Monthly Archives: June 2021

Song Starters: 365 Lyric, Melody, & Chord Ideas to Kickstart Your Songwriting

By | June 14, 2021

Song Starters: 365 Lyric, Melody, & Chord Ideas to Kickstart Your Songwriting

Song Starters: 365 Lyric, Melody, & Chord Ideas to Kickstart Your Songwriting

With Song Starters, you’ll spend more time creating and less time struggling to come up with ideas. Discover an endless supply of exciting, creative concepts that will launch song after song. Use the Starters to spark a brainstorm or set a series of notes in motion, get your feet dancing or fill your head with music. Listen to hit song examples as you work. All of the Starters are based on time-tested concepts used by hit songwriters, but you make them your own.

365 ways to fuel your songwriting creativity:

· 183 lyric situations, characters, emotions, and title ideas
· 45 ways to easily create music tracks to write to
· 42 melody patterns, phrase ideas, and note rhythms
· 17 contemporary chord progressions
· 22 ways to rewrite a song using Song Starters

…plus a grab bag of 56 assorted whimsical, stimulating, inspiring launch pads for lyrics, melodies, and chords that will let you free your muse and write from your heart. With Song Starters, you’ll never have to face another blank page.

Links

John Cage’s Concert for Piano & Orchestra (Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure & Interpretation) PDF

By | June 14, 2021

John Cage’s Concert for Piano & Orchestra (Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure & Interpretation) PDF

John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra is one of the seminal works of the second half of the twentieth century, and the centerpiece of the middle period of Cage’s output. It is a culmination of Cage’s work up to that point, incorporating notation techniques he had spent the past decade

developing – techniques which remain radical to this day. But despite Cage’s vitality to the musical development of the twentieth century, and the Concert’s centrality to his career, the work is still rarely performed and even more rarely examined in detail.

In this volume, Martin Iddon and Philip Thomas provide a rich and critical examination of this enormously significant piece, tracing its many contexts and influences – particularly Schoenberg, jazz, and Cage’s own compositional practice – through a wide and previously untapped range of archival sources. Iddon and Thomas explain the Concert through a reading of its many histories, especially in performance – from the legendary performer disobedience and audience disorder of its 1958 New York premiere to a no less disastrous European premiere later the same year. They also highlight the importance of the piano soloist who premiered the piece, David Tudor, and its use alongside choreographer Merce Cunningham’s Antic Meet. A careful examination of an apparently bewildering piece, the book explores the critical response to the Concert’s performances, re-interrogates the mythology surrounding it, and finally turns to the music itself, in all its component parts, to see what it truly asks of performers and listeners.

Links

Sounds from Within: Phenomenology & Practice

By | June 14, 2021

Sounds from Within: Phenomenology & Practice

Sounds from Within: Phenomenology & Practice

This book transforms phenomenology, music, technology, and the cultural arts from within. Gathering contributions by performing artists, media technology designers, nomadic composers, and distinguished musicological scholars, it explores a rich array of concepts such as embodiment, art and technology, mindfulness meditation, time and space in music, self and emptiness, as well as cultural heritage preservation. It does so via close studies on music phenomenology theory, works involving experimental music and technology, and related cultural and historical issues.

This book will be of considerable interest to readers from the fields of sound studies, science and technology studies, phenomenology, cultural studies, media studies, and sound art theory. This book is equally relevant and insightful for musicians, composers, media artists, sound artists, technology designers, and curators and arts administrators from the performing and visual arts.

Links

Dripo Drum Kit Vol. 2 WAV FST

By | June 14, 2021

Dripo Drum Kit Vol. 2 WAV FST

Dripo Drum Kit Vol. 2 WAV FST

Dripo Drum Kit Vol. 2

Drum Kit was inspire by: Southside, Pyrex, Tm88, Wheezy, and more!

ALL SOUNDS ARE INCLUDED:

•2 Master Presets
•19 808’s
•7 Clap’s
•11 Hi Hat’s
•9 Open Hat’s
•13 Rim’s
•29 Snare’s

Links

The Cratez Opposites Attract (Stem Kit) WAV

By | June 14, 2021

The Cratez Opposites Attract (Stem Kit) WAV

The Cratez Opposites Attract (Stem Kit) WAV

The “Opposites Attract” Sound-Kit. This kit gives you the possibility to make beats inspired by any type of artist, whether it’s Drake, Young Thug, Travis Scott or Kanye West. Combining soulful, melodic, energetic & atmospheric loops, this kit can be seen as the ultimate sound library. Work with these loops today and re-discover your production style.

