ValhallaShimmer is an algorithmic reverb designed for BIG sounds, from concert halls to the Taj Mahal to the Halls of Valhalla. All of the sliders have been designed to be tweaked in real time and have a smoothed response to avoid clicks when changing settings or automating the controls. At the same time, the algorithm has been highly optimized, so you get a huge reverb sound without straining your CPU.
At its core, ValhallaShimmer is a high quality reverberator, designed to produce a smooth decay, that is both dense and colorless. There are several reverberation modes available, to allow the user to dial in reverb decays of different sizes, ranging from smaller rooms to vast ambiences:
By adjusting the Feedback, Diffusion and Size controls, the attack, sustain and decay of the reverb signal can be fine tuned.
The modulation controls can be set to produce subtle mode thickening, glistening string ensemble-esque decays, and the distinctive random modulation of the older Lexicon hall algorithms.
Two tone controls and the Color Mode selector allow the timbre to be adjusted from bright and glistening to a more natural dark decay, similar to that produced by air absorption in large spaces.
In addition, ValhallaShimmer has the ability to pitch shift the feedback signal. There are 5 pitch shift modes available:
Single, where the feedback is shifted up or down by the Shift value.
Dual, where the feedback is shifted both up and down (in parallel) by the Shift value.
SingleReverse, where each grain is reversed before it is pitch shifted. This results in a smoother pitch shifting sound than the Single mode.
DualReverse. Similar to the Dual mode, but with reversed grains, for a smoother pitch shifting sound.
Bypass, which turns off the pitch shifting (useful for “standard” reverb sounds).
By setting the Shift amount to +12 semitones, and the Feedback to 0.5 or greater, the classic Eno/Lanois “shimmer” sound is produced (learn more about that here, here and here). A wide variety of other sounds can be created by the algorithm, ranging from spring-esque reverbs to “reverse” reverbs, to glistening pitch shifted pads that are usually associated with high end hardware processors.
This kit includes EDM industry standard construction kits. They’re all unreleased BL3R original mixes varying from progressive house to hard house!
Includes:
– Full Construction kits
– Full Presets (Sylenth, Spire, Massive)
– Full Stems
– Full MIDI
– Full One – Shot Samples (Kicks, Percs, Fx, Snare, etc..)
– Full Unreleased BL3R Track (Presets, Samples, MIDI)
– And Much More!
– 5+ GB
Compatible: All DAWS (FL, Ableton, Logic, Cubase, Etc.)
Zilhouette Strings is the collection of all our strings we recorded so far!It includes 7 violins, 2 viola, 7 cellos and 2 basses in total. The musicians we recorded are german-known session and live orchestra musicians. All content was recorded in several recording sessions in our own recording rooms in a close and intimate distance to the instrument in a solo as well as in a trio situation. We have used condenser mics such as Neumann U-87 and TLM 103, Schoeps MK4 as well as dynamic mics such as Sennheiser MD421, AKG D112 among others.
Zilhouette Strings is the first pure string library we are releasing and we are very excited about it!
In summary, you get a collection of string sounds which is directly at your fingertips. You can quickly select the amount of player, mix the separate instrument groups at your own requirements, select the kind of seating and place them into an ambience – and that´s all with an intimate, natural and catchy sound.
Zilhouette Stings are extremly flexible and you can surely use them for a wide range of musical genres.
DETAILS
The Zilhouette Strings are available in three different articulations: Shorts, Longs and Pizzicato. Each articulation comes along in a single patch which is easy and quick to use – you can directly play it at your fingertips.
Dynamic:
The long variations are easy to use. Just move the modwheel to slide through all the dynamic layers.
The shorts and pizz articulation are working different. In order to get a natural playabilty we have set a high focus to achieve an almost continuously dynamic. We managed this by adding some advanced programming as well as by varying the length from short to spiccato by moving the ModWheel. The result is as precise and accurate as it should be.
