Description:

Charlie McMahon has been a master of the didgeridoo from an early age and is one of Australia’s most acclaimed players of this instrument.

From traditional style didjs through to Seismic Face Bass and the newly launched Didjeribone (Sliding Didj). Charlie has always pushed the barriers of musical sounds, blending driving rhythms with an outback ambience.

Charlie has played on soundtracks for the films; Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mad Max and The Bear. He has recorded and performed with Snakefinger, Janes Addiction, Def Fx, Carlos Peron, Condo Ima, Keith Urban, Midnight Oil, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and many others.

Formats supported include:

• Acid WAV
• Apple Loops
• Stylus RMX
• Rex2
• Reason Refill

Features:

• 600 REX2 files
• 800 Acidized WAV files
• 800 Apple Loops
• Seismic Face Bass Groove
• Wood Grooves
• Slide Grooves
• One Shots for effects and drums
• Special Combinator effects

Zero-G has released 5 new titles in its SoundSense Series sample libraries:

• Street Beatz contains 1 Gb of brand new professional NYC hiphop at a bargain price. Full of Earth Shaking Beats, Dope Grooves, Cool Vibes and Full Phat Construction Kits from the streets of NYC.
• LA Drums for Songwriters – Top LA session player, engineer and programmer Jeremy Janeczko who has toured with many top stars including Sheryl Crow, Cypress Hill, The Eagles, Alanis Morissette and Michael Jackson brings you a collection of acoustic drumloops for use in all genres of music.
• Grime Scene contains 500Mb of loops, growling basses, raw beats, and big clash sounds and a generous portion of grimey strings, percussion and atmospheres, incorporating Ragga, Grime, Reggae, Dubstep and many other influences.
• Old Skool House – a collection of old skool house samples – folders packed full of construction kits, beats, basses, pianos, organs, percussion loops, drum kits, stabs, riffs and more.
• Elektroytic is the second sample library by Ian Boddy in the Zero-G SoundSense series. Best known for his love of all things analogue and his weird and wonderful atmospheres, he has taken this sense of exploration and discovery into the realms of beats & loops. But these aren’t “normal” rhythms rather they are beats that have been twisted and mangled using a huge arsenal of cutting edge digital techniques. The resultant loops and one-shots provide a unique library of sonic inspiration for beat driven music, especially dance music.

Each of these SoundSense Series products is available for a recommended retail price of $59.95 / 49 EUR / £29.95 GBP.

Description:

Urban Ammunition features beats, keys, basses, guitars, synths, strings, licks, fills, percussion, scratches and other samples guaranteed to create an R&B or Hip Hop track that is bullet-proof. The sample collection features 128 full construction kits with loops and single hits. To allow users to create a truly customized mix, Urban Ammunition also offers 400 individual drumloops, 100 live drumloops, 300 percussion loops, 40 scratch loops and 100 special MPC tool loops

The sample collection has an MSRP of $139.95 and is available as a double DVD set in Akai MPC compatible, Acid WAV and AIFF Apple

Description:

Unhappy with the lack of raw sonic power in virtual emulations of VSTi analog synths, producer Sam Spacey set out on a three year journey to make the ultimate synth and ended up creating a monster in Phaedra..

Constructed with the same attention to detail as a huge orchestral sample library, each of the 20,000 samples has been edited and looped by hand, with loops being very long so as to extract that lovely analog randomness magic. Nearly every single preset has each separate note sampled so as to eliminate aliasing within the instrument’s range. With Kontakt 2’s engine being pushed totally to the limits we have produced a library that is a full synthesizer in its own right. PHAEDRA is suitable for all types of music and would enhance any producer’s sonic armoury.

Categories include:

• 01 Synth 1
• 02 Synth 2
• 03 Bass
• 04 Leads
• 05 Pads
• 06 Sequences
• 07 FX
• 08 DnB
• 09 Synth Builder 10 Multis

Minimum System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista, Pentium III 1 GHz/ Athlon 1.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM Mac OS 10.4 or higher, G4 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive.

Descriptions:

Ambiosis is a great resource for producers who need to apply texture, mood, and ambience across a wide variety of genres. Ambiosis was created by highly acclaimed electronic musician and samplist Ian Boddy and consists of a fantastic array of atmospherics and soundscapes The library is exceptionally useful for ambient, dance, film soundtrack and trance composers where the sounds can often provide the creative momentum for a new track or to add the finishing touches to an existing composition. It is available in Multiformat, Apple Loops, AIFF, ACID, and .WAV versions. Ambiosis retails for $59.95.

Trance Inducer is a collection of a broad range of club-oriented drum and percussion loops, intense instrument hits and loops, filter-friendly synth sounds and production effects. Equipped with diverse construction kits and drum loops, Trance Inducer is a veritable sonic arsenal that will keep productions at the cutting edge of dance music. Available versions include Multiformat Version, Stylus RMX Compatible, REX2, Apple Loops, AIFF, ACID and .WAV. Trance Inducer retails for $59.95.