This Kit contains:

• 20 loops
• Every loop included with separated audio-stems as 24-bit WAV files
• Every loop mixed down in best possible quality
• Everything originally composed by The Cratez
• Nearly 2.5GB of sounds
• All sounds free of royalties and completely original

Links

Demo Preview:

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 2 WAV

By | June 14, 2021

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 2 WAV

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 2 WAV

WonderSound Records presents Diamonds Electro NYC, a curated collection of electrifying drum hits, versatile one shots, and unique loops, recorded through high-end studio gear, then trashed, tweaked and taped to varying degrees of insanity. You’ll find the perfect mixture of verbed out synth, SFX, and bass, alongside top-notch hifi sounds from actual recordings and mix stems – some pristine, some with artifacts, effects, dust, EQ, amping and re-amping. Great for creating sophisticated electro-pop, electronica, nu-disco, house and any style of music requiring original and creative sound design.

Links

Demo Preview:

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 3 WAV

By | June 14, 2021

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 3 WAV

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 3 WAV

WonderSound Records presents Diamonds Electro NYC, a curated collection of electrifying drum hits, versatile one shots, and unique loops, recorded through high-end studio gear, then trashed, tweaked and taped to varying degrees of insanity. You’ll find the perfect mixture of verbed out synth, SFX, and bass, alongside top-notch hifi sounds from actual recordings and mix stems – some pristine, some with artifacts, effects, dust, EQ, amping and re-amping. Great for creating sophisticated electro-pop, electronica, nu-disco, house and any style of music requiring original and creative sound design.

Links

Demo Preview:

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 1 WAV

By | June 14, 2021

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 1 WAV

WonderSound Diamonds Electro NYC 1 WAV

WonderSound Records presents Diamonds Electro NYC, a curated collection of electrifying drum hits, versatile one shots, and unique loops, recorded through high-end studio gear, then trashed, tweaked and taped to varying degrees of insanity. You’ll find the perfect mixture of verbed out synth, SFX, and bass, alongside top-notch hifi sounds from actual recordings and mix stems – some pristine, some with artifacts, effects, dust, EQ, amping and re-amping. Great for creating sophisticated electro-pop, electronica, nu-disco, house and any style of music requiring original and creative sound design.

Links

Demo Preview:

Impact Studios – The Avalanche Bass KONTAKT

By | June 14, 2021

Impact Studios – The Avalanche Bass KONTAKT

Impact Studios – The Avalanche Bass KONTAKT
1.99 GB

THE AVALANCHE BASS is an extensively sampled, virtual bass instrument compatible with the full versions of Native Instruments’ Kontakt 5.5 and above.

As our second venture into sampled bass, we honed our focus on impeccable sound quality and effortless functionality. This process was a true labor of love, with every single sample meticulously cut and edited by hand to ensure only the finest resulting quality. The result? A bass sound that’s become the gold standard for modern metal.

AT A GLANCE

  • Awesome UI
  • Insane Tone in Zero Time
  • Down, Up and Alt-Picking Keyswitches
  • Four mix-ready channels: Sub, Clean, Grit and DI
  • Additional Functionality: 3-speed Slides and Dead Notes
  • More than 4,200 Hand-Edited Samples
  • Designed for out-of-the box modern metal/rock tone.

THE DETAILS

The DI (Direct In) is an entirely dry and clean bass guitar signal; polished and ready for processing. Run it through plugins or outboard as you would with a real bass guitar, and mix to your heart’s content.

The PRO (Processed) harnesses Buster’s signature bass guitar sound, with separately mixable dials for Sub, Clean and Grit channels. Take a fully realised bass sound and tweak it to fit your mix, or load it into your songwriting template for effortless tone at the click of a button.

Kontakt Compatibility

Requires Kontakt v5.5 or later (sold separately). Please note that the free Kontakt Player only offers support in Demo Mode. This is Native Instruments’ way of pushing the full version of their flagship sampler, and is beyond our control as a third party vendor.

TECH SPECS

Note Range: C0 to F3.

4,320 samples, 10x Round Robin per articulation.

Required disk space (unpacked):
– DI: 1.26GB
– PRO: 4.62GB

Download Link

Demo Preview:

R4diant Drill Essentials Kit Vol.2 WAV

By | June 14, 2021

R4diant Drill Essentials Kit Vol.2 WAV

R4diant Drill Essentials Kit Vol.2 WAV

This kit includes all the sounds that I like to use.

This kit contains all the sounds of my previous kit with loads of new sounds added!

