Jono named after it’s creator Jonáš Gruska is a MaxMSP synthesizer inspired by the modulars. It has a sequencer and a random patch generator (nice). It’s 15 Euro and if you don’t like it they will return your money.
“JONO is a software musical instrument inspired by modular synthesizers. By providing a mixture of classical and experimental elements it can serve as an interesting addition to your setup or as a standalone tool.” – jono.zvukolom.org
For more info: jono.zvukolom.org
This entry was written by , posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:12 am, filed under modular, plug-ins, synthesizer and tagged Jono, Max/MSP, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Izotope has released a “sampling re-synthesizer” called Iris. Many years ago I was at Sam Ash in White Plains. There was a guy demoing some IRCAM software. He told me it was top secret. You could see audio; not in a waveform sense but spread like an image with varying colors as parts of the sounds. You could then draw on the image and filter out audio. That product was never released to the public. I suspect the French government was using it in it’s crime labs. Iris reminds me of that software and a bit more. Some of the tech from Iris certainly comes from Izotope’s own amazing RX audio cleaning software. Check out the videos above as they will show you what Iris can do better than any text. I’m going to get this one and first thing put my own vocals into it. It’s $149 USD and comes with a 4GB library.
“Evolve your sounds rapidly with Iris?s diverse and intuitive visual selection tools. By drawing shapes in the Iris spectrogram, you can isolate speciic audio frequencies within a sample and play them back immediately on your MIDI keyboard.” – izotope.com
For more info: izotope.com/products/audio/iris/
This entry was written by , posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:10 am, filed under plug-ins, synthesizer and tagged Iris, izotope, Izotope Iris. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Rob Papen has another soft synth out called Blade. It has some morphing additive XY tricks. I haven’t tried it myself yet but most of the Papen is stuff is good especially because all the products come with a zillion presets. I’m not sure ir it’s true or not but interestingly it says on the Rob Papen site he’s a Christian Music artist.
“At the heart of BLADE, ready to twist and transform your musical mind, lies the Harmolator. An additive synthesis system, which rather than using the system of changing additive partials, uses global controls which capture the essence of additive synth in an intuitive way making the creation of sounds much easier than using other additive synths. The nine Harmolator controls allow you to create a vast range of sounds so you get all the amazing sounds that additive synthesis can generate with the added simplicity of traditional subtractive synthesis. The Harmolator allows oscillator spreading, fattening the sound and also square / sine wave sub-oscillator. What’s more, the sound can be modified further by the 21 per-voice distortions types and 14 filter types.” – robpapen.com
For more info: robpapen.com/blade
This entry was written by , posted on April 3, 2012 at 7:33 am, filed under plug-ins, synthesizer and tagged Blade, Rob Papen. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Fabfilter has posted some info on their upcoming distortion/saturation plug-in called Saturn. It will be available later this week.
“FabFilter Saturn is a high quality multi-band distortion and saturation plug-in. From subtle, clean and warm tube or tape saturation to the wildest multi-band guitar amp effects: FabFilter Saturn delivers!” – Fabfilter
For more info: facebook.com/pages/FabFilter
This entry was written by , posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:34 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged fabfilter, Fabfilter Saturn, Saturn. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I really like Berlin’s Sugar Bytes. They make some very nice mangling plug-in effects such as Effectrix and Turnado. They have a new sample synth coming out in the Spring called Cyclop. While sure everyone is going to scream Dubstep these type of sounds can be used to great and wonderful effect in any genre. I’m looking forward to this one. The audio player above is Cylop in action.
“CYCLOP is the scratch-looping, sample-mashing, sub-generating, harmonic-splicing mothership of the twisted bass alliance and it’s landing on your desktop soon. With masses of new sounds for you audio-junkies, from screaming analog syncs through brutal FM sounds to scintillating spectral shimmers. The integrated sampler also works as wavetable synth and pitch transformer for creating unbelievable and disturbing monster voices. CYCLOP is more than massively loaded with features: 10 incredible filters, unique wobble generator, feedback processor, 3 overdrives and an effects sequencer. CYCLOP is expected to be released in spring 2012.” – sugar-bytes.de
For more info: sugar-bytes.de
This entry was written by , posted on February 17, 2012 at 11:28 am, filed under plug-ins, synthesizer and tagged Cyclop, Sugar Bytes, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
A couple of months ago Steinberg re-released one of his classic synths the Model-E. Today they re-released Neon and Karlette. Neon was the first soft synth I ever used. What a trip down memory lane! I’m very tempted to make a track using only Neon instances. Are we going to get a 2012 version of the Koblo Vibra9000 next?