Technomatik was created by top producer DJ Stakka and gives users the raw materials needed to make spectacular dance music with outstanding sonic balance and fidelity. Technomatik’s collection of techno and electro dance samples is electrifying. Each construction kit, beat, bass, percussion loop, drum kit, synth hit, lead, arpeggio, SFX and more is 100% original and royalty-free. Available versions of Technomatik are Multiformat Version, Stylus RMX Compatible, REX2, Apple Loops, AIFF, ACID and .WAV. Technomatik retails for $59.95.

Chilled Grooves is a collection which includes atmospheres, FX, basses, beats, construction kits, keys, drum kits, percussion loops and pads, all created with intense attention to fidelity and sonic imaging. No matter whether users are looking for a hiphop, dnb, downtempo, or triphop feel, Chilled Grooves offers hundreds of royalty-free samples that can be customized to ones own taste. Chilled Grooves is available in Multiformat Version, Stylus RMX Compatible, REX2, Apple Loops, AIFF, ACID and .WAV formats. Chilled Grooves retails for $59.95.

Description:

From the sun-baked shores of Ibiza to the teeming clubs of Chicago, Anthem House has arrived. Over 1.4GB of dance-infused, club-pumping construction kits, beats and synth loops that will take you on a trip to a higher plane. If you need to find the right beat or hook to add to your film score or club-pounding tracks this is the library for you. The very best of uplifting house!

This library comes in multiple formats.

Featured sounds:

• 750 Acidized Wav Files
• 750 Rex2 Files
• 750 Apple Loops
• 82 EXS24 Instruments
• 82 HALion Instruments
• 82 Kontakt Instruments
• 37 x Full Construction Kits
• 160 x Breakbeats / Drum Loops
• 135 x Synths loops and Pads

This multi-format sample collection gives you the ultimate in sampler and software compatibility: Acid-ready WAV files. AIFF Apple Loops, Emagic EXS24 sampler instruments, HALion sampler instruments, Kontakt sampler instruments and Stylus RMX compatible REX2 Recycle files.

Zero-G’s Anthem House is in stock and shipping now.

Retail Price: UK£ 59.95 / US$ 99.95 / 89 Euro

Description:

Some elements you discover on the way may sound familiar; this is because we have taken inspiration from many genres and styles and tried to give them an experimental twist. If you like the music released by labels such as Warp Recordings, Planet Mu and Ninja Tune etc, we think you are going to love this sample library.

We have aimed to keep the content experimental and cutting-edge and perhaps a little weird, but at the same time fully usable and adaptive to all styles of music. If you are a producer for auditory or visual media you will find plenty of material ideal for radio, television and film scores.

We think you will find the content very varied indeed – manic beats, chilled out pads, disturbing SFX, serene vocals, futuristic synths, gentle guitars and a whole lot more!

This library is your first-class ticket to great sounds – which doesn’t by any means promise a comfortable, safe or banal journey; but what you can expect is an exhilarating and erratic tour of the world of abstract.

Sound Info

• 1350 Acidized Wav Files
• 530 Rex2 Files
• 1250 EXS24 Instruments
• 1250 HALion Instruments
• 1250 Kontakt Instruments
• Reason Refill
• 40 x Full Construction Kits
• 215 x Breakbeats / Drum Loops
• 165 x FX Presets and Fx loops
• 170 x Percussion & Drum Kit Sounds
• 128 x Synths loops and Pads
• 80 x Bass Loops
• 25 x Guitar Loops Presets
• 35 x Vocal loops

This multi-format sample collection gives you the ultimate in sampler and software compatibility: Acid-ready WAV files. Emagic EXS24 sampler instruments, HALion sampler instruments, Kontakt sampler instruments, Reason Refill and Stylus RMX compatible REX2 Recycle files!

Product Code (SKU): ZG-140

Retail Price: UK£ 59.95 / US$ 99.95 / 89 Euro

Zero-G

The Big Reason is packed full of loops, instruments, pads, effects more, all programmed for Propellerheads Reason as REX2, NN-19, NN-XT, Re-Drum, Malstrom, Subtractor and WAV files.

Covering almost every contemporary music style including Dance, Funk, Urban, Ambient, Leftfield and Ethnic and with over 6500 samples to choose from you will always find something to stimulate your creativity.

The seven libraries are:

• Binary Finary – a dance music library from the dance maestros themselves.
• Chemical Comedown – pads, fx and soundscapes that create a journey into sound.
• G-Funk Era – an awesome collection of dancefloor funk-ed up essentials
• Guitar Lab – electric & acoustic guitar licks, riffs, notes and chord patterns from a top sessionist.
• Organic Chemistry – other-worldly, exotic, unexplained, alien & avant-garde sounds.
• Percolated Beats – live drumloops from top urban music session drummer Richie Spaven.
• Planet Bliss Loops – over 700 brand new beats suitable for all kinds of dance music.

