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Sonic Sidekick updates Extreme DrumSynth to v1.5.1 beta

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:50:56 +0000

Sonic Sidekick has released version 1.5.1 beta Extreme DrumSynth, a powerful virtual drum synthesizer for Windows.

Changes in Extreme DrumSynth v1.5.1 beta

Sequencer lock is independent of pattern editing.
Fixed bug where patch randomization could corrupt data.
Add multipoint envelopes with curve control.
Minor gui tweaks for usability.

Extreme DrumSynth is available to purchase as a VST instrument plug-in for Windows PC, priced at $48 USD.

More information: Sonic Sidekick

Benedict Roff-Marsh releases SynthStudio Pack IV – Wide Boys & Heroes

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:20:55 +0000

Benedict Roff-Marsh has released SynthStudio Pack IV – Wide Boys & Heroes, a collection of instrument and effects for Windows.

The theme for this pack was to build instruments and effects that are really organic in character. I developed under the Dirty Analog tag as I wanted each and every oscillator to be wonderfully grimy and unpredictable.

Wide Boys refers to the lively and wide sound these instruments and effects deliver. Heroes because I always have my eyes on standout instruments of the past from manufacturers like Oberheim, Waldorf, Hammond, Farfisa and EMU.

Of course the tagline is also a (slightly warped) reference to the lead song from Gary Numan’s “I Assassin” album

SynthStudio Pack IV – Wide Boys & Heroes features

Synths:
- DA-80 – 4 Osc Dirty Analog with Mod Matrix
- wavElektrik – 4 Osc retro sample player
- GO-5p-l – Combo style Organ with Rotary Speaker
- DA-01 – Mono/Duophonic Dirty Analog synth
Effects:
- SC-02 – Dual Stereo Chorus with a wide shiny sound
- LP-04 – Light Phaser with 1-4 Bands
- EL-2 – Crossfadable Dual Echo lines with modulation (for Berlin School)
- RS-2 – Rotary Speaker with 2 speaker arms (like a real Leslie)
- 3q-1a – 3 Band EQ
- IR-110 – Instrument Reverb/Echo

SynthStudio Pack IV is available to purchase for $10 USD.

More information: Benedict Roff-Marsh / SynthStudio Pack IV

Soundtrack Loops releases R&B Hip Hop Loops & Samples

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:04:22 +0000

Soundtrack Loops has released R&B Hip Hop Loops & Samples, a collection of loops and oneshot samples for producing Top 40 Hip Hop with a R & B flava.

You’ll get ten instrumentals broken down by instrument tracks and drums. Mix and match the loops from each to come up with something completely original and use oneshot samples to create your own beats. This sample pack is loaded with contemporary sounds that are currently in high demand.

R&B Hip Hop Loops & Samples features

Contains 117 loops and 152 oneshots in various tempos and keys 24 bit 44.1kHz Stereo.
Load any of these sounds into your MPC, Native Instruments Battery, Fruity Loops, Logic Pro, or Protools and unlock their true potential.
Inspired by Young Jeezy, Lil John, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Usher, R. Kelly, Kanye West, Eminem, Lil Wayne, and Dre.
Our loops are compatible with programs like Ableton, Acid, Garageband, Soundtrack Pro, Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools, Stylus RMX, and more.

R&B Hip Hop Loops & Samples is available to purchase for $19.50 USD.

More information: Soundtrack Loops / R&B Hip Hop Loops & Samples

Soniccouture announces Christmas Sale

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:28:08 +0000

Soniccouture has announced a Christmas Sale, offering a free download with every order.

From 7th – 25th December Soniccouture are offering their customers a free download product of their choice with every order made at Soniccouture.com.

To take advantage of this offer, simply fill your shopping cart with downloads (sorry no discs), enter the magic code when you checkout, and the cheapest product will be FREE!

Magic code : SCXMAS09

Offer applies to download orders only. Code can be used as many times as you like.

More information: Soniccouture

Loopmasters releases Indian Sessions Vol. 1 – KV Bala Krishnan

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:44:31 +0000

Loopmasters has released Indian Sessions Vol. 1 – KV Bala Krishnan, a sample library featuring the sounds of renowned Indian percussionist KV Bala Krishnan.

