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Dance/Trance: Sounds with a rather soft and warm character will be found here. Typical
sounds are analog and digital synth pads, melodic elements (from soft and small to
typical detuned super saw sounds for trance anthems) and commercial dance sounds like
bells and arpeggiated elements go here. Sounds which are suited to create a hypnotic
mood also fit here.
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HipHop/Downbeat: Sounds with a laid back and chilled character belong in here as well
as typical sound effects like vinyl-scratching, struck drum sounds with an acoustic or
analog synthetic character, and mellow pads.
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Funk/Soul: These instruments have that vintage funk sound, such as organs from the 60s,
synths from the 70s, wah-wah guitars, slap bases, and dry acoustic drums.
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Reggae/Dub: For this genre, typical instruments would be dry acoustic drums and percus-
sion, clean guitars, some acoustic flutes and smaller organs.
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Latin/Afro-Cuban: Sounds to be used in Central and South American music (Salsa, Son,
Samba, Bossa Nova). This includes all latin percussion such as congas, maracas and
timbales, as well as some acoustics guitars and djembes.
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Rock: Typical sounds for straightforward rock music, like electric guitars and basses,
acoustic drums, and dirty synths.
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Pop: A rather broad musical genre that includes sounds of typical "radio-ready" music,
ranging from pianos and guitars to electro-pop synths and drums.
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Jazz: All typical jazz instruments like piano, upright bass, saxes, brass and drums are
found here. In other words, all sounds used for an acoustic jazz arrangement, ranging
from small ensemble to big band. Sounds are rather natural in character with little or no
processing.
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Folk/Country: Sounds associated with all kinds of folk and songwriter styles like bluegrass,
klezmer, blues. In general, this encompasses acoustic sounds.
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Ethnic/World: Sounds associated with non-western musical cultures like south/north Indian
music, gamelan, Arabic/Persian, Asian and African music. These sounds need not neces-
sarily be acoustic in nature; electronic textures can also be categorized here as long as
they reflect this kind of atmosphere.
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