Pre-dating polyphonic synths by some years, string synthesisers used electronic organ ‘divide-down’ technology to provide a totally polyphonic sawtooth waveform. This was then typically fed through a simple, two stage envelope shaper offering just attack and release and then onto an analogue ‘bucket brigade’ chorus unit to produce the ‘ensemble’ effect. They effectively replaced the noble Mellotron as… Read More »
Ambience Impacts Rhythms (A.I.R) is a collection of elements that has taken over two years of collecting and crafting “only the finest sounds for cutting edge compositions”; it’s focused on blending three essential building blocks into one library – Ambience, Impacts, and Rhythms. Powered by Native Instruments Kontakt Player it is available for Mac OS X and Windows… Read More »
Soniccouture has announced the release of Bowed Piano – a unique new sampled instrument for EXS24 and Kontakt. First suggested by the composer Curtis Curtis-Smith in 1972, the Bowed Piano technique uses flexible bows made from monofilament nylon fishing-line which are then coated in rosin. The nylon is threaded under the strings, and the performer can coax a… Read More »
The Elements EXP is a Kontakt Player-based sample library that provides the “6 Elements of music”: Ambience (456 patches) Bass (122 patches) Harmony (138 patches) Impacts (391 patches) Melody (354 patches) Rhythm (227 patches) The Elements EXP is a collection that aims to transform your work, pushing the envelope beyond today’s standard of music and sound design. Since… Read More »
A collection of high-energy, cinematic drum and rhythm beds expertly played by top-notch percussionists and organized into 40 construction kits (more than two and a half gigabytes of WAV files). Each kit features multiple loops and extended performances, employing an array of percussive instruments from Japanese taikos to ethnic drums, orchestral percussion, massive toms, field snares, metals, effect… Read More »
Inspired by the sublime sonic works of Minilogue, Slam, Damian Lazarus, Marco Dassi, Radio Slave and Layo & Bushwacka amongst others, 5PIN MEDIA proudly presents MINIMAL TECH VOL1. Minimal Tech is here to stay and has evolved into one the biggest most successful genres incorporating influences from Techno, Tech House, Tribal House, Deep House and has seen the… Read More »
‘Bunker 8 once again returns to the underground clubs, parties and venues, diggin’ deep to undercover ‘Sub Elec Tranz 2’. Covering the best in electro, sub bass beats, and hardcore trance, this collection arrives with the latest vibes to make your creativity soar and your dance vibes echo through the ages. Bunker 8 once again returns to the… Read More »
The Guzheng is a traditional Chinese instrument dating from the Qin dynasty (c. 200 BC to the rest of us). It is the ancestor of the Japanese Koto as well as several other zither-like instruments found across east Asia.The SC Guzheng has been extensively recorded in 24 bit 44.1khz stereo. Three articulations were sampled: right hand (finger picks),… Read More »
BASiS features a comprehensively sampled collection of acoustic, upright, electric, and synth basses, BASiS offers incredible attention to detail in the depth and breadth of the basses: 24-bit sampling, DI and amp blending control, multiple velocity layers, seamless humanizing, custom legato and vibrato tools, release layers, harmonics, hammer-ons, pulloffs, slides, slaps, rakes, falls, and more. BASiS includes more… Read More »
Heavyocity’s first release, EVOLVE, supercharges creativity while streamlining productivity for modern composers and sound designers. With an emphasis on the dramatic, EVOLVE doesn’t contain the typical instruments and sounds that form the foundation of most composers setups. Instead, it accentuates them with a powerful combination of diverse rhythmic percussion and evocative tonalities in ways that have never been… Read More »
Awesome SFX in absolute high quality. Various fx edited, tuned and packed in 23 nki. Added some scripting and some nice UI. Includes 23 nki patches in 6 categories – Ambient, Dance, Reverse, Various, Vintage, Vocal for NI Kontakt. Contents: Ambient – Crowd – Traffic – Water Dance – Dance Fx – Dance Rising Fx Fast – Dance… Read More »
