A Street at Night, Blurred is a collection of acoustically-sourced sounds that have been heavily processed, manipulated, and re-synthesized to feel like they were unearthed from another time and place. Atmospheric and dense, the pack prizes character over clarity and mystery over immediacy.
The rhythms often nest other rhythms and ambiguous harmonies, resulting in a rich collection of tones that rewards a deep dive. Electric basslines, piano melodies, and winds are collaged with leftfield soundscapes and audio casualties that aim to be as useful in music as in cinematic sound design applications.
@deadboyadan alwaysmore loop kit & midi kit features sounds in the style of clayco, goyxrd, xangang, & milanezie. It’s perfect for genres such as: pluggnb, digital, glo, & ambient.
Full Conga Course Learn Your First 100 Beats & Rhythms TUTORIAL
Learn pecussion and develop your rhythm
What you’ll learn:
Play cajon
Basics cajon sounds
Develop the technique and necessary condition to be able to play over your favorite songs
A rich and solid rhythmic foundation
Requirements
Have two congas
Description
THE COURSEIn this course we will learn to play our first 100 rhythms on the Conga. We will start by learning the basic sounds of the conga and then quickly start with the rhythms. To my way of understanding percussion, the rhythms are the fundamental element. They are like the vocabulary of a language or the bricks of a house. In this way, if we have a wide vocabulary of rhythms, little by little we will begin to identify and detect rhythms and patterns when we listen to music and as a result, know how to use them. Without a good vocabulary, we will not be able to communicate anything. The same thing happens in music. Therefore, in this course we will focus on obtaining a solid enough rhythmic foundation. In a easy and intuitive way. MUSIC & PERCUSSIONPercussion is an extraordinary tool to connect with oneself and others.We all know the beneficial power of music, both physically and mentally. There are numerous studies that link playing an instrument with good brain activity.In addition, the music goes directly to our emotions and each song transports us to a state of mind as if by magic.Besides, the relational power of music has also been demonstrated when it comes to generating bonds with others.All the positive qualities of music are amplified when you generate the music yourself.Percussion is an ideal way to get into the music or to solidify your tempo and rhythm if you already play an instrument.Percussion gives us that essence of origins that allows us to forget for a moment our problems and connect with our depths
Grand Finale is a multi effect plug-in designed for finalizing complete mixes, stems, buses and/or individual audio tracks. The plug-in offers several modules in a pre-routed configuration. Each module has parameters to alter, and most modules offer a set of different algorithms to select. These features come together to make Grand Finale a powerful tool for quickly finalizing a track, bus or mix.
New in version 2
Grand Finale has been given some much needed love and attention resulting in a major face lift and a some extra horse power under the hood.
Usage
Trim the input signal, add your desired amount of compression, multi-band compression, stereo width, EQ, blend in some add compression and/or distortion, and glue it all together by balancing the input and output trim. Use the meters to monitor and and adjust your output level to whatever destination.
Features:
High quality effects, trimmed for high-precision audio finalizing
LUFS and RMS output metering
Parallel signal in aligned phase
Additive signal path with distortion and/or compression
Revamped UI optimized for a quick and creative workflow
Borsta (Swedish verb, means to brush) is a drum and percussion instrument that simulates strokes and brushes. Its unique audio engine allows for an endless number of very natural sounding brushing phrases and rhythms.
What sets Borsta apart from similar instruments is that its audio engine supports continuous changes in intensity. This makes it possible to create life-like brushing phrases and patterns, something that can’t be easily achieved with ordinary sample-based instruments.
The parallel envelope and events sequencers allow you to determine exactly when to start a stroke, how the stroke’s pressure/speed should evolve over time and when to end it. On top of that, each instrument also offers multi-sampled one-shots with advanced choking capabilities.
Each instrument is based on more than 400 high-quality samples, recorded for playing with different velocities and round robins. The initial version of Borsta comes with 18 different instruments, but each instance of the plug-in emulates one single drum instrument at a time. That means the sequences can only be played one at a time. However, switching between sequences can be done seamlessly via MIDI, and additional one-shot samples can be triggered using an ordinary MIDI track.