All files are also included unpacked, so that any user can take advantage of them.

Contents include:

• 4.2Gb of samples
• over 3300 Rex2 Files
• over 3300 Wav Files
• 520 NN-XT Patches
• 490 NN-19 Patches
• 57 ReDrum Kits
• 50 Malstrom Patches
• 47 Subtractor Patches

Retail Price: UK£ 79.95 / US$ 129.95 / 109 Euro

More information is available at the Zero-G site.

The following titles have now been added, making over 100 titles available to download:

• Afrolatin Slam – REX
• Afrolatin Slam – ACID/WAV
• Akoustik Bass Hitz – REX
• Akoustik Bass Hitz – ACID/WAV
• Ambient Volume 1&2 – REASON REFILL
• Chemical Synths – REASON REFILL
• Cuckooland Unhinged – REX
• Cuckooland Unhinged – ACID/WAV
• DrumStyles – REX
• Ethnic – ACID/WAV
• Experimental Grooves & Fx (”Asylum”) – ACID/WAV
• Ghost in the Machine – ACID/WAV
• Grinding Beats – REX
• Koncept & Funktion – REASON REFILL
• Koncept & Funktion – ACID/WAV
• iFX Midget Gems – WAV
• Sounds of Polynesia – ACID/WAV
• The Operating Table – ACID/WAV

Downloadable CDs offer all of the sounds from a physical CD title as a single compressed file that can be downloaded with one click. They are also less expensive than the physical CD versions.

There are over 100 Zero-G Downloadable CDs available online, such as Chemical Beats, Jungle Warfare, Planet of the Breaks, Total House, Deepest India, Funk Guitar, Phantom Horns, NY Cutz, Nu House, and many more.

Some titles, like “Seismic Frequencies” and “Guitar Odyssey”, have even been unavailable in physical CD form for a long time, so the arrival of the downloadable versions is particularly welcome. Also, numerous titles are now available as Downloadable CDs in formats such as REX, Apple Loops or ACIDized WAV when they were not previously available in these formats at all.

More information is available at the Sonomic site.

Zero-G Downloadable CDs include numerous Keyboard KeyBuy, Future Music Platinum, and Sound On Sound Five Star award-winning titles, such as Chemical Beats, Jungle Warfare, Planet of the Breaks, Total House, Deepest India, Funk Guitar, Phantom Horns, NY Cutz, Nu House, and many more.

“We’re extremely pleased to offer much of Zero-G’s unmatched sample library as Downloadable CDs,” says Adam Strauss, CEO of Sonomic. “Sonomic has long offered individual downloads of Zero-G content, but as broadband has become more prevalent, so have customer requests for the ability to download entire CDs. Zero-G Downloadable CDs represent another way for Sonomic customers to get instant access to the sounds they need.”

“Now that most studio musicians surf the web at broadband speeds, the time has come to offer them the ability to audition and purchase our back catalog of classic Sample CD titles online,” says Ed Stratton, MD of Zero-G. “Being able to obtain a complete library of Zero-G samples immediately, anywhere in the world by download, is an inevitable but important development for Zero-G in 2006, and we are delighted to work with Sonomic, a long time partner in the internet distribution of our sounds, as a worldwide distributor of downloadable Zero-G CDs.”

The library is presented in Native Instruments Intakt format, which means that it’s a pain to register, but compatible with just about anything (it supports VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, AU, RTAS, Mac & PC). It combines over 1,000 loops with the power of Intakt, letting you take Boddy’s loops and mangle them with downsampling, filtering, distortion, delay effects and more.

The library is described as “100% pure analogue.” It’s hard to tell what that means anymore, when you’ve got digital samples of analog synths running through digitally-modelled analog filters. Nevertheless, with Analogue Sequencer Loops, Boddy and Zero-G capture the essence of classic analog synthesis, with an emphasis on 70’s Berlin-school sequencer sounds.

About the Audio Library

According to Zero-G, Analogue Sequencer Loops is intended to complement Boddy’s Zero-G Morphology virtual instrument, which features Boddy doing his thing with atmospheric soundscapes and effects. We didn’t have a chance to work with Morphology, but A.S.L. is an interesting and flexible collection by itself.

Boddy uses classic analogue synths and hardware analogue sequencers, and they are captured exquisitely in 24-bit sound. The audio loops are broken down into seven categories: Analogue Drums, Bass Sequences, Electronic Percussion, FX Loops, Hi-Hat & Noise Loops, Melodic Sequences & Sine & Pure Sequences. Within each category, loops are organized by BMP, ranging from 90-150.

ASL doesn’t immediately wow you, like some sound libraries. Because of the limited capabilities of old-school sequencers, the loops are all fairly simple. But Boddy does a great job of providing starting points for creating music with that classic analog sound.

