Category Archives: General

Arpeggiator|Sequencer, ARP2600 V, Arturia, Synthesizer, Physically Modeled, Link, Modular, Substractive

ARP2600 V

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ARP2600 V

“The Magic Mix

With its sound palette varying from heavy drum n’ bass stabs to angular arpeggiated electro bass lines, whatever your chosen genre, the 2600 is a truly versatile sound creation tool which still takes its place at the heart of today’s music.

With a unique combination of semi-modular architecture and fixed preset routing, it gave it the place of being one of the most versatile synths of the 1970’s.

A Legend is Back

The Arp 2600 was an iconic sound and Arturia has been faithful in recreating this amazing synthesizer. From the sound of the 3 oscillators to the original ‘grey face’ filter to the vast modulation routing abilities. You get all this and more.

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Arpeggiator|Sequencer, ARPS, KONTAKT, Link, Sampled, UMLAUT

ARPS

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ARPS

arps

“ARPS by Umlaut Audio is a percussive virtual instrument for Kontakt and Free Kontakt Player that is intuitive to use and ideal for any composer or sound designer.
Using 4 separate layers of sample based percussive sounds, ARPS provides endless possibilities of rhythmic patterns.

Take control of your tone with ARPS’ fully featured arpeggiator, adjustable FX and set your patterns to whatever timing fits your needs.
There is no virtual arpeggiator instrument available that offers the simplicity and customization as ARPS, making it an essential tool for any composer or sound designer.

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UVI Workstation, Attack EP88, Instrument, Link, Sampled, UVI

Attack EP88

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Attack EP88

“Attack EP88 is the world’s first tacked electric piano library and possibly the most comprehensive electric piano library of any kind. Built on a foundation of over 47,000 samples, Attack EP88 is an incredibly rich sounding and deeply customizable instrument, providing numerous discrete signal paths including DI, tube, contact mic, mono mic and stereo pair, unique envelopes and effects for both the electric and acoustic signals, and discrete voicing and tuning controls for all 88 keys. The only library of its kind, Attack EP88 delivers an entirely new take on the much-loved electric piano sound, in the most user-friendly and comprehensive way we could imagine.”

Auron, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Granular, Substractive, Steinberg

Auron

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Auron

HAL-Auron

“Auron expands the sound spectrum with 160 granular synthesis presets for floaty pads, intriguing textures and fascinating new timbres. Yet Auron also gives you the creative freedom to fritter away hours designing new soundscapes; the interface is easy to navigate, yet that simplicity belies the extent of the creative power available. With its arpeggiator module, Auron also lets you generate patterns and phrases from the synth signals. Auron is a one-stop sound generator with the potential to add captivating new sounds to your productions.”

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Arpeggiator|Sequencer, Drum Machine, B-Box, Link, Sampled, Steinberg

B-Box

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B-Box

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“B-Box is a classic step sequencer for beats and drum tracks: 16 steps, each with velocity control, and 13 instruments provide the tools for quick and easy beat production, while the integrated mixing section lets you tweak your sounds to perfection. Over 300 groove presets each with 6 patterns provide plenty of fodder should you need some inspiration. B-Box also offers integrated effects in the form of reverb and delay, while drag and drop of MIDI files allows easy transfer of patterns to Cubase.”

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Arturia, B-3 V, Instrument, Physically Modeled, Link

B-3 V

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B-3 V

“The B-3 V delivers the most authentic tonewheel organ and rotary speaker experience you’ll find anywhere, plus customizations that open up new creative opportunities.

Monarch of electronic organs, the rich sounding B3 has been a staple of jazz, gospel, rock, reggae and R&B—not to mention pro studios everywhere—for over a half century. Its electromagnetic tonewheel design gave it a beefy quality not found on later transistor organs. Our faithful homage includes an authentic rotary speaker and an array of stomp boxes, plus inspiring updates like analog circuit mods and drawbar modulation for new animated and syncopated effects.

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Bad Bad Bass, KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

Bad Bad Bass

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Bad Bad Bass

“Bad Bad Bass and Bad Bad Lead are full of valve oscillator samples. The main differences between the two synths are the source waveforms – low and aggressive or high and snarly… their primary oscillators are backed up by an additional, filthy, sine wave. In the shape of Drift, Drive, Distortion and Compression you also get Rhythmic Robot’s familiar tools for gaining attention. This little collection scores highly for its raw valve tones and for its simplicity – Sound on Sound magazine”

Bad Bad Lead, KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

Bad Bad Lead

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Bad Bad Lead

“Bad Bad Bass and Bad Bad Lead are full of valve oscillator samples. The main differences between the two synths are the source waveforms – low and aggressive or high and snarly… their primary oscillators are backed up by an additional, filthy, sine wave. In the shape of Drift, Drive, Distortion and Compression you also get Rhythmic Robot’s familiar tools for gaining attention. This little collection scores highly for its raw valve tones and for its simplicity – Sound on Sound magazine”

Balinese Gamelan, Instrument, KONTAKT, Discovery Series, Link, Sampled, Native Instruments

Balinese Gamelan

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Balinese Gamelan

“THE MUSIC OF GAMELAN

Often translated as “orchestra,” gamelan is an ensemble of instruments from Indonesia, typically Java or Bali. The music itself is often characterized by bright, metallic, percussive qualities, distinctive and complex tuning, the rich layering of instruments, and its cyclical form.

Ensembles differ significantly from one another but are made up of a combination of beautifully crafted metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs, bamboo flutes, strings, and even vocals. Instruments are built and tuned for specific ensembles, so tunings can differ considerably between gamelans. A peculiarity of the Balinese variant is that each instrument is paired and slightly detuned relative to its partner, resulting in a natural chorus effect.

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Bark, Effect, Link, VirSyn

Bark

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Bark

bark

“The Multiband Filter

Critical band equalization and compression

The multiband filter BARK takes the approach to match the reception characteristic of the final destination of all sound: the ear. The ear behaves as if it contains a bank of filters, each filter passing frequencies within the critical band. Two tones separated by more than a critical bandwidth are received by the ear independently. For this reason BARK contains a filter bank with 27 bandpass filters matching the critical bandwidth.

In fact, the human ear have also its own built in compression system which are based on the critical bands. Consequently BARK incorporates an independent compression algorithm for each of it’s 27 bands.

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Bazille, Synthesizer, Link, Synthesized, Modular, Substractive, u-he

Bazille

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Bazille

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“Bazille – Digital Modular Synthesis

Bazille is a large modular system combining digital oscillators with analogue-style filters and modelled effects, with a flexibility that only modular patching can provide.

Bazille – Monster modular synthesizer

After ACE, the second spawn of our ongoing ‘Berlin Modular’ project, this one is a very different, much larger beast…

Those in the know have been waiting for this since 2009. Read Urs’ own story here.

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Arpeggiator|Sequencer, Drum Machine, Beat Designer, Link, Steinberg

Beat Designer

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Beat Designer

BeatDesigner

“Designer Beats and Grooves

Beat Designer is a MIDI pattern sequencer that allows you to create your own drum parts or patterns for a project. With the Beat Designer, you can quickly and easily set up the drums for a project, by experimenting and creating new drum sequences from scratch.

Beat Designer is a hot new beat construction plug-in that allows the artist to get hands-on with beats for step programming and designing drum patterns in an easy yet powerful way.

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