02.06.07
Posted in Pro Virtual Instruments, VSTI, Audio Unit, RTAS, DXi at 2:21 pm by kris.saelen
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Reaktor 5 is a music software program that turns your computer into an incredibly powerful and versatile audio processing system. Reaktor can be used as a synthesizer, sampler, effects processor, groovebox, step sequencer, and much more. Its completely modular structure ensures that no limits are imposed on your imagination in creating and utilizing electronic instruments and sound effects. From the simulation of relatively simple, analog synthesizers to large, complex modular systems, from sample players and FM synthesis up to exotic methods such as delay-line resonance or granular synthesis Reaktor is capable of fulfilling all of your audio desires. But Reaktor is more than an environment for creating new instruments: Reaktor is a world-class studio right out of the box. Its core Library includes dozens of exceptional instruments and effects, with thousands of presets for a wide range of sound generation and audio processing applications. If you’re looking for additional tools, more than 1000 (!) instruments, constructed by Reaktor users all over the world can be downloaded for free from the NI User Library for use with Reaktor.
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Posted in Pro Virtual Instruments, VSTI, Audio Unit, RTAS, Stand-alone, DXi at 12:45 pm by kris.saelen
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Renowned for its organic, evolving sounds that range from the simple yet sublime to outlandish sonic textures, ABSYNTH 4 continues to build on its exceptional reputation. The addition of new features combined with an optimized workflow and user interface brings fluidity and simplicity to the creation of intricate and intriguing sounds. The unique blend of inimitable effects with multiple synthesis and sampling techniques is the defining element of the ABSYNTH sound, now more than ever before. The signal flow is far more flexible and a revolutionary wave morphing feature has been added. Both the master effects section and the modulation concept have been greatly enhanced. All these enhancements further sweeten ABSYNTH?s already distinctive sonic flavour.
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01.21.07
Posted in Pro Virtual Instruments, VSTI, RTAS, MAS at 4:29 pm by kris.saelen
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The Atmosphere Dream Synth Module ™, is a new type of software plug-in instrument that integrates a massive, three gigabyte core library of more than one thousand unique sounds and layer elements, with a powerful and intuitive interface for shaping new textures. Atmosphere works as a native plug-in instrument in all major hosts like Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo and Pro-Tools.
Atmosphere was designed from the ground up by acclaimed synthesist Eric Persing, well known for his sound design of classic Roland synthesizers and award-winning sample libraries.
Persing and his International team of sound designers developed the Atmosphere core library using over a hundred sound design devices and nearly every conceivable synthesis method including Granular, Additive, Wavetable, Wavescanning, Graintable, Neural Processing, Vintage Analog, Vector, Virtual Analog, FM, Plug-In manipulations, and unusual Acoustic sources as well. This custom core library gives Atmosphere its unprecedented variety of tonal textures, especially when compared to standard soft-synths.
The range of sounds this instrument is capable of is astonishing, from lush ethereal pads, to powerful leads, crystalline glass swells to dark brooding atonal clouds, unusual synth basses, evocative ambiences, deep drones, complex textures, vintage analog sounds, disturbing noise FX, europhasers, gorgeous ambient string ensembles, thick trance/techno sounds, wavetable sweeps, vocoded choirs, dense vocal washes, transparent evolutions, and shimmering prisms of harmonic convergence. Sounds this rich put even the best hardware synths to shame!
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Posted in Pro Virtual Instruments, VSTI, Audio Unit, RTAS, MAS at 4:11 pm by kris.saelen
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When you’re ready to get serious about Bass, this is the instrument! Trilogy is a programmable, sample-based sound module plug-in, that integrates a massive 3 Gigabyte core library of hundreds of brand new, remarkable Bass sounds, with a powerful user interface for creating your own unique patches.
The real power of Trilogy lies within its layering concept. Beyond the core library hundreds of incredible new Basses, every patch in Trilogy has two layers that you can tweak individually. You can also immediately mix and match any of the layers in the core library together, and edit each one independently. Imagine the power of combining the sound of a real Minimoog ™ with a Fretless bass, or a Virus ™ with a TB-303 ™, or even adding a Juno ™ sub-oscillator to an Upright Bass! There are thousands of earthshaking combinations, and you’ll never run out of options.
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Posted in Pro Virtual Instruments, VSTI, Audio Unit, RTAS at 4:02 pm by kris.saelen
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Stylus RMX — The Realtime Groove Module Featuring the Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine!
Stylus RMX is a completely new groove-based virtual instrument plug-in for Macintosh and Windows. Stylus RMX is the first product to offer the combined power of Groove Control with Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E. technology giving users dramatic new control over groove production and performance.
Spectrasonics? in-house development team created the new instrument from the ground up, with dozens of new features including the ground-breaking Chaos Designer a completely redesigned multi-page user interface, a new core library of sounds, all with a focus on realtime groove creation and performance.
New Core library
The massive new 7.4 gigabyte core-library in Stylus RMX has thousands of cutting-edge grooves and sounds that were created by Spectrasonics? international sound design team, and produced by Eric Persing. The new core library contains nearly triple the amount of sounds originally offered in the original Stylus, and contains all the original material as well. The new sounds and grooves in Stylus RMX offer a much wider range of modern musical genres than the original Stylus. Mixes of grooves are broken down into individual tracks called Elements for flexibility and infinite combinations.
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