Propellerhead Releases Soul School 2 ReFill Library

The sequel to Propellerhead’s funk flavored sound pack puts even more sample-ready soul tracks into the hands of Reason users.

Propellerhead Software today announced the immediate availability of the Soul School 2 ReFill for Reason, Propellerhead’s award-winning music production system. As the sequel to its best-selling Soul School ReFill, Soul School 2 is an organic sounding and extremely flexible collection of soul loops and samples. A perfect starting point for song creation, creating new instrument performances with a vintage sound, or adding “classic spice” to any style of music.

Consisting of nine grooves, all recorded live without overdubs, broken up into individual instruments and tempo-independent loops, Soul School 2 is a playable collection of old school sounds, with tons of loop and sample content ready to be played, tweaked and turned into songs.

All the loop content in Soul School 2 comes readymade for Reason’s Dr. Octo Rex loop player, for quick arranging of drum tracks, bass grooves and guitar licks on the fly. Additional construction kits for the Kong Drum Designer effectively turns the loops into playable building blocks for new performances.

As a bonus, the Reason Soul Keys ReFill comes as an additional free download, with patches based on the Soul School sound for the Reason Factory Sound Bank, Propellerhead’s free Electromechanical ReFill, Reason Pianos and the Radical Piano Rack Extension.

Read more about Soul School 2, listen to audio examples and watch the demo video at: www.propellerheads.se/reason-soul-school/

Pricing and availability

The Soul School 2 ReFill is available exclusively for download through Propellerhead’s web shop today, at a price EUR €79 / USD $99
www.propellerheads.se/shop/index.cfm?fuseaction=product_detail&ID=100069&Cat=4000

The Soul School 1 & 2 ReFills are available together in a discounted bundle in the Propellerhead web shop:

www.propellerheads.se/shop/index.cfm?fuseaction=product_detail&ID=100071&Cat=4000

Owners of the original Soul School ReFill get special “upgrade” pricing of half off for Soul School 2.

About Propellerhead Software 
Formed in 1994, Propellerhead Software is a privately owned company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Renowned for its musician-centric approach, Propellerhead has created some of the world’s most innovative music software applications, interfaces and technology standards. Musicians, producers and the media have praised Figure, Reason, ReCycle and ReBirth applications for being inspiring, great sounding and of impeccable quality. Technologies such as ReWire and the REX file format are de-facto industry standards, implemented in all major music software. Today, Propellerhead’s products are used all over the world by hundreds of thousands of professionals and enthusiasts for all kinds of music making. 

(Source: propellerhead.se)

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