St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture PDF
Size 12 Mb
The St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture presents more than 200 entries that examine the history and contributions of hip hop to American and global culture. It provides academic and public libraries with a much-needed authoritative reference resource defining, exploring, and analyzing this significant aspect of culture and history.
Hip hop culture is studied within countless disciplines at the university level, including history, sociology, anthropology, business, marketing, design, and of course music, dance, and art. Hip hop is being incorporated into K-12 curriculum as well, to engage students in learning English language arts, history, and even science. And hip hop is included in programing at large public libraries like Queens Library, honoring its local history and culture with 8 Days of Nonstop Hip Hop in May 2015. The Schomburg Center (NYPL) hosted First Friday Hip Hop edition in May 2016, with similar programming at other urban libraries engaging their communities. Entries in the work discuss the music (rap and DJing), dance (breakdancing), and visual arts (graffiti) that are the artistic expressions of hip hop culture, and feature the people, places, events, and works that started the movement and established hip hop as a global phenomenon.
Ozone 8: the future of mastering
As the industry’s most comprehensive mastering suite, Ozone 8 adds to its legacy by introducing new intelligent signal processing, spectral shaping, Tonal Balance Control, and more. It’s the smartest version of Ozone yet.
Assistance with control
Master Assistant uses the sonic profile of your audio to help you get to a logical starting point. Because your time is better spent adding your sonic signature, Master Assistant will suggest targets, signal chain, and processor settings, so you can get back to what’s most important—adding that personal touch.
Balance your master
The new Tonal Balance Control plug-in introduces industry-first visual analysis and communicates with all instances of Ozone so you can shape a perfectly balanced master. Instantly call up any Ozone Equalizer and adjust your tracks to targets based on ten of thousands of professional masters. You can even create your own custom targets from one or more songs in your personal library.
Ozone…meet Neutron
The Tonal Balance Control plug-in not only communicates with the Ozone 8 Equalizer and Post EQ modules, but Neutron 2 EQ modules as well. This inter-plugin communication lets you fix mix issues during mastering and helps bridge the mixing and mastering gap. No more context switching or opening up multiple windows—just tonally balanced, professional sounding music.
Taming of the shrill
Smooth and sculpt problematic and harsh frequencies with the new Spectral Shaper module. Mold your audio by applying frequency-specific dynamics, surgically or creatively, to create smooth, balanced audio. Fantastic for taming percussive transients, Spectral Shaper can tame sibilant hi-hats, harsh vocals, plucky acoustic guitars, and other overly bright mix elements. For a creative twist, use Spectral Shaper across any frequency band to experiment with timbre, resonance, and transient information without affecting other elements of the source audio.
What’s new in 8?
Intelligent signal processing, spectral shaping, Tonal Balance Control, Track Referencing, new look and feel, and more
Intelligent track referencing
A/B your master against reference tracks directly within any instance of Ozone or its standalone application. Now an integrated process, track referencing is easy, intelligent, and incorporated into Ozone’s workflow. Load up to 10 tracks and Ozone will identify sections of references like a Verse or Chorus for easy playback, so you can spend less time searching through references and more time mastering.
IRC IV you
We know you love IRC. We do too. That’s why we’ve added a low latency mode with all the power of IRC limiting minus the lag. We’ve also improved IRC IV’s low-end fidelity to provide better feedback for a more responsive, smooth limiting algorithm.
Maximum Independence
Transient/Sustain Stereo Independence in Ozone’s Maximizer takes your master to the next level by detecting and separating transient and sustain information for a wider, deeper sonic profile. Transient Stereo Independence reduces pumping, introduces fewer artifacts, and leaves you with more of the sound you want, without narrowing your stereo image.
New look and feel
Great experiences are made with great design. That’s why we’ve made workflow improvements across the board. Work faster and more instinctively between mix and master with a similar workflow in Ozone 8 and Neutron 2, with beautiful visualizations, metering, and more fluid controls.
Native Instruments Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass KONTAKT
Size 6.8 Gb
THE OFFICIAL ROCK LEGEND
Crisp, detailed midrange for perfect mix placement
Versatile open picked and palm-muted articulations
Features true amp tone for unrivaled power
BORN TO ROCK
The iconic, punchy midrange and stunning power of a Rickenbacker® 4003 captured in software for the first time – officially approved by Rickenbacker®.
CAPTURING A LEGEND
SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS captures the unmistakable sound of a Rickenbacker® 4003 for the first time in software. Delivering meaty, low end thunder and the crisp, defined midrange that has shaped rock and pop history, RICKENBACKER® BASS is the first software instrument to be officially approved by Rickenbacker®.
