drones

Here’s the first version of the laser cut and engraved Casper Electronics Drone Lab housing:

Some of the details may change, but the general design is set. An alternate design may be offered which features an extended faceplate with blank space for adding extra control hardware.

The Drone Lab is a 4 voice analog drone synth, rhythm generator and FX processor. It is capable of generating rich, textured soundscapes, hypnotic drones and complex rhythmic sequences.

A complete parts kit & PCB are available for $200.

Simian Drum Scape #1=Drum, Drone, Noise Synth by Arius Blaze

via benpumpkin:

Created by Arius Blaze of folktek = folktek.com and ariusblaze.com…video one of three…This piece incorporates a wide range of textural sound scapes as well as straight analog drum synthesis.

The synth is analog, the built in delay is digital.

Let me know what you think of Folktek’s strange synths!

Big Fish Audio has released Stratos: Drones & Atmospheres, a construction kit sample library featuring over 4.1 gigabytes of evolving drones and dark atmospheres.

Each construction kit contains a complete soundscape consisting of both synthetic and organic layers, allowing you to re-mix the component pieces as desired. All the kits were created with a common tonal center, making it easy to mix and match layers from any of the 50 kits, – yielding an almost limitless number of variations.

Features:

• 4.11 GB of 24-bit WAV files.
• 50 Construction kits.
• Each of the 50 construction kits contains a main mix, plus every element broken out.

Available now for $99.95 USD.

Demo (MP3)

Equinox Sounds has released Looped Atmosphere FX, a downloadable loop pack containing loops featuring atmospheric FX, drones and electronic ambiences designed for electronic music production, film scoring and multimedia projects.

This collection features 65 loops and each loop contains 3 variations to allow more flexibility and consistency. There are a total of 195 loops that can be mixed and matched.

The collection has been produced by electronic music composer Pablo Penas aka Thalassa.

The loops are presented in ACID / WAV format.

Looped Atmosphere FX is available for $39.95 as a download.

Jayzen Sound Design has introduced a new sound library, Wisdom Drone, that features drone tones with a strong retro feel.

Features:

• A full octave of individually designed drone tones.
• Inaudible loop points.
• 3 patches of envelope variations for fast, medium, or slow fade-in and fade-out times.
• Available as 2 or 10 second endless loops.

The library is available in three formats:

• Soundfont: 2 versions are available, in 2 and 10 second cycle lengths, Both versions feature multiple patch variations for adjusting each drone’s fade-in and fade-out times.
• GigaStudio: 2 versions are available, in 10 and 60 second cycle lengths. Both versions feature advanced MIDI programming to give real-time user control over crescendo, fade-in, and fade-out times of each drone.
• Wav Audio: 3 versions are available, in 60 second cycle lengths, formatted for 44.1 kHz – 16 bit (standard quality), 44.1 kHz – 24 bit (pro quality), and 48 kHz – 24 bit (video production).