Take one of Boddy’s bass sequences and mangle it a bit, like modulating the cutoff with a slow LFO, add a little distortion and delay, and you’ve quickly got something with a lot of life and interest to it.

Zero-G provides a great Berlin-school demo using ASL that gives you a taste of one way the library could be used.

All-in-all, it’s a very nice sample libary. It doesn’t offer the instant gratification of effect laden loops or construction kits, but it instead provides you with some great building blocks, packaged in a powerful virtual instrument that lets you easily take the raw material and manipulate it to your will.

Gear List

Sound Sources :

• Moog IIIC (extended) modular
• Roland System 100M modular
• Doepfer A100 modular
• Analogue Systems modular
• Analogue Solutions Concussor percussion modules
• ARP 2600
• Minimoog
• Moog Voyager
• Oberheim Xpander
• VCS 3

Sequencing:

• Moog 960 sequential controller x 2
• Roland 100M 182 sequencer
• Roalnd 100M 184 polyphonic keyboard arpeggiator
• Analogue Systems RS-200 sequential controller
• Analogue Solutions CV8 – 8 step CV sequencer x 2
• Analogue Solutions GT8 – 8 step gate sequencer x 2
• Analogue Solutions MC01- Master Clock with clock dividers
• Analogue Solutions FS01 – Fill In / Quad Switcher
• Doepfer A100 – various Seq Switch/Clock Dividers/Clock Sequencers

Supported Interfaces:

• VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS, Mac & PC

Recommended Retail Price

• $199.95 US Dollars / 169 Euros / £114.95 pounds sterling)

Minimum Requirements

• Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM
• Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM

Recommended System

• Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 700 MHz, 512 MB
• Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G4 733, 512 MB

More information and sound samples are available at the Zero-G site.

Outer Limits

It features a four gigabyte core library of more than five hundred unique soundscapes. It is described as a “journey through dreams and nightmares, full of sounds beyond your imagination.”

Outer Limits is Ian Boddy’s follow-up to his Morphology Kompakt instrument. The sounds this instrument is capable range from shimmering pads, to mysterious drones, crystalline digital manipulations to dark distorted atmospheres, menacing mechanisms, evocative resonances, surreal sound effects, complex cascades, formant sheens, dark disturbing horror, analogue waves, amazing space textures, strange vocal synthesis and of course, sounds from the Outer Limits of space and time. Eight sounds can be layered to create incredibly complex soundscapes.

Categories include Ambient Loops, Analogue Waves, Chamber of Horrors, Click & Glitch, Deep Space, Dense Soundscapes, Digital Drones, Digital Manipulations, Distorted Views, Heavy Drones, Machine Dreams, Minimalism, One Shot Synth FX, Outer Limits, Surreal to Real, Transcendental, Twisted Pads, Vintage Synth Atmos, Vocal Transformations and White Noise Atmospheres.

The whole library is presented within NI’s Kompakt Instrument sampler interface, which makes no compromises in the playing and performing of sample-based instruments. Powerful multi-mode filters, envelopes, and LFOs give this library enormous flexibility and a wealth of creative possibilities. The integrated high-quality reverb, chorus, and delay effects can give each sample life and depth.

Ian Boddy is one of the UK’s most celebrated synthesists, and a veteran of the European electronic music scene since the late 1970s. Ian’s exclusive arsenal of vintage and modern synths and software plug-ins have been extensively plundered together with cutting edge sonic manipulations and the audio mangling of “real” environmental sounds to create the unique and inspiring new library that you will find within this powerful virtual instrument.

Supported Interfaces & Standards

VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS, Mac & PC.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM
• Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM

Recommended Retail Price:

$199.95 US Dollars / 169 Euros / 114.95 pounds sterling.

More information is available at the Zero-G site.

Zero-G

Description:

DRUM STYLES is a new range of immaculate style-based acoustic drum loops and single hits – over 1.3 Gb in total – including western contemporary rhythms such as funk, hip hop, jazzdance, rock, drum & bass, crossover, house etc., together with jazz and many examples of the more exotic equivalents of swing, for instance reggae, baion, highlife, latin, batucada, etc, etc. As a bonus there are lots af percussion loops to add into the mix, and of course the single hit drum sounds, for customizing your own rhythms.

Features:

• Native Instruments INTAKT/KONTAKT format, including over 700 Intakt/Kontakt instrument patches,
• REASON formats, including hundreds of REX loops & Reason NNXT patches,
• WAV format, including 881 WAV files,
• Over 1.3 Gigabytes of samples on DVD-ROM

DRUM STYLES was performed and produced by:

• Taco Gorter: Drums, production.
• Charley Dumerniet: Production, engineering, editing.
• Jasper de Boer: Production, engineering.
• Erwin Klaassen: Editing & drum track mastering.

