Torley tutorial on Alchemy
Awesome YouTube video by Torley where he walks you though some features and presets of Alchemy
VISIT http://torley.com for more useful fun!
10 years of Ableton
Ableton is pleased to announce Able10 – a season of 2 months (November en December) with special offers, events, Give Aways and new products to celebrate the 10 YEARS of ABLETON.
Because of this first Decennium the company is taking the opportunity to look back on an exciting and succesful ten years. The Ableton user community has always played a key role; the company founders and staff would like to say Thank You to all the musicians, producers, performers, DJs, artists, broadcasters, choreographers, engineers and visionaries who have joined the journey so far. Ableton looks forward to sharing the next ten years with this unusually talented, innovative, inspiring and evergrowing Ableton Live community.
As special thanks, Ableton has put together a package of special offers, FREE Live Packs, an Able10 Party, FREE ‘get On Tracks coursus for new users, 2 totally new products and birthday handouts.
FREE Live Packs
For Live 8 and Live 8 SUITE users: Ableton is giving away 10 FREE Live Packs from Ableton artists-songs and sounds from 10 truly innovative artists including Múm, Apparat, Thavius Beck, Swayzak and Junie Morrison (formerly of the Ohio Players).
Only in November and December special promotion price on a new Ableton Live 8 and Live 8 SUITE package with a 20% extra Able10 DISCOUNT!
Special PROMOTIONS on UPGRADES
For other Live users: anyone using an older version of Live or Live Suite can upgrade to Suite 8 or Live 8 with up to 20% Able10 discount.
Able10 PARTY – Amsterdam
To celebrate 10 YEARS of Ableton we have organized a special Able10 Party for the Ableton usergroup SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 at the SUGAR FACTORY Club AMSTERDAM – it will be a free event but with a maximum capacity of 150 guests with a nice program with live music and Live performances of our Ableton star-endorsers and other Ableton musicians and DJ/Producers.
Introducing: Ableton Live INTRO
Ableton Live INTRO is out now. The newest member of the Ableton family provides the essential features of Ableton Live at an unbeatable price of EUR 99.– Live INTRO is the perfect starting place for new producers, DJs and songwriters and a smart way for experienced musicians to inject (REWIRE) Ableton Live’s innovative features into their current audio software setup.
FREE UPGRADE to Intro for Live 6 LE en Live 7 LE users. Ableton is offering Live LE users a special Able10 bonus: a completely FREE UPGRADE to Live INTRO.
Exclusive track from Nobody beats the drum
Steelberry Clones our proud to present an exclusive download of Nobody beats the drum’s single Purple Cactus. It is only available here for download.
Dutch electro-band Nobody Beats The Drum. The guys released one album ‘Beats Work’ and are touring as hell. You might know them from their last video ‘The Drum’, of which even Kanye West said it was “SOME COOL, WEIRD SHIT!!
Download here >>
Purple Cactus (Dem Slackers Remix)
For more info:
Nobody Beats The Drum is Sjam, Jori and Rogier.
Their debut album Beats Work is out now on 100% Halal Records.
www.nobodybeatsthedrum.com
www.youtube.com/nobodybeatsthedrum
www.twitter.com/nbtd
Noise Reduction For Free
Christian Budde Noise Reduction VST plug-in features a spectral noise gate to filter out unwanted noise
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Christian Budde says that the new Noise Reduction plug-in is based on a spectral gate to filter out unwanted noise in the frequency domain. The gate is based on the lightweight dynamic series and features a soft knee and customizable attack and release times.
Features:
- Highly customisable spectral noise gate.
- Continuous and consistent characteristic.
- Fully adjustable soft knee in dB (as margin below the threshold).
- Several exotic window functions available.
- Low CPU usage.
- Different FFT sizes.
- Manual included.
- Open Source (as part of the Delphi ASIO & VST Project).
Free synth for Nintendo DS
Hotelsinus Sound Design has released version 0.23 of TonesynthDS, a free software synth for the Nintendo DS. TonesynthDS is an easy to use matrix tone synth with a simple instrument generator.
TonesynthDS features
- 16×16 pattern editor (16 accord, 16 tone (the scale is selectable), first line is always the C3).
- 16 different pattern stock.
- Different volume setting possibility for each accord (in the second editor mode).
- Adjustable tempo.
- Possibility to play a pattern looped with the default sound samples or with generated sound samples.
- With the button X you can clear a pattern (and set the volumes of that pattern to maximum).
- Sound sample generator. You can listen a test sound with ADSHR, play a continuous test sound without adshr (but you can set the parameters on the fly) or generate the full stock, that will be used by the pattern player. The system is fully usable while you play or generate samples. Although the playing of the pattern will be paused during the generation.
- For the generation there are two oscilloscopes. Both can generate sinus, saw, rectangle and organ. The frequency of the second oscilloscope can be set relative to the frequency of the first oscilloscope with a slider under that except for the ‘am’ mixing type where you can set the absolute frequency between 0 and 20 hertz.
- 3 mixing types: Amplitude modulation, ring modulation (the difference is in the base frequency of the second oscilloscope) and cross modulation. For the last one you can set the cross fade factor with the slider under the first oscilloscope.
- Low pass filter with resonance.
