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WELCOME
Thank you for purchasing Hard Rock: Decade of Distortion!

Big Fish Audio is proud to present this diverse, guitar driven

library filled with rock music’s most sought after riffs, tones,
sounds, melodies and drums. Containing 8.67 GBs of
content as well as 29 construction kits, this library is sure to
be all that you need for your Hard Rock productions. All
sounds and samples are expertly formatted and cut “29 construction kits of hard rock”
perfectly in the highest quality Acidized WAV, REX and
Apple Loop files.

Many world class musicians were brought in to capture the exact tones and sounds you’d
capture in a big budget Hard Rock studio recording including executive producer/guitarist,
George Lacava, who was first recognized on the controversial Cop Killer Tour, and nationally
for his role with electronic sensation, Razed in Black. Co-producer, Ed Faris, is an award-
winning engineer/composer and guitarist known for his cutting edge sounds and creative
writing style, making him the driving force behind the popular band Adema.

Decade of Distortion also features some of rock music’s most innovative and elite drummers
with the hard hitting playing style of Matt Laug, who has toured and recorded with
legendary guitarist, Slash, on his Snake Pit tour supporting AC/DC. Matt has recorded with
Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper, Christina Aguilera and more. Special guest drummer Mike
Hansen, who has toured with Steve Vai and recently toured/recorded with George Lynch,
brings his technical and creative approach to the project. And finally, the thunderous playing
of seven-time Grammy nominee Nick Menza, known for his explosive drumming style he
brought to one of rock music’s most legendary bands, Megadeth.
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SPECIAL THANKS
George LaCava and Ed Faris would like to give thanks to: Steven Bolar, Tom Meadows and
everyone at Big Fish Audio, Mike Taft at Ibanez Guitars, Westy Foss at DBZ guitars, Erica
McDaniels at UA, Kevin “Brandino” Brandon, Brian Perera at Cleopatra Records, Tony Brock
Studios, Josh ”Cartier” Cutsinger Studio Hollywood, Guy Snider Studios Hollywood, Joey
Ayoub at The Sound Salon, Chris Boyett and George Radai at LA Recording Workshop, Ken
Steiger at Musicians Institute, Vince LaCava at THIS IS POP NYC, Mike Gunnerson, Christine
Simpson at Gallien Krueger, Romell Regulacion from RazedInBlack, Mark Jazzwinski, Cat Tate
at Guitar Center Hollywood, West LA Music, Marcus Dreeke Space Station, Amy and Bernie
at LA Film School, Stephanie Galli and Joan Payden at Highland Taffy, Darrel Morgan, Conor
Pierce at Rock Star Tattoos Hawaii, Clayton Apilando Hawaii, Bang Bang Tattoo NYC, Frank
Conte and Shane Digman City of Angels, Michael T. Ross, Bassist Clackers Reed, Steven
Erhart Hollywood Secrets, Jack Korsandi at the LaCava Recording Studios Hollywood, Matt
Laug, Mike Hansen and Nick Menza, Kevin Gershen at Paramount Studios and Glenn Hill.

Extra Special thanks to: Erin and Alek LaCava, Lee and Leo Dusa, Terry LaCava, Vincent
LaCava, Bang Bang, Ed Faris and family.
Dedicated to my life long friend Bill Hill and Mike’s brother Bryan Hansen.
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CREDITS
•Written, recorded, and produced by Ed Faris and George Lacava at LaCava Productions
Recording Studios Hollywood, CA
LaCava Productions and artist bio visit: www.georgelacavaproductions.com
•Engineering, editing, mixing, and mastering by Ed Faris
•Drums recorded by Joey Ayoub at Sound Salon Hollywood, CA
•Executive Produced by George Lacava
•Apple Loop and REX formatting by Shane Roberts and Michael Boone
•Additional Editing by Jon Beal and Steven Bolar
•Cover Art by Vincent Lacava

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CONTENT
8.67 GB of total content (2.48 GB of 24-bit WAV files)
759 Acidized WAVs and Apple Loops
778 REX2 files
29 Construction Kits

Big Fish Audio construction kits are broken down as such: Within the specific format
folder, i.e. WAV, Apple Loop, REX2, there are 29 named folders. These are your “kits”.
See below for folder naming breakdown.