The instruments are all structured and MIDI-mapped in a uniform way, which makes it possible to use the same sequence on any instrument. For instance, a traditional swing pattern will sound musically correct no matter whether you choose a Frame Drum, Tambourine or Snare Drum – it will just sound like the musician changed instruments.
Features:
18 high-quality instruments with 6 multi-sampled one shots each
230 pre-made factory sequences
60 Global presets covering different sounds and genres
Separate volume and velocity curve control of each sound type
Room simulation (9 different rooms)
Reverb with adjustable decay time (6 different algorithms)
Modley is a modulation delay with effect insert capabilities, which lets you design the whole delay signal with several carefully selected effect modules to create unique signal flows. The idea behind Modley is to push the boundaries of what a delay effect is capable of – only your imagination sets the limits! While Modley sure can be used to do all the traditional tricks – Stereo delay, Tape delay, Short slapback delay etc., its true potential lies within the variety of unexpected effect modules that can be applied.
Features:
15 different effect modules – Panning modulation, Phaser, Distortion, Tape Saturation, Pitch Shifter, Delay (!), Reverb and much more
Time sync
Global modulation of the delay
Built-in limiter
Freeze function, with pre- or post-loop processing
Ting is an instrument providing 28 different percussive sounds originating from everyday t(h)ings laying around at home – such as silverware, a sofa, toy drum or a pair of car keys. Each sound is carefully multi-sampled and processed with the common goal to be musically playable. Ting is intended to be a creative tool and a substitute for ordinary drum and percussion instruments. Altogether ~1500 individual samples are used to make this instrument.
In addition to the sounds, there is an EQ, a room simulator, a reverb and a compressor.
Features:
28 different high quality sounds, carefully multi-sampled and processed for maximum playability
Slammer is a multi-sampled drum plug-in that contains 30 different instruments made from a large number of carefully recorded and edited samples. Integrated custom-built real-time effects combined with some clever routing makes Slammer a versatile and flexible virtual instrument that is capable of rendering anything from natural acoustic to heavily distorted and compressed drum sounds. Each sound can be customized with a wide array of settings like pitch, filtering, effect sends, decay time, velocity mapping and much more.
There’s also a “Dirt” section for distortion and compression, a reverb and tone control. The amount of “dirt” and reverb can be tweaked individually for each instrument. On top of all, Slammer comes with a set of factory presets, covering anything from light and slick to heavy and gritty. If you’re looking for a drum instrument, giving you ‘instant gratification’ from the first hit, this is it.
Features:
30 multi-sampled instruments using more than 2000 samples
12 slots / instrument players with individual tweaking possibilities
Compression and Distortion section (dirt) with 8 different dist algorithms
Skaka is a sample-based sequencer plugin for shaker percussion instruments. It has 12 slots, each with its own instrument, parameters (lots of them!) and pattern. We’ve built both the sequencer and the sampler from the ground, to optimize this instrument for these types of sounds. Each pattern contains events, with individual parameters like pitch, velocity (as in how fast the instrument is shaken), and envelope.
With full control over shuffle/swing amount, an advanced humanizer function, internal awareness of in- and out shakes (yes, they sound different), using grids divided into triplets/quintuplets/septuplets, timing fine-tuning and variable sequence lengths, Skaka can get very close to how a human percussionist would sound in almost any tempo without any use of degrading time stretching or similar techniques.
To top it off, there’s a nice reverb, a room simulator and a high shelf filter.
Skaka comes with nearly 200 ready-made patterns covering most genres and styles.
Features:
12 parallel slots, each with individual settings for instrument and pattern
18 different shaker instruments (Egg, Shaker, Tambourine, Caxixi, Single Shot, Ghungroos, Calabash & Seeds + much more)
High quality reverb plus room simulation
High-precision editing of each pattern, with a plethora of controls for getting the exact right timing, pitch and velocity
Wide range of presets covering most genres and styles
Advanced and customizable humanizer
8 (or 9) velocity layers with more than 30 round-robins per layer for each instrument (thousands of samples used)
Rum simulates different kinds of rooms – from acoustically treated studio booths to spaces found in an ordinary home. Think of this plug-in as if the audio source was recorded in stereo from the other side of the room, a common technique for recording acoustic instruments in order to breathe life into a dry sound source.