Painstakingly sampled by Thomas Skarbye, ideal for distortion, and the first SCARBEE bass to be played with a pick, RICKENBACKER® BASS delivers all the character and versatility of the original in an ultra-flexible, completely authentic KONTAKT instrument.
SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS runs in KONTAKT and the free KONTAKT 5 player.
THE BASS
To create SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS, a Rickenbacker® 4003 with stainless steel Rotosound strings was recorded direct into Pro Tools with premium Mogami cables and a Metric Halo LIO-8 preamp, assuring every nuance of this legendary bass came through in pristine quality.
Picked articulations available for the first time in a SCARBEE bass provide the crisp tone heard on countless rock and pop records since the 60s. Avoiding Rickenbacker®’s integrated foam muting system, palm-muted articulations were created with the pick hand positioned over the bridge, ensuring the realism of a true performance. Open picked articulations were played between the pickups, and both were recorded using the unique Rick-O-Sound stereo output for classic Rickenbacker® tone.
HEART OF TONE
A unique KONTAKT effect chain adds the final component to this authorized Rickenbacker® instrument with the newly implemented Jump Amp from GUITAR RIG for extreme tweakability, and tape saturator, equalizer and compressor from the SOLID MIX SERIES for pro studio effects.
A BASS ODYSSEY
SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS is based on the Rickenbacker® 4003, released in 1980 as the successor to the 4001 model that had been in consistent use since 1960. Already famous as a ‘mix sitter’ against a wall of guitars, the 4003 greatly improved the bass response of the 4001’s neck pickup to give it the balanced tonal response it has become famous for. The crisp, thunderous tone of these basses has been immortalized on some of the most successful rock and pop albums in history, and now it’s at your fingertips.
‘Global Pop 2’ is the second instalment of this series by 2DEEP. Like its predecessor, this Kit gives you all the necessary tools to catapult your next hit straight to the top of the charts. This kit includes loops, vocals, MIDI files, one-shots and all the Spire, Sylenth1, Thorn and Serum presets used to create the instrumentals.
All loops and samples in this library are licensed to you Royalty-Free so you can use them in your commercial compositions at no extra cost.
Drums That Knock Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3, Vol.4, Vol.5 (Bundle)
All sounds and loops are 100% royalty free
All sounds are crafted, sculpted, specially designed to KNOCK / punch through your speakers in the mix
All sounds are 100% original (no recycled sounds)
All loops are labeled with tempo, key, and ready to drop right into your DAW with no editing required
Drums That Knock is compatible with any DAW software or beat machine (Ableton, FL Studio, Logic, Reason, MPC, Maschine, Studio One, Bitwig, etc)
Sonic Academy How To Make Kangiten with Paolo Mojo TUTORIAL
Size 3.2 Gb
This week Sonic Academy proudly welcomes back underground house maestro Paolo Mojo for an all-new ‘How To Make’ course showcasing his awesome new track ‘Kangiten’, released on Argentinian electronic ambassador Hernan Cattaneo’s label – Sudbeat.
Underpinned by phat 909s, phased percussion and shimmery chords all culminating in a rapturous tour-de-force end-of-the-nighter, ‘Kangiten’ highlights Paolo’s obvious studio talent, and over these 19 videos, we get exclusive access to how this track created.
Rebuilt from the ground up in Logic Pro X, he takes us step-by-step from writing the expressive main chords to creating rhythm and groove through synths and percussive elements. We check out the effects used to help the transitions along with vocal textures and synth layering to fill the track further, before moving into the arrangement and a pre-master to finalise.
Lennar Digital Sylenth1 V2 BLADE X PRO Skin By Thenatan
Size 9 Mb
Lennar Digital – BLADE X PRO V2
Lennar Digital – Sylenth1 BLADE X PRO Skin By Thenatan
– Re-style for Sylenth1 V2 With A New Amazing Unique Look 🙂
– Awesome For Eyes A Nice Interface , Clear And User Friendly
– Clean X Modern
– Win / Mac Ready
– X64 – X32 – Resources
Faces (Drum Kit)
The Faces Drum Kit is a blast from the coke fueled 80s. There is an entire folder within this kit dedicated to the cloud side of rap/rnb, full of samples from new and old age technology.
This kit is in the style of Nav, 24hrs, Amir Obe, and many more.
WHat’s in the Kit?
