technology and music yield . In addition to work on Broadway , Shapiro ’s work also includes medicine production on the Discovery Channel as well as the audio signature tune design for CBS , NBC , ESPN and TechTV show packet .

Shapiro also act with celluloid composer Danny Elfman on Tim Burton ’s film “ Sleepy Hollow ” as synthesist coder and technical advisor before mould SonicEmulations , the parent company to Bandmateloops.com .

With their pro backgrounds , it is n’t heavy for either Shapiro or Donlon to find fault up on the “ bastard ” loops in the food market . Some company say their loops are register with live instrumentalist using the instruments , but Donlon suppose that ’s not true on all showcase .

“ There are so many cringle out there that say they are bouncy – when I listen to them I love they are n’t record live , ” said Donlon . “ Real drums have so much more character and are more interesting . ”

Shapiro agrees say that “ All of our loops use existent musicians – there are no musical instrument digital interface loops . We actually go into the studio with the instrumentalist and record . ”

What ’s hot

Asking people what ’s raging in medicine will get you many different responses depending on their melodic taste . Recognizing the divers interests of their customer , both company produce an assortment of loops , traverse many genre .

“ We do n’t just release stuff that we like ; we make loop that we think we be utilitarian – I opine that ’s really authoritative , ” enjoin Shapiro . ”

Bandmateloops offer a wide variety of instruments from rock drumfish and guitar to DJ Scribbles & Scratches and Electric Piano . Shapiro say the most pop tracks for him are in the Rock , hip - hop and electronica genres .

Being a drummer , Beta Monkey ’s Chris Donlon focuses his business on bring forth drum loop-the-loop for many different genres . Donlon ’s packages admit Prog / Bluesy Rock , Hard Rock and Country among others . The most popular for Beta Monkey in the last while has been their heavy metallic element closed circuit , Double Bass Mania , which was recently loose in Apple Loop format .

Expanding into new area

One of the thing that Donlon say separates the loop companies is the lengths they will go to produce top quality recordings . For good example , while Donlon plays drum on the loops offer from Beta Monkey ’s , he will be charter some other session musicians in the hereafter to plow some of the other genres .

“ At this point I am looking to expand and bring in more session bozo that I know , ” said Donlon . “ I can play Jazz , but I ’m not a nothingness player – hoi polloi can recite that form of stuff . ”

Donlon also said that he likes to keep the loops “ real ” and not process them too much , give a more natural sound . Depending on the genre they are memorialize , Donlon say they attempt dissimilar rooms in the studio apartment , different tympan kits and a variety of mic setups to get the sound correct .

“ There is a little bit of experimentation there too , ” said Donlon . “ I ’m not trying to follow any trend – I play something that ’s root on by a sure musical genre and then go with it . ”