Players Ensemble:
A great and absolute unique feature of Zilhouette Strings is the ‘Players’ option. You can select between different amounts of players. This happens in ‘real’ because we haven´t recorded an entire orchestra at once – we have done solo and trio sessions which means that Zilhouette Strings can build up several ‘true’ player ensembles. You can choose between a …
Quartett (1/1/1/1)
Full Range (7/2/7/2)
Chamber Ensemble (6/2/3/1)
Just Lows (0/0/7/2)
Just Highs (7/2/0/0)
Mixing:
After selecting your favourite type of ensemble you can now mix these 4 instruments groups (violin, viola, cello, bass) by separate volume slider.
Saying so it is logical you can leave out single instruments or instrument groups which results into a lot more variations of the above mentioned amount of ensemble variations. For example, you can play just a solo cello by selecting the quartett ensemble and turn the violin, viola and bass volume slider to zero.
Seating:
Besides adjusting your favourite type of player ensemble you can also decide the kind of seating, available is the „American“ or the „German“ seating. In order to generally set all panning to center please use the “off” option.
Sweetness:
Zilhouette Strings provides a sweetness function which lets the overall sound of all instruments change from natural (left end position) to sweet and smooth (right end position). By using this option you can easily let Zilhouette Strings sound more distanced.
FX:
Finally Zilhouette Strings provides a reverb with eight fine selected types of reverb such as a church cathedral, some classic reverb types or some great hall types.
BONUS: INTIMATE PIANO
In addition to that you get – as a bonus – the Intimate Piano which fits very well to the strings. Intimate Piano is a completely new recorded set of samples of our beloved Zeitter & Winkelmann upright piano. We recorded the piano with two different sets of mics.
One version was recorded with a pair of condesnser mics in the floor area of the piano and the other was done by a field recorder lying on the ground of the it. We have restricted ourselves to record just a very low and gentle velocity level of the piano. This kind of playing along with the unique recording setting results into its charming, warm and intmate sound.
Finally we added some EQ options, a reverb and furtherly the option to mix some string or pot fx noise to the piano which let’s it quickly sound very artificial and experimental.
Intimate Piano is simple but very expressive
Zilhouette Strings Overview
3 articulations
mixable instrument groups
5 different ‘true’ players sizes/ ensembles per articulation
2 different kind of seating
several fine selected reverb types
additional bonus Intimate Piano
warm, intimate and natural sounding
extremly flexible
Producertech Producer’s Guide to Vocals
Size 470 Mb
A good vocal has the power to transform a decent track into an unforgettable global hit, and this course will provide all the knowledge you need to write, record and process your very own vocals.
Delivering the tutorials is Ian Bland, a hugely respected producer who has remixed the likes of Prince, Bizarre Inc and Queen, re-working and mixing some of the most famous voices in pop. He also worked with an array of talented vocalists in the flesh, including Diane Charlemagne (famously the vocalist for both Goldie and Moby) and Debbie Sharp, with whom he had two UK top 40 hits as part of legendary 90s rave outfit Dream Frequency.
The course is a comprehensive guide to the entire process of adding vocals to a track, beginning with writing tips and suggestions for selecting and finding a vocalist, before moving onto invaluable guidance on equipment and how to ensure the recording session goes without a hitch. He then gives an in-depth guide to his professional techniques for processing vocals, covering everything from EQing and reverb, to creative slicing of improvised material, using a range of DAWs’ internal effects and 3rd party plugins.
Check out the sample module before signing up for an example of what to expect from the course, which ensures you’ll have all the knowledge you need to add a sparkling vocal line to your productions and elevate them to next level.
Course modules:
Module 1 – Choosing the Vocalist
Module 2 – Songwriting Techniques
Module 3 – Mic Setup
Module 4 – Recording
Module 5 – Vocal Compression
Module 6 – EQing
Module 7 – Applying Reverb
Module 8 – Using Delay
Module 9 – Chorus and Special Effects
Module 10 – Balance and Panning
Module 11 – Chopping V
Desi Breaks Vol 1 is a truly unique sounding loop pack consisting of Drum Breaks in Hip Hop, Dubstep, House, and more.
Its amazing style is mixed with Indian Percussion, also providing pumping compressed as well as dry versions of every loop, for ultimate flexibility.