This is the first of a 2 part series which sees KV team up with local Indian musicians and vocalists to extract pure melodies, grooves and rhythms from Indian culture and traditional music, but with an eye on popular western tempos and time signatures in order to create a palette of sound which will work well when fused into modern genres.

This is truly an authentic collection of samples recorded and produced in india, which have been mastered centrally at Loopmasters studio to ensure maximum compatibility with all music applications and is presented in multiple formats for easy manipulation by you the producer.

Indian Sessions Vol. 1 – KV Bala Krishnan features

1GB Indian Samples.
591 Indian Sounds.
500+ Indian Loops.
56 Ready to play patches for all soft samplers.
Includes: 12 Bass Dholak Loops, 26 Dholak Loops, 15 Dukki Tarang Loops, 12 Finger Cymbal Loops, 20 Ghata Singari Loops, 4 Ghatam Pot Loops, 5 Percussion Loops, 8 Salangari Loops, 23 Shaker Loops, 54 Tabla Dholak Loops, 60 Tabla Ensemble Loops, 49 Tabla Loops, 20 Tambourine Loops, 4 triangle Loops, 5 Tudd Loops, 9 Urumi Loops, Hits from Bass Dholak, Tabla, Dukki Tarang, Ganjira, Ghata, Salangai, Sitar, Sweet Bells, Tudd, Urumi, 26 Ensemble Sitar Loops, 3 Sitar Jaala Loops, 35 Sitar Phrases, 6 Sitar Harp Loops, 60 Female Indian Vocal Samples, 60 Male Indian Vocal Samples.

Indian Sessions Vol. 1 is available to purchase for £29.95 GBP.

More information: Loopmasters / Indian Sessions Vol. 1 – KV Bala Krishnan

Noisebud updates Noisebud Filter to v2.5

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:07:15 +0000

Noisebud has released version 2.5 of Noisebud Filter, a freeware filter effect plug-in for Windows.

Noisebud Filter consists of 4 filter wired in parallel and every filter has a phase invert button. The idea is to let for example the lo-pass and hi-pass filter sweep over each others frequencies and let the Phase silence those freq that is overlapping.

Changes in Noisebud Filter v2.5

Added a VariFO to each LFO. Same as Noisebud Bandpass.
Added a Dry Amount if you want to have a bit of the original sound.

Noisebud Filter is available as a VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.

More information: Noisebud / Noisebud Filter

Progress Audio reduces price of Soup

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:55:08 +0000

Progress Audio has announced it has reduced the price of Soup, an additive synthesizer with morphing, resynthesis, and great ease of use.

If you’re interested in some additive synth, throwing-lots-of-sounds-in-a-bowl-and-morphing-the m kind of fun, then you’ll be pleased to know that the Soup additive synth can now be had for a $40 / 28Eur / £25. That’s a saving of around 45% of the original price.

Soup features

Load up as many sounds as you like, then morph between them in real-time and with complete freedom.
Control morphs manually using the mouse in real-time, or automatically by drawing envelopes for X and Y movement.
Powerful editing features give you access to each of Soup’s 64 partials. Design how amplitude, detune and pan for each partial changes over time using the graphical editor.
Resynthesis to allow you to import new sounds from standard WAV files.
The unique Elements Editor makes additive synthesis accessible. Create and edit sounds by adjusting 5 elements of the sound (Overall tone, change in tone over time, pan, detuning of harmonics, and envelope).
Unison mode for instant fat, analog-type sounds.
Built-in effects section featuring reverb, delay, distortion, chorus, resonant filter, formant filer, modulation matrix, 2 LFO’s and assignable envelope.
Can respond realistically to note pitch and velocity for expressive, natural sounds.
Comes with 300 high quality presets featuring sounds from ToTc Productions and Daniel Maurer.
Includes a full manual in PDF format.

Soup is available as a VST instrument for Windows PC.

More information: Progress Audio / Soup

Tonehammer releases Gnomehammer: Human Beat Box

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:38:49 +0000

Tonehammer has released Human Beat Box, another free sample pack as part of the Gnomehammer December Celebration.

Human Beat Box (HBB) is one of those things that was cool, then uncool, then cool, then uncool and now its back with vengeance. Gnomehammer wanted to celebrate the trend by sharing a selection of new custom HBB patches made by human beat boxing through PVC pipes. The patch was recorded in our epic hall and the ensemble consists of four individuals with no successful history in beat boxing.

