CONTACT MIC RECORDING
Tim Prebble has uploaded this video featuring the making of a new sound library, recorded entirely with contact mics….
HISS and a ROAR release royalty-free sound effects & sound design libraries created by award winning film sound designer Tim Prebble and while there is nothing new about the idea of selling sound effects online, these libraries take a different philosophical approach by providing comprehensive thematic collections of high resolution source material, with the sole purpose of helping sound designers achieve their most creative work by access to diverse & highly malleable sounds.
JM-DG Dirty Trumpet and Drum Rack for Ableton Live
This is Free Weekly Ableton Live Rack #30! Made from samples from JM-DG http://www.jm-deejay.com/ Check it out and enjoy!
download the instruments here: http://bit.ly/freesynth30
This weeks free Ableton Live racks come from reader JM-DG. Over the last few months JM-DG has sent me a couple tracks made with various AfroDJMac racks, and he recently stepped it up with an offering of his own. Created with an old trumpet that almost landed in the trash, JM-DG brings us an instrument with lots of warmth and character. Not always perfectly in tune but packed with plenty of charm, this trumpet is sure to add a bit of life into your music. I’ve taken what he sent me and added a couple of little touches and effects, as well as adjusting the tuning to make it a bit more playable. As an extra bonus, I took the drums from JM-DG’s demo song and chopped them up into its own instrument rack. So you get a unique trumpet sound as well as a drum kit to play around with. Make sure you stop by JM-DG’s site and say thanks!
Free samples of the classic Roland Alpha Juno 2
Roland Alpha Juno 2 sound bank demo by Hardballs
Hardball Records has released a free sound bank, Hoover Sound Bank, that features sounds of the Roland Alpha Juno 2 synthesizer:
This is exactly the same synthesizer that created the original Hoover sound, patch called “What The”, originally created by Eric Persing for Roland Alpha Juno. Juno 2 is just an upgraded version of Roland Alpha Juno, thus we have the original Hoover sound. Additionally, I have sampled couple of bass sounds, which somebody may find useful.
As usually, each sound is a separate bank for NI Kontakt and EXS-24 samplers.
Each sample was recorded thru the Pro Tools HD from Roland Alpha Juno 2,
without any effects or processing, just clean original synth sound!
All samples are 44.1 kHz, 24 bit, Stereo WAV files.
The audio demo, above, is made using only the synth sounds in this sound bank, plus drums.
You can download the Hoover Sound Bank from the Hardball Records site.
DAMAGE – breathtaking cinematic percussion for your DAW
All sounds and effects created exclusively with DAMAGE: http://www.native-instruments.com/damage
DAMAGE provides an arsenal of deeply sampled drums, crushing loops, and smashing one-shots, all recorded in brutal detail. From battered dumpsters and exploding cars to edgy electronics, the entire gamut of modern cinematic sound comes together in this uniquely playable and inspiring instrument. Deep, thrilling and intense — DAMAGE is epic redefined!
DAMAGE gives you 30 GB of drama, fusing industrial sounds and orchestral drums into a devastating electro-acoustic barrage. Percussive Kits provide more than 200 deeply sampled percussion sources, and over 500 single-shot elements, recorded in up to seven velocity layers and with up to nine round-robins per drum.
Over 700 beat-sliced loops come as menu-style loop suites or as single loops for detailed tweaking. Even the most complex sounds are instantly usable, and it’s all in hair-raising, big-screen quality.
Get your weapons ready! – Medieval times are here in music making
Boom Library has released Medieval Weapons, a collection of construction kits and designed sound effects.
It’s done. Get ready to unleash an epic battle and blow away your audience. With our “MEDIEVAL WEAPONS” sound effects library, you get a fascinating collection of bone-crushing hammer impacts, deadly sword hits, wall-tearing catapult shots, bows and arrows, armor impacts and much more to design an incomparable medieval soundscape.
This collection comes as a CONSTRUCTION KIT with 4500+ high quality source sounds (96 kHz/24-bit) and as a DESIGNED edition with 500+ predesigned, “ready to use” sounds (96 kHz/24-bit). Berserkers and Warlords get the BUNDLE.
Medieval Weapons is available to purchase for 149 EUR (Construction Kit) / 99 EUR (Designed). A bundle of both packs is 199 EUR.
Get a 15% Early Bird Discount with the code: BOOM-MEDIEVAL
Medieval Weapons by BOOM Library
Radiophonic Synth Workshop
Loopmasters has released Radiophonic Synth Workshop, a sample library featuring a new & unique sounding collection of analogue experimentation.