Contains:

5 Bonus Loops

13 808’s
17 Kicks
27 Snares, Claps & Rims
13 Counter Snares
& Hihats
8 Bongo
4 Crashes
14 FX
& Risers
13 Percs
15 Vox’s

Links

Demo Preview:

Field & Foley Cartoon Sound FX WAV

By | June 14, 2021

Field & Foley Cartoon Sound FX WAV

Field & Foley Cartoon Sound FX WAV

Splice sound designer Jonathan Rowden (Overworld Studio, California) presents volume one of a 90’s cartoon-inspired pack of sound effects and musical cues, perfect for any animated commercial purposes.

Whether cartoon tropes such as slips, falls, bangs, boings, booms, wiggles and wobbles, or more boutique recordings such as motorcycles made with human faces, this Splice Cartoon Sound FX pack is made from high quality foley and synthesized sounds, carefully processed to give that new-retro flavor. Musical cues were produced using cheeseball 90’s fm synths and video game chips to reflect what a budget cartoon on Saturday morning might have felt like.

Download Includes:

  • x334 One Shots

Links

Demo Preview:

Field & Foley Modern Transportation WAV

By | June 14, 2021

Field & Foley Modern Transportation WAV

Field & Foley Modern Transportation WAV

Modern Transportation is a collection of foley recorded at the highest quality 96kz/24bit. It covers a wide variety of sounds captured on a number of different vehicles, including motorbikes, family cars, race cars, trains, trucks, buses and more!

Download Includes:

  • x310 One Shots

Links

Demo Preview:

Field & Foley Whoosh Essentials WAV

By | June 14, 2021

Field & Foley Whoosh Essentials WAV

Field & Foley Whoosh Essentials WAV

Whooshes that cut through the noise are essential for any cinematic production. JJ Farris and John Harvey of Reel Music have been creating unique, cutting edge sound effects for countless Hollywood trailers such as Greyhound, Midway, Terminator-Dark Fate, Ad Astra as well as TV promo and in-show campaigns for The Twilight Zone, The Bachelor, 2020, Survivor and many others…

They now bring these sounds to Splice with Whoosh Essentials, a must have collection of Hybrid, Natural, Stutter, Whoosh Bangs as well as Foley. These whooshes will energize your productions in whatever genre you’re working in.

Download Includes:

  • x136 One Shots

Links

Demo Preview:

Baltic Audio Spire Essentials Bundle Vols.1-4

By | June 14, 2021

Baltic Audio Spire Essentials Bundle Vols.1-4

Baltic Audio Spire Essentials Bundle (Vols 1 – 4) (256 presets for Spire, 180+ MIDI files)

‘Spire Essentials Bundle (Vols 1-4)’ from Baltic Audio combines the first four packs of this best-selling series of top-quality presets for the amazing Spire synthesizer to create hit tracks, including hand-crafted basses, leads, plucks, pads, synths and fx. 256 presets contain everything you’ll need for your next banging hit.

Each preset is perfectly programmed by a professional sound designer and every parameter tweaked with passion and detail and will be your essential source for creating new and commercial sounds within your compositions.

You can use it for genres like Pop, Future House, Deep House, Progressive House, Dance, Trance and more.

Product Details for:

Spire Essentials Vol 1: Future House & EDM Charts:
• 64 Presets for Spire
• 20 Leads
• 15 Basses
• 10 Synths
• 4 Pads
• 4 FX
• 3 Plucks
• 3 Drums
• 3 Arps
• 2 Gates
• 50 MIDI files
• Multi-Genres
• PC/Mac Compatible
• 100% Royalty-Free

Spire Essentials Vol 2: Future House & Deep House:
• 64 Presets for Spire
• 20 Basses
• 20 Synths
• 10 Leads
• 10 Pads
• 4 Arps
• 44 Midi files
• Multi-Genres
• PC/Mac Compatible
• 100% Royalty-Free

Spire Essentials Vol 3: Progressive House & EDM Charts:
• 64 Presets for Spire
• 20 Basses
• 20 Leads
• 10 Synths
• 5 Pads
• 5 Plucks
• 3 Arps
• 1 FX
• 42 MIDI files
• Multi-genre
• PC/Mac Compatible
• 100% Royalty-Free

Spire Essentials Vol 4: Billboard Pop & House:
• 64 Presets for Spire
• 18 Basses
• 14 Synths
• 12 Leads
• 8 Pads
• 6 FX
• 3 Plucks
• 3 Arps
• 49 MIDI files
• Multi-genre
• PC/Mac Compatible
• 100% Royalty-Free

Please Note:

The drums and some FX used in the demo are not included in this product. These presets require v.1.1. or higher of Reveal Sound Spire.

Links

Demo Preview: