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Synthesist Espen Kraft has created a new sound library for the Sequential Prophet X, inspired by the sound of over 20 different vintage synths.

What Kraft say about it:

“Every sample in here has been recorded by me personally and sounds exactly how I want them to sound.

Many of the samples are velocity layered multi samples, some upwards of 30-50 samples per sound, while other sounds are just ONE sample, stretched over the entire keyboard. It all depends on how I want the sound to sound. 80s samplers always stretched the samples which gives it a characteristic sound and sometimes I want THAT sound to come through.”

The pack is about 1.5Gb in size and includes the following patches:

U4 P1 Juno-106 Classic Pad

U4 P2 Matrix-12 Stri6

U4 P3 Fat Rhodes 4L (4L= 4 velocity layered multi-samples)

U4 P4 Six-Trak Poly1

U4 P5 DW8K Breath Pad

U4 P6 JX-8P Piano

U4 P7 Kawai K3 Dream Piano

U4 P8 Korg M1 House Piano

U4 P9 D-50 Empty Rooms Piano

U4 P10 Korg M1 Rhodes Piano

U4 P11 D-50 Walk of Life Organ

U4 P12 D-50 DDT Organ & Bell

U4 P13 Kawai K3 85 Strings

U4 P14 D-50 Human Bell

U4 P15 TX802 Slow Bells

U4 P16 JX-8P Soundtrack

U4 P17 JX-8P Low Strings

U4 P18 JX-8P 1984 Again

U4 P19 Korg M1 AIR Brass

U4 P20 D-50 A F R I C A

U4 P21 Juno-106 Hi Strings

U4 P22 Juno-106 SAW Strings

U4 P23 Juno-106 PWM Strings

U4 P24 Juno-106 Poly 1

U4 P25 Juno-106 Poly 2

U4 P26 Juno-106 Bells 1

U4 P27 Juno-106 Bells 2

U4 P28 Juno-106 Bells 3

U4 P29 Juno-106 Bass 1

U4 P30 Juno-106 Bass 2

U4 P31 Juno-106 Bass 3

U4 P32 Juno-106 Bass 4

U4 P33 Juno-106 Bass 5

U4 P34 PPG2.2 Dig Bell

U4 P35 PPG2.2 Dig Bell 2

U4 P36 PPG2.2 Strings 1

U4 P37 PPG2.2 Strings 2

U4 P38 PPG2.2 Brass

U4 P39 PPG2.2 Lead HP

U4 P40 PPG2.2 Cinema

U4 P41 Six-Trak Strings 1

U4 P42 Six-Trak Strings 2

U4 P43 Six-Trak UniLead

U4 P44 Six-Trak HobbitLead

U4 P45 Six-Trak UniBass 1

U4 P46 Six-Trak UniBass 2

U4 P47 Six-Trak Brass

U4 P48 MicroFreak Strings 1

U4 P49 MicroFreak Strings 2

U4 P50 MicroFreak Bass 1

U4 P51 MicroFreak Bass 2

U4 P52 MicroFreak Bass 3

U4 P53 Jupiter-8 Brass

U4 P54 Jupiter-8 Brass 2

U4 P55 Jupiter-8 AXEL-F

U4 P56 Jupiter-8 VeloBrass

U4 P57 Jupiter-8 ARP 1

U4 P58 Jupiter-8 ARP 2

U4 P59 Jupiter-8 Bass 1

U4 P60 Jupiter-8 Bass 2

U4 P61 Jupiter Anthem 1

U4 P62 Jupiter Anthem 2

U4 P63 JX-3P Brass

U4 P64 JX-3P Strings 1

U4 P65 JX-3P Strings 2

U4 P66 JX-3P ARP 1

U4 P67 JX-3P ARP 2

U4 P68 JX-3P Slow Brass

U4 P69 JX-3P Japan

U4 P70 TX802 Miami Vice 4L

U4 P71 TX802 Bamboo Piano

U4 P72 TX802 E Piano 4L Stereo

U4 P73 TX802 E Piano 16V 4L

U4 P74 Matriarch Bass 1

U4 P75 Matriarch Bass 2

U4 P76 Matriarch Bass 3

U4 P77 Matriarch Bass 4

U4 P78 Matriarch Bass 5

U4 P79 Matriarch Lead 1

U4 P80 Matriarch Lead 2

U4 P81 Matriarch Lead 3

U4 P82 Matriarch Lead 4

U4 P83 Matriarch PadString 1

U4 P84 Matriarch PadString 2

U4 P85 Solaris Bells

U4 P86 Solaris Hybrid Sting

U4 P87 Solaris Hybrid Quit

U4 P88 Solaris Crispy Suit

U4 P89 Solaris Hybrid Chor

U4 P90 Memorymoog Brass

U4 P91 Memorymoog Strings

U4 P92 Floating Church

U4 P93 Wonky & Beautiful

U4 P94 Digital Drone

U4 P95 Elf Distortion

U4 P96 Oakenshield

U4 P97 Morning Dew

U4 P98 Ambiance

U4 P99 Synth Strings

U4 P100 Mother Susperiorum

The sound library is available now for $35. Find out more on Kraft’s Youtube page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The latest plugin in Arturia’s Efx range is all about adding motion to your music… which is probably why it is called Efx Motions. 

