All posts by Franz K

Effect, TDesign, Link, VirSyn

TDesign

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TDesign

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“The Transient Former

The idea behind the Transient Former TDESIGN is to give the user direct control over the attack and sustain characteristics of natural sounds, and though this sounds less than revolutionary, you only have to play with the unit for a few minutes to realise that the Transient Former is a very powerful creative tool. For example, you can take a recording of an unremarkable drum kit and dial in some really hard-hitting attack or take a very percussive sound and soften the attack. You can also use the sustain control to work on the decay portion of sounds, and with drums you can tighten up the sound to give a fast, dry decay or you can make them ring as though you’d taken the dampers off the kit. It’s just like having remote control over the amount of damping tape stuck to the drum heads, but after the recording. Other than a compressor this process is independent of level and the effect is the same regardless of whether the input signal is loud or soft.
Unique to TDESIGN is the ability to shape the transient not only amplitude wise but also with a dynamically controlled 24 dB lowpass filter with resonance control. This gives you the opportunity to change the sound in a way which normally is only possible if you recreate it with a synthesizer !
The transient design process works best on drums and other material which exhibits strong rhythmical components. But it’s really worth to try it with other input sources…

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Effect, Tempo Delay, Link, Voxengo

Tempo Delay

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Tempo Delay

“Tempo Delay is a multi-feature stereo delay AAX, AudioUnit and VST plugin for professional sound and music production applications. Tempo Delay is based on tempo, incorporating filter and tremolo sections with separate controls for each stereo channel. Instead of a single “delay length” control this plug-in features separate “delay”, “repetition period” and “delay panning” controls which allow you to create an evenly sounding “ping-pong” stereo echoes.

Applications

Stereo delay
Ping-pong stereo delay
Filter delay effects”

Synthesizer, TERA, Physically Modeled, Link, Sampled, Synthesized, Wavetable, Substractive, VirSyn

TERA

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TERA

“Explore new sound spaces with VirSyn TERA that go beyond the emulation of synthesizer legends. Use the power of analog and digital synthesis combined with new physical models and new user interface elements to navigate through 8- dimensional sound spaces exceeding the limits of traditional sound morphing. The well-designed algorithms and the economical modular structure provides you with a comparatively high voice yield. Wireless patching of modules combined with an intelligent modulation matrix simplifies the development of new synthesizers from scratch. Up to 16 modular Synthesizers can be used simultaneously, all having the same user interface helping you operate this multi- modular system without losing track. Distortion, echo/delay and chorus/flanger/phaser effects for every modular synthesizer help boosts the sound into outer space. VirSyn TERA gives your production an individual character with its unique fat sound. Precise timing even with an external sequencer lets you feel the rhythm. Produce complete productions with VirSyn TERA as a stand-alone tool. Inspire yourself from the newly-designed 64 step- sequencer, expanding the concept of the classic analog sequencer with variable rhythmic structures and chord sequences. Or use the sequencer for real-time transposition of keys to play never-before heard arpeggios. Arrange up to 256 sequences in the song editor to complete the composition. And the integrated mixing console, together with a room simulator and a global chorus effect, helps you in the final production step.

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KONTAKT, Tesla, Link, Hollow Sun

Tesla

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Tesla

“Back in 1856, a genius was born in Croatia. He was called Nikola Tesla. ‘Genius’ is a word too often bandied about these days but Tesla certainly was one and many of his maverick inventions, designs and patents influence our lives today.

He pioneered AC motors/generators, was dabbling with radio, radio control and X-ray, had run-ins with Thomas Edison who couldn’t see Tesla’s unique vision, put forward ideas and patents for the wireless transmission of electrical power and much, much more. A bit of a stubborn and awkward bugger by all accounts but a true visionary. whose work, as I say, still has ramifications in our modern world, our AC electrical power we all take for granted being just one of them.

But another of his inventions/patents was his ‘Tesla Coils’ in 1891.

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The Orchestra, Instrument, Best Service, Link, Sampled

The Orchestra

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The Orchestra Complete

“The Orchestra Complete V1 – The Next Big Step

This complete bundle comes with over 150 presets – Colors / Rhythms / Animated. It includes the latest version of “The Orchestra”, “Strings Of Winter” and Tuned Percussion in the Ensemble Engine.

