Hollow Sun has introduced a new bundle of steampunk software synthesizers, Music Laboratory Machines – ‘the sounds of a past future’.
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Cinematque Instruments has announced Gecko, a novel instrument concept for Native Instruments Kontakt 4, which gives you the ability to quickly compose countless variations of certain instrument categories, such as “Strings”, “Mallets”, “Environs or “Percussion”.
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This is a sneak preview of Orchestral String Runs – a string library designed for creating individual, energetic string lines.
With the OSR – RUNS BUILDER, you are able to create your own runs, based on several figures and structures recorded with an huge orchestra. The Runs-Builder is only one part of a bigger sample-library.
via HendrikSchwarzer:
www.orchestraltools.com
Native Instruments has introduced George Duke Soul Treasures, a new Kontakt instrument that offers over 500 licks that can be tweaked and re-arranged to provide royalty-free melodic elements for Hip Hop, R&B, Soul, Funk, Disco, House and similar genres.
For the library, George Duke recorded over 500 original keyboard phrases on his personal grand piano, electric piano, Wurlitzer and clavinet models. In the video below, Duke talks about the instruments he used and behind the scenes processes.
George Duke Soul Treasures can be used both with the free Kontakt Player and in the full-featured Kontakt 4 software sampler. Due to the advanced slicing and time-stretching functions in Kontakt, all loops automatically sync to the song tempo of the sequencer, and can be modulated, re-pitched, and even completely re-arranged in real-time via an intuitive keyboard trigger scheme.
For creative sound mangling, various multi-effect chains can be activated through the keyboard on the fly, with a flexible filter section and a studio-grade convolution reverb offering further sound shaping options. Every lick in George Duke Soul Treasures is also available in an additional “Tubes & Tape” version that was processed through a custom analog recording chain at George Duke’s studio, resulting in an even grittier authentic vintage sound.
George Duke Soul Treasures is available now for US $119 / 99 EUR. Continue reading
Cinesamples has introduced Voxos, a new virtual instrument for Kontakt 4 containing a full epic choir, boys choir, soloists and individual choir legato sections.
Recorded at the beautiful Bastyr Chapel, with its gorgeous acoustics, the choirs were captured with multiple microphone positions in 24bit/48k 5.1 surround. The result is a pristine tone that sounds great right out of the box. VOXOS contains over 35,000 samples, at an uncompressed size of 35GB.
Check out the official intro video above to get a taste of how it works and sounds.
Voxos is available to pre-order for $799 until September 30, 2010 (35% off $1099 MSRP, $999 MAP).
Via Todd Barton, Uncharted Waters, an advanced Waterphone performance sampler:
This is a live, real-time performance sampler based on samples made with the blessing of Richard Waters, the inventor of the Waterphone. Samples are mapped to a keyboard in a to give the “feel” of actually playing a waterphone. Velocity, repeated key strokes, aftertouch and mowheel all interact for a surprising and inspiring timbral journey for the sonically curious.
This audio file was performed in a single pass without editing or external effects.
Original programming and design by Todd Barton and Joel Henigson.
Theodor Krueger has released Yamaha Pacifica – a free electric guitar sample library for Kontakt 3 and above.
You may download the library from www.TheodorKrueger.com or directly from this link.
Native Instruments today introduced Abbey Road 60s Drums, the first virtual instrument created in its collaboration with the iconic British recording studio.
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For use in the free Kontakt Player and the industry-leading Kontakt 4 sampler, Abbey Roads 60s Drums features two quintessential drum kits of the Sixties era, a Gretsch and a Ludwig, which were recorded using Abbey Road‘s engineering expertise and arsenal of vintage equipment.
The heart of Abbey Road 60s Drums consists of two vintage drum kits.
The Gretsch round badge White Marine Pearl (Jasper Shell) from the early 60s includes a 24” kick drum, one 13” and one 16” tom. The second kit is a Ludwig Hollywood from 1967 with a 22″ kick, and 12″, 13″ and 16″ toms.
Abbey Road 60s Drums is available for purchase in the NI Online Shop on DVD and as a download for $119 / 99 €.
Sound Blocker has introduced iMoog, a free software synthesizer for Kontakt 4 based on sounds of the Moog Minimoog Voyager.
Download at the Sound Blocker site. Continue reading
This official Native Instruments video offers an introduction to Kontakt 4‘s “Authentic Expression Technology”.
In addition to the traditional way of sampling different volume levels of an instrument statically, Authentic Expression Technology is able to capture specific spectral characteristics of samples and gradually apply them to another samples in real-time, allowing you to seamlessly “morph” between different instruments’ characteristics. This allows for a new level of expression and realism when playing a sampled instrument.