The team of scientists report that era defining instruments of analogue synthesis such as the Korg Mono/Poly and Roland System 100 and beautiful esoteric instruments like the Elka Synthex, Oberheim 4Voice and Octave Cat were combined with valve equalisation and dynamic control, vintage reverbs and tape delay, to create over 1Gb of data ready to be incorporated into any style of dance or electronic music.
Our team are pleased to report that soft synths or plug in of any type were not used in this project to ensure maximum analogue sparkle and depth within results.
The Radiophonic Synth Workshop sample collection from Loopmasters weighs in at 1.2GB and includes 890 Synth Samples recorded at pristine 24Bit resolution. Also included are 10 ready to play patches for Reason NNXT, Halion, EXS, SFZ and Kontakt soft samplers.
From Pulsing synths, Alien FX, Transmission Fuzz, Pulses and Deep Space Echoes, 50’s inspired Radio Chat, Sci Fi Bleeps, Lasers and more – this is one hell of a sound collection meant for all types of music producers worldwide.
The Radiophonic Synth Workshop sample library is available for £29.95 GBP.
Groove – Drum Station DT-010 by D-lusion
Groove – Drum Station DT-010 by D-lusion. (standalone application) This is not a plugin, but a standalone drum machine programme that as a lot of built in samples but you can use your own 16 bit drum samples and record and export the whole thing as a 16 bit wav. classic.
For more information visit. or check out all the other video’s on youtube
http://www.d-lusion.com/News.html
delusion also are famous for the rubberduck or RDH30, 303 acid bass machine sequencer and the mj studio mp3 dj mixing application.
ive got this working on windows7. just download, run, then reinstall under recommended settings. all these third party applications work a treat. 10/10
Free Ableton Live tutorial videos – percussion, loops and samples
In this video Danny J Lewis (Enzyme Black, Defected) builds the percussion elements of his stripped back deep house track, using congas and bongos as the driving rhythm of the track.
In this video Danny J Lewis (Enzyme Black, Defected) shows you how to manipulate and twist up a percussion loop using the tools in Ableton Live to give them your own unique vibe.
In this video Danny J Lewis (Enzyme Black, Defected) throws together a collection of contrasting samples in Ableton Live. Watch as he begins to develop his idea, moulding the textures and tones together into a cut and paste style house beat similar to the vibe of a Moodymann tune.
Videos from our Deep House in Ableton Live series. It is an exclusive taster of the video content that Point Blank students have access to on the Deep House Pro Producer Course in Ableton Live which launches on 26th September 2011(http://www.pointblankonline.net/make-house-music-ableton.php ).
Review: BeatMaker 2 for iOS
BeatMaker 2 is an elaborate studio with loads of effects and hundreds of samples. I ignore both of those facts completely as I go on a wild tear to put it through its paces. Included are tips on Hokusai and all kinds of sample chopping fun.
“Build your own virtual home-studio, create multiple instruments and connect them to a full-range of audio effects. Compose, record, arrange and transform your ideas into complete songs, ready to be shared with others. Import your own sounds or use the sound library provided: more than 170 high-quality instrument and drum presets from synthesizers to realistic orchestral sounds. You can even import songs from your iPod library! Connect your MIDI accessories for an external control of BeatMaker’s instruments, effects and mixer, ideal for home-studio productions and live performances. BeatMaker 2 is an universal application, with specifically designed interfaces for the iPad and iPhone platforms. Works on all iPhone, iPod and iPad models starting with third generation devices (iPhone3GS, iPod3G 32GB, iPad 1 & 2).”
8Dio Hybrid Tools
8DIO is a new premium sampling line by Academy Award Winning composer, Troels Folmann. 8DIO has over 40 sample products from the newest Hybrid Scoring Tools to the best sounding Epic- and Angelic Choirs, from industry standard Epic Percussion series to beautiful Solo Voices from around the world, from gorgeous Tuned Percussion to custom made instruments. 8DIO is featured in the majority of current blockbuster movies and is used by many of the highest profile artists, producers and composers in the music industry … Just Listen …
Background info:
“Hey Guys sorry for being a bit slow with video updates recently! I recently completed work on a sound design sample library for 8dio Productions….plenty of nasty gritty sounds 
I hope you all can forgive me for my absence now that you can see what I have been working hard on for the past few months! You have no idea how great it is to share it with you all finally!
More info about the library here: www.8dio.com”
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