Wednesday 15 July 2020

Cloudrum - Ample Music


If  your after a great free Tongue Drum percussive instrument, then Cloudrum is the one!!

Cloudrum is a unique and relaxing Steel Tongue Drum with a range of 3 octaves. It produces wonderful tones, add color and a unique moderation to your music no matter the genre.
System Requirements:

1 GB of free hard disk space.
Windows Vista or newer, Pentium 4 or Athlon processor with 2 GB RAM.
Mac OS X 10.7 or highe, Intel-based Mac with 2 GB RAM.
AU, VST, AAX host application and professional sound card recommended. Stand-alone version included.
AAX Windows version is not available in current version.

Specifications:

Size: 760 MB, 44.1khz
DFD(Direct from disk)
Two mic positions with stereo and mono modes.
Open, Mute, Opened Release, Muted Release 4 articulations

Technology:

CPC (Customized Parameters Control) - any controller can be controlled by MIDI CC or Automation.
Double - different samples at L & R channel.
Each Cycle - Separate sample cycle for each note and velocity layer to improve humanization and sample utilization efficiency.
Cycle * 3 Simulation - When toggled on, sample cycles can reach up to 12 (default is 4), which significantly enhances repetitive notes. No more robotic and machine-like sound.

Thursday 9 July 2020

Soundtoys


If you only have one set of effect plug ins then spundtoys is the way to go. The effect rack can hold multiple devices and you can control them all from one knob. Extremely versatile and going way beyond most with the intuitive tweakability. The Crystallizer and Tremelo  is particularly nice but so are they all really!!

Soundtoys 5 brings together our entire range of audio effects into one powerful collection. Includes all 18 Soundtoys plug-ins.

Saturate, compress and distort with Decapitator, Radiator, and Devil-Loc. Get a virtual history of echo and delay hardware with EchoBoy and PrimalTap. Transform your vocals with Little AlterBoy. Recreate classic studio pitch, chorus and widening effects with Crystallizer and MicroShift. Take modulation to new levels with the beat-synced rhythmic effects of PanMan, Tremolator, FilterFreak, and PhaseMistress.

All of these individual elements are proven, powerful tools, trusted by professional mix engineers, musicians and sound designers everywhere. But combined in the new Soundtoys Effect Rack, they are indeed the ultimate effects collection.

The new Soundtoys Effect Rack is the centerpiece of Soundtoys 5. It turns a tried-and-true collection of powerful individual plug-ins into a virtually unlimited creative multi-effects system.

The Effect Rack makes it simple to build your own custom effect chains and define your signature sound. And when you’ve created the perfect combination of effects, the Rack’s global controls let you treat the whole rack as a single plug-in.

Lock rhythmic effects to a single tempo, or let them run free. Fine tune the input and output levels, and use the global mix control to blend your effect in with the dry signal. Then experiment with the powerful new global Recycle control. By mixing the output of the rack back into the input, you can build your own modulated reverbs, over-the-top delays and other unique ambience effects that would require complicated routing to accomplish in most DAWs.


Work Smarter

The Effect Rack integrates all of the individual Soundtoys effects into a single plug-in, which improves workflow by displaying an entire custom effect processing chain at once. You won’t need to juggle multiple plug-in windows to adjust parameters, add new effects, or change their routing. The Effect Rack keeps everything right at your fingertips.

Choose from our range of carefully-crafted presets to find the perfect jumping-off point. Or quickly design, save and recall combinations of your favorite Soundtoys effects—all in one self-contained plug-in.

Effects that move to your rhythm. With any shape you can imagine.

An LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) is at the heart of every modulation effect — it’s what gives tremolos, phasers, panners and sweeping filters their characteristic motion.

Our included library of LFO shapes goes far beyond standard modulation effects, giving you curves based on vintage modulation effects, amps and instruments as well as more abstract shapes. You can also draw and sculpt your own totally customized shapes using our Shape Editor. Use it to dream up new LFO shapes, from knife-edged waves to gently ebbing curves.

Our Rhythm Editor is like a rhythmic modulation sequencer. Choose a length (in bars) and the size of the steps you want to edit (sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes, etc), then start clicking to make a new pattern. You can turn individual steps on and off to create pauses or rests, and adjust the level and length of each step to humanize your pattern and give it some musical variation. You can even choose the number of beats per bar to create some funky syncopation or odd-time-signature grooves. Like our custom shapes, custom patterns are even swappable between plug-ins. And, of course, you can lock everything to the master tempo of the Soundtoys Effect Rack or your favorite DAW for solid, dead-simple synchronization.


