Brent Kallmer continues his world tour of Reaktor ensembles with this look at the infamous Krypt:
"NI REAKTOR's Krypt groovebox is not for the faint of heart. Here are three essential points to propel your explorations of Krypt's twisted universe. Full post (with bonus video): bluewatervst.com."
Another great example from Peff of his Directre and Buffre Rack Extensions for Reason:
"just some weird jamming with directre and buffre. Original drum loops are from a recording of Tim Bulkley."
Part 3 in the Japanese language MS-20 mini tutorials:
"アナログ・シンセサイザー MS-20 mini のハウトゥをご紹介。Part3「オシレーター」編"
Soundcells has updated their Green House Reason ReFill to version 3! Green House uses samples from the amazing Synplant soft synth created by Malström designer Magnus Lidström, and is a great way of porting the sounds from this strange synthesizer into the Reasonverse. Check out the details:
"Greenhouse v3“ is an awesome ReFill based on samples coming from the popular Synplant software synthesizer. The 174 combinator patches provide an insight into the highly characterful sound capabilities Synplant has to offer … In addition, some One-Shot-FX kits are included to let you produce some glitchy electro beats.
Version 3 adds 15 combinator patches based on 140+ new Synplant samples, 10 new MicroTonic rex loops and re-worked backdrops for a better and much clearer look."
Greenhouse v3 Contents:
• 174 combinator patches
• 151 NNXT patches containing the basic patches
• 21 rex loops and 37 drum samples coming from the MicroTonic drum synthesizer
• 990+ Synplant samples in 44Khz / 24 bit, 1030 mb uncompressed
Pick up Green House today for the discounted price of €19.90 (until August 19.)
Okay, this is just awesome:
"Suit & Tie Guy of STG Sound Labs brought his modular synthesizer by the Moog Sound Lab and controlled four of our Sub Phatty Analog Synthesizers with his labyrinth of analog modules."
Canadian electronic duo Majical Cloudz stopped by KCRW yesterday to perform live on Morning Becomes Eclectic! Dig it:
New Native Instruments promo:
"What do games like Command & Conquer and Halo: Anniversay, TV shows like Arrested Development and Top Gear, and films like Transformers 3 and Live Free or Die Hard have in common? Their scores were created with Komplete -- the trusted instrument and effect collection for epic, blockbuster sound."
Cool news story courtesy of the Associated Press about 102 year old Lionel Ferbos the oldest actively working musician in New Orleans. Play on Lionel!
One of my favorite sound designers has a brand new library for Reason out - Thorkit II:
"ThorKit II for Reason 4 and above, the sequel to the popular ThorKit ReFill – 200 new Thor patches! ThorKit II contains 100 lush Chord patches, 50 evocative Polysynth patches, and 50 driving Sequence synths. Chord patches use Thor’s Step Sequencer to mimic Chord Memory, a function found on some synthesisers whereby pressing a note plays an entire chord, resulting in some huge sounds. You can deactivate the chord with Button 1 and use these as 100 deep Polysynths if you prefer."
Available now for £15 @ tompritchardsounddesign.com
A great video from Reason guru Peff on how various types of control voltage affect oscillator pitch:
Something about the summer heat makes me crave reggae, here Los Angeles based reggae outfit The Lions perform "This Generation" in the KCRW studios:
Great video from Goldbaby on layering samples in Maschine:
Digging this Mount Kimbie track "You Took Your Time" featuring King Krule, from their Warp Records debut 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth'.
Check out the vid:
ReaktorTips.com have an awesome new filtered delay effects ensemble for Reaktor available thru their site called Ghost Shift that costs a mere Facebook "Like"; and it sounds and looks awesome:
A brand new tutorial from Brent Kallmer and Bluewater VST!
"In this tutorial, we will: 1) harvest loops from three of REAKTOR's grooveboxes (Massive, Newscool, and SineBeats), 2) bring our crop of loops together into a Sample Map (using the Sample Map Generator), and 3) enter—Sample Map in tow—the mind-bending world of Random Step Shifter, a Sample Transformer that will take our loops to places undreamt."
Been awhile since we've posted a Gattobus video on RF, and this latest one is the perfect piece to get reacquainted with his work! Featuring a lust-worthy Eurorack Modular synth with Elektron's Machinedrum and Monomachine, this video is sure to give you G.A.S. (gear acquiring syndrome.)
AnalogAudio1 showcasing the classic Korg KR-55 Rhythm Box:
"The Korg Rhythm 55 (KR-55) is a non programmable analog rhythm box from 1979. The KR-55 and its little brother KR-33 were the successors of the Korg Minipops series. Same knobs as on the MS/PS-series. The sound of the hi hats is more complex - similar to those on the Roland TR-808/606.
The KR-55 has some special features: a TRIG OUT jack including several triggering modes, SHUFFLE function and volume faders for the most drum sounds.
The rhythms are not mixable like on earlier Korg rhythm boxes (Minipops series). TEMPO and VOLUME controls. It was used by Jean-Michel Jarre (Magnetic Fields) and Depeche Mode (Speak and Spell) among others. It has a very characteristic sound - it sounds fantastic!"
Big City Music uploaded a great video this morning of the Skychord Cloudbuster Pedal:
"Check out the crazy/cool Skychord Cloudbuster pedal! The Cloudbuster is a super fun delay/sequencer. Each step controls the delay time for that step. There are also controls for sequence speed, delay glide, overall delay time, feedback amount, and more.
We start with a simple drone from the Sleepdrone 6 and eventually fade out the dry signal almost completely. The Cloudbuster is the only pedal of it's kind and we love it!"