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#soundsets//filterscape.ambient.keys

ok kids, here’s another sound pack you can get your grubby little mitts on. this one is a pack of keys sounds with an ambient tone to them. i would recommend using these keys in a slower, more drawn out fashion, as they’re meant to add space to a track. Also, there’s a naming convention i’m using for these sounds and it goes as follows:

• KEYS - keyboard/piano
• TXT - texture/ambience/pad
• POLY - poly lead
• MONO - mono lead
• POLYB - poly bass
• MONOB - mono bass
• RTHM - arp/sequence
• RTHMB - bass arp/sequence

i’ll add more as i come up with them, but that should keep me busy for a while. i’ve got a load of new presets, but it’s going to take me a little while to get them all prepared and i’ve got a lot of other work to finish also so please be patient. i’ll release them all eventually, but for right now here’s another pack for you. have fun,

#soundsets//filterscape.soundscapes

i’ve put together a pack of 16 presets for u-he software’s Filterscape VA synth. if you’ve never heard about it, Filterscape is a set of 3 plug-ins in VST/VSTi form which include a filter, a 6-band morphing EQ, and a virual analog synthesizer. i’ll be creating a lot of packs for these particular plug-ins in the coming months so keep an eye out for them, or use the ol’ RSS feed at the top of the page if need be.

these presets are free and besides relabelling them and dishing them off as your own, you can do whatever the heck you want with them. have fun,

#demos//FAW.circle.demo.track

i’ve created a small demo track composed only of the new synth, Circle, from FAW. I’ll be posting a complete review about the synth as soon as they do an official release for it, but all i can say is that the sound quality is top notch, the interface is intuitive, and the people at FAW are astounding.

i was lucky enough to get the opportunity to work with the FAW team and design some of the factory sounds being shipped with Circle. One of the features I was most impressed with was the sound preview: drag a little ball around the screen and hover about a mod slot to hear it’s effect in real time before you commit to any changes. how much easier than that can you get? no more drop down menus with 800 mod-source and mod-destinations. intuitive is spot on. well, here’s the new track i originally intended on posting in the first place.

#news//schwa.non-profit.filter

as innovative plug-in developers, schwa have been creating some eyebrow-raising new plug-ins. not only that, but they’re also toying with some innovative ways of giving back. their new plug is called Oligarc Filter, which they are donating all proceeds to the alliance for climate protection. here’s a little excerpt from the kvr audio thread where it was released:

A sophisticated emulation of a classic analog ladder filter, complete with nonlinearity, instability, good looks, and danger.

Free to try out. We’re trying something new with the pricing: not keeping the money.

do yourselves a favor and take a look at their new plugs. they’ll prove to be a very unique and tasty additions to your audio arsenal.

#off.topic//design.resources

previously i had a long-ish list of graphic, audio, and general multimedia design resource links posted here, but i’ve now decided to go the del.icio.us route and start an online link collection. seemed like the hip thing to do, and now the whole world can see my collection of stamp related web sites.

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