Taco Gorter is one of the leading drummers/percussionists in the Netherlands. As a teacher and composer, Gorter has inspired countless musicians. He has played throughout Europe with numerous well-known national and international artists and is highly praised for his timing, sound, interpretation, versatility in styles and – most importantly – fun in playing.

Recommended Retail Price: $99.95 USD / 79 Euro / £59.95 GBP

More information and sample files are available at the Zero-G site.

Vocal Forge is based on a library featuring 800 patches and over 2,500 samples in 1.2GB of new material, sourced from pro vocal performances.

Male and female MCs, sweet R+B, gospel singers, dance and pop vocals all recorded with accompanying harmonies. There are even a few wild cards such as Choral, Gothic and even Opera styles. Plus there is a vocal Toolbox loaded with single vocal lines, scratches, effected vocals, grunts & breaths, human beatbox & percussion grooves and fake TV and radio clips.

The whole library is presented within NI’s Intakt interface which will soon have you customizing, shaping and manipulating the vocal lines to suit your own requirements. The flexibility of the interface allows you to automatically sync any of these vocal lines to your song’s tempo, and you can apply a vast amount of sound-shaping to each vocal as well.

Intakt’s Time Machine Mode allows the user to change the tempo of the vocal lines without any audible degradation so you can sync any of these performances to your song. You may also change the pitch of the samples independently of tempo. Using Intakt’s ‘Legato Mode’ you can also sync vocal harmonies together or bring in vocal harmony lines whenever you like in a mix to create your own melodies from the original samples making this the ultimate tool for DIY vocals

Features

• Over 1.2 GB of data
• A version of Native Instrument’s INTAKT sampler with an engine which is based on the KONTAKT audio engine
• Vocals use Time Machine mode which allows the user to change the tempo and pitch of the vocal lines
• Easy synchronization of samples to MIDI tempo,
• MIDI file export permitting groove, accent, and feel manipulation in any host sequencer,
• Integrated effects: Group filter including low-pass, high-pass, band-reject or band-pass modes, global filter, lo-fi, distortion, syncable delay,
• Modulation section providing AHDSR envelope, two individual syncable LFOs, envelope follower and a DBD pitch envelope
• Total Recall

Supported Interfaces & Standards: VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS, Mac & PC.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM
• Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM

MSRP: 199.95 US Dollars / 169 Euros / 114.95 pounds sterling.

More information is available a the Zero-G site.

Nostalgia

Programming wizard and all-round synth enthusiast Steve Howell has used his 30+ years of experience and knowledge of these various instruments to create arguably the best and most accurate representations of some of the world’s greatest synths, keyboards and beat boxes that he has either owned or used in a professional capacity as either a sound designer, sound engineer, player or composer in one way or another. Steve has also used his 16+ years of developing professional sample sound libraries to provide highly optimised and memory-efficient, seamlessly looped samples of a heritage of instruments that have paved the way for where we are today – over 40 years of innovation and (often naive) pioneering spirit encapsulated in one definitive collection of abject ‘NOSTALGIA’!

Whether it’s old-skool lo-fi beatboxes, huge Gothic Tron sounds, smooth Prophet pads and strings, beefy Moog basses or leads, classic electric pianos, swirly string synths, cheezy toys, classic samplers, brittle digital synths, evolving S+S textures … you name it – with over 5,000 samples and more than 1,300 patches, it’s probably there in this huge Kompakt collection that has effectively been 40 years in the making.

The whole library is presented within NI’s stunning state-of-the-art KOMPAKT INSTRUMENT sampler interface, which makes no compromises in the playing and performing of sample-based instruments. Powerful multi-mode filters, envelopes, and LFOs give this library enormous flexibility and a wealth of creative possibilities. The integrated high-quality reverb, chorus, and delay effects can give each sample life and depth.

PROGRAMMING NOTES:

Sound Quality

All the sounds were recorded and processed at 16 Bit resolution and 44.1KHz sample rate.

Organisation

The Instruments list (which can be viewed by clicking on “Instruments List PDF” at above left) groups the sounds into categories. The categories are as follows:

• 01 US Classics
• 02 Euro Classics
• 03 Japanese Classics
• 04 Playback Keyboards
• 05 Organs
• 06 Electro-Mechanicals
• 07 Digital ROMpler synths
• 08 Vintage Samplers
• 09 Cheap n Cheezy
• 10 Obscure Synths
• 11 Drum Synths
• 12 Classic Beatboxes
• 13 Obscure Beatboxes
• 14 Sci-Fi
• 15 Atmosferics
• 16 String Synths
• 17 Basses

Memory Size

All programming has been carried out to minimise the size of the patches thus reducing CPU and Memory Usage. However, the software interface will allow you to activate a Direct from Disk (DFD) functionality if you prefer, thereby enabling the streaming of the samples direct from your hard disk drive.

Modulation Wheel Assignments

Every single instrument has the Modulation Wheel assigned to a function. This gives a lot of dynamic control over the character of the sound. Please try out the modulation wheel when playing each patch. The Mod Wheel may be assigned to one of several different controllers including Tune LFO, Filter Cutoff, Pan and Volume depending on the patch in question.

