Your View: Is Using Loops Cheating?

Using loops and pre-made instrumental phrase libraries could save you time, but should you?

There’s no shortage of cinematic loop libraries for percussion, instruments, sections and soundscapes all at reasonable prices. If you’re on a tight budget or timescale you might consider using them.

But, Is it cheating?

The big question of todays ‘Your View’ is:

Given the time constraints of composers, is it unreasonable to use loop libraries in your music? If so how and where is it appropriate?

Leave a comment below and let me know what you think.

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