Gnomehammer Human Beat Box features

HBB PVC Pipe Ensemble (HBB recorded a series of PVC pipes in ensemble session):
- Bass drum (10 round robin)
- Snare drum (10 round robin)
- Close hi-hat (10 round robin)
- Open hi-hat (10 round robin)
- High tom (10 round robin)
- Mid tom (10 round robin)
- Low tom (10 round robin)
- Rimshot / click (10 round robin)

Note: This freebie is only available for 24 hours, so grab it while you can. We have tons more coming during December – so ensure you check every day …

More information: Tonehammer

Tonebuilder releases DMD-X and DMD-FX (update to Driven Machine Drums)

ronnie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:26:59 +0000

ToneBuilder has announced it has expanded its Driven Machine Drums sample library with new sounds and effects, now featuring 1,828 sounds at 24bit resolution.

Driven Machine Drums is an electronic drum library, created from 14 drum machines/synthesizers & 9 analog coloration devices. Driven Machine Drums highlights the punch, depth, and warmth added by tubes, transformers, filters, and hardware tape emulation.

Driven Machine Drums update

DMD-X: 144 new drum sounds, featuring more intense settings of the analog processing hardware.
DMD-FX: DMD-FX contains a collection of effects encoded exclusively for the free Nebula player also included.
- Demetri RVRB: 10 Spring reverbs captured from a high-end spring reverb unit. Every possible setting was captured and is included. This is a similar process to convolution reverb, except Nebula is dynamic. There are 30 layers of samples for multiple input levels, so ringing of the springs increases as the input also increases.
- 3DREV: These two custom reverbs are based on real spaces, with additional processing to increase the depth perception. One is a vocal chamber, the other is a drum room.
- VNTG RVRB: Two vintage plate effects, combined with tubes. Perfectly suited for use on DMD snares.
- DAFT FLTR: A 12dB SEM low-pass filter.
- ROGUE 2+4: Two 24dB low-pass filters.
- X464 FLTRS: Includes a 12dB high-pass filter, band-pass filter, and low-pass filter.

NOTE: The included Nebula player is approved for Windows VST use only. A link to a beta for Mac users is included. The full Mac release is coming soon, at which point the FX programs will be comprehensively supported.

The DMD-X and DMD-FX bonus additions are now available to the Driven Machine Drums collection.

More information: Driven Machine Drums

u-he releases ACE (Any Cable Everywhere)

ronnie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:07:58 +0000

u-he has announced the release of ACE (Any Cable Everywhere), a virtual synthesizer for Windows and Mac.

The software synthesizer ACE (Any Cable Everywhere) delivers top quality sound at a highly competitive price. The selection of modules and clear layout make ACE the ideal instrument for newcomers delving into the fascinating world of modular synthesis. The number of ways to connect modules together is practically infinite, and you will soon discover how much more fun it is to make your own sounds in ACE than in a non-modular synthesizer.

ACE features

25 signal sources, 30+ signal targets, some paths wired internally so that it makes noise even without a single cable attached (think ARP 2600).
Exceptional sync /w FM (VCO1->VCO2, think Crossmodulation).
LFOs that can be used as additional VCOs an vice versa.
Exceptional filter sound including convincing self oscillation.
Support for .tun files.
500+ presets.
Specs:
- 2 x LFO (1 sine, 1 sine/tri/saw/sqr) 0Hz – 20kHz
- 2 x ADSR (same as Bazille)
- 2 x VCO (saw/pwm) 0Hz – 20kHz, VCO1 with SubOsc
- 2 x VCF (two variable outlets each: LP1/LP2/LP3/LP4, HP/BP/BR)
- 2 x VCA/Pan
- 2 x Multiples (as in Bazille)
- 1 x Mixer (Osc balance, Sub, Noise, Aux)
- 1 x Ramp Generator (up->hold->down->rest, loops if rest < 100)
- 1 x Mapping Generator (creates variable values for each note or key, can be used as custom waveform for LFO2)
- 1 x noise (white, pink)
- 1 x the common extras, such as Glide/Glide2
- 1 x stereo chorus (global)
- 1 x ping pong delay (global)
- 1 x Bass/Treble booster (global)

ACE is available to purchase as an instrument plug-in for PC and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS) for 69 EUR (includes 19% VAT, ca. 85 USD net when bought from overseas).

More information: u-he / ACE

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