OP-X PRO-II: Trailer
SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II software VSTi synth – the new flagship. Introduction trailer.
The soundtrack of the video trailer has been exclusively done with OP-X PRO-II and Steinberg Groove Agent for drums. No external effects or treatment (except for drums) have been used, mixing just included levels and pan. All involved sounds are factory presets of OP-X PRO-II.
According to SonicProjects, the Virtual Oberheim OB-X XPander is “the perfect dream synth”:
OP-X PRO-II is the new top flagship of the OP series and is the continuation of the development of OP-X PRO, based on many collected wishes of customers and too own new ideas, in order to make it the perfect dream synth. S
Some of the obvious new features include doubled polyphony, an included patch browser, an effects unit, midi learn and a completely new arpeggiator.
But there are also a lot a lot of hidden new features that can be accessed by active GUI zones or multiple button states. This keeps the GUI clean and familiar. Once you’ve got to know these features you’ll see that despite this density the general operation is extremely intuitive and streamlined. A bunch of new one-click quick button calibration features saves a lot of work to handle voice-based settings like tuning trimpots or pans.
All of this is based on countless hours of real working experience, to give as streamlined and intuitive handling as possible.
Here’s the entire list of the used presets and settings, in chronological order:
High Sweeps:
MATRIX BANK 9 SyncNotch Sweep FXPM
Deep Strings:
DEFAULT BANK 1 Matrix Softstrings II
LFO Pad:
MATRIX BANK 6 BP Stereomod Pad
Filter Effect:
EFFECTS BANK 15 Filtereffect Water Down
Deep Timpani Doublehit:
MATRIX BANK 88 Matrix Fmod Bumbs NS
BASS BANK 12 Signs Of Life Bass
Filter Selfreso Sweep:
EFFECTS BANK 14 Filtereffect Blobs (Envelope edited)
Warm Mono Sweeps:
SYNTHEX BANK 5 Synthex MM Sweep
Porta Squeak:
DEFAULT BANK 125 Sawsolo Ultra Wide Bend (Portamento set a bit slower)
Bass:
BASS BANK 1 Fretless Bass
Chord Strings:
DEFAULT BANK 1 Matrix Softstrings II
PADS BANK 2 Supersoft Slowmod Pad
Arpeggio:
ARPEGGIOS BANK 21 Jupiter Techno ARP
Porta Solo:
DEFAULT BANK 125 Sawsolo Ultra Wide Bend (Portamento set a bit slower)
Brass Stab:
BRASS BANK 13 Prophet Brass Stab
Prophet Sync Sweep:
DEFAULT BANK 60 Prophet Unisync II (Pitch Osc2 set higher)
Percussive Solo:
PROPHET BANK 76 Prophet Perc Solo
Portamento Chord:
OBERHEIM BANK 3 Poly Portamento (Portamento set a bit faster)
Sample Hold Pad:
SAMPLEHOLD BANK 3 Moving SH Arpeggio
Distorted Guitar Tone:
DEFAULT BANK 13 OB Rock Unison
Sync Solo:
DEFAULR BANK 15 OB Syncsolo Damped (Filter Sustain set higher)
Highpitch Downsweep:
DEFAULT BANK 125 Sawsolo Ultra Wide Bend
Slow Portamento Solo:
PROPHET BANK 33 Prophet Ultrawide Bend (Portamento set slower)
Drums:
Steinberg Groove Agent:
Hip-Hop Kick (eq boost: 100hz 14.4 dB low-shelf)
Hip-Hop Snare (pitch set deeper, a bit Reverb A)
Electro Hihat (a bit Cubase Double Delay 1/16 sync)
Tempo: 120bpm
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New groovebox app for Android phone
Mikrosonic RD3 is a new groovebox app for Android phones. It combines a 303-style synthesizer and a drum machine with different drum kits.
Features:
- realtime step sequencing
- realtime processing synth
- high quality filter mode for powerful devices
- multitouch control
- drum machine with 8 drum kits
- 4 patterns per instrument
- 3 play modes: solo, loop or random
- load/save sessions
- cut/copy/paste pattern
RD3 sells for €3.49.
System Requirements:
- Android 2.1 or higher
- screen resolution 480×320 (HVGA) or higher
- 550 MHz CPU or faster supporting ARMv7
- Tested on:
- Motorola Droid/Milestone
- Nexus One
- Samsung Galaxy S
- HTC Desire
Instantly generate Techno Music Loops
Techno-X Pro, a stand-alone and VST instrument plug-in for Windows that allows you to instantly generate Techno Music Loops, Techno Groove loops, Techno Drum Loops and much more. Generate Full Parts, Drum loops, Groove loops, Bass Loops and Hats loops as wave files. It comes with an internal library of about 1500 sounds – 756 Kicks, 231 Hats and 470 Claps and Snares. The price is €69.
Features:
- Live Playable (In standalone mode or in Ableton Live).
- One mouse click to instantly generate 100 techno loops at a time (Every key of the MIDI keyboard will be filled with a loop).
- Create loops in progressive musical order.
