Loopmasters Freddie Jaochim Jazz Hop Classics Review

Alex Holmes brings the lights down low before firing up Freddie Jaochim’s Jazz Hope Classics pack. Here’s what he thought…

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Jazz Hop Classics key features

• Soul/jazz instrumental hip hop loops & hits
• 1.05 GB worth of 24-bit/44.1 audio
• Wav + Rex, Apple Loops + Rex, Ableton, ReFill formats
• 360 audio files, 31 MIDI files
• 73 Patches for EXS24, Kontakt, HALion, NN-XT, SFZ & Kong

This new pack from San Diego-based producer Freddie Joachim includes a mellow collection of loose hip-hop beats and an array of dusty bass, flute, horn, strings, grand piano, Rhodes, guitar, and Moog riffs.

There’s a mixture of hardware and software sources, leading some of the loops to sound a little too clean and underproduced to our ears, but luckily, the majority of the pack is well written and performed, with a warm, textured finish. Of particular note are the characterful and varied guitar riffs, the well-played keys with nice progressions and the loose and vibe-laden drum grooves.

Also included are a mixed bag of bass, FX and musical one-shots, plus some varied and well-chosen drum hits. To accompany these, you get 73 sampler patches, including some pre-made drum kits, plus a handful of MIDI files taken from the main loops.