Ultraloop - Twisted Tools

Amazing tool for glitching out a bunch of loops at the touch of a button (buttons). Includes many presets to get you going but really comes into its own when you load your own, which is great for anyone with large loop libraries and who wants to breath some freshness into them  

This can go very deep or you can keep it simple.Best to focus on one module at a time. Especially fine stuff for Electronica ,dubstep etc

. ULTRALOOP is a first-of-its-kind loop remixing sampler with a fast and intuitive visual workflow for Native Instruments *Reaktor. ULTRALOOP combines advanced loop layering, comping, effect processing and automation techniques to generate new grooves, riffs and song ideas. You can use ULTRALOOP with the included factory sample library or to remix your own samples, injecting new life into any existing loop library. In addition to the factory library, Ultraloop Expansions are available as part of our Loop Expansion series.

At the core of ULTRALOOP is an advanced loop layering engine and sequencer, capable of both layering and comping - a production technique that allows you to flip between layered tracks that are playing back simultaneously, by muting and un-muting slices of each layer. Up to eight tracks with loops of any BPM can be layered or comped together in real-time and can be further processed using the all-new Gestural FX engine. The Gestural FX engine automatically generates dynamic effect movements that ramp and modulate over time, using a suite of creative effects designed to produce endless fills, articulations and variations.
To create additional loops and variations, ULTRALOOP features and endless supply of randomization functions, connected to a unique Preset Grid system for each main parameter group. A Preset Grid allows you to store, recall and automate settings by using a dynamic memory grid made up of 17 slots that can be played on-the-fly. The settings for the entire instrument, including all the parameter Preset Grids can be stored and recalled in one of eight Global Scenes, allowing you to create infinite loop variations. All the relevant instrument features can be played with live, without skipping a beat, by using a mouse, MIDI or OSC

Blue Cats Patchwork

Another excellent plug in from Blue Cats which hosts your vsts and effects in chains, allowing you to save and load your favourite collection at the click of  button. Splendidly laid out and with great automation features, but the real power comes in routing vst's and effects to seperate channels, which one cannot do in many DAWs.

Blue Cat's PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patchbay that can host up to 64 VST, VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins into any Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in one instance.

It is possible to chain effects in series or create up to 8 parallel chains that can be activated independently. This lets you create your favorite effects or instruments configurations within the plug-in, without the need for multiple busses. These configurations can be saved as presets and recalled instantly, or shared with multiple DAWs, using any plug-in format (full list below).

Despite the name, you can forget about wires or cables: configuring plug-ins routing is as simple as adding or removing a row or a column in the rack's matrix. All plug-ins can also communicate with each other or with the host application using the virtual MIDI ports offered by the plug-in.

For each plug-in slot, latency compensation, presets management, undo/redo integration, audio i/o selection and individual plug-in bypass are included for optimal operation. The plug-in also stores the position of the window for each plug-in so that the layout is restored with your session or saved with presets.

Also, sub plug-ins can be automated or controlled with external control surfaces using Blue Cat's PatchWork parameters mapping capabilities.

This product is available as an audio plug-in (effect or a virtual instrument) and standalone application, so that it can used alone or inserted on any type of track in your favorite DAW, with up to 16 audio channels.

Input and output level meters are also available to monitor the signal that is dispatched to inserted plug-ins, including side chain and aux channels.

If you are looking for a multiband plug-ins host for multiband processing, check out the Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer plug-in. Also, any Blue Cat Audio plug-in is compatible and can be hosted by this software.

V2.0 (2017/02/23)

Brand new GUI design, with improved usability and touchscreen support.
Now supports retina displays on Mac (text using high resolution).
Favorite plug-ins and their settings can be saved to be quickly reloaded later from a menu.
Unused channels for each hosted plug-in can now be muted (instead of default pass-thru).
Load/save native VST, VST3 or AU preset files.
Presets and parameters menus are now split in sub menus instead of a single list.
Additional user VST path to locate VST plug-ins is now available.
Missing VST & VST3 plug-ins are now automatically relocated.
Lock GUI state and in/out gains to prevent changes when loading presets.
Output gain is now always active, even when using a single PRE column.
Exclusive solo mode for parallel chains.
Show or hide all plug-ins editors with single click.
Hide plug-ins slots to minimize the plug-in.
Standalone application: drag and drop preset files on the application to load preset instantly on startup (and create shortcuts to launch app with a specific preset).
Now compatible with most recent Audio Units (Waves for example).
Changed demo limitations: up to 5 instances allowed, bypass time changed to half a second, and bypass parameter is not affected anymore.
Fully compatible with previous versions of the plug-in.Dropped support for Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier.

PreSonus Studio One 3 Professional

Top notch DAW Studio One is THE way to go especially if you prefer arranging and multi mixing/recording your own stuff and in this respect beats the likes of Ableton Live hands down!! Too many awesome features to list here! With the newly updated version, Studio One is faster than ever and loads/performs at lightning speed. An excellent set of instruments and notes FX etc is also included and its really well worth getting the professional version for these extra features. I'll certainly be using this DAW more often than i have done in the past!!