An 80-piece orchestra, 60 pristine string articulations, countless ensemble presets and an incredibly expressive set of signature sounds, some from the large vastness of Mongolia, will make your orchestral colors and musical ideas go sky high. Dive into new sounds – some played on the sharp edge of sound.

The Orchestra Complete also introduces a highly requested feature, MIDI Export! Simply drag and drop the MIDI from The Orchestra Complete right into your favourite DAW. You can change notes and rhythms afterwards for every exported clip. Thus making it a breeze to create variations and emotional changes, without overwriting the arpeggiators and envelopes. You can also use those MIDI files with different instruments – even from other sample libraries.”

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Tonica Fugata, Utility, Software, Capella Software, Link

Tonica Fugata

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Tonica Fugata

“組成與紫onica 為你作曲… 自動三部分和四部分組成（樣式：J.S。Bach，Max Reger，Jazz，Pop以及創建自己的樣式），自動和聲，賦格和佳能自動構圖。 全球首款用於合成，佳能，濃煙的軟件 您知道這是什麼樣的：合唱練習只有一個小時的時間，並且您打算為合唱團演唱四個部分的和聲…您必須做作文作業或棘手的分析？ tonica只需幾秒鐘即可為您完成這項工作！托尼卡（Tonica）包括四部分，分別為和聲，大典，前奏，貝塔，復仇者，爵士樂標準，並實現了低音。儘管其他程序試圖讓用戶認為他們是具有原始自動伴奏的有天賦的作曲家，但tonica卻使用了一種完全不同的方法：基於神經網絡，tonica實際上能夠以舊主人的風格進行創作。 tonica將以不同的方式解決相同的任務。您會感到驚訝！ 紫花t如何組成 您可以創作歌曲，讚美詩，音樂，佳能或賦格曲的旋律。其餘的則由tonica fugata完成。 想像所有人的低音 只有少數專家從視線中彈奏低音。即使您知道“秘密寫作”，演奏它也不是一件容易的事。 tonica fugata為您解碼… 立即成為爵士標準！ 您輸入旋律，讓tonica fugata創造爵士和聲。就這麼簡單！ tonica有凹槽… tonica fugata帶有幾種流行音樂風格的節奏伴奏模式。與流行音樂或爵士和聲並存，您將不會獲得“嚴格”的樂曲，而是一首清爽輕鬆的歌曲（tonica fugata包含tonica pop的所有功能）。 評估與分析 tonica fugata可以幫助您完成自己的作品 評估自己的構圖很容易：該程序旨在告訴您是否在四部分中向和弦添加了正確的音符，是否將意外音符放置在正確的位置以及是否設置了禁止的連續音符或其他。和弦時出錯。 如果要評估您的一個實踐和諧，您要做的就是創建兩個窗口，一個包含您的工作，另一個包含tonica fugata創建的文件-這再簡單不過了！禁止的平行線會自動以符號顯示。和弦分析在評估窗口中進行。 您的分析助手 試想一下，您面臨著對一種樂譜的複雜分析，並且不確定和弦是縮短的主導型九弦和弦，還是只是擴展的次優勢三重奏。單擊鼠標，tonica fugata將解決您的所有疑問。 tonica fugata還能夠基於音調中心分析完全完整的表示法，其中不包含功能或級別指示符。 因此，如果您只想知道自己創造的東西，或者在向一個毫無懷疑的公眾自豪地展示它之前，或者您想潛入大師面前，那麼tonica fugata的分析功能就是您的理想工具。“

air, Workstation|Sampler|Player, Link, Sampled, Transfuser

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Transfuser

transfuser

“Reinvent Your Music

Transfuser 2 is a dynamic audio/MIDI environment for manipulating, slicing, and remixing your loops and sounds into something entirely new. With a series of real-time controls, Transfuser 2 lets you create and tweak grooves, chop up beats and phrases, time-stretch sounds, re-pitch notes, randomize sequences, and more – all on the fly. Transfuser 2 also acts as an inspiring compositional tool that intelligently generates chords, melodies, variations, and grooves based on a musical analysis of your track. Plus, Transfuser 2 comes with a premium drum and instrument library that includes 3,200+ loops and 1200+ drum machine samples for instant music experimentation.

