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Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Ultimate Sound Bank Introduces X-Treme FX

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Ultimate Sound Bank has announced the release of X-treme FX, a virtual instrument plug-in for Mac OS X (VST/AU/RTAS) and Windows (VST/RTAS/DXI) dedicated to sound effects, foleys and atmospheric sounds.

For sound designers it means having a brand new soundbank and the ability to work faster than ever with a great set of sound shaping tools. This means it will be easier and faster to build complex sounds. And it’s perfect to trigger the included sound effects easily!

X-treme FX is also a great composition tool that will serve as a source of inspiration for new musical ideas. Few instruments are as easy and enjoyable to use, and provide as wide a range of unconventional, cinematic and bizarre sounds. For basic atmospheres, it is unparalleled. And with the integration of the UVI-Engine, you can count on an uncompromised sound quality throughout the plug-in.

Flexible sound library

X-treme FX puts 5000 of creative sound effects at your fingertips: the soundset occupies over 8 Gigabytes of disc space.

X-Treme FX is incredibly faster and more affordable than using other soundbanks. Included categories are: Atmospheres, Scenes, Unreal, Science-Fiction, Sub & Drones, Natural, Urban, Foleys and Musical. Scenes are provided: one preset loads up an ensemble of related sounds, perfect for live mixing or creating a virtual soundscape. Throughout the library you’ll find sounds that are off the beaten track, original and expressive.

Features:

Preset management allowing you to reorganize the presets directly on your hard drive.
Preset selection: enter the preset number for direct access
Next/previous program selection arrows
All 4 LFOs sync to your sequencer's tempo
Every LFO features a waveform selection menu (7 waveforms included)
Comprehensive multimode filter with a new overdrive section
The overdrive is included in the augmented list of modulation destinations
Effects section that can be synced to the sequencer’s tempo
Powerful dual layer architecture
Full MIDI implementation
Comprehensive multi-effect section with 29 high quality algorithms
Zone-Edit allows powerful edition of individual keygroups (Multimode filter, envelopes, timbre, etc... can be edited individually)
Audition Presets: next to the preset selection menu, a small speaker icon can be clicked to audition the preset, tuning is user selectable
New presets every month on our website, free to all registered users
Includes a large selection of sound FX and textures from the acclaimed Hollywood Edge libraries

X-treme FX ships with a hard copy manual in English and a leaflet with all preset names. German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese languages are available in pdf format

X-treme FX is available now for Windows and Mac OS X users, with a suggested retail price of $399/399€.

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