In addition to the ten multi-recorded rooms (with different mic settings and characters that can be cross combined) there’s an advanced stereo spread and modulation unit for even more tweakability.
This plug-in also comes with low cut and high cut filters, pre-delay (with tempo sync), a full set of factory presets and a built-in ducker making it easy to tame transients on the wet signal.
Bring any mono signal to life with this stereo enhancer. The upgraded Haaze v2 from Klevgrand is an elegant solution for controlling stereo width and spatially positioning a sound in a stereo mix. Regular L-R panning is a weak tool that doesn’t resemble real-world acoustics, which becomes clear when trying to place a mono sound naturally in a stereo mix (especially on headphones). The result still feels very “mono”. Haaze is an audio plugin that makes the positioning feel more natural, understandable and pleasant for the ears. It splits the audio signal into 16 frequency bands. On each band, you can delay the left or right signal (which will make the listener believe the sound arrives from the side that’s reaching the ear first), pan it to the left or right, or adjust the overall width on that band (for example, make the lower frequencies more focused in the middle than the higher). Haaze can also diffuse a mono signal and make it wider.
If this sounds complicated, Haaze comes with many presets that will help you to get started. It sounds good both in headphones and loudspeakers, and it has great mono compatibility.
Features:
16 independent frequency bands
Haas: Control the delay between L/R on each band
Pan (Split EQ): Pan each band L/R
M/S: Control the width on each band
Gain: Compensate the gain level on each band
Draw mode, for easy plotting out the adjustment curve that you want
A smart reverb, designed to fit in any mix.
Kleverb is a high quality algorithmic reverb effect. An intuitive UI combined with a carefully calibrated network of filters and delays makes this a powerful effect useful in any context; all from acoustic jazz to EDM.
Usage
With three different room size setups (small, medium, large), selectable filter on both early and late reflections, modulation, damping, diffusion and much more, almost any kind of room can be simulated. There is also a ducker included that uses the dry signal as side-chain. Very useful to keep vocals or other solo instruments distinct even when they’re soaking wet. The 64 factory presets covers most of the Kleverb features.
Features:
Room size selection
Filters with selectable type on both early and late reflections
An advanced audio noise reducer with a simple and straight-forward interface.
Brusfri is a highly advanced audio noise reducer, packed into a simple and straight-forward interface. It is very well suited for cleaning up noisy audio recordings, while retaining sound quality. Unlike many other noise reducers on the market, Brusfri doesn’t mess with audio phasing to suppress noise (a technique that often comes with audible side effects). Instead, multiple fine-tuned gates are used to silence unwanted noise.
Features:
Several frequency-trimmed expanders build an intelligent noise suppressor
No phase-altering, which leaves the desired sound untouched (no squishy artifacts as in many other noise reducers)
Compression has never been this easy
If you work with audio, you will eventually need a good compressor in your toolbox. Korvpressor is an adaptive compressor / limiter, designed for all purposes in audio treatment. It has a super-simple UI with a unique approach on how to tame and visualize a compressor, now also with some added controls to make it even more versatile. The basic controls are still minimalistic – set the input gain, level of compression, and the output gain. The compression algorithm was designed with transparency in mind, and Korvpressor will sound great on almost any kind of sound; all from a vocal track to a full blown mix. If you push it even harder, it gives a nice squeezing effect.
Features:
Recognized high quality compression algorithm
Unique and easy-to-use UI
New: Attack / Release time switch (three states)
New: Dry/Wet mix
New: Ratio switch (three states)
New: Maximizer Mode on/off (with a Make Up parameter knob if set to off)
Inspired by the past, designed for the future
Hillman is a synthlike instrument inspired by old combo-organs, string machines and similar vintage gear. It has 4 voices per note, each with selectable waveform (transistor:ish, tube:ish, sine and special plasma), octave switch and a level control. The sound is generated with an analog approach, but does not use samples or sampled wavetables. Hillman also has an intuitive ADSR envelope control, FX section with Chorus, Phaser & Reverb, and comes with many built-in presets.
Features:
4 voices per note
Each voice has selectable waveform (transistorish, tubeish, sine and special plasma) + octave switch and level control
ADSR Envelope control
Smooth ensemble chorus with 3 different modes
4-pole phaser with 2 different modes
Lush reverb which ranges from small room to churchlike halls