Produced by Gaurav Dayal (a.k.a. G), an award-winning music producer hailing from New Delhi, India. G has produced beats and remixes for artists like Wyclef Jon and Shakira, and has done music composition and major productions in Hollywood/Bollywood Blockbuster Movies (most recently, Warner Brothers, Cinderella Story 3).
G has previously produced Top-Selling Loop libraries like Classic Bollywood and Kings of Bhangra Vols 1 & 2.
This is a Construction Kit style pack, and can help take your Bhangra, Hip Hop, Dubstep, and House productions to the next level.
This features high end beats as well as live Indian percussions from all over India.
The finest musicians from Northern India have played various styles for this instrument at different keys and tempos.
Recorded at the state-of-the-art Beatfactory Music Studios in Delhi, India.
High end outboard gear & converters were used to record these musicians.
The libraries have been recorded using stereo mic techniques finely edited and produced to fit right into your productions with ease.
There are Wet (pumping/compressed and Dry (unprocessed) version of the loops, so you have the flexibility to adapt them to your productions.
Each Construction Kit contains tracks or phrases that are separately labelled as a loop (wet & dry) and One-shot samples of Drums.
All Loops are tagged with Key & Tempo information for easy use with your project.
Pack Info:
• Tempos: 77, 102, 122, 137
• All Loops are 24-Bit, 44.1kHz
• 170 Acid/WAV Files: 520.6.1 MB (unzipped)
• 170 REX Files: 275 MB (unzipped)
• Total Size: 2.34 GB (unzipped)
• Total Files: 447
• One-Shot Drum Samples are also included per kit
• All Formats are included in the purchased download
One of the most requested instruments is finally released. Inspired by the aggressive sound of recent Action Blockbusters, Strezov Sampling decided to produce the definitive sample set of Tupans. A sound which hasn’t been commercially available up until now.
The Tupan is a traditional Bulgarian drum played with a beater and a stick at the same time. Tupans X3M, recorded in the Sofia Session Studio with different ensemble sizes (a8, a3, Solo), delivers you the articulations to perform traditional Tupan rhythms with instant cinematic sound but also, in addition to that, contains advanced playing styles with brushes, damped beaters, mallets and more.
But Tupans X3M is not just all about organic and realistic sounding Tupans. In fact it’s way more than that, since it also includes a handcrafted selection of three different Sound Design Percussion sets ranging from Epic Ensembles, Thunderous Impacts and neutral sounding percussive sound effects suitable for any style of music. These sounds were created from the sample material of Tupans X3M and our flagship percussion suite Thunder X3M, resulting in a broad sound spectrum suitable for any project in need of new fresh sound colours.
The X3M Percussion Engine
The concept behind the this engine is fairly simple – the keyboard range is divided into 12 zones that you are able to assign different sounds to. After making the template of your choosing just plug in and play – nothing else needed!
In addition to that the engine also allows you to tweak individual zones, as well as the whole mapped ensemble patch with various effects and mic positions. Combining these with the natural and organic recordings you have maximum flexibility when it comes to sound.
Once you load up the X3M Ensemble Builder you automatically load all samples inside the “Samples” directory. However, the instrument is built in such a way that it actually keeps all samples purged, unless you load them up into a zone. This means that not only you have a single patch with all types of percussion you might need, but it is also optimized and doesn’t hurt your RAM ressources in any way!
All articulations have 4 dynamic layers and 6 round robins per layer.
Antidote Audio Spooky Halloween Special Pack
Size 130 Mb
It’s Halloween, and we’re bringing you something sweeter than candy. Over 100 Unique, Spooky Samples and Loops, for only one dollar.
If you can’t stomach dark, heavy, and unnerving samples and loops then this pack is NOT for you.
But if you’re fearless and unafraid to innovate, push boundaries, and create epic and haunting music, then this pack is a must have. Be quick however, because this killer pack is only available for a limited time!