Wednesday 8 July 2020

XY - Transfer - Rob Papen

Very detailed sound manipulation wth a plethora of Fx. Can be a little overwhelming to start with.

Picture a -Filter Bank- with 36 different Filter types and an XY panel which can also be recorded and played back in several different ways. Yes...that is already very cool, however, picture in your mind that you can also use it in combination with 2 other FX, which also have their own XY pad and this is all then polished off with a flexible Stereo Delay!

Imagine using the Lo-Fi effect combined with a Comb Filter and an analog modeled filter, and this all with each its own XY pad and this all topped off by the Stereo Delay. :o

Indeed, thinking out of the box, this is what the - Rob Papen - brand loves to do and of course, this is the case with XY-Transfer And If you are familiar with the instruments, you know the XY panel for sure. It is a very creative tool for adding dynamic changes to a sound.

Well, now you can use our exciting XY panel in combination with a cool range of effects!
The cool thing about XY-Transfer is that each ‘BLOCK’ which holds one of the FX, also has its own XY field. So very complex effect types are possible which can lead to some unheard and creative effects!

The available Block effects are: - Filter Bank - | - Comb Filter - | - Shaper - | - Room - and - Gater -.
These effects can be combined in these blocks and the - Stereo Delay- can also be placed in different combinations within these 3 blocks.

So, if you are looking for a - Filter Bank ‘ and beyond... XY-Transfer will transfer your audio into something creatively new and unheard.

Tuesday 7 July 2020

Quad - Rob Papen

Yet another great sounding synth, (previously rack instrumernt for Reason)  making for a more unique sound with PhaseDistortion and WaveShaping.

QUAD was the first-ever Rack Extension synthesizer built from the ground up for Reason by the Rob Papen team and is now also available as VST/AU/AAX plugin.

The sonic palette is huge, through the vast modulation possibilities that QUAD has to offer. The sound sculpting tools start in each Oscillator and are the Phase Distortion and WaveShaper.
These tools are brought to life by 2 XY-Pads in each Oscillator, which can be moved through an extensive modulation matrix.
QUAD’s Oscillators are complemented by two top-notch analog-modeled Filters, which have different routing options, an arpeggiator, and two high-quality effects processors.

Welcome to the new refreshing synthesizer QUAD – not only available in Reason but available to all!

Quad is delivered with over 750 presets!

Thursday 2 July 2020

Vecto - Rob Papen

Another great synth from Rob Papen which is much more focused on  ambient type sounds. So if your into soundscapes and cinematic type music this would definitely be your bag. Simple but very powerfull!!

 Vecto was originally created for the Propellerhead Reason RE platform, however we have received many requests asking if this great synthesizer also could be available for other platforms. So here it is!
Vecto is a four-oscillator vector synthesizer that allows users to draw in vector paths to shape the sound in many different ways. Included are a large range of oscillator waves, plus sampled waveforms and lots of different modulation options and preset vector paths to help create the unique Vecto sound!
Due to the interesting range of waveforms, from classic analog modelled ones, Additive, Spectrum and high quality sampled waveforms, the sound options are dazzling deep! Two filters are added with 28 Filter types and 2 top notch effect processors finish the audio route with blister. A lot of interesting modulation options and creative features are added in Vecto, including an arpeggiator.

Wednesday 1 July 2020

Sub Boom Bass 2 - Rob Papen

Much improved from the previous version with that fully featured 4 section sequencer which is very rarely to be found elsewhere.  Great for those Tangerine Dream vibes.

SubBoomBass 2 is the successor of the legendary SubBoomBass! Its GUI (graphical user interface) has received a makeover for more comfortable control of all features. SubBoomBass 2 still has its analogue modelled waveforms on board, but the sound colour has been expanded with new spectrum waveforms, new creative ‘think out of the box’ high quality samples and introducing Karplus-Strong string synthesis! You will understand that these new features generate fresh and unheard-of sounds! But there is more… An X/Y screen, a new pattern mode for running 4 sequences, and just like in Predator 2 it has the easy to use Bank Manager with star feature, so that you can quickly find and go to your favourite sounds straight away.