10 Tears of Time 095 Cmin

10 - notates the number of the construction kit
Tears of Time - Is the name of the kit
095 - notates the BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Cmin - notates the musical Key that the kit is arranged in (‘C’ minor)

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INSTRUMENTS
INCLUDE
Drums Bass Electric Guitars Clay
Synthesizers Synth Bass Electric Bass Wurly Piano
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HOW TO USE
Hard Rock: Decade of Distortion has been formatted in today’s most popular file types:
ACID, Apple Loops, REX2, RMX, and WAV. With these formats, you can work with
every major sampling/looping device on the market! Every file has been carefully
edited to loop perfectly without any complications. Take advantage of the additional
info and tagging using Apple Loops with Garage Band, Soundtrack or Logic. Edit and
rearrange your grooves with the REX2 file flexibility. Create flexible tracks with RMX.
Stretch the ACIDized WAV files in Sony’s ACID Pro. And, of course, the industry
standard WAV files can be loaded into almost any digital audio or sample playback
program.

Apple Loop Users:

GarageBand users may find a video tutorial here: TUTORIAL

Logic users may find a video tutorial here: TUTORIAL

When importing Apple Loops into Garageband or Logic straight from a CD or DVD,
the files are automatically placed on your system drive. If this is where you want to
keep your Apple Loops, then simply drag the entire Apple Loops folder from this Big
Fish Audio product to the loop browser in Logic or as seen below in Garageband. For
some people, this method can be a problem since Apple Loops can take up a lot of
space and can’t simply be moved after they are indexed. Also, many people prefer to
have all their sounds and loops on external drives. In order to place these files on an
external drive, we suggest copying the Apple Loops folder from this Big Fish Audio
product to your external drive first. When you have the product exactly where you
want it then drag and drop the entire product folder to the browser in Garageband or
Logic.
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HOW TO USE CONT’D
At this point, a pop up will appear asking whether you want the files copied to the
loops folder or to the current location. Select Current Location and then allow the files
to be indexed.

Once the conversion is complete, you have the option to search your entire Apple
Loops library or to access only the sounds on this or any other specific product. To do
this, use the Jam Pack browser tab in Logic’s loop browser or the loops tab in
Garageband (available only in Garageband 2 and higher) as shown above. It’s
important to note that you may not move files or folders around once it has already
been indexed or you will lose the ability to use them from your loop browser. If you
need to move files or folders around after you’ve indexed them, you need to drag and
drop the folder(s) again and allow them to be re-indexed from their new location.

RMX Users:

An RMX Installer video tutorial may be found here: TUTORIAL

In the RMX Installer folder, you will find installers for both Mac and PC. Select and run
the appropriate installer for your computer. This installer will place the RMX files in the
correct directories and create the RMX suites for use in the user libraries area of RMX.

REX File Users:

Each kit includes a short preview mix of the main demo which will not time stretch. If
you wish to hear the full demo mix please use either the WAV or Apple Loop formats.
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LICENSE AGREEMENT
The samples contained on our products are licensed, not sold to you, the individual
end user, by Big Fish Audio. This non-exclusive, non-transferable license is granted only
to the individual end user who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made
copy of this product from a dealer or distributor authorized by Big Fish Audio. All
samples remain the property of Big Fish Audio and are licensed only for use in the
creation of a recorded or live performance that includes the licensed samples as part
of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user. This license expressly
forbids resale, rental, loan, gift or transfer of these samples in any format or via any
medium, except as part of a derivative musical work. This license does not allow you to
include the samples, whether unmodified or as part of a derivative work, in any music
library or sample library product. However, a “special use” license may be requested
from Big Fish Audio, free of charge, if you wish to use this product as part of a musical
work intended for use with music libraries (some conditions apply, and Big Fish Audio
retains the right to refuse any request that does not meet those conditions). Any
unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Big Fish Audio, Inc.
29033 Avenue Sherman Suite 201
Valencia, CA  91355

tel 661.295.0761
fax 661.295.8612

[email protected]

www.bigfishaudio.com

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