“Throughout the long history of Steinberg, many products have come and gone, many have been superseded by new variants and others have been dropped completely. Once in a while, however, some of our developers like to dig up one of these long forgotten gems and polish it ready for current operating systems.” – Steinberg.net
Download Neon and Karlette free: steinberg.net/neon-and-karlette…
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This entry was written by , posted on January 9, 2012 at 11:12 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged Karlette, neon, Steinberg. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I use Ableton’s Autopan often. Mostly I use it when recording old analog synths that don’t have MIDI. I use it as a 1/8th or 1/16th note chopper to keep things in line. You can hear it at work on the bassline in my song Sex Machine (above). Of course there’s more the little Autopan can do as the Liveschool video points out. Here’s another tip… Audiodamage’s Panstation plug-in which is based on the Drawmer M500 gives you a different, more classic, wider effect than Autopan.
“Ableton Autopan device – multiple ways you can use it in your music.” – Ableton Liveschool
For more info: vimeo.com/abletonliveschool
photo credit: Seven Morris
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This entry was written by , posted on December 29, 2011 at 5:38 am, filed under Ableton Live, plug-ins and tagged ableton, Ableton Live, Audiodamage, Autopan, Panstation, Sex Machine. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Grid is a new device for Native Instruments Reaktor. It’s a 8×8 sequencer with 2 step sequencers, LFO, Filter, delay effects and random “Glitch” control. Unfortunately, it won’t work with Reaktor Player. About $30.
“Based on an 8×8 matrix sequencer and a unique sound concept, GRID makes a great addition to your musical toolkit.” – icebreaker-audio
For more info: icebreaker-audio.com/products/grid
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This entry was written by , posted on December 22, 2011 at 5:39 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged Grid, Icebreaker Audio, Reaktor. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Well Merry Christmas from Native Instruments! Stephan Schmitt the “father” of Reaktor put together SKANNER which combines a sampler and synth. Two oscillators ‘scan’ a sample to sort of scratch it. It’s free and will work with Reaktor or the free Reaktor Player. It comes with samples but you can also load in your own. Thanks NI! Go download.
“SKANNER ingeniously mixes sampler and synthesizer. The two oscillators ‘scan’ a sample; at low frequencies you get the ‘scratch’ sound of the sample being read back and forth, while at higher frequencies the dominant force is the oscillators being shaped by the sample waveform. The resulting sounds are raw, dirty and highly unpredictable – from simple sine waves to walls of noise. Two views offer different levels of interaction: The ‘A’ view features four macro controls that are mapped to multiple parameters – even subtle tweaks can create dramatic changes.” – Native Instruments
For more info: native-instruments.com/powered-by-reaktor/skanner…
This entry was written by , posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:49 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged Christmas, free, native instruments, SKANNER, Stephan Schmitt. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Wave Alchemy has created a Kontakt sampled version of the classic Sequential Circuits Pro One synthesizer called the Pro-II. The Pro One is best known as the synth heavily used on every Yaz record. It has a very clear sharp sound with very fast envelopes. In addition to the sample library there is a sequencer and “fully editable effects as well as specially created reverb IR’s (Impulse Responses) recorded from our Eventide DSP-7000 Harmonizer.”. As usual I recommend getting the real thing. However, with the Wave Alchemy you can save your presets, work on an airplane, have polyphony and skip the vintage synth repair bills. 3.9GB sound library including 6587 multi-sampled 24-bit WAV samples. £39.95
“Inspired by one of the most popular synths of its time, Pro II combines classic sounds with modern sound shaping tools to achieve a versatile and fully programmable hybrid synthesizer!” – wavealchemy.co.uk
For more info: wavealchemy.co.uk/pro_ii_synthesizer
This entry was written by , posted on December 14, 2011 at 4:18 am, filed under plug-ins, synthesizer and tagged Kontakt, Pro-II, Pro-One, rompler, sampler, Sequential Circuits, synthesizer, Wave Alchemy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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