Arturia has introduced Efx MOTIONS, a creative audio effect for Mac + Windows that they say is designed to give music “momentum, variety, and pure sonic excitement”.

There are multiple effects onboard – filters, distortion, beat repeating and more – and these are triggered by curves and envelopes that you can draw on the interface. Whether you’re looking for simple automation or polyrhythmic movement, Efx Motions makes it possible.

The plugin is designed to be used both for carrying out mix-fixing tasks – balancing parts, widening, etc – and pulling off more creative tricks, such as adding stutters and making dramatic tonal changes. Indeed, you can apply multiple effects and modulate their parameters simultaneously.

There are five main modules included – Filter, Noise, Drive, Volume and Pan – plus the dedicated Beat Repeat and FX unit that contains five additional tools.

Features:

• Effects plugin for stepped & movement-based audio processing
• 5 audio processing modules with unique controls:
  • Noise
  • Distortion
  • Filter
  • Volume
  • Pan
• Trigger: customize how each audio module is triggered
  • Envelope Sequencer
  • Euclidean
  • Clock
  • MIDI
  • Transient Detector
• Motion editor: customize the movement of each audio module
  • Draw your own envelope shapes
  • Choose from envelope shape presets
• Dynamics customizer
  • Envelope Follower with internal and external sidechain routing
  • Threshold, input volume, attack and release controls
• 16-step Beat Repeater
• 2 FX slots with 14 FX types
• 2 assignable multi-destination Macro controls
• Crossover module to define the frequency band to process
• 3 multi-destination modulation generators
  • Choose from Step sequencer, function, random, and env follower
• Preset library with 300+ presets
• A/B comparison

Official video overview:

Efx Motions is available now with an introductory price of $79 (normally $99) though, if you log in to your Arturia account, you may find that you’re offered an even better discount.

Find out more and download a demo (PC/Mac, VST/AU/AAX) on the Arturia website.

Cheesy does it: Ohm Force returns with Frohmager, a new version of its classic free filter plugin that promises even more flavour.

Having made its collection of legacy plugins free earlier this year, Ohm Force has now returned with the new Frohmager filter. The filter from which the Moon is made and which is also free.

This updated version of the original Frohmage – a classic freebie from 2001 – riffs on the idea that the Moon is made of cheese. None of that really matters, though – what we really need to know is that the “cult classic resonant filter” is back, but now with modulation options aplenty. These include an ADSR, envelope follower and ‘classic’ and ‘unique’ LFOs that can modulate each other. There are also macros for live performance and fast preset browsing.

Features:

• Cult classic low pass resonant filter that retains and amplifies harmonics frequencies
• Now with modulation everywhere, including ADSR, Envelope Follower, both classic and unique LFO that can also modulate one another.
• Unique Macros² system allows for unprecedented live expression and fast presets exploration!
• Slick, carefully crafted User Interface with handy knobs, fast navigation and a good read of the action.

Frohmager Audio Demos:

It sounds like this could be the first of several plugin reboots from Ohm Force, and if it is anything like as good as Frohmage, Frohmager will be well worth downloading and it’s Free.  Frohmager is available now for PC and Mac and runs in VST/AU/AAX formats.

Smell the cheese on the Ohm Force website.