Salad Bar is growing – AGAIN
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.
• 166 combinator patches (currently 35 ‘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.
• 170 well balanced patches for Thor, Malstroem, Subtractor, NNXT and ReDrum.
• 45 rex loops (5 new ones since V2)
• 8 tracks in RNS format – inspiring with highl ‘tutorialesque’ value.
Contemporary synthpop?
I got a comment on my old blog about me being bored by 80s synthpop nostalgica:
Old post: I will never be 80’s synthpop nostalgic again – after this
DevotionRecords thought this might be more in line with what one should consume nowadays relative to synthpop:
Do you agree with DevotionRecords?
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The Accelerator, looking pretty darn good to me
Subtractive synth with 3 OSCs and two External inputs, multimode filters, arpeggiator and much more.
The Accelerator features the first motion tilt controller in a full size keyboard.
The Accelerator is perfectly prepared for your Live performances. A lot of synthesizers nowadays do not offer direct patch selection anymore. Instead of using direct access push buttons you have to dial in the desired patch and press enter. The Accelerator makes sound selection instantly available at your fingertips with dedicated patch select buttons. Furthermore, the unique program chain feature allows for programming a chain of programs that selects the correct patch automatically for you.
Another stunning new feature is the the built in 3D sensor. Movements of the keyboard are converted into Modulation data. This brilliant addition allows for controlling parameters like pitch, the filter frequency or modulation depths by lifting up or shaking the keyboard.Do you love step sequencers and arpeggiators? The Accelerator would not be a Radikal synthesizer if we did not integrate some sequencing goodies. You can enter some notes into the step sequencer, transpose the sequences with the left hand while performing a solo at the upper end of the split keyboard.
The powerful warm and crispy sound of this new synthesizer flagship will become the center of your keyboard setup. If you would like expand the Accelerator‘s sonic power even more you can get additional voices with our DSP expansion module. The DSP expansion does not only add extra polyphony to the Accelerator – you will also be able to use up to eight independent synthesizer sounds at a time with the integrated multimode feature.
Toontrack Music announces EZmix
Toontrack Music announces EZmix
Toontrack Music announces the next product in the Toontrack Software Tools line, EZmix.
For all the track and songwriters with tight deadlines and a mobile work situation out there, Toontrack, in collaboration with DSP developers par excellence Overloud, has developed EZmix.
EZmix is a simple (EZ), yet powerful, mixing tool that gives you access to a huge array of mix presets for the whole gamut of mixing needs. Whether you need to mix drums, vocals, guitars, bass or keyboards this is your tool.
Simply connect EZmix to a channel strip in your sequencer like you would any plug-in, pick a preset for the instrument or sound on that strip. Done. For demo purposes or in full on production EZmix will cut your studio time, speed up and enhance your creative process from the initial hook to the final track.
EZmix is a Mac and PC compatible, AU, RTAS and VST plug-in delivered with a wide variety of mix presets, with a heavy accent on your drum mixing needs, designed by Toontrack Music Head Of Sound Design Mattias Eklund.
Code 64 are back
Swedish label Progress Productions keeps bringing us new electronic signings. Now it’s time for the Swedish/Norwegian trio Code 64, that has previously released two really good albums on other labels.
Bjørn Marius Borg, Christian Espeland and Hans-Olof Mattsson make up the band 2010, as former singer Henrik Piehl has left. Vocal duties are now handled by his replacement Bjørn.
Together they have made “Trialogue”, the full length scheduled for late summer or early autumn. Two singles will be pulled from it, the first one being “Stasis”, a dancey club track out on April 21.
Introducing the new KORG Monotron
monotron
Analog synthesis returns, in the legendary KORG tradition
Korg is no newcomer to the joys of analog synthesis. Back in the 1970s, our astounding fully polyphonic PS-3000 Series and our affordable semi modular MS Series set the bar for creative musicians around the globe. Surely one of the most popular of Korg’s analog synthesizers was the coveted MS-20, famous for its dynamic sound creation capabilities and its fat, snarly, expressive filter. Kept popular by dance and electronic artists, this legendary MS-20 filter came back to life using the Component Modeling Technology in Korg’s Legacy software collections. Now you can experience the glorious, evocative MS-20 filter along with true analog synthesis in Korg’s new monotron Analogue Ribbon Synthesizer!!
Analog on the go!
Powered by two alkaline AAA batteries, the compact monotron can be held in one hand. Although small enough to easily carry with you, the amazing monotron is packed with KORG’s legendary analog technology, generating thick and powerful sounds. Concentrating on the most important sound parameters, the controls have been streamlined as much as possible. The panel contains only five knobs and one switch. With this level of simplicity, now anyone can easily enjoy the world of analog synthesizers.
Product Highlights:
- Full-fledged, true analog synthesizer: VCO, VCF, LFO
- Inspiring, easy-to-play ribbon keyboard
- Intuitive, fun-to-tweak controls
- Features the same classic analog filter found in the legendary Korg MS-10 & MS-20
- Filter any external source using the audio input jack
- LFO can modulate either pitch of filter cutoff
- LFO Rate knob features cool LED visual indicator.