- ADSHR for the generated samples. The length of the samples are limited to 2 seconds.
TonesynthDS v0.23 is available as freeware for Nintendo DS.
New stuff from Toontrack
Toontrack Music announces shipping of the Custom and Vintage SDX™ - The Return of a Classic! The Custom and Vintage SDX™ is a re-release of the award winning Toontrack Music sample packs Superior Custom and Vintage and Superior Vintage Add-on (both released for the original Superior Drummer) and they have now been combined to form the Custom and Vintage SDX™ for Superior Drummer® 2.0. Apart from extensive stick and brush recordings of a unique collection of drums and cymbals it also features mixer presets by producer Peter Henderson and custom MIDI by drummer Chris Whitten. The SDX™ gives everyone from top producers down, access to the cream of custom and vintage drums, built by craftsmen from the 1920's right up to the exceptional instrument makers of today, like Johnny Craviotto. The Custom and Vintage SDX™ is played by Chris Whitten. The drummer on classic hits like 'What I Am' by Edie Brickelland, The New Bohemians and 'The Whole Of The Moon' by The Waterboys, Paul McCartney's 'Flowers In The Dirt' album. The Custom and Vintage SDX™ is produced by Peter Henderson a key figure in producing Supertramp´s 20 million selling album 'Breakfast In America', for which he won a Grammy. He has also worked with Paul McCartney, Rush, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Tina Turner and Ringo Starr. The Custom and Vintage SDX™ will be available as an upgrade with a special price from the legacy products and one regular SDX™ version for newer customers. Both with the same content. The Custom and Vintage SDX™ is available on the web and at your favorite retailer.
Happy synth halloween everyone
Synthex, Morphex and Graphex
The Synthex analog synth and sound effects generator gives you all the “full-force, knob-turning analog power” you could want in a little red box. The driving element of Synthex is a VCO that outputs square and triangle waveforms. It also has two external audio inputs for creating hard sync and FM effects; dedicated crossfaders for controlling the Mix and Levels; and a switch for reconfiguring the internal signal path.
Likewise, the Morphex is monster-green, hybrid analog synth and effect unit that takes any two line-level sounds and morphs between them in “beautiful and bizarre” ways. It’s ideal for creating distorted and warped sounds.
The Graphex, on the other hand, is a dynamic gating and rhythm effect ideal for creating and manipulating “trance-gate” patterns, 303-style accents, drum loop edits, and stutter effects. The blue-hued unit performs all chopping and gating actions in real-time.
For more details on the bright analog boxes, visit the Abstract Data Web site.
Focusrite launches Scarlett
If it is the ultimate as they claim remains to be seen, but it sure looks promising 
Focusrite is pleased to introduce Scarlett, a professional software suite that provides the definitive collection of compression, gating, EQ, and reverb plug-ins for tracking and mixing.
From one of the most prestigious names in pro audio, made famous by the original Red range and the classic ISA console modules, Scarlett provides a beautiful upgrade for any Digital Audio Workstation. Not only does it sound great, the Scarlett user interface features a stunning Red anodized aluminum look featuring intricately modeled, life-like VU meters, setting the standard for drop-dead gorgeous plug-ins.
Each powerful Focusrite plug-in has a host of fast and easy-to-use presets, providing a great starting point for processing everything from vocals and guitars to synth bass and percussion. In addition, every plug-in parameter can be finely tuned to achieve the desired sound. So for preset users and perfectionists alike, Scarlett is destined to become the new ‘go-to’ plug-in.
Scarlett works under VST, AU and RTAS (Pro Tools) hosts, and runs on Macs and PCs, making it the perfect bundle for any music software user.
Features:
– Unmatched Sonic Quality
From the team behind the Forté Suite and the famous Focusrite hardware line. Focusrite has provided that final polish and shine to thousands of hit records over the last two decades.
– Faithful Recreation Of Classic Compressors & Gates
Modeled on original ear-tuned hardware optical compressors, exclusive to Focusrite, Scarlett’s dynamics modules deliver that authentic 1960s Opto sound.
– Multi-modes Enable Creative Gating Techniques
The Gate can operate in stereo mode and, in different dual mono configurations, one signal can be used to trigger the gate of another. Ideal for tightening up a bass line, for example.
– Classic Focusrite EQ Curves & Controls
Scarlett uses the same Focusrite six-band EQ approach as the Red 2 and ISA EQs, with filters, parametric mids and shelving, all modeled to offer an authentic response across the entire audible frequency spectrum.
– Professional Reverb With Concise Controls
Based on classic algorithmic studio reverb designs, this reverb delivers a remarkable level of sonic quality for your recording projects. Easy to use controls get you to the ideal reverb sound in seconds.
– Stunning GUI With Life-like Port-hole VU Meters
Scarlett features a red anodized aluminum look, extremely detailed metering and other visual elements from Focusrite’s illustrious recording history, making Scarlett look as good as it sounds.
Doepfer, Dieter and Kraftwerk
An interview with the great man himself, taken from the documentary ‘Totally Wired’.Dieter talks about the inspiration for the A100 series, his collaborations with Kraftwerk, and the future of modular. Unmissable!
‘Totally Wired’ is available on DVD from amazon.com
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