Salad Bar Version 4 – as healthy as ever!
Salad Bar from Soundcells showcases a magnificent collection of Reason patches brought together in this ever growing ReFill since many future patches in the upcoming ReFill range from Soundcells will be added to Salad Bar…
Every time when a new Soundcells ReFill will be released, Salad Bar will get its next update. And in this way Salad Bar versions 2, 3, 4 etc, will be created. Besides this, Soundcells will also be developing lots of unique ‘Salad Bar Only’ patches. With the coming of Simple Sampling (http://www.soundcells.de/refill_simple.html) it was clear that it wouldn´t take very long for Soundcells´ evergrowing Salad Bar ReFill to get its latest update. So they put 20 awesome Simple Sampling patches in there and they also added 15 exclusive Salad Bar patches (60 SB exclusives in total now). With its 220+ combinators this ReFill becomes more and more a fully-fledged workstation. Apart from that it´s a real bargain for the user and an excellent ambassador for Soundcells.
Soundcells’ Signature Sound:
Salad Bar’s patches will cover all kinds of music styles showing you the very best Soundcells has to offer. It’s a great ReFill to get to know Soundcells’ work, introducing you to their signature dimension in designing sound.
Salad Bar Contents:
• 227 combinator patches (currently 60 ‘Salad Bar Only’ ones).
• 8 different folders: Atmospheres & Textures, Bass, Keys, Leads, Miscellaneous, Pads, Rhythmic, SaladBar_exclusive.
• The modules folder contains the basic synth and NNXT patches which were used for the combinator sounds.
• 239 well balanced patches for Thor, Malstroem, Subtractor, NNXT and ReDrum
• 45 rex loops
• 8 tracks in RNS format – inspiring with highl ‘tutorialesque’ value.
A web address to link to for more info and many “Salad Bar” only MP3s:
Price per Unit is 9,90 ,- EUR
The Human League – “Never Let Me Go (DJ Pierre Afro Acid Remix)
Never Let Me Go (DJ Pierre Afro Acid Remix)
The Human League’s new single Never Let Me Go is released March 21st.
From the new album ‘Credo’ also released March 21st.
Pre-order ‘Credo’ now from
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HexaChrom – Wireless iPad MIDI Controller From Somascape
HexaChrom turns your iPad into a musical performance controller, enabling you to wirelessly play your OSC or MIDI electronic musical instruments — virtual instruments running on a laptop/desktop computer, or any hardware instruments attached to your laptop/desktop computer.
HexaChrom takes an alternative approach to the majority of MIDI keyboard controllers in that it uses an isometric note layout, where the notes are presented as a hexagonal matrix of keys. There are many such isometric layouts, though HexaChrom uses the Harmonic Table layout, which is a modern variation of the Tonnetz (tone network), devised by the famous mathematician Euler.
This note layout has particularly useful musical intervals between adjacent keys, ie along the 3 major axes : minor thirds, major thirds and perfect fifths. In the Western musical tradition, the intervals of the major and minor thirds dominate chordal structures. Consequently, this layout offers a number of advantages over the more conventional clavier-style keyboards : consistent chord shapes irrespective of key, the ability to span several octaves with one hand and to play basic major or minor triads with a single finger. Together resulting in an easier learning curve.
It also encourages the user to approach music differently, just as the different note layouts of pianos and guitars engender different playing styles.
HexaChrom sends MIDI data via the OSC protocol, using OSC’s “M” data type. To control MIDI devices (hardware or software) you will need to run an application on a laptop/desktop computer to translate the OSC messages into MIDI messages. For Mac users, OSCulator is the preferred solution.
Features :
* Isometric ‘harmonic table’ note layout keyboard, based on a 52-note matrix (just over 4 octaves).
* Play simple chords with a single finger.
* Consistent chord shapes irrespective of root key.
* Octave transposition provides a total span of just over 7 octaves.
* Dual view : Portrait mode offers a single 52-note matrix (easy play); Landscape mode has a 104-note dual matrix, with optional split channel operation.
* Assignable controllers (sliders and buttons).
* Connects wirelessly using the OSC protocol.
* Automatic connection using bonjour, or manual connection when bonjour is not an option.
* Using OSCulator (on a Mac) control any software or hardware MIDI synthesizer, sampler, drum machine, etc.
* Multitouch interface.