8 – SNARE
4 – KICK
4 – CLAP
3 – HI HAT
3 – OPEN HAT
3 – 808
3 – BASS
8 – LOOP
41 – CLOUD SAMPLE
28 – GLITCH HAT
Sound Guru The Mangle v1.1.1 x86 x64 VST AU WIN & MAC
Size 195 Mb
THE MANGLE
Granular synth/sampler plugin
The Mangle grew from years of experiments with granular synthesis. The goal was to ‘play’ with the stream of grains in a musical and expressive way. This led to some unique features: a large XY area with real-time grain display. Pitch and tempo locking. True stereo grains and multi-timbral layering.
Stretch out rich harmonics from acoustic sounds. Turn field recordings into ambient soundscapes. Or bring in synth sounds to be shredded, exploded and recombined with intricate patterns and cloud effects.
Notes:
VST, AAX & Audio Unit plugins, in both 32 & 64 bit. No standalone version. Pro Tools 11 required for AAX.
OS X Snow Leopard 10.6+ or Windows 7+ required.
The Mangle currently ships with only a small library of example presets
Animated granular display
Visualize your grain stream. Individual grains move across the waveform in real time. Amplitude, pitch and envelope are also represented.
Drag & drop modulation
Creating new modulations is easy – just drag the modulator to its target, then set the amount with in-place markers showing changes.
Resizable vector interface
The Mangle’s interface is rendered dynamically as vectors – resize it with no loss in quality. Handy for live performance.
Quad sequencers
The Mangle is also great for making rhythmic patterns. Four sequencers can be used to modulate any parameter.
Multiband waveform display
Quickly and easily see where high, mid and low frequencies are in your audio, for clearer sound setup and tweaking.
Multi-timbral
Each instance of the plugin has 8 full ‘slots’ each with their own audio & parameters. Map them to any MIDI range for multi-timbral patches.
Future Loops Tropical House Producer WAV
Size 847 Mb
TROPICAL HOUSE PRODUCER
GrooveBits presents Tropical House Producer a must have collection of over 850 samples and loops that will take your productions into a paradise of soft golden sand , warm waters , tiki lounges and all-inclusive mai-tais!
Tropical House Producer brings you all the tools you need to build Deep & Tropical House, the sound that has been taking dance-floors all over the world by storm!
This collection is perfect for anyone looking to produce high-quality club tracks that blend Bass House, Deep & House and Tropical in a truly inspirational fashion!
Tropical House Producer features crisp drums, deep basslines, lush chords, melodic synths, wavy leads, sumptuous pads, vocal edits , awesome sound FX & more!
DRUM LOOPS
You can find both full mixes but also highly useful kick loops and top loops, for full control and mixing possibilities! Get hold of the groove, pace, drops, builds and mash any element form different beats to create new grooves on the fly!
MELODIC ELEMENTS
A wide variety of melodic content to bring your tracks alive! Bass, Pads, Chords, Leads, Synths, Sound FX, Full Music Loops, Vocal FX
DRUM ONE-SHOTS
A special bonus folder containing over 507 Drum One-Shots (Kick, Clap, Percussion, Hat & Snare). Create your fully customized Tropical House beats from scratch!
Tropical House Producer is a valuable addition to your sonic production library so you can start cooking up irresistible dance mixes in no time!
Expect to find inside :
354 Loops ( 354 WAV )
Pads
Chords
Sound FX
Vocal FX
Bass
Drums
Extra TopLoops
Full Music Loops
Leads
Synths
Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966–2016 Kindle Edition
Size 14 Mb
More than anyone besides the bandmates themselves, George Martin was the man who created the unique sound of the Beatles. Sound Pictures offers a powerful and intimate account of how he did so.
The second and final volume of the definitive biography of the man, Sound Pictures traces the story of the Beatles’ breathtaking artistic trajectory after reaching the creative heights of Rubber Soul. As the bandmates engage in brash experimentation both inside and outside the studio, Martin toils along with manager Brian Epstein to consolidate the Beatles’
fame in the face of growing sociocultural pressures, including the crisis associated with the “Beatles are more popular than Jesus” scandal.
Meanwhile, he also struggles to make his way as an independent producer in the highly competitive world of mid-1960s rock ’n’ roll. As Martin and the Beatles create one landmark album after another, including such masterworks as Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (The White Album), and Abbey Road, the internal stakes and interpersonal challenges become ever greater.