- Kick Side-chained output for the best groove ever.
- MIDI recognition for external MIDI controllers use.
- Direct Export to wav file for all loops with unique mouse click (from 4 to 32 beats).
- BPM or Host Synchronization (guaranteed synchronization with Ableton Live, Cubase and FL Studio).
- Load user wave samples on all channels for the bottom loop part.
- Point to user folders to pick Kick drums, Claps & Snares, Hats. A lot of factory sounds included.
- Over 1,000 one shot samples can be loaded for each channel.
- Swing (do You need more groove for Your track?).
- 10 Filters (coded in Asm).
Technical Specifics:
- Stereo audio output at 16 bit 44100hz.
- Accurate/Precision Timings.
- True stereo channels. Each channel can load samples at any sample rate and any bit rate (8 bit-16 bit-24 bit-32 bit).
- Intellidrums v2.0 Technology inside.
- Sample players “class AA”.
- Swing routine “class AA”.
- Customizable Sidechainer.
- Save loops to .wav files.
- Never ending capabilities due to “Ai randomizators”.
Get the Xenon groove
Icegear has introduced Xenon (App Store link) Groove Synthesizer for iPhone/iPod touch.
Xenon is a hybrid groove workstation that features a polyphonic hybrid synthesizer, 2 x VA monophonic synthesizers, polyphonic PCM synthesizer, rhythm machine, sequencer and a mixer.
It sells for $5.99.
Details below.
Hybrid Polyphonic Synthesizer (HSX-4)
2OSC + FILTER + AMP + 4LFO + 8ENV
- 210 factory preset
- Unlimited programmable user presets
- 2 oscillators
- Modulatable wave shape oscillator (modulated by ENV, LFO)
- Analog Synth oscillator (Saw, Square(PWM), Sine, Triangle, Noise)
- FM oscillator (modulatable FM depth, frequency)
- Formant oscillator (modulatable vowel, resonance)
- PCM oscillator (112 PCM sounds)
- Ring Modulation (OSC2)
- Modulatable Pitch, Level
- ENV, LFO for each OSC
- Resonant Filter
- Filter Types : 24LP, 12LP, 6LP, BP, HP
- Cutoff Frequency, Resonance
- ENV, LFO
- AMP
- ENV, LFO
- Overdrive
- Auto Panner
- LFO waveforms: saw, square, sine, random(Simple & Hold)
- ENV for modulate LFO amount
VA Monophonic Synthesizer (ASX-1) for two tracks
2OSC + FILTER + AMP + 3LFO + 6ENV
- 2 oscillators
- Wave forms : Saw, Square, Sine, Triangle, Noise
- Ring Modulation (OSC2)
- Modulatable Pitch, Level
- ENV, LFO
- Resonant Filter
- Filter Types : 24LP, 12LP, 6LP, BP, HP
- Cutoff Frequency, Resonance
- ENV, LFO
- AMP
- ENV, LFO
- Overdrive
- LFO waveforms: saw, square, sine, random(Simple & Hold)
- ENV for modulate LFO amount
PCM Polyphonic Synthesizer (PSX-4)
OSC + FILTER + AMP + 3LFO + 6ENV
- PCM oscillator (112 PCM sounds)
- Modulatable Pitch, Level
- ENV, LFO
- Resonant Filter
- Filter Types : LP, BP, HP
- Cutoff Frequency, Resonance
- ENV, LFO
- AMP
- ENV, LFO
- LFO waveforms: saw, square, sine, random(Simple & Hold)
- ENV for modulate LFO amount
Rhythm Machine for six tracks (PRX-6)
– 185 PCM rhythm sounds
- Level, Pan, Pitch, Attack and Decay adjustable per sounds
Pattern Sequencer
– 16 step Pattern Sequencer
- Real-Time Recording
- Pattern export as a wav file or copy to clipboard.
(compatible with Intua Beatmaker)
Song Sequencer (SQX-5)
– Make your own song using pattern.
- Pattern jump & play in real-time(1bar quantize)
- Play position change in real-time(1bar quantize)
- Song export as a .wav file or copy to clipboard.
Mixer (MX-5)
– 5 input channel
- Level parameter per track
- Fx send, Pan, Solo, Mute and Level per input channel
- Fx Return Level
- Master Level
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Elektrify me
This is a demo of Electrify for the iPad controlled by an APC 40 from AKAI.
Every function of Electrify (even the step parameters) can be controlled by the APC 40 making the APC 40 a real Groovebox with step sequencer and clip matrix! No need to touch the iPad’s display It’s just awesome to play around with it!
What do you need for that? a Midi Interface (iConnectMidi by iConnectivity when it’s released eventually) for connecting your iPad and the APC 40.
I use the MidiMobilizer, a USB-Midi Converter and Bome Midi Translator for testing.This feature will be released in some weeks with an update for Electrify for free. And the best: it will work with your iPhone 4, too!
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Grrove it like Jamiroquai
Here’s a nice tutorial where Russ shows how to use some to the tricks used by bands like Jamiroquai to get those funky grooves.
Thanks to AUB
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