Optigan.com has introduced two new sound discs for the vintage Optigan, Glitchdelica & Guitarscape. Glitchdelica is an experimental rhythmic pattern generator. Forgoing the usual drums/chords/keys convention entirely, each button and key features a different loop, drawn from Optigan.com’s Pea Hicks’ archive of oddball instruments, electronics, and other sound sources.
GForce Software has released The Streetly Tapes – Vol 3, the final part of its Streetly Tapes trilogy of expansion packs for M-Tron Pro. The Streetly Tapes – Vol 3 contains 26 tape banks curated from the original EMI tape-based ‘Tron M400 archive.
At the end of last year, RealiTone introduced RealiDrums – a new virtual instrument that is guaranteed to give you the drum sound that you want. Here’s a quick intro to RealiDrums, via Sonic State, from Realitone’s Mike Green.
Wave Alchemy have released their latest drum sample library for electronic music production, Drum Tools 02. Two years in the making, Drum Tools 02 boasts over 3,500 electronic drum samples and percussive hits, “crafted by hand” using an array of drum machines, analogue synths, foley recordings and acoustic sound sources. The samples were then processed… Read More Wave Alchemy Drum Tools 02 Now Available
Ableton Live guru AfroDJMac let us know about a free Live Pack that he’s shared, Little Drummer Boy. It’s a set of 5 free Ableton Live Instruments, based on a Little Drummer Boy Christmas Ornament. Here’s what he has to say about them:
Bitwig & sound design company Irrupt have announced a new line of sound packages for Bitwig Studio. To introduce it, the companies have released a free Irrupt System sound package, available now in the Bitwig Studio Package Manager. Here’s their video intro:
Retronyms has introduced iMPC Pro Packs – a new sample library format, tailored to iMPC Pro for iPad. Here’s what they have to say about the iMPC Pro Packs: The New AraabMuzik Sound Pack marks the debut of iMPC Pro Packs — these packs work as normal, but have enhanced integration with iMPC Pro. As… Read More Retronyms Intros iMPC Pro Packs
Cluster Sound has introduced ARP Drums, a new drum sample Live Pack, based on sounds of an ARP 2600. ARP Drums is a wide Live Pack including 700 samples, Live Devices and an IR Sample/Convolution Device reproducing the 2600 built-in Spring Reverb.
Bollywood Maharaja Drums is a new sample library that features the percussive sounds of ‘Bollywood’. It features 1200 one-shot drum sounds, organized in to 100 Kits (2.5 GB) in the plugin. It also comes with 1200 wav files for use in hardware and software samplers.
Output has announced the release of Exhale, which they have dubbed “the first truly modern” vocal engine. “As musicians, we’ve always wanted a vocal instrument that was cool, creative and modern,” says Output Founder Gregg Lehrman. “So we decided to build it!” To develop EXHALE, Output enlisted a team of record producers, vocalists and sound… Read More Output Announces Exhale – A Modern Vocal Synth Engine
