SoundPack Overtones released on patchpool

I just released a SoundPack (wavs/48 Khz/24 Bit/557.5 MB uncompressed) Overtones with samples from my Alchemy library MetaVox +1 new processed overtone soundscape.

The 76 samples are categorized in four folders:

Transitions (31 pure samples and 6 samples with isolated harmonics) - harmonic transitions in various speeds and rhythms at various root notes, also using isolated files where the root notes were totally removed so that only the harmonics remain. Sometimes these harmonics were then tuned to a tempered scale eliminating the natural pitch offset natural harmonics have.

Gliss and Trills (16 samples) - overtone trills and glissandi where the root note shifts in pitch and the harmonics sometimes even shift in the opposite direction.

Throat Singing (10 samples +1 spectralized derivative) - tuvinian style drones and transitions.

Processed (12 samples) - electronically processed derivatives, also using isolated files where the root notes were totally removed so that onlythe delicate harmonics remain.

Price: € 30 EUR
Delivery: Download (RAR)
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Here is a widget with four watermarked demos, each demo track containing all the samples from each category.

Alchemistry Metallurgy version 2.0 released on patchpool

I just updated my sound library Alchemistry Metallurgy:

Alchemistry Metallurgy for Alchemy is the first library in a series focussing on specific materials and single instruments. First released in late 2011, I updated this library in February 2014 adding 1.25 GB of samples, mainly from my library Scattered Entity Vol. 1 for MachFive plus 300 MB of new bell samples.

This library now contains 84 patches with 8 variations each in the Remix Pad and focusses on metallic sounds derived from real instruments, metal objects and industrial field recordings. This patch collection keeps the balance between real sounding metal instruments, otherworldly textures and wondrous soundscapes using also some processed electronic derivates of the sampled materials.

All sounds are sample-based, some patches use the resynthesis features in Alchemy. You will find many patches and snapshots which sound wam, delicate and beautiful, characteristics one may not normally associate with metallic sounds.

Alchemistry Metallurgy Specs:


3.07 GB of original samples

Instruments:

• China Cymbal bowed, scraped and beaten - multisampled and Round Robin
• Glockenspiel multisampled 23 semitones (C4-A#5), 
• 4x RR, 2 velocity layers (179 samples / 386,7 MB)
• Vibraphone multisampled, bowed and beaten
• 2 microtonal handheld bell trees 8x Round Robin, 2 articulations, +textures
• 8 Thai Gongs multisampled with up to 8x Round Robin and 4 velocity layers, +texural samples
• Thai Ching Bells - 6x Round Robin, 3 velocity layers
• Tam Tam 45 cm - beaten (7xRound Robin/4 velocities), scraped and rubbed with Rubberballs
• Three multisampled singing bowls, 3 velocity layers, 3x round robin and sustained sounds made by rubbing the bowl with the beater
• Tubular Windchimes, up to 70 cm in length
• Various multisampled and textural bells, ship bell, tibetan bells, brass bell, up to 3 velocity layers with 5x round robin
• Bar Chimes
• Waterphone gongs, hitting the bottom of a waterphone with a soft gong beater, 3 velocity layers, 5x round robin

• Various multisampled metal objects: caviar cans, metal bowl, coins, dumbbell plate, small thunder sheet, metal plate (dinner tray), anvil, oil barrel
• Industrial metal sounds recorded in factories

All samples were recorded with 3 Neumann microphones in
L-C-R - 48 Khz/24 Bit - U87 center mic - a stereo set of KM 184 for L-R

The industrial field recordings were done with 2 shotgun mics
Sennheiser MK 70

For Alchemy version 1.50 which was released in Septembre 2012 all presets were tagged so that ths user can browse the presets from this set using keywords and categories.You can view/download the PDF for Metallurgy with more details, the licence agreement, some pics and the patch list including playing tips and description for each patch here.

Delivery: Download
Library size in total: 3.09 GB
Download size (RAR archive in 3 parts): 1.93 GB


NOTE: This Sound Bank requires the full version of Alchemy.
It does not work with the Alchemy player version.

Price: € 46 EUR

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Sonic Cinema for HALion 5 released on patchpool

I just released my first sound library for Steinberg's 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 multisampled for this library, mainly in a dry studio environment. Some of the french horn recordings were conducted in a church.

Then there are sounds in this library made with/derived from a multisampled acoustic guitar played with an electric bow and you will find some beautiful and otherworldly chime and glass sounds. Scraped Tamtam sounds add another mysterious dimension to this sound collection. Some playful and complex sequencers as well as some metal impact sounds derived from field recordings complete the sonic picture.

