Propellerhead guru James Bernard has finished up his 52 week series on Reason + Record. The last four videos offer an in-depth look at Reason’s Thor Polysonic Synthesizer. In the first video, Bernard looks at Thor’s oscillator types: This week we’ll be focusing on the first major oscillator types in Thor. Each oscillator has a… Read More Thor Synthesizer Video Tutorial
Tonescape has released Animato – a free sample library, featuring over 1,000 samples and loops, in .wav and .rex formats. Here’s what they have to say about the free sample library: This pack was carefully crafted in my studio during a period of about four months. The goal was to deliver some quality loops, drums,… Read More 1000 Free Samples & Loops
This video covers how to create a Logic Pro template – a reusable Logic song file that you can use as a starting point for your new songs or recordings. It covers how to: Customize Logic Pro 8 for your recording hardware and purpose Use groups to reign in your many inputs Use busses to… Read More How To Create A Logic Pro Template
This tutorial takes a look at using Ableton Live with Propellerhead Reason. It demonstrates how to use Ableton’s External Instrument device create a seamless workflow with Reason 5.
NUSofting has released a public beta 2.0 of Modelonia, a virtual instrument plugin. Modelonia is a “physical modeling” synth which uses a hybrid of two distinct model ‘types’ – a plucked-string model, and a blown-bore (ie trumpet-type) model. Each model may be used simultaneously, and the signal path allows cross-modulation between the two models for… Read More NUSofting Modelonia Beta Available For Windows
LoopBased has introduced Ambivalence – a new sound pack with the focus on extremly long evolving drones/soundscapes and on interchangeable synth loops for music styles like Electronica, Chillout, Ambient and as well for cinematic sound tracks. Features: Over 1 GB content in 24 Bit/44.1 Khz WAV format, normalized and free of DC offset. Includes 32… Read More New Ambient Music Sample Library
This Ableton Live tutorial takes a look at how to make glitch style patterns using 128s in Live’s Sampler instrument. This approach can be applied to many genres and lends itself to deep experimentation. Check out devinesound.net for the free sample library used in this video. via Lynch Audio
This tutorial, via Lynch Audio, is a tutorial video on how to use Ableton Live’s Sampler to create 128’s, or palettes of like sounds such as kick or snare drums. This is designed to let you quickly preview or swap sounds in the context of a track.
iPad Music Software: Synthetic Bits announced today that they’ve updated FunkBox (App Store link) – their $2.99 virtual drum machine for iOS – to version 2.1.: FunkBox v2.1 was approved blazingly fast today by Apple! If you are using FunkBox with CoreMIDI, or running it on an iPhone 3G with iOS4, or do a lot… Read More FunkBox 2.1 Adds The MIDI Sync Funk
Native Instruments has introduced a new series of Maschine Expansions, download libraries for its groove production system. All expansions provide new drum kits and instruments as well as pre-programmed patterns. The series debuts with Vintage Heat and Transistor Punch, created by Goldbaby and Surround SFX. Vintage Heat was created by sampling artist Goldbaby, and specializes… Read More Native Instruments Releases Maschine Expansions