Available now from iTune via the App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/us/a…
MIDI Controller basics tutorial
This week I cover the basic concept of MIDI and Controllers as I sometimes get asked questions like “Will this controller sound good for bass lines” or “Will this (USB) MIDI controller work with X interface”. So I did this episode to point out why they dont effect your sound.
Shared by Rupert Brown
Combichrist – Throat Full Of Glass (clean and dirty edit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENAdXRI7SLw
Uncensored version of Combichrist’s “Throat Full Of Glass”
Next week will see the release of the new Combichrist single “Throat Full Of Glass”. Release date March 4th.
Check out both the clean and the dirty uncensored version of the music video.
Note: The “dirty” version seems to be out of sync for the video/audio.
Metasonix R54 + Z8000 + Polivoks & others!
Using the Metasonix R54 as the rhythm track for some new ideas with the modular synthesizer. 3 tracks were recorded into cubase. Reverb, panning effects & compression added.
Chip Modular
Self generating chiptune. Level 99 ultimate power.
Shared by crudface
Ableton Live Pack – The Art of Brushes
http://vimeo.com/20406327
thelooploft.com/products/ableton-live-pack-the-art-of-brushes
We’re proud to announce our first Ableton Live Pack – “The Art of Brushes”. Taking one of our most popular collections of loops and samples, we meticulously customized every aspect to integrate seamlessly inside of Ableton Live. We produced a complete series of Live Sessions that will instantly get you up and running with a variety of drum grooves and fills and also supplied hundreds of clips, giving you endless options. The drums racks consist of samples taken directly from the loop sessions, providing the ability to create your own beats from scratch or utilize MIDI grooves, keeping the sonic characteristics consistent with the original loops.
With styles ranging from funk, jazz, folk, ambient and rock, The Art of Brushes Live Pack will provide you with the grooves, sounds, flexibility and inspiration you need to push the envelope inside of Ableton.
Live Pack Specs:
– 205 Clips
– 4 Drum Racks
– 8 Live Sessions
– 259 Samples
– High Quality, 24-bit 48 khz Audio
– File size: 243 MBSystem Requirements:
Ableton Live Intro or Live
Version 8.2.1 or higher
2GB of RAM recommended
Livid Instruments OHM64
Peff has released another interesting video, here’s what he has to say about it:
Example files now available. Video overview of using the OHM64 with Reason 5 to create a live pa setup to switch loop slots and crossfade between sources and effects. It’s not really music composition, but more like Loop Jockeying.
Controls are mapped via standard remote override mapping, however this setup requires a bit of remote codec hacking to alter the behavior of the function keys and top 4 rows of buttons.
http://propellerheads.se
http://lividinstruments.com/hardware_…
Detailed explanation posted on my site: http://www.peff.com/journal/2011/02/2…
Other examples posted here: http://on.fb.me/hcUx81
I recently performed a live set where I was asked to use ReBirth for iPad. To complement the 303s and RB drums, I built an effect and loop system in Reason 5 that would allow me to process the ReBirth audio in real-time. Additionally, I had all of the Reason parameters mapped to a Livid Instruments OHM64 control surface. This “live set” configuration used the hardware interface audio inputs to route the iPad audio into the Reason effects, and the ReBirth patterns and Reason sequences were switched in and out via the OHM64.
In practice this live setup worked great…but at the party, I couldn’t hear the tracks over the noise. This made it nearly impossible to synchronize ReBirth with the Reason song file, so things went pretty badly. Were it not for the OHM64 (and the open bar), it would have been a complete mess. I had enough material preprogrammed and mapped to the controller, so it was easy to fade out the ReBirth parts and improvise on the fly. It’s too bad that I couldn’t pull off the set better, but I left with a better appreciation for the OHM64.
Dark Dubstep Presets for NI Massive like Datsik Downlink Doctor P Wobble Bass
Sonic Drive Media has released a new dubstep soundset for Native Instruments Massive, Dubstep for NI Massive Vol. 1.
Does it deliver the massive wobble bass? Check out the demo video above and decide for yourself.
Dubstep for NI Massive Vol. 1
This new patch preset bank contains 31 dubstep presets to be used with NI Massive.
Download Contains:
- 25 Basses, Wobbles and SubBass’ patches
- 4 ethereal FX patches
- 2 leads / keys patches
- All presets take full use of Massive’s 8 Macro controls, all programmed and ready for easy manipulation.
Instant download available for $19.95. See the Sonic Drive Media site for details.
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