BRIAN G RECORDING GUIDE FOR RAPPERS

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helpful to anybody who will be recording hip hop vocals in a home studio setting

Sampletekk – The Rain Piano (Kontakt-Exs-Fxp)

Sampletekk – The Rain Piano (Kontakt-Exs-Fxp) |720 MB

An Upright Piano with unique character

8 True Velocities X2 (Pedal Up / Pedal Down)

Said about The Rain Piano:

• - “DAMN that sounds awesome!!!”


• - “It´s natural and realistic”


• - “The idea is wonderful and the sound is very convincing!”


• - “Quite a lovely little piano”


• - “Love it!”


• - ”Interesting and intriguing”


• - “Finally someone who realised that instruments should have character”

Background


There are a lot of sampled pianos. Most of them are grand pianos that are tuned and recorded

in a way that is standard in the world of recording. But what about all the wonderful

recordings made in studios using Uprights? Could I reproduce that character in a functionally

useful sample piano? It would have to be perfectly “in tune” and yet retain the natural detuned

personality of a typical studio Upright.

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Steinberg Cubase v5.1.2 UPDATE READNFO-AiR

Yesterday  we released Steinberg Cubase v5.1.1.UPDATE. Unfortunately this

release contained a major bug  on startup in both  the StudioManager and


also  with VST3 plug-ins on some Windows Vista/Seven operating systems….



This issue was not a result of our crack!!!

It’s a classic example of the poor betatesting team steinberg has :(

The official comment from Steinberg:

“… bug in a version of  the Intel compiler


used for creating  the plug-in Set … “

more info at:

http://cubase.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=127712

Steinberg silently renewed their existing update and left a message in  the

cubase forum without promptly informing all customers about the problem and

the re-issued update.

If a case could  be made for Steinberg  to introduce a public  beta testing


policy this would  be a prime  example of it’s  validity, if such  a policy

were  introduced  these  errors  and, most  likely  many  others,  would be


captured prior to release.

Enjoy this fixed  update, use it alongside our eLicenser  emulator, to fix

these urgent problems.

TEAM AiR

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Mildon Studios Lemonstrum 3 VSTi 1.0

Mildon Studios Lemonstrum 3 VSTi 1.0 | 10.3 MB

Lemonstrum 3 is quite different from most acoustic guitar strummers. Unlike previous versions, this one is primarily a chord sample player. Each of the 12 keys on the keyboard (A-G#) triggers the chord you assign to it. You can load up to three samples (different strokes) of the same chord for each trigger, which Lemonstrum will then play alternately whenever you press the key. A light press will play a scratch effect. It is pre-loaded with power chords or “fifths,” which blend well with both major and minor chords. You can also mic your own guitar and record three downstrokes of the chord that you want and load them into Lemonstrum 3.




Scenario 1: Using the default Power Chords

To get started, try pressing middle C three times. You will hear a strumming of the chord C.

Now if you want to change the chord that middle C plays, go to “custom samples,” select C from the trigger drop-down list, then load new samples of the chord that you want (WAV format).

Scenario 2: Creating custom samples

So you’ve got this nice-sounding guitar, but it’s hard to track (and hard to quantize) especially when you’re in a hurry to get a project or a demo finished. You can use your guitar with Lemonstrum 3.

All you have to do is record three different strokes of each chord that you need. For example, you need a CM7. Record 3 downstrokes of CM7 with your real guitar and save them to your hard drive as CM7-1.wav, CM7-2.wav, and CM7-3.wav.

Now in Lemonstrum 3, go to “custom samples,” then select a trigger from the drop-down list. Say, you want to press the key D on your keyboard to play your CM7 chords. Select D from the trigger list then load your 3 wav files below. Pressing D on your keyboard will now play your custom chord CM7.

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Image Line Harmless VSTi 1.0.0

Image Line Harmless VSTi 1.0.0 | 8.47 MB

Harmless is an additive synthesizer doing subtractive synthesis. Or if you prefer, a subtractive synthesizer powered by an additive synthesis engine. You may ask: why? For several reasons. To begin with, there are too many subtractive synthesizers already, often bragging about being virtual analog. This one is digital, and proud to be. Everything is fake, the tone generator, th filter & its resonance, the phaser, all performed on the harmonics, before partials are computed. Now, how it’s synthesized shouldn’t matter after all, if the result sounds subtractive. But Harmless is more than a proof of concept, it allows fine control that wouldn’t be possible through classic subtractive synthesis. Filtering and phasing can be assigned unusual shapes & slopes, something normally only possible through offline digital filters. Filter slopes can even be defined in Hz instead of octaves. Finally, you get control on each partial’s frequency, creating timbres definitely impossible using common synthesis methods.