The 92 patches 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 which enables the user to deeply interact with the sounds, many patches also use Aftertouch, Sphere-modulation and keyswitches. FlexPhrasers and Trigger Pads were used to create the arp and sequencer patches.

Sonic Cinema is distributed as a HALion vstsound-archive for the sample content and tagged vst-presets.

Specifications: 

• 92 instruments / presets.
• 3.18 Gigabyte of samples (48 khz/ 24 Bit / stereo).
• 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 and a stereo set of KM 184 for L-R.
• Delivery: download - RAR-archive in 4 parts for better download handling.
• Download size: 2.42 GB - fast download speeds guaranteed.
• Price (paypal): € 59 EUR

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

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

All demos below were produced entirely with HALion 5 using only patches from Sonic Cinema, no post-processing was applied apart from a limiter on the outputs and some volume automation if several instances of HALion were used in a track. Two of the demos use 3rd party reverb, this is mentioned in the track title.



Some videos:







Product page with about 20 videos and pictures of the sampled instruments.

Spectral Excursions for LinPlug's Spectral synth released on patchpool

This soundset contains 101 patches for LinPlug's Spectral reaching from complex experimental textures to evolving pads and dark drones to playful and edgy sequences, tinkling bells and chimes to rich harmonic textures, expressive leads and exceptional alien and futuristic sound effects.

All waveforms and filter shapes in this soundset are programmed from scratch, exploring new and exciting sonic territories. The Modwheel is assigned for most of the patches, many also use Aftertouch.

You can view/download the PDF for this soundset with more details, the licence agreement and the patchlist, including playing tips and descriptions for each patch here.

Sound Categories: 

• Pads / Drones - 20
• Soundscapes / Musical FX - 21
• Bells / Mallets / Chimes - 8
• Leads - 5
• Arps / Sequencer - 17
• Sound FX / SciFi / Alien - 17
• Keys / Synths / Basses - 10
• Plucks - 3

Delivery: Email - please allow me a few hours to manually process your order and send you the order confirmation including the zipped soundset via Email.

Price (paypal): € 25 EUR

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Christmas Sale on patchpool through Dec 31

Through Dec 31 most patchpool products are discounted at 30%, check it out here.

Coming soon on patchpool: Spectral Excursions for Spectral

Producing a soundset for Spectral was a very spontaneous decision, here is the announcement:

This soundset comprises 100 patches for LinPlug's Spectral, reaching from complex experimental textures to evolving pads and dark drones to playful sequences, bells and chimes to rich harmonic textures and exceptional noises. All waveforms and filter shapes in this soundset are programmed from scratch, exploring new and exciting sonic territories.

Specifications:

• 100 presets, Modwheel assigned for most of the patches, many also use Aftertouch.
• Delivery: Email
• Price on release: € 25 EUR
• ETA: early January 2014

Pre-order Spectral Excursions now for € 20 EUR and save 20%.

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All demos below were produced entirely with Spectral using only patches from Spectral Excursions, no post-processing was applied apart from a limiter on the outputs and some volume automation, if several instances of Spectral were used in a track. If a demo does use 3rd party FX, it will be mentioned in the track title.

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%.

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

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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).

Next deal of the week: Diversity for Diversion

Diversity for the one and only Diversion synth is now discounted at 25% through Novembre 13.

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%.

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:

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.:

Next deal of the week: Cosmic for Padshop Pro

Through Novembre 6 this sound library is discounted at 25%. Check it out here.

Muted Thai Gongs from Scattered Entity

The now scripted patch "Muted Thai Gongs Split" from Scattered Entity Vol. 1 for MachFive 3 in a little demo video, playing the sequence I composed for the audio demo in 2 passes tweaking the controls live, of course all controls can be automated via Midi CCs as well.

More timpanies from Scattered Entity

Two timpani patches in this track: "Bouncing Timps Granular" made with granulated samples of dropping rubber balls on the timp and then moving the pedal up and down (sending the sound through the Auto Wah FX in the end of the demo) - and "Timpani Dynamic Rolls" with several dynamic timp rolls/swells at different velocities, long/short/hard beater/soft beater...sub-bass fiesta!

Deal of the week: No Boundaries for Reaktor DRON-E

Through Novembre 3 (Sunday) this soundset is discounted at 25%.



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Video with Scattered Entity sounds

Stepping through some sounds from Scattered Entity for MachFive 3 in this video - Evil Grains, Scape Synth, VibraQuencer, Vibratophone:

Deal of the week: Chromaphone Banks

Through Novembre 1st both my soundsets for Chromaphone Modelled Reality and ChromaZone are discounted at 25%.

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Dark Drone

Two MachFive-3 patches ("Waterphone Calm Textures" and "Scape Synth") from Scattered Entity Vol. 1 processed with B2 reverb compose this dark drone texture.