During his post-Beatles years, Martin attempts to discover new vistas of sound recording with a host of acts, including Jeff Beck, America, Cheap Trick, Paul McCartney, and Elton John, his creative breakthroughs followed by unprecedented commercial success. Eventually, though, all roads bring Martin back to the Beatles, as the group seeks out new ways to memorialize their achievement under the supervision of the man who has come to be known as Sir George. Now, more than fifty years after the Beatles’ revolutionary triumphs, Martin’s singular stamp on popular music has become more vital than ever, as successive generations discover the magic of the Beatles and their groundbreaking sound.
Making Money with Music: Generate Over 100 Revenue Streams, Grow Your Fan Base, and Thrive in Today’s Music Environment Paperback
Size 28 Mb
Making Money With Music gives you over 100 revenue streams and the knowledge on how to tap them. Whether you’re a solo artist, band, DJ, EDM producer, or other musician, this book gives you strategies to generate revenue, grow your fan base, and thrive in today’s technology-driven music environment. Plus, it lists hundreds of services, tools, and critical resources you need to run your business and maximize income.
Making Money With Music will show you:
How to tap over 100 income streams
7 business strategies you can implement immediately
How to start your music business for $0.
How to register your music to collect all of the royalties you are owed worldwide.
13 ways to compete with free and build experiences to drive fan loyalty and engagement into everything you do to increase your revenue.
45 categories of places to get your music heard and videos seen so you can get discovered, grow your fanbase, generate royalties, and boost licensing opportunities.
10 methods for raising money so you can fund your music production and projects.
…and more.
Written by the authors of the critically-acclaimed modern classic The Indie Band Survival Guide (1st & 2nd Editions), Making Money With Music is the third installment in The Indie Band Survival Guide series, and will help you build a sustainable music business no matter what kind of music you make, where you live, and whether you’re a novice or professional musician. Improve your income by implementing these ideas for your music business today.
Sample Tools by Cr2 Afro Tech MULTIFORMAT
Size 1.6 Gb
Are you looking for 2GB of high quality, must have Afro Tech Audio loops and one-shots, Construction Kits, MIDI loops, Synth Presets, Video Tutorials and production tips and tricks to your sample library?
Are you searching for the tools and inspiration to take your music and career to the next level?
This is Afro Tech – the latest production toolkit from Sample Tools by Cr2.
This pack contains almost 2GB of content spread across the absolute highest quality audio, MIDI, Presets, Video Tutorials and tips and tricks booklet.
These top quality audio loops and one-shots will slot seamlessly into any Deep, Tech or House production – choose from killer bass, drum, synth, guitar, vox and piano loops, punchy drum hits (including key labelled kicks!) and inspiring FX.
Not to mention our ever popular Songstarter Construction kits
We aim to deliver the ultimate product for novice and advanced user alike – allowing you to delve as deep as you wish to generate your own sound.
Thats why we also provide 3 Prod-Cast video tutorials shining a light on the techniques we used in this pack and a booklet containing tips and tricks from the producer.
After we have provided you with the tools to make killer tracks we introduce ways to focus on your mindset and mental approach to the creative process with our video with music production productivity guru Mike Monday (every music producers best friend).
If you want to quadruple your studio output watch this video NOW.
Finally we provide you with the ultimate guide to pitching your music to labels and industry professionals from the Music Marketing Academy’s Budi Voogt.
We are proud to put the Cr2 name to this pack.
We are Sample Tools by Cr2 and this is Afro Tech.
• 602 Total Audio Files
• 115 MIDI Files
• 50 Synth Presets
• 50 Bass Loops
• 25 Bass Hits
• 40 Claps
• 40 Hats
• 40 Kicks
• 40 Perc
• 40 Snare
• 25 Drum Loops (124 stems)
• 20 FX
• 30 Perc Loops
• 6 x Songstarters
• 78 Audio Files
• 15 MIDi
• 50 Synth Loops
• 50 Synth MIDI
• 50 Bass MIDI
• 3 Prod-Cast Video Tutorials
• 1 Mike Monday Studio Productivity Video
• 1 Budi Voogt Art of Pitching Video
• 1 Booklet containing production tips and tricks
Skifonix Sounds presents ‘Millenium’. Inspired by the likes of Illenium and Seven Lions.
Packed full of energy-filled melodic EDM and Future Bass sounds for you to create your next track. Millenum contains 70 high quality Serum presets in this style, from rich leads and plucks to big, in-your-face supersaws.
Not only this but we’ve included 5 incredible construction kits (as heard in the demo) with all drums, presets, MIDI and insert chains provided. If that’s not enough, the Ableton project files for each construction kit are also included, allowing you to look behind the scenes and dissect the tracks fully.