Harmless, for less harmonics

Again, Harmless is additive doing subtractive. Harmonics are not produced to be filtered, the timbre is filtered before being generated. This may sound like a detail, but generating sounds this way offers a lot more advantages than drawbacks.

Not necessarily less efficient

Powered by a highly optimized, multithreaded additive engine, CPU usage is comparable to the one of traditional subtractive synthesizers, especially for low-passed timbres. Voices may be generating hundreds of harmonics in parallel and still not overload the CPU.

Because less is more

Harmless was limited by design. We don’t have any problem with complex synthesizers (we made several), but they’re not for everyone. Here, no tabs, no hidden controls, no multipoint envelopes, all features are visible at once, and color-grouped. Over 100 parameters, most of which being automatable, are laid over a clear GUI.

Harmless, only in appearance


Simpler to program, yet packed with evil features. Under the hood, you will find unique options, like linking the phaser’s output to partials frequencies. The LFO section can act as a special modulation source, linking the phaser’s width to the velocity, or the pitch to the filter’s envelope. Of course, Harmless also offers features typically unique to additive synthesis, like its automatable harmonic mask.

Harmless is also packed with effects, the usual chorus, delay & reverb, but also a multiband compressor/limiter powered by Maximus itself. It also inherited the powerful unison from Sytrus. In conclusion, our goal was to create a subtractive synthesizer with a unique twist, that also was easy to program, and we believe it succeeded.

NOTE: Harmless is some time Harmful and some DAW cannot recall Cutoff Frequency parameter. I think Image-Line will fix soon, as always. FLi was not tested. According to the WebSite, [The VSTi version doesn't seem to unlock yet. FL version works fine ] So we’ve only cracked a VSTi version of it.

Our Santa girls were compressed with presents. Hope someone use expander to fix them. Do not equalize their body line, please use limitter to you :)

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FXPansion BFD v2.0.4.17 VSTi

FXPansion BFD v2.0.4.17 VSTi | 21 MB

an acoustic drum production environment for your computer with unprecedented power and flexibility. Extreme realism and sound quality, fast and easy set up, total plug-in integration to your digital audio workstation.

Customized 10, 18 or 32 piece kits are at your fingertips, with full control over tuning, damping, ambience levels, velocity response and more. Layer parts of the kit for powerful hybrid sounds perfect for modern productions and flick through preset kit-piece profiles for quick access to dry, damped and other useful settings. BFD2 lets you configure your sounds like a real drum kit instead of pushing buttons on a sampler.

Only WIN

You can even import your own stereo sample-sets with multiple velocity layers so you can mix and layer your own sounds with BFD2’s for experimental kits and ‘drum-replacement’ production tricks.

Size : 21.65 MB

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Westgate Studios Modular Series Oboes KONTAKT SCD-AMPLiFYiSO

Westgate Studios Modular Series Oboes KONTAKT | 2.20 GB

This library for Kontakt features 24 bit samples recorded by Grammy award-winning engineer Tim Kimsey. On the DVD you will find a comprehensive set of patches for Solo Oboe, Solo English Horn and Oboe Section. The most important feature of this library is the Legato playing style. These patches contain not only expressive long notes, but also true legato interval samples that were recorded as the musicians played every note up and down from 1 half-step all the way up to a full octave. You don’t have to load any special tools to control them because the Legato effect is powered by Gigastudio’s iMIDI rules and Kontakt’s scripting engine. You can also vary the Attack Strength of each note, control the use of Release Samples, and play Same-Note Legato Repetitions in any rhythm or tempo.




Each of the oboe patches also allows you complete Tone Control within the instrument. If you prefer a “darker” sound, simply adjust control change 4 until you like what you hear.

Along with these highlights you’ll also find Staccato and Marcato articulations, Trills, Octave Runs and changing dynamics such as Crescendos, Diminuendos, and Fortepiano. Eerie Multiphonic Effect samples are included as well.

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Large Breaks Collection WAV/REX

Large Breaks Collection WAV/REX | 720 MB

Tons of popular (and not so well known) drum loops from various classic funk&soul songs. All ~400 loops in wav quality (not converted from mp3). Every break looped & sliced (recycle rex2), some also have 2 or more versions, for example cd and vinyl. REX & WAV.