Included in this pack:
◦22 Heavy Bass Loops
◦19 Killer Bass Shots
◦14 Eerie Leads
◦21 Haunting Vocal Chops
◦19 Spooky FX
◦9 Chilling Ambiences
HYBRID – Another Supplemental bank for Xfer Serum. Designed to fit genres like House, Trance, Ambient and modern DnB – Gentle and lush pads will also find use in Lounge and Ambient jungle trac
Content of Current Version 1 . 0:
112 patches (+Bonus ones)
2 Atmo FX
Atmospheric Effects are just like normal Effects – just more subtle and with a sense of dimension and ambience.
22 Pads
Lush and Rich pads, some of them are thick and work great for lower register fill, others work great for atmospheric / ambience purpose.
17 Plucks
Lot of “HYBRID” Plucks are time rich so they are not intended for intense, dense melodies – rather occasional “decoration”
19 Stabs
Very Deep and Timbre rich Stabs will add fresh air to any House track.
13 Neuro/Dnb Bass Patterns
Extermely beefy “HYBRID” Neuro/Dnb Bass patterns are for low end fill purpose.
15 Misc Presets (Hoovers, Wobblers, Synth ect)
Misc presets are thrown into separate Misc category to avoid creating subfolders for few or even one patch.
15 Acid/bass/lead presets.
Organic, gritty and beefy Acid Leads with perfectly balanced distortion/filter tracking proportions.
Computer Science For NI Massive’ continues where the popular ‘Videogame Mania’ left off, with 66 patches inspired by classic sounds from such game systems as the Commodore 64, Amiga, Spectrum ZX and Nintendo Entertainment System. All eight Macro Controls have been intelligently assigned to each patch.
About The Producer:
Bryan ‘Xenos’ Lee has worked as a sound designer for such companies as Native Instruments, Cakewalk, Rop Papen, ReFX, Camel Audio, Image-Line and many more. His work is found in several Native Instruments Maschine expansions and the factory presets of such synths as Z3ta2, Alchemy, Gladiator, Punch, Toxic Biohazard, Scanned Synth Pro 2, Chipsounds, DCAM Synth Squad, D.I.V.A., and more. He is also very active in developing his own brand, Xenos Soundworks.
Patch List:
• AR Bubbles
• AR Busy Busy
• AR Golden Sequence
• AR HelloGoodbye
• AR Hyperspace
• AR Indigestion
• AR PWM Arps
• AR Trigonometry
• BA Alien Seed
• BA Amiga Digi
• BA Amiga DnB
• BA C64 Adams Family
• BA Chips N Chillstep
• BA Dirty PWM
• BA Essential Pulse
• BA First Crush
• BA Huelsbeck Bass
• BA Lo Fi Digital
• BA drive 2 Op
• BA Punchy Sub
• BA Quantum Wave
• CH Amiga 500 Chord
• DR Kick Or Tom
• DR MOS SID Snare
• DR Pseudo 707 Kick
• DR Trash Snare
• FX Abracadabra
• FX Bowzer’s Bong Hit
• FX Creepy Crawlies
• FX Crossed Swords
• FX Epic Fail
• FX KaBOOM!
• FX Ominous Alarm
• FX Ring Mod Hits
• FX Spread It Around
• FX Time Warp
• FX ZX Laser
• KB 8 Bit Piano
• LD 8 Bit Echo
• LD 90’s Techno
• LD Action Force
• LD Air Fortress
• LD Amiga 500 Lead
• LD Computer Duet
• LD Crime Busters
• LD Cybernoid
• LD DC Spike
• LD Delayed Duo
• LD Phat SID
• LD QuanTrem
• LD Rebound
• LD Serious Arp Food
• LD Singing Commodore
• PD 8 Bit Pad
• PD Amiga Strings
• PD Amiga Voices
• PD Dark Pad
• PD Huelsback Sweep
• SY Alien Breed
• SY Amiga Pizzi
• SY Bubble Bobble Bells
• SY C64 Bells
• SY Classic VGM Poly
• SY Darkseed Bells
• SY Poly SID
Hybrid Elements CORE is a library with more than 1400 unique Hybrid samples.Master Sampling Hybrid Elements CORE is a huge collection of Hybrid sounds.HE Core contains over 4 gig of content and more than 1400 high quality samples.
