Ableton Live 8: Plughugger’s Carl Löfgren has announced the release of Zero, a new soundset for the Ableton Operator synthesizer.

Requirements: Ableton Live 8 and Operator.
Format: Ableton Operator format. All sounds are available as separate patches.
Number of sounds: 150/150 (150 dry plus 150 with effects from Ableton Live).
Style: Bass and lead sounds for modern electronic music.
Price: €9.90

Description:

Zero is a soundset for Ableton Operator that partly goes back to the basics of synthesis, but quickly heads off into the oblivion of modern dance music. Although the general image of Operator is that it’s an FM-synthesizer – it’s actually a hybrid of FM and traditional subtractive synthesis.

Zero is a toolbox for electronic music, made up by 150+150 bass and lead sounds. Sorry lovers of pads – no luck this time. Although Operator certainly is capable for pads and atmospheric sounds – it’s with leads and basses where it excels. There are 150 clean dry Operator sounds plus another 150 sounds where there are chains of effects from Ableton Live, often resulting in a drastically different sound.

This was a soundset that could have been in development for ever. Once you get the grips of Operator, it is a seriously fun synthesizer to program, especially when you start to dive into the subtractive/FM hybrid algorithms. The material that resulted in Zero were picked out from almost 300 hundred sounds.

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Korg M3 Soundtrack Mix – Ode To NASA

This video demos a collection of Korg M3 sounds from Kid Nepro.

via KidNepro:

M3 Soundtrack/Film Mix – Our second collection of sounds for the Korg M3 has now been updated.

Version 1.5 has added an additional 16 combis. Soundtrack Mix now contains 64 Programs, 48 Combis and 60 Megs of new samples. All well crafted and fully KARMA-fied!

Video footage courtesy of NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope.Music and Video: Steve Proto More info and demos at: www.kidnepro.com

©1984-2009 – Kid Nepro Productions

This is a demo video for a free collection of synth patches for Novation XioSynth, RDyt’s Xiosynth Soundbank.

Download Link

If you give these a try, leave a comment with your thoughts!

via RDyt:

THE PATCHES ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD! (Finally…)
So please feel free to download, comment etc.
I’d love to hear anything that becomes of them, so my email is Riley_Dyt@hotmail.co.uk.
Make the title something to do with xiosynth or it will probably get deleted…
So without further ado, heres the link:
http://www.box.net/shared/nvbfmwjcw8
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Hey all! I recently decided that I would program a bank or so of patches for the Novation Xiosynth. I figured youtube was probably the best place for a shoutout, so any xiosynth users that happen to stumble across this and think “cool, free sounds” then please comment, so I can be motivated to finish the bank by some hearty interest

No external processing, recorded directly into video files into Cyberlink PowerDirector Express and my new lenovo laptop.

This is a video tour of the new Fantom-G “FG Connects” project download, a free update for Fantom-G owners.

Description:

Made exclusively for the Fantom-G series workstations, this free download provides new content to inspire owners of the Fantom-G, including new rhythm patterns, new rhythm kits, chord memories, and new edits of the most popular arpeggio phrases.

The FG Connects project includes:

• Over 600 rhythm patterns easily accessible with the Fantom-G’s Dynamic Pads
• Over 100 new chord memories that reproduce the voicings of different instrument styles, all with the push of a button
• 128 edited arpeggio phrases for guitar, bass, keyboards, and more
• 32 Rhythm Pattern Sets
• 8 Chord Memory Sets
• 10 Arpeggio Sets
• 14 New Rhythm Sets

“The FG Connects download gives Fantom-G owners more tools to express their creativity,” says Product Marketing Manager Vince Laduca. ”Users can trigger the new patterns, chords and re-tooled arpeggio phrases with the Fantom-G’s Dynamic Pads to accelerate and inspire their creative flow.”

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z3ta Club Presets vol 1 offers 10 HQ Presets for Club music production for Cakewalk’s z3ta+ synthesizer.

It’s a free download (.rar via rapidshare)

If you download this, leave a comment with your impressions!

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The Greeg Minimogue VA Soundset contains 27 presets – suited for Electro, House, Electronica genres but you can also find some organs and harmonica sounds.

Details and audio demos are available at the VST Cafe site.

If you’ve used the Greeg Minimogue VA Soundset, leave a comment with your thoughts!

ES for Live Electro V.1

Meyer Musicmedia has released ES for Live Electro V.1.

This Soundset is designed by Christian Meyer. The style of the sounds range from Dirty Electro to House.

Details:

• 155 high quality presets
• Dirty Electro to House
• Bass / SQBass / BassFX / Midi Effects
• Requires: Live 7.0.14 more info visit Ableton.com
• The presets show what can be done with the Ableton Simpler Instrument.
• Instrument Rack and Macro Control optimized.

ES for Live Electro V.1 is available for 24 euro as an instant download.

If you’ve used Live Electro V.1, leave a comment with your thoughts!

This library is based on a custom sample bank and makes the Fantom-G sound much different than with the factory waveforms. All sounds have an organic, live character: featured are synths, basses, pads, atmospheres and motion sounds, as well as electric pianos, bells, hits and chords.

You can preview Organics below:

The Organics sound expansion includes a total of 650 original samples, 60 multisampled instruments, 40 loops and chords, and 100 patches. It requires Roland Fantom-G with OS 1.10 or 1.20 and a sample memory expansion of 128 MB or more.

Organics for Fantom-G is immediately available as a download for $49. If you bought one of the Sinevibes sound libraries in the past and now upgraded to the Fantom-G, you can purchase any of these sound expansions and bundles for 20% off. In addition, if you already own one of them, you can complete your bundle by paying just the price difference.

