ImageLine – Harmor Minimal RnB Pads
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Tutorial: Creating Compelling Pads with Trifonic
Pads can be quite complex to master here Brian provides some useful tips, details below:
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Brian Trifon (Pyramind Synthesis & Sound Design Instructor) from Trifonic digs deep into using reverbs and creative effects channels to create compelling pads/melodic elements.
Orphion – Record and share
Orphion is a musical instrument with a unique sound between string instrument and percussion. Everyone can play expressive, wonderful sounds and easy or virtuosic melodies on it just by moving fingers on virtual pads.
- Different articulations from soft to plucked to hardly slapped
- Natural interaction
- Extend your ways of expression as a percussionist, guitarist, pianist or other musician
- 14 transposable pad-layouts with different tonalities from easy to complex
- Record and share what you play via EMail, SoundCloud or AudioCopy
- 8 individual voices for 8 fingers (4 on iPad 1)
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Native Instruments Maschine Tutorial
Native Instruments Maschine has caused quite a bit of a storm since its release – to find out why, our good fiend Owen form 2twenty2 takes you through the features and applications in this three part tutorial.
The Maschine is an incredibly powerful sampler, sequencer and controller and in this first video we take a look at how to getting sounds onto the pads and what to do with them.
For full product specifications please visit:
http://www.dv247.com/drums-and-percussion/native-instruments-maschine–61792
Aqua – new collection of pads, textures and motions for Native Instruments Kontakt
Citron Instruments has announced the release of Aqua, a collection of pads, textures and motions for Native Instruments Kontakt.
Aqua has wide and liquid sounds, clear and ergonomic user interface, high quality and new principles of the instrument control. All of this is Aqua, the 1st element of the library.
Aqua features
- Includes Pads, Textures and Motions.
- Format: NI Kontakt 4,5 (Full Version).
- 500 Mb (NCW Compression).
- Flexible layering of sounds.
- Easy and intuitive use.
- Effects: LP and HP filters, stereo widener, reverberation.
Aqua for Kontakt is currently available to purchase for 59 EUR (price will go up to 79 EUR at future update).
“Pads – the BIG box v3″ – the ultimate Pad ReFill !
• 470+ combinator patches (92 “BIG box” only ones) in 11 different folders.
• Lots of inspiring demo tracks included.
Loopmasters releases Dark Scapes Reason ReFill
Loopmasters has released Dark Scapes, a collection of dark and menacing sounds for Propellerhead Reason.
Aimed at Producers who make Cinematic, Atmospheric styles of music for TV and Film (think Horror, Drama and Sci-Fi) plus cutting edge musicians looking to mix up dark influences and moody soundbytes within their musical scores.
Utilising the full collection of awesome sound sculpting instruments and effects within the Reason 6 environment, Dark Scapes is a unique library fusing organic sounds with cutting edge technology to provide the user with limitless combinations of sounds at your fingertips. Included with this Refill are no less than 312 Combinator Instruments which utilise instruments including Malstrom, Thor, Subtractor, Kong, NNXT, which are combined with the effects including Compressors, Reverbs, Gates, Delays, Flangers, Chorus and much more. Dark Scapes for Reason 5 or higher is available to purchase for £19.95 GBP.
More information: Loopmasters / Dark Scapes
Patches In Detail:
- 63 Atmosphere and Drones
- 40 Pads
- 103 Fx
- 25 Leads
- 15 Real World Sounds
- 3 Kong Kits
- 62 Bonus Sounds
SPD-SX sampling pad demo featuring Craig Blundell
http://youtu.be/1ZXwi_wOOPk
Craig Blundell demonstrates the new features of the SPD-SX Sampling Pad. The SPD-SX puts powerful sample creation and playback under your sticks with innovative audio-capturing features, expressive playability, three multi-effects engines, and much more.
The perfect addition to any acoustic or electronic drum kit, percussion setup, DJ booth, or keyboard rig, the SPD-SX is equally at home on the live stage, in the recording studio, pre-production suite, or dance club. The SPD-SX takes many of the proven concepts from its predecessor and raises them to a new level. Whether you’re firing off one-shot samples, looped phrases, or complete audio playback tracks, the SPD-SX is loaded with the latest technology and tools to get the job done with speed, precision, and convenience. Enjoy the most advanced triggering and sampling technology in a sleek, easy-to-use percussion instrument.
New stuff from SoundCells Pads – the BIG box‘ version 2!
“Pads – the BIG box V2″ contains all patches from the three Mystic Dream Pads – 2, 4 and 5 – in ONE really big ReFill with (since version 2) 62 new combinator patches that have not been released before – and all this at a sharp “bundle”-price. All patches were revised to match perfectly together. This ReFill gives you all you need when searching for atmospheric patches, conventional pads – bright or dark, inspiring soundscapes, rhythmical pads, fx & experimental sounds and more… The variety of sonic atmospheres coming from three original ReFills makes this collection very complete so chances are big that you´ll find what you are looking for while browsing for the right pad. Version 2 is adding 30 new combinator patches, furthermore every original combinator patch has been reworked – same sound as before, but highly expanded button / knob assignment, consistent naming of the functions and new backdrops…
‘Pads – the BIG box‘ Contents:
- 447 combinator patches (62 “BIG box” only ones).
- 11 different folders: Ambient, Atmospheres, Electric Keys, Exclusive Big Box Patches, FX & Experimental, Miscellaneous, Old MDP Reminiscence, Pads Conventional, Pads Dark, Pads Light, Rhythmic.
- The modules folder contains the basic synth and NNXT patches which are used for the combinator sounds:
183 Thor patches, 156 NNXT patches, 105 Malstroem patches, 59 Subtractor patches, 38 RV7000 patches
- All patches & demo tracks coming from MDP2, MDP4 & MDP5 are included.
More info here:
Looking for great leads, pads and strings?
If you’re looking for great leads, pads and strings, then check out this beast of a synth. Don’t forget to check out the P8′s big brothers, the Professional and Trance-Pro which both feature upgraded specifications and new preset patches.
SuperWave P8 Specifications
Technical Specifications v2.1
Oscillators
2 Oscillators: Single, Dual, 7 Oscillators SuperWave mode
Waveforms: Sine, Saw, Ramp, Triangle, Pulse, White Noise, Pink Noise
Controls: Waveform, Mode, Fine-Tune, Semi-Tune, Detune, Octave, Sync
Filters
2 Resonant Filters: 12dB
Filter Types: Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass
Controls: Filter Type, Cutoff Frequency, Resonance, Key Follow, Lock (Cutoff Frequency)
Amplifiers
2 Amplifiers
Controls: Level, Pan, On/Off
Envelopes
4 Envelopes (Filter x2, Amp x2)
Controls: Depth, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
Low Frequency Oscillators
2 LFO’s with multiple routing options
Waveforms: Sine, Saw, Ramp, Triangle, Pulse, White Noise, Pink Noise
Beat Ratios: 10
Controls: Waveform, Destination, Mode, Rate, Beat, Depth, Key On, Route
Modulation
Modulation with multiple routing options
Controls: Input, Destination, Depth
Effects
Effect Types: Mono Delay x2 (1 Stereo pair)
Delay Controls: Level, Feedback, Pan, Beat, On/Off
Other Features
8 note polyphonic operation
Main volume control
Mono/Polyphonic control
Portamento control
Midi CC control with learn capability
64 high quality presets
800 MHz+ Processor recommended / 1024 x 768 pixels screen resolution / 24 bit colour depth
Get the SuperWave P8 for free legally from the official product page at http://www.superwavesynths.c…
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