Happy Birthday BFD Core ReFill!

 

Today marks the one year anniversary of the release of the BFD Core ReFill for Reason! The BFD Core ReFill has 3.6GB of high quality FXpansion drum samples (with multiple mic positions), designed specifically for the Reason Rack by Jeremy Janzen, Adam Fielding, Tom Pritchard and Lewis Osborne (hey wait, that's me!) In celebration Nucleus SoundLab has announced a 40% OFF sale on the BFD Core ReFill until Nov.16!

 

"Nucleus SoundLab and FXpansion present BFD Core Refill for Propellerhead Reason 6+. BFD Core ReFill is a synergy between the best-in-class drum samples of FXpansion, partnered with the proven sound design experience of Nucleus SoundLab. The goal of this product is to be the absolute best drum ReFill available for Reason. Whether you need an incredibly detailed and produced drumkit for your mix, or you need quality samples to produce a drumkit of your own, BFD Core ReFill delivers."

TRES mono synth!

 

I've been wanting to post about this new synth from FXpansion for months! TRES is a fantastic monophonic synthesizer for the Reason Rack that bucks today's trend of including everything under the sun in an instrument in favor of creating an elegant interface that just begs to be played with... 3 Oscillators, 3 Filter models, an easy to use Mod Bus section, plus Tonal controls that can drastically change the sound of a patch! This is a Rack Extension I think everyone will dig and please check out my patches in the factory library while you're at it (with the LO extension :-). Adam Fielding, Tom Pritchard, Shaun Wallace and Nucleus SoundLab's mad scientist Jeremy Janzen also lent a hand in sound design! Check it:

 

"Tres is a DCAM analogue circuit-modelled monosynth Rack Extension from FXpansion. It features exciting TransMod modulation and a wide variety of timbral flexibility and tone sculpting.

Tres's modelled VCOs offer interesting audio-rate functions for complex tones along with filtered noise and a sub-osc. A keytracked shelf-EQ allows you to emphasize or cut higher harmonics before a multimode filter with huge resonance, self-oscillation, FM, adjustable drive and 3 distinct classic synth filter models. Tres's final output VCA provides a final drive stage for a variety of tonal colours from warm and smooth to gritty and aggressive.

Most of Tres's parameters can be modulated simultaneously by any of 10 available modulation sources, including Tres's built-in dual envelopes and LFOs and external CV sources from elsewhere in your Reason project. You can also route external sources for audio-rate filter FM and use Tres's built-in envelopes and LFOs to modulate other devices within your session. "

More info and audio demos in the PropShop! Pick up Tres today for $49 USD.

 

FXpansion BusComp RE and ChanComp RE Tutorial

Checkout this brand new tutorial on FXpanion's BusComp RE and the coming ChanComp RE:

"FXpansion DCAM BusComp is a Rack Extension that delivers high-end studio-quality bus compression directly in your Reason environment.

Designed for drum and master bus duties, it adds punch, depth and cohesion to your mixes while keeping it sounding smooth and natural."

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BFD Core ReFill Demos

Check out these awesome tracks using the new BFD Core ReFill:

 

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BFD Core ReFill from Nucleus SoundLab!

 

The last few months I've been working on a special secret project for Nucleus SoundLab that ports the amazing BFD Eco software drum instrument to Reason! This refill, called BFD Core, has 3.6 GB of drum samples with 16 velocity layers and alternate sample playback (articulations) for some of the most realistic sounding drums ever committed to software. The drum samples, professionally recorded by FXpansion with multiple mics for both room and overhead ambience, include 57 individually recorded kit pieces - from manufacturers like Pearl, Tama, OCDP, Paiste, Zildjian, and Rogers. The Snare and Kick Drums in BFD Core were recorded with multiple mics (top and bottom, inside and out, respectively) for further sonic depth!

To get your tracks going and grooving Nucleus SoundLab has included over 2200 midi loops that work seamlessly with the NNXT and Combinators included in the refill. And speaking of Combinators, BFD Core comes with 75 specially designed combis that use all the transient shapers, EQs, compressors, distortion, reverb and delay devices that Reason 6 has to offer to the fullest - designed by NSL CEO Jeremy Janzen, Adam Fielding, Lewis Osborne (myself), Queen's Road and Tom "Stompp" Pritchard! These combis come in two categories, a more straightforward category for realistic drums and a "Heavy FX" category for the more adventurous. A "Lite" version of each Combinator is included as well, for use on computers with less RAM.

The BFD Core ReFill is available today on the brand new Nucleus SoundLab website for a special introductory price! Check out the amazing demo video featuring a track composed with BFD Core from Adam Fielding below:

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FXpansion DCAM EnvShaper

This new Rack Extension from FXpansion looks fantastic:

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FXpansion Maul

FXpansion have a brand new effects plug-in called Maul, a multi band distortion / wave shaper! Maul is available for $70 USD until the end of October, when the regular price of $99 will be implemented, so jump on that sh*t. Check it:

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Etch Red Quick Tip 03

FXpansion has uploaded a third quick tip for their awesome Etch Rack Extension, this time the tip is on the key tracking mode:

DCAM Dynamics EnvShaper Tutorial

If you haven't checked out the new DCAM Dynamics effects plug-ins from FXpansion do yourself a favor and spend some time over at FXpansion.com checking out these new sonic tools! Here's a tutorial on using one of them:

MIDI Fighter 3D + Tekken Tag Tournament Mix

Reason Product Specialist, Mattias Häggström Gerdt, using a MIDI Fighter 3D with Buffre, Etch and Sugar Bytes Rack Extensions:

"With some of the new Rack Extensions in Reason 6.5 I thought I'd try some good old triggered effects! Buffre and the Sugar Bytes stuff are especially good for this.

