Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Coming soon on patchpool: Sonic Cinema for HALion 5



This sound library comprises dozens of cinematic soundscapes, evocative pads and musical textures designed for producing epic soundtracks, ambient music and anything that needs inspiring sonic ingredients beyond the ordinary.

Sonic Cinema also contains dark cinematic brass instruments made with/derived from sampled instruments like the sousaphone, trombone, euphonium and french horn which were exclusively recorded for this library, mainly in a dry studio envronment. Some of the french horn recordings were conducted in a church.

The patches will combine HALions outstanding granular engine, the normal sampling mode and the very versatile synth module. Eight Macros and the Modwheel are programmed for each preset to enable the user to deeply interact with the sounds, some patches also use Aftertouch.

The library will be distributed as a protected HALion sound-archive for the sample content and tagged vet3-presets.

Specifications:

  • around 100 presets
  • around 2.5 - 3 Gigabyte of samples (48 khz/ 24 Bit / stereo)
  • ETA: January 2014
  • delivery: download
  • price on release: € 55 Euro


Please note: the full version of HALion 5 is required to play the patches from this library.

Pre-order Sonic Cinema on the product page now for € 44 Euro and save 20%.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Scattered Entity Vol. 1 released on patchpool



Scattered Entity Vol. 1 is the first library in a series of releases for MachFive 3. Over time an entire universe of sounds for this extremely versatile electronic instrument will be created, combining the beauty and natural expression of acoustic instruments with the unlimited possibilities of state-of-the-art sound design.

Specifications and content:

  • 4.38 GB of samples (wav/stereo/48 Khz/24 Bit)
  • 121 patches/instruments + 8 variations, combining all synthesis methods available in MachFive. 


  • Multisampled instruments, pure and and combined with electronics
  • Evolving pads
  • Vocal texures
  • Experimental and abstract textures
  • Cinematic and ominous soundscapes and drones
  • Complex sequencers
  • Processed field recordings
  • Orchestral sounds derived from orchestral recordings of my own music


Sampled Instruments:

  • Celtic harp with 27 strings - multisampled with several velocity layers and round robin, harp glissandi, bisbigliando and more
  • Timpani
  • Waterphone
  • other string instruments (violin, piano, cello)
  • Woodwinds (sax/duduk)
  • Chromatic and achromatic percussion (Thai gongs, Tamtam, bowed and beaten vibraphone, tibetan singing bowls, Glockenspiel)


20 patches have custom scripting for extended sound manipulation features and a user interface (check out the videos below), all non-scripted patches have the Modwheel and the 8 Macros assigned in the info tab, many also use Aftertouch.

Scripting by Iain Morland.

All acoustic instrument-samples in this library were recorded with 3 Neumann microphones in L-C-R at 48 Khz/24 Bit, a U87 as the center mic - a stereo set of KM 184 for L-R.
The field recoordings were made with a pair of Sennheiser shotguns inside a windshield cage, mounted on a boom recorded onto a Tascam HD-P2 recorder.

Patch categories:

  • Celtic Harp - 13 + 1 variation
  • Mallets - 5 + 2 variations
  • Orchestral - 3
  • Pads - 11 + 1 variation
  • Percussion - 8 + 2 variations
  • Sequencer - 8
  • Soundscapes - 17 + 2 variations
  • Strings - 4
  • Synths - 12
  • Timpani - 10
  • Voices - 7
  • Waterphone - 19
  • Woodwinds - 4



You can view/download the PDF for this library with more details, the licence agreement, and the patchlist here

Delivery: download - RAR-archive in 5 parts for better download handling - download size: 2.68 GB - fast download speeds guaranteed.

Please note: this library requires the full version of MachFive 3 (version 3.2 and higher), it will not work with the UVI workstation.

Price (paypal): € 79 Euro




Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Fresh deal of the week: Granular Worlds for Padshop Pro

Granular Worlds for Padshop Pro, my first library for this exceptional granulator, is discounted at 25% through Novembre 17 (Sunday).

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Deal of the week: Tremendous Beatz for Tremor

Here comes the next deal of the week, valid through next Monday (Novembre 11):


Tremendous Beatz for Tremor, including the unlimited subscription, discounted at 25%.


Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Waterphone patches from Scattered Entity

Here is a fresh video - 40+ minutes long - demonstrating/explaining plenty of the waterphone patches from Scattered Entity for MachFive which are now all finalized:

Monday, November 4, 2013

New deal of the week: Framedrum for Alchemy

Here comes the next deal of the week, valid through Friday (Novembre 8) - 25% discount on Framedrum for Alchemy, much more than just a drum library, drones, pads, soundscapes all derived from this beautiful instrument.:


Friday, November 1, 2013