March 30, 2008

LLoop for live stage


lloopp is a software written in max/msp, designed for live-improvising. lloopp is freeware, open source. lloopp is written by artists who use this very software for their performances. lloopp needs max/msp installed. the visual part of lloopp also needs jitter.

March 15, 2008

How to get your music on Beatport


How to get your music on Beatport from marc on Vimeo.

March 13, 2008

Free loops samples and drum kits by Soonz


Soonz released free sample libraries in various formats (WAV/NKI/RFL) mostly on drum kits and looped rhythmic patterns.

Trans 909 light [WAV – Loops]
14 loops composed while jamming the 909 (no fx). Most of them can be stacked for tricky polyrhythms.

African Ship [WAV - construction kit]
A free construction kit looped on 2 bars, in an electro African mood.
Stack them all to hear the purpose.11 loops.

Hot Drums [COMBI / NKI / WAV - drum kit]
16 single shots for a drumset of percussive "adults only" sounds for Kontakt (NKI) and Reason (RFL).

Mechanical War [WAV – Loops]
Mechanical war is a collection of 19 weird Brazilian electro bouncing loops.

March 12, 2008

Free Kore Player + large sound packs


Native Instruments presents free KORE player software + free sound packs for the KORE platform (around 300MB). KORE software can act either as a plug-in or a host for plug-ins, which provides sound browsing, internal effects, and performance controls for combining sounds and effects.
- six integrated search engine (Kontakt, Reaktor, Guitar Rig, Massive, FM8 et Absynth) allowing playing those virtual instruments within Kore Sound packs)
- 30 integrated sounds
- 8 variations per sound son
- morphing between variations
- automation and total recall


March 09, 2008

Red Bull can make music


"On March 1st 2008 Red Bull energy drink launches ‘Red Bull Can Make Music’, a creativity contest that challenges students to make and build a unique piece of music using only a Red Bull can at redbullcanmakemusic.com until June 1st 2008." "Supported and judged by music heavyweights and Red Bull Music Academy Alumni DJ Zinc, Zed Bias and Tony Nwachukwu entries will be scored on creative concept: individuality and ingenuity and conceptual execution: composition and construction." "The creator of the winning track will get to spend a day in the studio with a judge of their choice. In addition the top entrants will be invited to London for an exclusive showcase party where the winner will be announced by the judges."

Large range of free sound banks available at Atomic Splitter


Atomic Splitter Audio friendly provides a large range of free sound banks. Just have a look as you have some very interesting and orginal sets of sound packs e.g. household percussion serie, or morning birds directly recorded from home window!

Enjoy and have a look on their website you can also find very interesting free VST.

Nature Sounds
Bird Calls

These samples were recorded around 5 in the morning from my window, Various birds call out in these samples making different sounds. There is 14 samples in this pack and they are great for soundscape and ambient music. Size 3.74MB.

FXB for your VSTi
Cobalt Vol. 1

After beta testing, GUI design (Grymmjack) and making presets for the new Cobalt synth from Leslie Sanford, both Atomsplitter and Grymmjack decided to make a full bank of presets for this great synth. So we are both happy to present the first preset bank which could be the first of many more collaboration banks as we are both happy with the results and we hope you will agree. The bank has 12 catagorys of sounds ranging from phat basses, synthesied drums to dramatic strings and pads. The Presets are free to be used in your music and the pack is ~97KB. Check out the audio demos for a sample.

Real world or Sci-fi effects?
Digital Effects Volume1

Need a sound effect to add to your track at the start of a section or right at the end, if so this pack of digitally made sound effects might just have something you need, with zaps to real world sounding effects. The sample pack is royalty free to use in your music; 32 samples in .wav and the size is ~10.2MB

Electrified Hits
Electro-Percussion Volume 1

A selection of synthesised drums and percussion sounds to use in your music, great for electronica and adding that synth sound to your beats, the pack is royalty free and contains 41 .wav samples for use in your audio apps, the pack size is 2.78MB

More electro drums
Electro-Percussion Volume 2

The second in the series of Electronic percussion sounds, all of the samples in this pack are created using synthesis and have a similar sound to real instruments yet an electro sound. In this pack there is 40 .wav samples which are royalty free and the pack size is ~2.1 MB

World seasoning for your productions
Ethnic Percussion Volume 1

The pack is of recorded ethnic/fair trade instruments from a range of places across the globe, as well as the percussion sounds there are some resampled samples which you won't find anywhere else. the pack contains 101 royalty free .wav samples to give your tracks an ethnic edge, the pack is ~7.8 MB

Heavy kicks
Gabba Kicks Volume1

A collection of 10 seriously heavy hitting distorted kick drums which are perfect for gabba, hard house and techno or any music which has a heavy kick. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 854KB