Polyphony

All instruments are programmed at the default polyphony of 32 notes except for a selection of patches from synths that were originally monophonic and some bass sounds which have thus been programmed as monophonic. If you wish to increase the polyphony please do so.

Multis

Up to 8 instruments can be combined in a Multi giving a vast array of possible combinations of the supplied single instruments. For example try combining a couple of bass instruments for some really fat and thunderous sounds. Or how about combining a Sawtooth and Square wave pad and then using the modwheel to crossfade between them. This latter effect is easy to set up by over-riding the pre-programmed Mod Wheel assignments. Simply set the Mod Wheel to control one instrument with positive volume control and the other with negative volume control.

CPU Load

The exact CPU load of any given instrument depends on a myriad of factors – the power of your computer, notes played, complexity of the instrument etc. However if you find the CPU load is too high for any particular instrument the quickest way of reducing this is to see if the instrument uses any of Kompakt’s own built in FX. If so these can be turned off to maximise CPU efficiency.

List of INSTRUMENTS:

For the complete table of contents, listing all of the instrument patches included in the NOSTALGIA LIBRARY, click on “NOSTALGIA Patch List (PDF)” at above left, to view the PDF file (this file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

LIST OF EQUIPMENT USED:

INSTRUMENTS & SYNTHS:ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble, ARP Pro-Soloist, ARP Odyssey, Casio VL-Tone, Casio CZ101, Casio PT-30, Crumar Performer, Chamberlin, Chapman Stick, Clavinet D6, Delicia Medlodica , Dubreq Stylophone, Ensoniq SQ80, Ensoniq SQ-R, Elektronika EM-25, Elka Synthex, Eminent 310, Emulator 2, Fairlight CMI IIx, Farfisa organ, Farfisa Soundmaker, Fender Rhodes, Gem DEX20, Gem S2, Hammond B/C3, Hammond M102, Hohner Pianet, Jen bass Pedals, Kawai K5000, Korg Prophecy, Korg Trident, Korg Wavestation, Korg M1, Korg MS20, Korg Polysix, Korg X5DR, Mellotron, MemoryMoog, MiniMoog, Moog Taurus Mk1, Moog Opus, Moog Voyager, MultiVox MX202, NanoBass, Novation SuperNova II, Modulus Monowave, Novation K-Station, Oberheim Matrix 12, Oberheim Matrix 1000, PolyMoog, Prophet 5, PPG Wave 2.2, RMIElectrapiano, S+S synths, System 100, TB303, VP300 Vocoder Plus, Alpha Juno 2, D50, Jupiter 6, MKS50, RS202, SH101, Sci-Fi, Suzuki SX-500, TI Speak & Spell, Wurlitzer EP200, Wurlitzer EP203, Vako Orchestron, Vox Continental, Yamaha CP70, Yamaha DX7, Yamaha CS1x, Yamaha CS5, Yamaha CS80, Yamaha CVS10, Yamaha SY2, Yamaha SY85, Yamaha TX81Z.

BEATBOXES/DRUM SYNTHS: Ace Tone ‘Rhythm Ace’, Akai XE8, Akai XR10, Alesis HR16, Alesis HR16b, Alesis SR16, Boss DR55, Boss DR220, Fricke MFB512, Kawai R5/R50E, Korg DDD1, Korg DDM110/DDM220, Linn LM-1, Linn 9000, Mattel Synsonics, MXR 185, Sequential Drum Traks, Sequential Tom, CR78, TR606, TR707, TR727, TR808, TR909, Simmons SDSV, Yamaha RX11, Casio RZ1, Emu Drumulator, Keytek MDP40, Korg ‘Mini Pops’, Linn Drum Mk2, Oberheim DX, TD7 V-drums, TR505, Sakata DPM48, Sound master SR88, Sound Master Stix, Soundtech Rhythm 12, Pearl DRX-1, Pearl Syncussion, Yamaha DD10

Supported Interfaces & Standards:

VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, Soundmanager, OMS, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS.

Recommended Retail Price:

$199.95 US Dollars (169 Euros / 114.95 pounds sterling)

Minimum Requirements:

- Windows XP/ME/98, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM

- Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive.

Recommended System:

- Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 700 MHz, 512 MB

- Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G4 733, 512 MB, DVD-ROM drive

Catalog (SKU) number: ZG-311

All product specifications are subject to change without notice.

Zero-G

All that content has been programmed into Apple Loops and Instruments format, making it all instantly usable and interchangeable in Apple’s superb new music powerhouses, GarageBand and SoundTrack, and also in the latest versions of Logic, Logic Express, and Final Cut Pro. Also, all of the 9,000+ samples are compatible with any software which can use samples in AIFF format.