Studio One Artist and Professional are available direct from both PreSonus and music retail shops worldwide as both upgrades and full versions. Both Artist and Professional come as standard download versions, and can also be purchased with the entire program on an exclusive limited edition 64 GB USB flash drive.

Instantly familiar—yet nothing feels like it. Studio One® 3 contains everything you’d expect from a modern digital audio powerhouse. Once you touch its fast, flow-oriented, drag-and-drop interface, you’ll realize Studio One® 3 was built by creative people for creative music production.

At every step of the musical process, you’ll spend your time creating music instead of fighting a bloated interface. And the sound quality? Well, simply put, it’s unparalleled. In fact, the most common comments from musicians, producers and engineers who have switched to Studio One are “I can just get things done faster” and “Studio One just sounds better.” Let’s find out why.


Version 3.5.1 Release Notes (June 27, 2017)

New features and improvements:
Overall lower latency when playing virtual instruments
Further CPU load balancing improvements
Improved Quick Zoom behavior (alt+shift)
Mixer Undo history logs parameter changes from external devices
Visual bypass state for Mix Engine FX in console
Bouncing Events now keeps routing

The following issues have been fixed:
[Mix Engine FX] Softube Tape not working in 64-bit double-precision mode
[Event FX] Editing tail value in event inspector by dragging mouse is broken
Copy > Replace Arranger section from Scratch Pad back into song creates empty section
Track names cut off when in "Show Automation" mode
Inserts on duplicated tracks stop working
Duplicate / Copy with "Layers follows events" copies wrong range from layers
Copy and paste to wrong track if "Layers follows events" is active
[Auto Punch] punch area not respected, results in merged Event
[macOS] crash in window management
[macOS] incomplete localization when multiple versions of Studio One are installed
[macOS] Stillwell The Rocket compressor (Audio Units) not working
[macOS] crash when using built-in audio device on 10.9.5
Disable Solo from Arrangement not working for multi-out instruments
Browser selection lost after searching
Time offset when bouncing pitch-shifted audio with new algorithms
Mixer Undo not working on Cue Mix sends
Instrument channel direct assign to sidechain not recalled on song load
Instrument Low Latency Monitoring not working with Vienna Instrument Pro
• Latency information for hardware monitoring is incorrect
[Rotor] Drive not stored correctly
[StudioLive Series III] DSP and plug-in sync issues
[Fat Channel XT] Vintage EQ boosts hi and lo shelves on copy
[Fat Channel XT] gain reduction incorrect
Output Level Meter modes not synced
Can't select a plug-in from the Insert Menu with touch
Can't open controller lane (focus issue)
[Project Page] crash when importing from DDP Image
[Project Page] can't update artist name
[Project Page] Analyzer parameter changes don't mark document as edited
Level Meter doesn't store/recall "LU/LUFS" and "EBU+18" settings
Level meter display settings (+18 or LU/LUFS) should NOT reset Loudness values
Replacing instrument results in wrong instrument UI displayed
"Cursor follows edit position" broken in Arranger inspector list
Midi file export with tempo change broken
Fader automation causes noise on fade out
Bounce of external instruments at bar one not possible

Madrona Labs - Aalto

An amazing synth with absolutely amazing sounds. If your looking for some unique and out of this world sounds........look no further!

Aalto is a semi-modular software synthesizer with an innovative, patchable UI, distinctive sounds, and a charming personality

Aalto's sound engine lets you create sounds that have been difficult or impossible to make with softsynths before now. The heart of Aalto is a Buchla-inspired complex oscillator, with FM, timbre and waveshape controls that enable a wide range of expressive sounds. These sounds are uniquely malleable and alive, in part because they are made with dynamic calculation, not static wavetables.

Aalto is designed as much for sequencing patterns as for playing individual notes. Each voice has a separate, built-in sequencer with a patchable, independently controllable rate and offset that make it easy to achieve evolving, chaotic textures.
Each voice also includes a lowpass gate module with a vactrol emulation in the control path. The vactrol equation slows down the response to incoming control signals through a complex nonlinear filter. You can turn the vactrol response down to instantaneous, or up to a pronounced ring.

Following the lowpass gate is a patchable waveguide / delay module with a waveshaper and a peaking EQ built into the feedback loop. Because it has such short and controllable delay times, unlike a typical analog delay, it can be used as an additional oscillator or waveguide.
Aalto's filter is a state-variable topology with mixable simultaneous outputs, tuned to have a similar range to an Oberheim SEM filter. (Though I couldn't resist turning up the resonance just a little more.)

Subjectively speaking, Aalto can make a wide range of sounds, from lush to edgy, including some very complicated ones, without sounding too thick in a mix. Aalto's sounds are not hyped or confined, they are wide-range, open and natural. We hope our approach will appeal to experienced sound designers who have their own favorite EQs and limiters. And for those just getting into synthesis, Aalto is an accurate and honest tool for learning. We have tried to make Aalto a deep instrument that will reward lasting engagement.