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Sonart Audio Virus MULTiFORMAT DVDR

Sonart Audio Virus MULTiFORMAT DVDR | 2.54 GB

Sonart Audio ‘VIRUS’ – Featuring over 10,160 24bit samples including over 1250 instruments! More than 8 Gb of New Material!, The virus contains more than 1250 patches of legendary synthesizer. This virtual sound module is ideal for music styles such as: Electro, trance styles, DnB, House, Electro House, Minimal, Techno, RnB, Hip Hop, Jump, hardcore, breakbeat and more!. Formats included: KONTAKT, EXS24, HALION, WAV, SF2.




SONART AUDIO – ‘VIRUS’ includes 7 categories of sounds:

• * VIRUS – BRASS


• * VIRUS – LEADS


• * VIRUS – PADS


• * VIRUS – BASS



• * VIRUS – ATMOSPHERE SOUNDS


• * VIRUS – STRINGS


• * VIRUS – FX SOUNDS

Features in Detail:

• * Massive 8 gig 24-bit core wav library


• * 1256 new patches



• * 6 different formats (EXS24, Kontakt 2.1, Kontakt, Halion, SF2 and Wav)


• * All NEW Sounds developed by Sonart sound designers.


• * Hundreds of brand new Sounds.


• * Fully programmable


• * Sounds legendary synthesizer Virus

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PSP Audioware sQuad 1.5.1 VST RTAS AU (PC – MAC)

PSP Audioware sQuad 1.5.1 VST RTAS AU (PC – MAC) | 18.1 MB for PC | 27.4 MB for MAC

PSP sQuad is a bundle of FIVE high-quality equalizer plug-ins (VST and RTAS for Windows x32 or x64; AudioUnit, RTAS and VST for Mac OSX universal binary). PSP sQuad equalizers are inspired by the best features and characteristics of classic analog hardware-musicality and simplicity. Although these EQs are easy to use we expanded their functionality by several features including variable high pass filters or switchable steepness for the shelving filters.These EQs are CPU efficient enough to be used at every stage of the creative process, from composition to tracking to final production/mixing/mastering. The five processors of PSP sQuad are: PSP ClassicQ, PSP ClassicQex, PSP ConsoleQ, PSP preQursor and PSP RetroQ.

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FabFilter Pro-Q 1.0.2 AU VST RTAS MAC OSX UB

FabFilter Pro-Q 1.0.2 AU VST RTAS MAC OSX UB | 7.41 MB

FabFilter Pro-Q is designed to help you achieve your sound in the quickest way possible. Via the large interactive EQ display, you can create bands where you need them and select and edit multiple bands at once. Try it yourself!. An equalizer is probably the tool you use most while mixing and mastering, so you need the best of the best! As you can expect from FabFilter, Pro-Q gets you the highest possible sound quality and a gorgeous interface with unrivalled ease of use.




Mixing and mastering features

Pro-Q offers everything that a demanding engineer could wish for: top quality linear phase operation in addition to zero latency mode, Mid/Side processing, variable stereo placement of EQ bands and a built-in spectrum analyzer.

FabFilter goodies

Finally, you get all the usual FabFilter goodies: perfectly tuned knobs, MIDI Learn, Smart Parameter Interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, extensive help with interactive help hints, AltiVec and SSE optimization, and much more!.

Key Features:

• * Highest possible sound quality


• * Gorgeous interface with large display for easy and precise editing



• * Up to 24 EQ bands


• * Operates either in zero latency mode, or in linear phase mode with adjustable latency


• * Filter shapes: Bell, High/Low Shelf, High/Low Cut with 6, 12, 24 and 48 dB/oct slopes


• * Each band can operate on the stereo signals or on the left or right channels independently for per-channel EQ-ing


• * Mid/side mode where you can EQ the mid and side signals separately


• * Built-in real-time frequency analyzer with Pre- and Post-EQ modes



• * Double-click text entry of parameter values


• * Different display ranges: 6 dB range for mastering use, 12 dB, and 30 dB for mixing


• * Stereo and mono plug-ins available


• * MIDI Learn


• * Undo/redo and A/B comparison


• * Smart Parameter Interpolation



• * Sample-accurate automation of all parameters


• * Extensive help file with interactive help hints

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East West Quantum RA

Quantum Leap - RA - PLAY Edition, THE DEFINITIVE RARE AND ETHNIC VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT now available with the advanced featuers of PLAY

