Hybrid Kicks – 67 Free Kick Samples Made from the Body
Hybrid Kicks – 67 Free Kick Samples Made from the Body Max Christensen has released Hybrid Kicks, a sample pack containing 67 kick samples originally recorded from body thumping sounds. The sound source is the body, that’s pretty cool. Max grabbed a microphone, prepped for recording, then thumped away at his chest to record the samples. He then processed each sample to give it a modern sound and split them up into four categories: Low Thumb, Punchy, Sustained, FX. Here’s what Max said about the process: I recorded various body hits, adjusted the tails and then basically went crazy with the processing. First I added the subharmonics with the free subharmonic generator Bark of Dog because any drum will have a resonating frequency and a chest pound is just way too short. Then I would equalize, saturate, and compress like crazy in various orders. Sometimes I would apply double compression, double saturation, double …
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Really Useful Plugins #1 – Mess Up Your Projects With a FREE MaxforLive Rack!
Really Useful Plugins #1 – Mess Up Your Projects With a FREE MaxforLive Rack! You read that correctly. Really Useful Plugins released a pack of Max for Live devices all designed to really muck up your Ableton project for you so you don’t have to! Included in the pack are 12 instruments, MIDI effects, and audio effects. Below is a list of descriptive words to briefly introduce the devices. Insults! Games! Bombs! Self importance! Sabotage! Ways to magically sound like everyone else! The Chuckle Brothers! Annoying insects! Exploration! Passive aggression! Those are actually pretty accurate for this set of sarcastically devised tools, but we’ve provided the more in-depth descriptors from the RU website to give you a bit more guidance. ru.feedback “Get real-time support and advice from a sophisticated machine learning algorithm. ru.feedback analyses your audio or MIDI to provide insightful comments that can help you to get things right …
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Amplified Cello Quartet – Spitfire LABS Releases Cello Library
Amplified Cello Quartet – Spitfire LABS Releases Cello Library Spitfire Audio has released Amplified Cello Quartet to follow up their previous release of DRUMS. This time around we’re getting blessed with an entire software instrument dedicated to the Cello. Christian Henson and Harry Wilson were the engineers responsible for capturing the sound from the celli artists. After passing the sounds through amplifiers they routed the audio through some effects pedals to give them a more distinct feel. Here’s what the engineers said about it: LABS Amplified Cello Quartet was recorded by our founder Christian Henson and engineer Harry Wilson in 2017, here at Spitfire HQ. Christian played with the sound during the live recordings using effects pedals, with the celli in one room and the amps in another. The amps were driven incredibly hard, allowing you to turn your strings up to 11! The plugin’s interface is presented in the same …
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MS EQ COMP – FREE Midside Compressor
MS EQ COMP – FREE Midside Compressor Internet Co. recently released a FREE mid-side equalizer and compressor plugin called simply MS EQ COMP. The plugin is available both for Windows and Mac OS platforms. It is a straightforward plugin in design and function which we’re quite grateful for, it’s part of what makes this such a quality plugin. The effect features a 3-band equalizer specifically for adjusting the center or the sides. If you aren’t interested in getting that type of processing you can link the modules in order to work in stereo by pressing a clearly labeled and easy to see button at the bottom of the plugin’s GUI. A bonus feature is a preset manager where you can save and recall your favorite presets. Internet Co. features this description on their website – MS EQ COMP can encode standard STEREO (left/right) signal to MS (middle and side) and add EQ …
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Tuned Bandpass Filters – 12 Free Racks by Sound Author
Tuned Bandpass Filters – 12 Free Racks by Sound Author Tuned Bandpass Filters is a pay-what-you-want set of Ableton Live Racks made by Sound Author. Inside the pack is 12 different EQ-based effect racks each tuned to the 12 notes of the chromatic scale. The rack comes with the 8 macro knobs assigned to 8 harmonic octaves of the root note of the rack, with the effect you can get into some advanced harmonic filtering to get surgical with mixing or do some fine sculpting of a sound. Sound Author stated, “Tuned Bandpass Filters was designed for sound designers who are looking to create harmonic resonances without having to use a vocoder.” Each rack is labeled by the root note which is especially important given that the racks don’t have dry/wet knobs; because of that w recommend throwing the effect on a send bus. Watch this video below to see …
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That Guitar – FREE LoFi Hip-Hop Style Guitar Sample Pack
That Guitar – FREE LoFi Hip-Hop Style Guitar Sample Pack Electronic music producer Arrogant Beggar and Reddit user ThatguyTarlung recently dropped a post on reddit offering his fellow music makers a wonderful gift – a free sample pack featuring guitar samples designed for use in Lo-Fi Hip-Hop. Anyone familiar with the multiple Youtube channels dedicated to sleepy laid-back beats will recognize “That guitar”. Arrogant Beggar’s original post is copied below, Unless you have been living under a rock or have been avoiding Lo-Fi Hip-Hop radio stations like the plague (I wouldn’t blame you), you have probably heard “That guitar”. Jazzy electric chords that sound like they have been recorded via Polaroid pictures. Here’s my take on it. Featuring my very own “SILO” (Strat in look only) recorded in my bedroom through a knock-off USB interface. Processed by the finest fake-analog gear my money can by (so… mostly free stuff). Originally intended …
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