Aalto's manual (included) has over 50 pages full of Aalto lore, tips and tricks, and a complete introduction to patching synthesis!

Acon Digital Acoustica Premium Edition

Extremely comprehensive and versatile mixing and mastering suite that not only looks great but is also an invaluable tool to fine tune your mixes.

Acoustica is a comprehensive solution for professional audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. The intuitive user interface was designed with speed, accuracy and ease-of-use in mind and gives access to a large set of powerful tools to make your recordings sound the best. The consistent workflow simplifies your production work all the way from recording, editing, batch processing, sound design and audio restoration to Red Book compatible CD burning.

Ultimate Audio Quality
Acoustica offers support for state-of-the-art audio resolutions up to 32 bit and sampling rates up to 384 kHz, ensuring that all of your work comes across at the highest quality. Acoustica Premium Edition even supports multichannel audio recording and editing such as 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound.

Audio Restoration
Integrated audio restoration tools help you get the most out of recordings impaired by background noise, clicks, crackle, clipping or missing high frequency content. The Premium Edition contains the same set of professional tools as our Restoration Suite.

Multitrack Editing
New in Acoustica is the ability to edit multitrack audio. Both the Standard and the Premium Edition allows you to mix audio from different tracks in real-time, add audio effects to tracks or easily create cross-fades. You can even loop or time stretch clips directly from the multitrack timeline.

Processing Tools
High quality audio tools and effects are integrated such as dynamic processing, limiter, equalizing, reverb, convolution reverb, chorus and flanger. You can also modify tempo and key of your recordings independently using the superb quality time stretching and transpose tools.

Effect Chains and Plug-In Support
You can create complete chains of processing tools, including external plug-ins, and save them along with all the parameter settings for later use. VST and DirectX plug-in support allows you to access a vast number of both free and commercial third party audio processing plug-ins directly from Acoustica.

Analysis Tools
Powerful offline analysis tools are available, including spectrum, spectrogram and wavelet analysis. Real-time analyzers such as K-System level meters, phase correlation meters and spectrum analyzers allow you to monitor your audio output visually in real time during playback.

SquaredHeads - Nora

Amazingly detailed arpeggiator with  a myriad of options which are not available on the majority of arpeggiators.. This is almost like a DAW in its own right where you can chain sections together to create complete sequenced arrangements. 

THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF AN ARPEGGIATOR ADAPTED TO OUR TIMES

Nora is a groundbreaking arpeggiator with DAW technology that employs advanced editing tools to create phrases with ease.
It allows the creation of quality solo melodies, rhythmic bass lines or stabs, instantly.


SAMPLE ACCURATE PREMIUM MIDI ENGINE
The engine has been re-designed from scratch to offer precision at sample-level. This way, we obtain output that is loyal to the input, without any kind of latency.

ALL THE POWER OF A DAW IN ONE PLUG-IN
We employed the workflow of a cutting-edge DAW for a creative, simple and quick edition with a complete integration among the modules. Nora can be sequenced by either a linear manner or by patterns triggered by MIDI.

IT INCLUDES:
· 8 tracks, 8 independent arpeggiators and 64 patterns per track
· Real-time quantizer with user-defined patterns
· Hundreds of presets
· Complete real-time edition
· Simple and fast workflow
· 2 random phrase generators & 2 mutators
· Very low cpu usage
· Highly customizable interface with over 400 parameters

Regroover Pro - Accusonus

Very interesting and fun to use but does seem to have varied results, mainly dependent i suppose on the kind (quality) of audio loop chosen. Nice to be able to split your drum grooves into layers though and mess around with them, although there are limited effects to apply here and layers really need to be routed out onto different outputs of your DAW . Quite easy to do though and well worth the effort. The expansion grid is cool too,where you can drag and drop sounds to create your own expansion kits. Quite a unique plugin then, which is the only one of it's kind as far as i know and great if you have a large loop library!

Discover the magic inside your drum loops which you’ve wanted to extract for years. Create new sounds from old or simply adjust the volume of individual elements inside a loop. Regroover uses Artificial-Intelligence to extract layers from within your previously recorded beats and samples. Once Regroover analyzes the file, you are able to make your own drum kits and combine them with external sounds to make new beats, loops and your own unique Expansion Kits. Use Regroover to:
Unmix your loops into distinct sound layers.
Get previously unheard sounds from inside your loops.
Craft the isolated beat elements and form your unique rhythmic signature.

Regroover Pro Only Features:
Grab the magic kick, snare or clap and place it on its own trigger pad.
Or Build your own Expansion Kit with any element inside your loop which makes for rapid-fire MIDI triggering of samples to make new beats and grooves.
Create Regroover Projects with both external and found sounds from inside your loops.

Who's It For?

Regroover is for music producers, beatmakers and DJs who use sampling, drum programming, and beat slicing to remix and compose.

Who should never use Regroover?

Musical snobs who don’t like fun sample manipulation tools and new ways to work with samples.