Light buttons trigger Buffre, Blue buttons trigger Slice Arrangers, Filter Pattern, Spectralizer and The Echo

The track is a Tekken Tag Tournament remix I made for a competition, originally by Akitaka Tohyama and Sanodg. Remix can be heard here."

FXpansion DCAM Dynamics

New from FXpansion - DCAM Dynamics:

"FXpansion DCAM Dynamics offers a variety of different flavours of high-quality circuit-modelled dynamics processing. The included plugins are perfect for everything from taming tricky transients to heavy, creative sculpting effects and everything in between. Classic console bus compression and channel limiting amp processors are provided alongside a transient shaper and frequency-selective compressor making DCAM Dynamics a great all-purpose dynamics toolbox."

FXpansion Etch Red: Quick Tip 02

The second FXpansion Etch Red quick tip, this time on advanced modulation routing:

"FXpansion Etch Red: an exciting and great-sounding filtering effect based on DCAM circuit-modelled technology and now available as a Reason Rack Extension.

Etch Red features dual filters with 38 available filter responses, realistic audio-rate FM, flexible routing, additional drive & compression stages, and our unique TransMod modulation system with 2 LFOs, envelopes and more."

FXpansion Etch Red Overview Tutorial

FXpansion Etch Red is "an exciting and great-sounding filtering effect based on DCAM circuit-modelled technology and now available as a Reason Rack Extension. Etch Red features dual filters with 38 available filter responses, realistic audio-rate FM, flexible routing, additional drive & compression stages, and our unique TransMod modulation system with 2 LFOs, envelopes and more."

FXpansion Etch Tutorial

"FXpansion's Etch is a versatile filtering effect based on DCAM circuit-modelled technology. Etch's dual filters let you switch between 4 models for all manner of fat and warm subtractive tone-shaping, with a comb filter type providing mind-bending psychedelic effects.

Additional distortion and compressor stages are provided for beefing up signals, and FXpansion's TransMod modulation system lets you animate Etch's circuits over time. Use inter-modulating LFOs, envelopes and more to drive the filter cutoffs, distortion level, compression amount or any other parameters. Etch does amazing things to all kinds of audio material and is great for subtle warming, deep tone sculpting, wild sweeps, special effects and experimental sonics." -FXpansion

FXpansion Etch!

New From FXpansion:

FXpansion's Etch is a versatile filtering effect based on DCAM circuit-modelled technology. Etch's dual filters let you switch between 4 models for all manner of fat, warm subtractive tone-shaping, with a comb filter type providing mind-bending psychedelic effects.

Additional distortion and compressor stages are provided for beefing up signals, and FXpansion's TransMod modulation system lets you animate Etch's circuits over time. Use inter-modulating LFOs, envelopes and more to drive the filter cutoffs, distortion level, compression amount or any other parameters. Etch does amazing things to all kinds of audio material and is great for subtle warming, deep tone sculpting, wild sweeps, special effects and experimental sonics.

Availability & Pricing

Etch is available as a download-only product from the FXpansion web shop!

Pricing is USD $99.00, EUR €79.00, GBP £69.00 inc VAT where applicable

Introductory Offer: Etch is USD $70, EUR €55, GBP £48 inc VAT for all registered owners of Geist, DCAM: Synth Squad, Tremor, BFD2 and BFD Eco (and customers purchasing Etch at the same time any of these products) until 30 April 2012.

Drum Synthesis 101 with FXpansion Tremor - Realistic Snare

Episode 4 of FXpansion's Drum Synthesis 101 series deals with creating realistic snares. While this tutorial is using FXpansion's killer Tremor Synthetic Drum Machine much of the information is useful for creating sounds in other programs, like say Kong! Check it:

FXpansion Tremor - Synthetic Drum Machine

FXpansion released a video this afternoon for a new synthetic drum machine based on the DCAM modeling circuits, called Tremor. Looks fantastic:


"FXpansion is proud to present Tremor: a software drum machine with powerful synthesis, effects, modulation and step-sequencing. DCAM circuit-modelled sound generation is fused with new ideas to produce original sounds with the punch and extreme sound pressure of old-school analogue. Tremor's dance drums, funky beatscapes, abstract machines and undiscovered sonic terrain are suited to all kinds of electronic, urban and experimental music." -FXpansion

FXpansion Geist Quick Tip 11 - Midi Control of Graphs

In this Quick Tip we take a look at two methods of controlling automation graphs using midi controllers.
-FXpansion

ReWire with Acid7, Reason5 and Beat Made with Guru

100% all MIDI based production. In this production I have fused
together Sony Acid Pro 7 and Propellerhead Reason 5 with a Beat
made with Guru. Guru is a MIDI based beat making, beat sequencing
and beat editing VSTi that will load with anything that supports
VSTi 2.0 standards. In this one I have merged several technologies
into one big super production environment. Also I do some serious
SideChaining on this track.
-MrJoeFunktastic

FXpansion Geist Quick Tip 01 - Automating Tools

A quick look at some new features introduced in Geist version 1.0.2.8, including advanced automation tools and brand new envelopes.
-FXpansion