In addition to PLAY’s intuitive custom interface, Quantum Leap RA - PLAY Edition includes many other features, such as:

# 64-bit* with 32-bit compatibility for PC (*see system specifications).
# Full memory access with MAC (requires 64-bit MAC).
# Mac Intel compatibility.
# Intelligent performance section including portamento, repetition, legato.
# Features round robin reset.
# Offers improved articulation window and controls.
# State-of-the-art convolution reverb with pre-delay.
# Improved micro-tuning.
# Improved sound quality with high-resolution audio engine.
# Hi-fidelity one pole filter for natural cross-fades.
# Stereo image editing is now possible using channel sourcing.
# The instruments featured in the PLAY Editions are newly-programmed for PLAY from the original recordings.


Quantum Leap RA - PLAY Edition provides composers with access to a variety of rare and unique instruments from Africa, Europe, India, the Americas and Australia, the Far East, and the Middle East and Turkish Empires. Musicians will find that RA has an amazing sound quality and they’ll marvel at the articulation of each instrument which has a wide range that goes from controlled to expressive. All of the instruments and ensembles featured in the collection were sampled extensively as a means of preserving the true character and expression of each instrument. For the first time with the Quantum Leap RA - PLAY Edition, users will have more control over the sounds offered in the collection along with the ability to load even more instruments than ever before

“With ethnic instruments, the key to authenticity of sound is expression,” says Quantum Leap Producer Nick Phoenix. “Now with the incorporation of our advanced PLAY sample engine, with its built-in sensing technology that monitors a player’s style and adjusts the software and sounds accordingly, users will experience a level of detail that was lacking in other products in the market, making their projects come to life with range and emotion.”

Details:
In ancient Egypt, RA was regarded as the creator of everything, the god of the sun. RA is usually represented with the body of a man and the head of a hawk, holding an ankh & sceptre. The chief location of RA worship was Heliopolis (a Greek word meaning city of the sun). RA is an appropriate name for the largest, and most comprehensive rare and ethnic virtual instrument ever made.

RA was born a few years ago, as a sample library called “Rare Instruments.” All of the sounds from Rare Instruments are included in RA, but this only represents approximately one-tenth of the content. The other ninety percent of RA was recorded at Ocean Way studios in Hollywood. Because of the size and complexity of the project, I brought in two talented producers, Pacemaker and Tony Austin to co-produce RA with me. They have worked on some other Quantum Leap projects and had some great ideas for RA. We spent time hunting down the best ethnic artists on the West Coast. Los Angeles is so ethnically diverse and blessed with excellent institutions like Cal Arts, it is actually the ideal place to record a rare and ethnic collection.

You will find RA has amazing sound quality. This is the famous Ocean Way sound: an amazing collection of vintage mics and a custom API console. RA was captured with a phase accurate 8-mic setup that gives a complete 3 dimensional image of the instrument. It is this type of sound that takes to artificial or sampled reverb extremely well. The sound is clear and broad. Mics used were Neumann U67 (U47s as alternates), Neuman M50, AKG C12 and Shoepps.

Another cool aspect of this virtual instrument is the fact that we recorded ethnic ensembles. This was done with African drums, bagpipes, gamelan and a Middle Eastern string section. The sound of these ensembles cannot be realistically simulated by layering solo instruments.

RA was a very expensive project, but well worth the cost. A lot of thought went into selecting instruments that would appeal to composers of all types, from dance music, to film. You might want to put the middle eastern string section in your next pop tune, or the hardanger fiddle in a sweeping romantic score ala LOTR.

You might also be surprised at how little percussion is included in this giant ethnic collection. The reason is, we already covered much of this in Quantum Leap Stormdrum. Stormdrum is the ideal companion to RA. The percussion in RA compliments Stormdrum perfectly.

You can have a lot of fun with RA. The possibilities are simply endless, especially when you mix the sounds of different cultures together. Load up the middle eastern string section, apply an Indian or Egyptian tuning from the micro-tuning presets and play octaves. Make a really cool groove with the didgeridoo fx and the Vietnamese jaw harp. Take a classical filmscore piece and replace all of the instruments with their ethnic counterparts: strings with middle eastern string section, solo violin or cello with electric baritone violin, hardanger fiddle or erhu, french horn with alpenhorn, flute with dizi, oboe with duduk, percussion with taikos and African percussion, harp with kora, trombones with rag dung etc. etc.... Or perhaps try the hurdy gurdy, hardanger fiddle, washburn guitar, mandolin and the dizi and make an interesting folk ensemble or the gamelan ensemble with the ney flute, duduk and esraj. And don’t forget the reverb!