If you’re looking to create huge sounding EDM, Melodic Dubstep or Future Bass, this pack is the perfect tool for you.
Pack Contents:
93 Total Serum Presets (including those from kits)
70 Melody Loops
5 Ableton project files
5 Construction kits (with MIDI, presets and insert chains)
Total Number Of Files:
700
1.7 GB Zipped Up
Software Requirements:
Ableton Live 10 Suite (for project files), Serum v.1.213 or above
Soundiron Voice of Rapture The Soprano KONTAKT
Size 2.42 Gb
Voice of Rapture: The Soprano represents a new benchmark in solo vocal sampling for classical operatic voices. Recorded with Soprano virtuoso Nichole Dechaine, this powerful 3.5 GB collection of fully playable chromatic content and emotionally charged melodic phrases gives you more creative freedom, expressive power and work-flow flexibility than any other solo operatic soprano vocal library you’ll find. Recorded in a warm studio environment, each articulation has been carefully programmed into our powerful performance system. This virtual solo voice instrument brings together superior programming, brilliant performances, unrivaled sonic quality and living, breathing soul into an unprecedented solo vocal solution.
CONTENTS
We captured 2 True Legato sustain types, with ‘Ah’ (forte) and ‘Oo’ (piano) vowels, using the full-sustain method for the highest level of quality and realism. The legato includes adjustable release samples, 3-voice polyphonic support and transition shaping. There are also standard Ah, Eh, Mm and Oh pure vowel sustains, with some vibrato and non-vibrato variants. You’ll also find nearly 2 dozen staccato syllables with precision note shaping and instant syllable switching. There are a dozen sustaining chromatic Latin chants, each with phrase-synchronized legato and instant word switching. All chromatic content spans a playable key range of over 2 octaves.
The Phrase section includes 867 improvised melodic phrases at 100 bpm, with automatic real-time tempo-synching or time-stretching modes. Phrases are included in the root keys of A, B, C, D, E, F and G (with both major and minor variants), with easy transposition control to fit most keys. You’ll find sections for vowel melodies, Latin melodies based on the traditional Angelic Salutation (“Hail Mary”) in Latin, French phrases based on the classic 19th century poem “Ici-bas” by René-François Sully-Prudhomme. And of course there are plenty of effects and performance elements to choose from, including whispers, breaths and more, as well as a deep selection of sound-designed ambiences, drones, atmospheres, pads and FX instruments. We’ve also included our comprehensive FX Rack panel, with multi-effects, compression, EQ, amp/speaker simulation and convolution reverb, featuring dozens of our most popular custom rooms, halls, chambers, cathedrals and unique FX impulses.
Ah (f, w/vibrato) and Oo (p, no vibrato) natural true legato vowels with infinite sustain
23 Staccatos
Ah, Eh, Mm, Oh and Oo vowel sustains non-vibrato (piano)
Ah, Eh, Mm and Oh vowel sustains w/vibrato (forte)
12 full range Latin Polysustain chants w/releases & tempo-synching/time-stretching
French, Latin and pure Vowel melodic phrases in the keys of A – G, with pitch transposition, instant pattern sequencing, legato blending, tempo-synching/time-stretching, shaping and more.
Whistling melodic phrases with pitch transposition, instant pattern sequencing, legato blending, tempo-synching/time-stretching, shaping and more.
Whispers, Breaths, Warm-ups and other vocal effects.
Tons of bonus vocal Ambiences, Atmospheres, Tuned Pads and other custom melodic instruments crafted directly from Nichole’s voice.
Swell control allows real-time dynamic performance shaping.
Full Multi-FX rack panel with Chorus, Compression, Distortion, Amp and Cab simulation, EQ, Delay and Reverb
Our Reverb rack unit includes 25 unique creative FX convolutions and 45 excellent live rooms, studios, chambers, cathedrals, halls and other real-world environments, with flexible tone, size and mix controls.
Fully automatable, with customizable key switch and GUI controls.
Convenient real-time visual wave-form display in every preset.
Product Specs
Product Version 1.0
3.5 GB Installed
3,852 Samples
46 Kontakt 5.1 nki instrument presets (35 K4 / 46 K5)
35 Kontakt 4.2 nki instrument presets (for backwards compatibility)
24 bit / 48kHz uncompressed PCM wav audio
Unlocked Kontakt presets and wav samples to allow user customization
Native Instruments Kontakt version 4.2.4 or 5.1.0 is required
