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Fluffy Audio has introduced Simple Opera Singer, a virtual instrument for Kontakt that puts an opera singer into your DAW.

What they say about it:

“Ji Min Oh is one of those singers who has made an instrument out of her voice: from the softest, most delicate nuances to the clearest fortissimo, her timbre is clean, precise, powerful, and yet expressive and moving. Therefore, after the session – when we sampled her for Spaghetti Western – we thought to extend the sampling with a unique legato articulation with syllables and quasi-words to make the most out of her remarkable lyrical voice.

Compared with the Opera Singer made for Spaghetti Western, Simple Opera Singer features one more microphone position and a special articulation called “words legato”, which triggers random syllables to make the line “singing” (…a kind of Italian / German grammelot, although the lyrics are meaningless the results are impressive!).”

Audio Demos:

Examples of Simple Opera Singer in action:

Features:

• 0 GB .ncw compressed sample pool
• 3 different instruments: Normal Legato (MW Dyn), Fast Legato (MW Dyn) and Legato Control (MW Legato Speed)
• True Legato with full sustained note after legato
• 3 different microphone positions
• 3 articulations (Words Legato articulation not present in Spaghetti Western)
• 2+ octaves note range (G2 > C5)
• Release volume control
• 12 IR reverb impulses

Simple Opera Singer is available now with an intro price of $41.34. Full Kontakt required.

The latest Brick Technology video documents the creation of a tangible drum sequencer, built with LEGO bricks.

The drum sequencer is designed similarly to a music box, using pegs to mechanically hit piezo pickups that trigger a Roland TD-9 percussion sound module. Ultimately, the sound comes from Toontrack’s Superior Drummer 3, driven via MIDI.

Warp Records has announced the availability of a free and open-source application, Samplebrain, created by Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) and Dave Griffiths.

Samplebrain chops samples up into a ‘brain’ of interconnected small sections, called blocks, which are connected into a network by similarity. It then lets you process a target sample, chopping it up into blocks in the same way, and Samplebrain tries to match each block in your target sample with one in its ‘brain’.

What James say about Samplebrain:

“What if you could reconstruct source audio from a selection of other mp3’s/audio on your computer?

What if you could build a 303 riff from only a cappella’s or bubbling mud sounds?

What if you could sing a silly tune and rebuild it from classical music files?

You can do this with Samplebrain.”

Samplebrain is available now as a free download via Github. The source code is also available.

If you have tried Samplebrain, share your thoughts on it!