Arcade sounds for your tunes
Games and 8-Bit Kit Volume1

A collection of video game and 8-bit style retro sounds, perfect for adding a touch of 8-bit style to your music productions, the pack contains 53 samples in a variety of styles and is 9.14MB in size.

bleep:bloop:blip
Games and 8-Bit Kit Volume2

The second in the series of Games And 8-Bit samples, in this pack you will find a range of retro style blips, zips, effects and leads which are similar to the classic chiptune style used in retro video game music but they are not sampled from any hardware and are all original and royalty free to use in your music productions. The pack contains 79 .wav sounds and is 13MB

Ghost in the machine
Ghostly Drones Vol. 1

Ghostly Drones V1 - Add a paranormal atmosphere to your music with these sci-fi/horror like sounding drones and pad sounds, there are 10 royalty free samples in the pack so enough to make a whole ambient track also, the samples are .wav and the size is ~6.8MB

Home Made Percussion
Household Percussion Volume1

A collection of sounds from around my home recorded with a Zoom H4, because they are quick they can be used to make experimental beats or just layered with standard drums to create more original sounding beats. The pack is royalty free and contains 67 samples in wav format, size 4.84MB.

Make your beats more original
Household Percussion Volume2

The second volume of one shot hits recorded from around the house, they are great for layering with drums in your music to make a more unique and original sound beat and also great for IDM and experimental tracks. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 2.14MB

*bang*clang*
Metal Works Vol. 1

A collection of 21 Metallic sounds, perfect for IDM and experimental music and the hits are a interesting thing to try layering with your beats to make them more original and interesting, the pack contains .wav audio samples and is royalty free, the size of the pack is ~8.0MB

Gift for Christmas 2007
Mixed Pack Vol. 1

A christmas 2007 gift for everyone, and the first in the series of mixed samples packs, theres all sorts of interesting sounds ranging from ambient pads to sub bass, the pack contains 18 .wav royalty free samples to use in your music and audio productions and the pack is ~10.8Mb size.

Warm and ambient pad sounds
Pure Pads Volume1

A selection of warm and ambient pad sounds to help build your music tracks, great for ambient and IDM but still useful for all genres, the pack contains 14 pads. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 15.2MB

Got ambience?
Pure Pads Volume2

The second in the series of lush ambient pads to help create ambient parts in your tracks, the pack contains 14 samples and is royalty free, the samples are in .wav format, size 12.7MB

Quick pads and leads
Quick Pads And Leads Volume1

A collection of 15 quick pads and lead sounds including ambient, retro and heavy sounds which can be used in range of different types of music. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 6.24MB

Lead sounds and pads
Quick Pads And Leads Volume2

The second in the series of quick pads and leads, this time more focussed towards the pad sounds, great for melodies backing parts and ambient lead tunes, a great way to spice up your tracks. The pack contains 27 samples is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 9.68MB

Recorded Sound Effects
Real World SFX Volume1

A collection of recorded sound effects to use in your audio projects and music. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 6.62MB

Real SFX
Real World SFX Volume2

The second in the series of real recorded sound effects to use in your music. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 25.0MB

Sci-Fi sounds for free
Sci-Fi Works Volume 1

A collection of Sci-Fi/Experimental sounding samples recorded from a glitchy randomized synth live session, the set was listened to and the most interesting parts were extracted and resampled and now make great samples for use in abstract/experimental music or just to add that other-worldly sound to your tracks, there are 22 .wav samples and the pack is ~19.2 MB

Subs and general bass samples
Subs And Basses Volume1

A selection of different basses that can be useful for many styles of music production, they range from quick to long and soft to heavy. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 9.00MB

Got bass for your tracks?
Subs And Basses Volume2

The second in the series of basses and subs, a variety of different sounds great for lots of different types of music from hiphop to drum n bass. The pack is royalty free and the samples are in .wav format, size 9.48MB

Mechaverb by Atom Splitter


Mechaverb is a very original concept and interesting reverb effect where you can set the ranges of the internal delays which make up the reverb sound, you can also pan the bands and set there mixing amount which gives you a range of possible sounds from large halls to ringy metallic reverbs.

Download here (and free as usual)

March 04, 2008

Lots of free sound banks by Gold Baby


Northen Beat presents Daedalus polyphonic synthesizer


Northen Beat presents Daedalus a very nice polyphonic synthesizer.


Specifications:

Polyphony
8-voice polyphonic

VCOs
2 pulsewidth modulated oscillators (saw, square and sine)
Octave tune
Semi tune
Fine tune (VCO2)
Keyboard tracking
Envelope modulation
PWM mode and modulation
VCO2 > 1 modulation
Oscillator sync

MIXER
Oscillator volume
Dual mode noise oscillator
Ringmodulation

HPF
1 separate 12dB/oct hipass filter

VCF
4 filter modes (1x 12dB/oct, 3x 24dB/oct.)

Envelopes (ADSR)
VCO, VCF and VCA

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