Puremagnetik is a subscription of Ableton Live (and Kontakt/Logic) devices filled with samples and presets around a theme. This past month’s release is based on Casio’s Phase Distortion technology.
“Phase distortion synthesis is a synthesis method introduced in 1984 by Casio in its CZ range of synths, and similar to Frequency modulation synthesis in the sense that they are both built on phase modulation. Basically a sine wave is played, but by modifying the phase angle, the sine wave is bent out of shape.” – Wikipedia.org
Micropaks are $12 al a carte or $60 per year. Some interesting past “paks” include samples from toys, digital drum machines, Atari 2600s, Korg MS20 and vintage organs. More info: http://puremagnetik.com/
This entry was written by , posted on August 4, 2009 at 7:29 pm, filed under Ableton Live, sounds and tagged Casio, Micropak, Phase Distortion, Puremagnetik. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Today a good friend of mine asked me if it was ok if we just traded mix CD’s this year for Christmas. I guess hard times are here so this years official Wire to the Ear Christmas gift guide is strictly limited to great but budget priced stocking stuffers.
Schematic of Moog Synthesizer T-Shirt. $14. Available at Etsy. link
Puremagnetik Micropak Sample Pack. $5.75 per month. link
Great American Jaw Harp. $11.50 Amazon.com link
KingMax 8GB Tiny Machine Washable USB Memory Stick. $15.40 Amazon.com link
Naiant X-P Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone. $29 link
So what are you giving this year?
photo credit: julian
This entry was written by , posted on December 12, 2008 at 8:28 am, filed under hardware and tagged Christmas, gift, Jaw Harp, KingMax, microphone, moog, Naiant, Puremagnetik. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
If I had unlimited cash I would go onto eBay right now and buy every single drum machine I could find. The next best thing is a good sample collection. Puremagnetik has an interesting subscription model that delivers you monthly “Micropaks” of sounds all ready to go in Ableton Live. This month they hit my sweet spot with some nice 80s digital drum machine sets. Here what you get:
Korg DDD-1: A programmable drum machine from 1986. Includes 18 drum sounds with a famous 12-bit crunch. Alesis HR-16: One of Alesis’s first drum machines manufactured in 1987. Includes over 40 unique drum and percussion sounds. Kawai R50: Legendary 12-bit sound from 1988! Includes a selection of over 20 dirty drum and percussion sounds. Sound: A very rare Soviet era drum machine manufactured by Zhitomir electronic factory in 1989. Includes sampled percussion sounds with a tightly compressed flavor. – puremagnetik.com
For more info including a video walkthrough and audio clips: click here
This entry was written by , posted on October 27, 2008 at 7:51 am, filed under Ableton Live, sounds and tagged Alesis, digital, drum machine, Kawai, Korg, Micropak, Puremagnetik. 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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