This is a promo video for Pascal Gabriel’s Melophobia Machine ReFill.

Description:

The Melophobia Machine ReFill lets you tap straight into the ways and working methods of free thinking producer Pascal Gabriel, giving you instant access to his particular kind of magic. This ReFill gives you a chance to add unique material from actual Pascal productions to your Reason tracks; Drum kits, Guitar loops, Effect patches, sampled keyboards, Bass patches FX loops, it’s all there.

Here’s what they are looking for:

• Thematic loops packs with at least 25 loops in Apple, Acid, Wav or Rex format;
• Synthesizers Sound Banks with at least 32 patches / presets;
• Reason Refills with at least a total of 64 patches for Subtractor, Malstrom, Thor, Combinator, NNXT, ReDRUM AND / OR NN19;

Other info:

• The rates are 50% – 50% from the sale price. All the Paypal and promotion fees are supported by Kreativ Sounds.
• The product must contain copyright free sounds, patches or loops.
• The product must be exclusively distributed through Kreativ Sounds websites and shops.
• The product remains entirely yours and you can retire it (if you want) only after 1 Year after accepting the distribution contract.

Sebastian Tomczak has created a free set of Debussy kits for the Game Boy music program LSDJ.

These kits contain samples from Voiles, Danseuses Dé Delphes and of course La Cathedrale Engloutie.

“These beautiful piano chords crushed down to 8 bit / 11.468 KHz actually sounds much better than I had anticipated,” notes Tomczak. 

If try these out, give Tomczak your feedback at his blog.

Ableton has released a free Live Pack, Solid Sounds, created in collaboration with content provider Loopmasters.

This free download includes over 400 MB of content, featuring 400 loops, 128 Simpler presets and 12 creative instrument Racks in a variety of musical styles.

Note: Solid Sounds is free for all registered Live/Live LE users. You will need to be logged in to your Ableton user account to download Solid Sounds.

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Nucleus SoundLab has introduced Sapphire – a patchset for Rob Papen Blue synthesizer.

Description:

Nucleus SoundLab designer Shaun Wallace has crafted 150 presets, displaying BLUE’s amazing sound quality and limitless possibilities. 

Sapphire utilizes BLUE’s unique architecture and routing capabilities to create rich new timbres and colors unheard of in the digital realm. You’ll find searing leads, pulsating arpeggios, minimal basses, and ethereal keys inside the patchset.

You can preview the patch set at the Nucleus SoundLab site. 

Details:

• 150 presets for Rob Papen BLUE
• Compatible with both BLUE 1.7 and 1.8 on PC/Mac
• Modwheel mapped for each preset
• You can download a demo bank of 20 presets for free at the site. 

Sapphire is available for electronic distribution at the price of $24.95 USD.

Patches are all created at a 135 BPM setting. At higher speeds, please alter MSEG / Arpeggiator / LFO / delay… timings to your liking.

Download the patch library at PolybiuS‘ site.

You can preview the Switched On Zebra library below:

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The Golden Ensembles pack includes the new mega-synth Cobra, along with other synthesizers and instruments such as Orpheus 2, Oberline, Piano Magic, Trancoid and more. In addition, it contains vintage processor emulators like Vintage Chorus and Plate Reverb, and sound design tools such as Executer or White FX.

Golden Ensembles pack includes the following ensembles:

• Synthesizers: Cobra, Orpheus, Oberline, Bass Lab, Trancoid, CX, and Blue Crow
• Other Instruments: Piano Magic, Theremin, Brass Machine, Future Bass, Accordion, and Vinyl
• Sound Generators: Chaos
• Classics Processors: Plate Reverb, Tape Echo, Osmosis Filter, Green Tape, Tube Compressor, Vintage Chorus, Mood Filter, Ultraverb, Ultra Chorus, Tape Flanger, Preamp Emulator, Ultra Phaser, DX3, Graphic Equalizer, and Tremolo
• Sound Design Tools: Executer, Magician, White FX, GrainD lay, Electroverb, Drive, Space Boy, Golden Delay and Vocal Modeler

Golden Ensembles 2 is now available for €119/$159.
Version 1 users can upgrade to Golden Ensembles 2 for €20/$25.

Details:

• 128 Legacy Cell presets
• 128 MS-20 Presets
• 64 Polysix Presets

You can preview Lineage below. More demos are available at the Nucleus Soundlab site.

Lineage for Korg Legacy is available now for electronic distribution for 29.95 EUR.

Description:

Through work of sound designer Richard Lichten, the possibilities of these beautiful instruments are revealed for the first time, providing you with an exceptional arsenal of sounds for some of the best synthesizers ever.

The highlight of this collection is the Legacy Cell bank. It features 128 presets including rich beautiful pads, wonderful moving ambient atmospheres, deep basses, dance-usable leads, stabs, and arpeggios. These patches serve as thoughtful sonic inspiration, and provide outstanding bread&butter sounds for everyday musical tasks. Through careful use of the modular design and the effects of this uber-synth, the Legacy Cell set really shows the beauty and sonic potential of the latest generation of virtual synthesizers.

Also included are four banks of immediately usable sounds for the MS 20 and the Korg Polysix. These presets provide the core of this set. While these two MS 20 banks are general purpose sounds, the two Polysix banks have a special emphasis on dance sounds and arpeggios. Of course the Polysix banks focus on the major strengths – filter and arpeggiator – of this synthesizer.

Two additional banks are for the MS-20 are centered around vocal-like sounds, which takes advantage of the special sound character and unique serial filter design of this synth. Analog choir-like sounds, mellotronish voices, moving vocal sounds with shifting formants, and deep vocal effects are especially suited for ambient and film composing tasks and can provide sonic spice for your tracks.