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Synthesizer, Link, Triebwerk, Sampled, Steinberg

Triebwerk

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Triebwerk

Triebwerk

“Triebwerk jet-fuels your inimitable productions with supersonic loops and samples that leave a dissonant residue of dancefloor frenzy all over you. Together with flexphrased arpeggios and drum kits, access soaring synth pads, queasy vocals and effects, while the sleek cockpit controls rev up engine to Mach madness. Taking off to new heights, Triebwerk is a sure nod to the now in electronic dance music.

430 presets for pop, electro, house and dance music including more than 700 MB of new sample content
7 new drum kits and additional percussion kits, over 200 new synthesizer sounds, 240 new Flex Phrases and over 170 beats and loops
Attractive macro page for instant access to all major parameters

Compatibility

Triebwerk can be used as an independent instrument in VST 3, VST 2 and AU compatible hosts and as an expansion pack for the HALion library with HALion (version 4.5.3 or higher), HALion Sonic (version 1.6.2 or higher) or HALion Sonic SE* (version 1.6.1 or higher). The instrument installer includes the latest updater for HALion Sonic SE.”

Synthesizer, Link, Synthesized, TRIP, Substractive, Steinberg

TRIP

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TRIP

hal-trip

“Trip is a virtual analog synth that comes with three oscillators, a sub oscillator, a ring modulator, and a noise generator.
Accompanied by a flexible filter section that offers 13 different filter shapes and 5 filter modes, Trip provides a highly flexible sound architecture while still being easy to use. With the integrated arpeggiator and step sequencer that comes with 4 different pre-configured arpeggio styles per preset, Trip is a real source of inspiration.”

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Synthesizer, Link, Synthesized, Trium, Substractive, Steinberg

Trium

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Trium

hal-trium

“Housed within a sleek, ultra-modern interface, Trium is packed with features and options: this virtual analog synth has what it takes to become the centerpiece of your next production. Three multi-oscillators, additional sub, noise and ring oscillators, a great-sounding filter section and an powerful arp module mean that Trium is fully equipped and ready for action. An integrated modulation page puts all the most important sound-shaping parameters at your command, which is very handy considering that there’s so much functionality to explore within the compact interface.”

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REAKTOR, Link, TRK-01, Native Instruments

TRK-01

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TRK-01

“CREATIVE KICK AND BASS

Fast, powerful kick and bass sound design
Intuitive sequencing and modulation
Powerful performance features and MIDI control

START STRONG WITH TRK-01

Low end forms the foundation of almost all electronic music, so getting great kick and bass from the start makes all the difference. TRK-01 marries classic mixing techniques with innovative sound design, sequencing, and modulation, so you’re always inspired to write solid and exciting kick-bass combinations. Get your new tracks rolling quicker and sounding bigger than ever before – start with TRK-01. Continue reading TRK-01 →

KONTAKT, Synthesizer, Link, Sampled, Tubes & Wires, Rhythmic Robot Audio

Tubes & Wires

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Tubes & Wires

“Tubes & Wires is a huge, rusting hulk of a synthesiser, smelling of Bakelite and hot valves, glowing and humming and breathing.

The heart of this synth lies in hundreds of careful hand-tuned samples of three classic vintage signal generators. We chose these bits of ageing scientific lab equipment specifically for their character and crusty goodness: there isn’t a clean trace among them. They’ve been used, and abused, and left in the dusty sheds of men with beards, until we rescued them and made them sing for us. Continue reading Tubes & Wires →

Twist, Synthesizer, Link, Synthesized, Substractive, SONiVOX

Twist

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Twist

twist

“Serious Sound Design

Wrap yourself around Twist 2—the Spectral Morphing Synthesis instrument from SONiVOX. Combining a dynamic interface, an advanced pattern generator, and onboard effects, Twist 2 is your toolkit for serious sound design using simple, time-saving controls. Two swirling sound layers provide unique harmonic controls, forming the foundation for every patch. Common elements include a monstrous multi-mode filter, independent Amp and Filter envelope generators, plus a remarkable LFO that can be sync’d to the current tempo. The onscreen interface is clean and uncluttered; the well-defined controls deliver incredible sound-sculpting abilities, while providing immediate audio results.

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