Diego Stocco – Wired For Sound

WIred has published a set of videos from the Wired 2012 conference, including this talk by musician and sound designer Diego Stocco.

Stocco is familiar to many Synthtopia readers for his sound design work for Omnisphere and his inspirational sound design video songs. The video captures his full talk from the conference, in which he discusses the relationship of waves to music, his instrument inventions and making music from a tree.

“I want to live in a future,” notes Stocco, “with more music that will surprise me.”

Frozen Lifeforms Soundset For DUNE

Ghostwave Audio has released Frozen Lifeforms for DUNE software synthesizer, by Synapse Audio.

The bank contains 64 patches. It was designed for EDM/ambient/chill/electronica productions and is described as ‘a great way to give them a soft vintage flavor.’

These patches extensively use the modwheel, velocity and aftertouch to make them more expressive.

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