Contents:

Over 9,000 Apple Loops and Instrument samples from a diverse range of world cultures including Indian, Polynesian, Australian, Spanish, Latin American, Celtic, Middle Eastern, and African.

World Pack for GarageBand – DVD Disc 1:

• - Afrolatin Slam (African, Latin, and Afro-Latin fusion loops & samples) – 248 samples.
• - Celtic (Loops of celtic instrument performances from Ireland, Scotland, etc) – 1,193 samples.
• - Deepest India (Evocative & inspiring instrument/vocal/ensemble loops from India) – 1,159 samples.
• - Ethnic Volume 1 (A diverse selection of ‘world’ loops from many countries & cultures) – 62 samples.
• - Ethnic Volume 2 (A diverse selection of ‘world’ loops from many countries & cultures) – 149 samples.
• - Flamenco Sounds (The world’s finest library of Spanish Flamenco loops) – 407 samples.
• - Middle Eastern Sounds (Brand new collection of loops from N. Africa & Middle East) – 683 samples.
• - Sounds of Polynesia (Wonderful library of loops from South Pacific islands & Australia) – 329 samples.

World Pack for GarageBand – DVD Disc 2:

• - Pure Brazilian Beats (An incredible collection of Latin rhythms with an infectious feel) – 194 samples.
• - Pure Tabla (An unbelievable range of sonic beats created entirely with tabla drums!) – 274 samples.
• - Tribal Elements (A brand new diverse library of samples from across the African continent) – 781 samples.
• - Vindaloops (Wonderfully expressive and expertly played Bhangra loops) – 452 samples.

Disc B also contains the installer for the INSTRUMENTS (installs 342 instruments, including: 17 Brazilian Drums, 31 Flamenco instruments, 65 Percussion FX instruments, 67 Percussion instruments, 22 Percussion Kits, 53 Pure Tabla instruments, 52 World instruments, and 35 World Vocals instruments).

• Total of Apple Loops: 5,931
• Total of Instruments: 342
• Total of Samples used in Instruments: 3,459
• Grand Total of all Loop/Samples: 9,390

List: £99.95 GBP / $169.95 USD / 149 Euro

To read more about World Pack for GarageBand, visit the Zero-G.

ZERO-G

A killer collection of the freshest beats, basses, pads, synths, fx, vocals and general weirdness. All in multi-format including ACIDized WAVs, Reason Refill, REX files, EXS24, HALion, and KONTAKT instruments. These sounds have enough energy to make even the hardest productions sound even heavier with basses so rough you will start wondering about the reliability of your speakers.

Featured Formats:

• 200 REX2 files
• ACIDized WAV files
• Reason Refill
• 350 EXS24 instruments
• 350 HALion instruments
• 350 Kontakt instruments
• 350 NN-XT instruments.

Featured Sounds:

• Beats
• Percussion Loops
• Basses
• Pads
• Delays
• Drum Hits
• FX
• Guitars
• Sci-Fi
• Stabs
• Vox FX and more…

This multi-format sample collection gives you the ultimate in sampler and software compatibility: Acid-ready WAV files , Emagic EXS24 sampler instruments, HALion sampler instruments, Kontakt sampler instruments, Reason Refill and REX2 Recycled files!

To read more product details, to listen to the demo songs and samples, and for details of your nearest distributor or local retailer, check out the Zero-G website at http://www.zero-g.co.uk.

Retail Price: UK£ 59.95 / US$ 99.95 / 89 Euro

Zero-G

The mastermind behind the unique and inspiring new library to be found within A.S.L. is Ian Boddy, one of Europe’s leading synthesists and veteran sample library Producer for Zero-G, who has plundered his extensive arsenal of vintage and modern analogue synths and analogue sequencers. With 1000 loops and over 1.5Gb of brand new material featured on A.S.L. the versatility and experimentation potential of the sounds provided will have enthusiasts keeping this product readily available in the studio for many years to come and is additionally designed to complement Ian Boddy’s and Zero-G’s highly acclaimed ‘Morphology’ virtual instrument.

For complete flexibility in tempo and instrument selection, a version of Native Instrument’s INTAKT sampler, for both Mac and PC completes A.S.L., providing an easy to use, on-screen interface for additional sound shaping abilities without disturbing your creative flow. (The sound library can also be loaded into other Native Instruments samplers including Kontakt for even greater flexibility).

A.S.L. features the following sound categories:

• Analogue Drums
• Bass Sequences
• Electronic Percussion
• FX Loops
• Hi-Hat & Noise Loops
• Melodic Sequences
• Sine & Pure Sequences

These are further subdivided into 7 tempo groups ranging from 90 – 150 BPM. With the Intakt interface’s ability to play back loops at varying tempos these are provided purely to conveniently divide the library into easily digestible chunks.