HE Core (formely known as HE Impact, HE Evodrum and HE Soundscapes) is the ultimate fundament for Hybrid scoring containing Hits, Swipes, Effects, Soundscapes, Percussion, Pads, Drones and more.
HE Core contains 101 virtual instruments/ .nki files.
The new User Interface gives you control over Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release, Cutoff, Reverb, Transpose, Stereo spread, Saturation, Distortion, Frequentie booster and more.
System Requirements :
Full version of Kontakt 5 (Version 5.3.1 or later)
4,3 GB Hard Drive Space
PC/Mac with at least 2.0Ghz processor 2gig of RAM
Audentity is known for their popular Future Bass packs as they all went #1 in all Charts this year.
This new pack called ”Future Bass & Chill Trap” takes the Future Bass genre to a whole new level: from jazzy chord progressions to atmospheric synth lines, luscious leads to new age synths, pads to chubbing chords, retro plucks to dark futuristic keys and much more.
It’s all here, your new Future Bass production tool at your finger tips!
The pack is filled with 7 FULL Construction Kits, Midis, Presets, Sidechained and Non Sidechained loops, Synthloops, Bassloops, One Shots and a FULL map with specialized Future Bass Drumsounds!
Suitable for styles like Future Bass, Chill Trap, Hip Hop, Dubstep, Deep House and Bass House or any other genre that needs some inspirational melodies, chords and new basslines.
”Future Bass & Chill Trap” Contains:
• 7 FULL Construction Kits
• 320 Total Wav Files
• 44 Midi
• 52 Drumsounds (kicks,snare,808 drums,hiats etc)
• 30 Presets for Serum,spire and Sylenth
• 35 One Shot Wavs (special sounds used in the kits / demos
• 39 No Sidechained Wavs
Handrums is our new library featuring a wide selection of Drum Instruments released playing drums with hands, fingers and other body parts. As a result we obtained a drum sound with a marked raw and tribal character.
Handrums features two kicks, a snare, two low toms, two mid toms and one small tom. All multivelocity and with round-robins (up to five round robins). Depending on the kit part we used one single hand, two hands, fingers, elbow to get a complete sound menu. Also we added a nice selection of rolls and flames as a bonus.
Handrums is perfect for adding lively percussive sounds and drumming to a really wide range of styles, including Pop, Rock, Rnb, Hip Hop, and Cinematic/Action.
FEATURES
All samples 24 bit 44.100 Khz
A comprehensive choice of Drums instruments featuring Single layerable kit instruments, Multi ensemble instruments, Full sets, Sound Tools
Each Instrument Multivelocity and has Round Robins (up to five)
34 .nki patches and 15 multi .nkm patches
470 Mbytes of sampled material
Low memory usage, Laptop ready
Designed effect variations activable (Delay, Reverb, Saturation, Degrader)
Please note: full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 4.2.4 or above is required
Sonic Academy How To Make Progressive Psy Trance With James Dymond
Size 2.31 Gb
After the fantastic response to his previous course we asked James Dymond back to bring you another top notch FL Studio course. This time round we look at ‘How To Make Progressive Psy Trance in FL Studio’
This is a club thumping, ground shaking monster of a track, with tight baselines, epic breakdowns and killer drops. Working from the ground up we’ll be creating the Kick and baseline, adding in acids and FX and then arranging out the track. Don’t worry if you do not use FL Studio.. all Midi parts, samples and renders of all synths used are included in the downloadable resources!
Presented by DAW master instructor Doug Zangar, this in-depth series about the powerful and awesome sounding Cakewalk Z3TA+2 will show the deepest features & functions of this amazing virtual synth.
Doug starts off with detailed overviews and basic control usage. He then dives into the Synth Page, demystifying all of its parameters such as oscillators, filter types and controls, envelopes, LFO’s and the powerful Modulation Matrix. Next he explores the fantastic built-in Arpeggiator, the Effects Page and all of it’s high quality effects. He wraps up the epic series with working with automation and user waveforms and menu items.
A more in depth series of videos on this virtual synth does not exist. If you really want to get the most from this beast, stop and tame it here… Watch “Z3TA+2 Explained” today.
