Category Archives: Sampled

Instrument uses samples

Cronk-O-Tron, KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Hollow Sun

Cronk-O-Tron

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Cronk-O-Tron

“Cronk-O-tron is part of a new series of ‘MLM Lite’ products I’ll be banging out from time to time for ‘cup of coffee’ prices.

Cronk-O-Tron (as the name suggests) is a cheap and cheerful thing with a dark and crusty old tone. It’s made up of layers of stuff carefully blended to create a vintage/retro kind of strings/voice pad sound – lo-fi and wobbly.

It’s extensively multi-sampled in stereo and each sample was recorded for a minute before having long and luxurious loops applied that allow the sound to ‘breathe’.

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Cuba, KONTAKT, Instrument, Discovery Series, Link, Sampled, Native Instruments

Cuba

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Cuba

“AUTHENTIC RHYTHMS AND HARMONIES

Traditional ensembles, classic rhythms and progressions
Versatile sequencer, meticulously programmed grooves
Built-in mixer, pro-quality effects and studio-ready presets

AS REAL AS IT GETS

Authentic Afro-Cuban sound in a rich, highly-flexible instrument. Add evocative Cuban flair to all kinds of contemporary productions.

THE SOUND OF SUNSHINE

DISCOVERY SERIES: CUBA delivers the warmth of Afro-Cuban music straight to your studio. Cuba’s musical heritage has influenced pop, house, techno, indie, and beyond. Its infectious grooves work in almost any context and have been beautifully captured in this intuitive KOMPLETE Instrument.

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KONTAKT, Instrument, DAMAGE, Link, Sampled, Native Instruments

DAMAGE

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DAMAGE

“EPIC REDEFINED

30+ GB with 700+ loops, 500+ one-shots, 58 kits
Streamlined workflow for supercharged creativity
Create stings and trailers at the touch of a key

DEVASTATING IMPACT

Dark, aggressive, thrilling and threatening — DAMAGE is breathtaking cinematic percussion with a tense, epic edge. Created by Heavyocity, DAMAGE is a unique instrument combining orchestral percussion, incredible sampled sounds and edgy electronics.

Designed to inspire, DAMAGE delivers jaw-dropping quality in an intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Create dramatic, wide-screen tension with the devastating impact of DAMAGE.

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Dark Planet, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Substractive, Steinberg

Dark Planet

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Dark Planet

darkplanet

“Dark Planet is loaded with hundreds of creepy sounds, shattering loops and eerie instruments, including leads, basses, drums and effects that will inspire and give you the shivers at the same time.

Dark Planet’s earth-shattering sounds are equally suitable for impactful cinematic scores, massive industrial tracks and spacious dark ambient productions.

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Drifter, KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

Drifter

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Drifter

“Triple Drift Clouds for constantly moving, shifting, drifting soundscapes • Massive modulation possibilities – including pitch, filter, amp, grain and stereo pan: this synth was built for stereo! • Core waveforms from classic machines, both analogue and digital, combined in drifting pairs to form sweeping clouds of sound • Glitch Control with finetuned parameters that home in on cool pad textures with one click • In-depth control set for hardened tweakers, or one-click patch creation for instant gratification!

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DX Keys (DE), KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

DX Keys (DE)

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DX Keys (DE)

“The legendary DX5 – bigger, better and smoother! • Twin-layer sounds specifically designed from the ground up to work perfectly together: Yamaha’s sound-design masterstroke, unavailable on the DX7 • Identical internal construction and patch architecture to the mighty DX1 – sounds the same, just lights and heats the room slightly less ? • Some of the warmest and most expressive Electric Piano patches out there”

KONTAKT, EII Synthulator, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

EII Synthulator

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EII Synthulator

“Massive Emulator II-derived sample-and-synthesis machine in the style of the Roland D50 • Emulator grit and heft; synthesiser scope and scale • X-Mod and comprehensive performance control allow for dynamic, expressive, shifting timbres • Graft sampled Attack waves to synthesised (or sampled!) Sustain waves for complex, rewarding patches… or use the Glitch control for instant new sounds • Over 90 factory patches included: 1.32Gb of authentic EII samples!

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UVI Workstation, EGP, Instrument, Link, Sampled, UVI

EGP

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EGP

“Easily the most detailed and comprehensive electric grand piano instrument ever produced, EGP boasts 5 channels of audio including electric, L/R and M/S signals, 10 preparations, independent EQ, effects and dynamics for the electric and acoustic signals and over 100 professionally designed presets. An expressive and deeply customizable instrument, EGP gives you pristine imaging and a sonic range well beyond any electric piano you’ve tried before.”

Eighty Eight, Instrument, Link, Sampled, SONiVOX

Eighty Eight

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Eighty Eight

eightyeight

“The Arrival of Piano Perfection

Our flagship piano instrument is not just any piano. Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 is an exceptional recreation of the Steinway 9-foot CD 327 grand piano. Meticulously sampled and expertly voiced, Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 provides every composer, pianist, and musician the opportunity to infuse their compositions, recordings, and performances with the breathtaking realism of this truly world-class grand piano. The recording philosophy employed in creating Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 was based on using a simple signal chain, the finest A/D converters, and exceptional microphone preamps. The result is some 1500 sample recordings, with 16 dynamic levels captured and preserved for every key.

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Elastik, Tool, Link, Sampled, ueberschall

Elastik

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Elastik

elastik

“Our latest version of Elastik, developed in conjunction with zplane.development, is the most powerful that we have ever developed. It provides a complete toolkit for modern music producers working with audio loops. Audio loops can be an essential part of many musicians creative process and, with Elastik, you get a fast, efficient and flexible set of tools.

With its intuitive Loopeye editing environment, the high-quality pitch and tempo manipulation algorithms build into its playback engine, the ease with which it can be used either as a stand-alone application or as a plugin within almost any DAW on both Windows and OSX platforms and the huge collection of Elastik-ready sample libraries spanning almost every conceivable musical genre, Elastik is a powerful workstation for loop-based music creation.

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KONTAKT, Emulator II, Instrument, Synthesizer, Workstation|Sampler|Player, Link, Sampled, Rhythmic Robot Audio

Emulator II

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Emulator II

“Over 500 superb sounds from the biggest, bluest sampler of the 80s, brought to Kontakt with the blessing and collaboration of their original publisher, Doug Morton • Vintage EII companding convertors add punch, weight, grain and texture to the classic 8-bit sound • Every key of every patch sampled across the whole EII keyboard – no interpolation means you get the exact tonality of the Emulator II”

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