- Battery operation and palmtop size equals true portability
- Internal speaker/headphone jack lets you enjoy the sound anywhere – alone or with friends!
Free REX loop pack of the Casio CT-647
Casio CT-647
Pack Three contains 20 of the Preset drum loops sampled straight from the Casio CT-647 Home keyboard.
All the loops are in .REX format for use in Reason’s Dr. Rex player. However all the loops should load up with no problem in your favorite sequencer or sampler.
Also included in the pack are one shot samples of the kick drum, snare drums, high hats and cymbals, so creating your own drum loops shouldn’t be a problem.
Download Pack Three HERE!!!
Files are contained in a .RAR file for easy downloading.
Enjoy
Prime Loops Release Wonky Beats and Hip Hop Producer Sample Packs
Prime Loops Release ‘Wonky Beats’ and ‘Hip Hop Producer’ Sample Packs
Wonky Beats
You may be asking yourself – What the hell are Wonky Beats!? Well, if you’re tired of conventional, 4/4 quantsized beats, and could do with something different here’s the answer: Wonky Beats – A new concept is born!
The Wonky Beats Sample Pack from Prime Loops contains organic, free-slowing beats and drum loops, non-quantsized, and original analogue through and through. Gathering influences from hip hop, hyphy, chiptune, grime, dubstep, crunk, glitch and electro, even breaching on genres not yet invented! With over 120 grimey, wonky, wobbling rhythms, this new release is aimed at those looking for something different.
If you’re into Rustie, Prefuse73, Flying Lotus, Gorillaz, Cabbageboy, Starkey, or even if you’re not! Maybe you prefer Street Bass or Aquacrunk, Choppage or Broken Beats, this could well satisfy your cravings for crazy-mad audio material!
Formats include:
Wav, Rex2 Loops, Apple Loops, MPC Format, Acid Loops, Ableton Live Pack, Stylus RMX Loops, and many more!
Wonky Beats is available to download for £17.95 visit:
http://www.primeloops.com/loops-samples/product/wonky-beats~145/
Hip Hop Producer
The comprehensive ‘Hip Hop Producer Combo Pack’ from Prime Loops boasts over 1,000 Samples, Sounds, Patches, Loops & Vocals, combining 8 of their best-selling Hip Hop releases into one large Combo Pack Deal. These packs are, by name, “XXL Hip Hop Drums”, “Pure Chronic Hip Hop”, “Human Beatbox Samples”, “Glitch Hop Drum Loops”, “Rasta Vocal Samples”, “Bulletproof Hip Hop” & “Guitar Anthology: Jazz & Acoustic Edition”
With 100’s of Drum Samples, Construction Kits, Beatbox Samples, Drum Loops, Vocals, Music Loops, Guitars and more, Hip Hop Producer Combo Pack is one of the largest Hip Hop Sample Packs on the market. Worth over £100.00, Prime Loops are offering this release at the discounted price of £69.95
Formats include:
Wav, Kontakt, Halion, EXS24, Reason Refill, Rex2 Loops, Apple Loops, MPC Format, Acid Loops, Ableton Live Pack, Stylus RMX Loops, and many more!
Hip Hop Producer Combo Pack is is available to download for £69.95 visit:
http://www.primeloops.com/loops-samples/product/hip-hop-producer-combo-pack~149/
Synths and drums for Android phones
This weekend I started to download a whole bunch of different synths and drum pads for my Android / Google phone and boy was I surprise how much crap their was. I believe I downloaded 10 or so different synths and drum pads and none of them was even close to being funny to play around with.
Here are a couple of the ones Itried:
- Drum Hero Lite
- Free drum pad for Android
- aPorta Studio
- Synthesizer 2
- Virtual Synthesizer
- KeffMeff
Good thing with them was that all of them worked (!) and was fairly easy to load, learn and play around with, but none of them was even close to something I would even consider using in any music production. Sure they are all free or very sheap, but still comparing with some of the free games you can access and considering what you can get via your iPhone – Android Market has a long way to go.
So what have I learned – if you want to download some kinky toys for your kids to play around with for five minutes on your way to the supermarket in your car, then Yes go ahead but if you actually would like to have something that you can enjoy – wait another 6 months before accessing the Android market again, if you are looking for cool music making software, or better yet continue to use your iPhone.
All things negative, well I have to say that KeffMeff at least had some cool sounds going 
New analog challenger to the microMOOG
This is a demo of the Helmtronic Challenger – a new retro-style analog synthesizer.
Only at the MusikMesse you have the opportunity to meet with a manufacturer of analog synthesizers all buttons and knobs. Challenger and equipment with four oscillators, two filters, dual audio path and panel-style recliner Minimoog. The price, once reached the marketing of the series, should be very interesting.
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