Not only can you sync, stretch, and pitch the loops, but also filter, effect and modulate them as well! A powerful sound-shaping filter, flexible envelopes, syncable LFOs and distortion, syncable delay and lo-fi effects can inject even more energy and individuality into the loops. Since the software interface is based on the KONTAKT audio engine, working with it is fast, easy, and sounds great!

Supported Interfaces & Standards

VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS, Mac & PC.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM
• Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM

Now shipping at a Retail Price of: £129.00 GBP / $219.95 / 179 Euros

To read more product details including the full list of equipment used, to listen to the demo songs and samples, and for details of your nearest distributor or local retailer, check out the website at http://www.zero-g.co.uk

Zero-G

Over 11,000 Apple Loops and one-shot samples including hundreds of Construction Kits, thousands of Drum and Percussion Loops & Hits, Breakbeats & Groove Loops, a wide range of Instrument Loops, Drum Kits, and Atmosphere and FX Loops.

Presented over 2 DVDs, Dance Pack will soon join Zero-G’s “Pro Pack” as the First Choice libraries of loops for users of Apple’s GarageBand, Soundtrack, Logic Pro 7, Logic Express & Final Cut Pro.

Contents:

Dance Pack for GarageBand – DVD Disc 1

• Brutal Beats (processed acoustic drum loops, & hits) – 590 samples
• Escape From The Planet Of The Breaks (breakbeat construction kits etc) – 969 samples
• Jungle Warfare 1 (Drum & Bass oriented sample library) – 393 samples
• Jungle Warfare 2 (Drum & Bass oriented sample library) – 906 samples
• Jungle Warfare 3 (Drum & Bass oriented sample library) – 884 samples
• NY Cutz 2 – Off Da Hook (hip hop construction kits, etc) – 1046 samples
• Phantom Horns (horn riffs – section riffs and solo riffs) – 873 samples

Dance Pack for GarageBand – DVD Disc 2

• ProSamples Future Beats 1 (chemical beats – processed acoustic drumloops) – 246 samples
• ProSamples Hip Hop 1 (from NY Cutz 1 – hip hop construction kits, etc) – 300 samples
• ProSamples Dance Synths (acid loops, bass loops, arpeggios, synth loops etc) – 413 samples
• Return To The Planet Of The Breaks (creatively processed acoustic breaks) – 260 samples
• Total Drum & Bass (huge and diverse drum & bass sample library) – 1040 samples
• Total Funk (massive library of funk oriented loops & hit samples) – 1184 samples
• Total Hip Hop (exhaustive collection of hip hop oriented loops & hits) – 1091 samples
• Total House (enormous library of house oriented loops & hit samples) – 965 samples

Total of Apple Loops: 8,854

Total of one-shot samples: 2,306

Grand Total of all Samples: 11,160

Pricing is £99.95 GBP / $169.95 USD / 149 Euro

For more information, check the Zero-G site.

Zero-G

KONCEPT & FUNKTION features over 1.1 Gb of Drum & Bass loops and samples produced in the UK by producers David & Nic Higham. The library provides loops and samples for turning out unique dance tracks.

Included in the product are 40 Construction Kits, plus a huge selection of driving Beats & Loops, Bass Loops, Liquid Funk Loops, Organ Loops, Pad Loops, Synth Loops, and Loop FX. Additionally, Drum Kit Sounds, Dark FX, Hits FX, Industrial FX, Noise FX, Space FX, Sweep FX, Pads, Pad Sweeps, Female Vocals, Spoken Vocals, and Vocal FX complete this creative and highly usable drum & Bass production kit.

Formats provided inside the ReFill are:

• REX2
• ReDrum Kits & Samples
• NNXT
• NN19

THE OPERATING TABLE is a groove library performed and produced by Emre Ramazanoglu, whose production credits include The Prodigy and William Orbit. Emre also masterminded the Award-winning Return To The Planet Of The Breaks sample library on the Zero-G label.

The sample-accurate construction kits and breakbeats found on The Operating Table derive their feel and sonic basis from live drumming techniques performed by four featured drummers, but were created via extremely creative processing techiques, while preserving the real feel of a performance. Many performances change and evolve, providing multiple loop variations. Real kits are the foundation of the sound of each break, although some incorporate additional live triggered analog drum machines or software triggered sounds.

Several top producers are recommending the groove library. Neil Maclellan, producer for Prodigy and Nine Inch Nails says “Buy this, it’ll rock the globe”. Flood notes that “I literally don’t leave home without these breaks.”

THE OPERATING TABLE Reason Refill – formats provided inside the ReFill are:

• REX2

Each of these new Reason ReFill products is formatted as a single Reason ReFill, and is therefore usable only with Propellerheads Reason software. The REX files etc. are NOT also provided separately outside of the Refills. However, information on an alternative plug-in version for each of these two libraries, powered by a customized version of the Native Instrument’s INTAKT engine can be found on the Zero-G website.

The two ReFills have a recommended retail price of £79.95 ($139.95 / 119 Euro) each.

For more information, visit the Zero-G site.