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Reggae Fundamentals Elastik SoundBank

Reggae Fundamentals is a specialized sample compilation which includes 33 construction kits and 12 Drumkits sheltered in 2 GB of ready to work content offering authoritative most current Reggae environments. The kits are jam packed with everything you need to give your production the finishing touch: bass-, synth-, drum- and padlines also vocals, FX and atmospheres. All patterns, shots, and riffs have been molded with state of the art techniques,tricks and tools.

This set has a colossal variety of styles from different periods of reggae history:

Roots, modern Roots, Rub-a-Dub, Dancehall, Modern Reggae, Caribbean and Dub.

Also included are hundreds of drum and percussion loops and samples. Providing a wide radius of reggae concentrated mix tools. All this material is supported by the elastik audio instrument, so you can expect organization and easy tweaking straight from the get go.

Responsible for the production of Ueberschall’s Reggae Fundamentals are; Felix Wolter, Benjamin Kastner & Marc Steinmeier. This team has produced and remixed for well known artists such as Gentlemen, Far East Band, Christina Aguilera, and Eminem to name but a few. There´s no doubt that Reggae Fundamentals is the indispensable package you need to make the perfect reggae sound of today.

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Ueberschall Groove Shadows Aiff | 570 MB

Groove shadows is a loop concept to bring drumloops to life. They consist of rhythmic ambience, atmosphere, noise and fx sounds. When combined with drumloops, they appear in a new light: the production has more groove, it sounds warmer and more professional – the secret of many top producers! diverse selections, 2-8 bars, 40-180 bpm, suitable for any style.

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Image-Line FL Studio XXL 9.0.3

Image-Line FL Studio XXL 9.0.3  | 186 MB

FL Studio is the most complete virtual studio currently available. It will play any sample file (wav), generator (softsynth), VSTi & DXi) or midi instrument you feed it. You will be creating wav, mp3 or midi songs or loops only minutes after launching it. Representing the culmination of more than 10 years of sustained development, FL Studio is now the most flexible virtual music studio in the industry. FL Studio is the most complete virtual studio currently available. It will play any sample file (wav), generator (softsynth), VSTi & DXi) or midi instrument you feed it. You will be creating wav, mp3 or midi songs or loops only minutes after launching it. FL Studio is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for Windows PCs (or Intel Mac/ Bootcamp). With a full feature-set and aggressive pricing (inc. lifetime free updates), FL Studio may be your ideal DAW! FL Studio can be used as a scratchpad for your ideas or to produce completely mastered tracks ready for publication. It’s up to you!

FL Studio is a fully featured, open-architecture music creation and production environment for PC. No extra software is required to produce any style of music, as a complete kit of instruments and studio tools is included in the cost of the package. With the included plugins, sounds and tools the user can create complete songs, backing tracks, loops or sizzling beats. Completed songs can be saved to WAV, MP3, OGG, MIDI, ZIP or the native project format (.FLP).

Chief Software Architect, Didier Dambrin has realized his vision of creating an open-architecture virtual studio environment where the only constraint on the users is their own imagination. This philosophy is reflected in FL Studio 8’s flexible audio and control data routing, free-form Playlist design and interoperability with industry standards (VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, Buzz, ReWire, MIDI, MP3, WAV, OGG). Didier notes “We don‘t try to protect our data & come up with new formats only for marketing reasons. We use existing standards as much as possible, and allow FL Studio to be used as a plugin in other hosts”. In version 8, particular emphasis has been given to improved workflow through enhanced interface design, so that ideas can be crystallized and creativity captured.

FL Studio 9 is a complete software music production environment, representing the culmination of more than 10 years of sustained & focused development. FL9 is the fastest way from your brain to your speakers.

FL Studio is a full-featured, open architecture, music production environment capable of audio recording, composing, sequencing and mixing, for the creation of professional quality music. The FL Studio philosophy is creative freedom:

• Free your audio – Route any instrument to any mixer track. Each mixer track can receive audio from any number of instruments, any number of other mixer tracks and a soundcard input. Mixer tracks, in turn, can send audio to any number of other mixer tracks and a soundcard output. Create sub-mixes, effects chains or complex mixes. FL studio’s flexible architecture sets audio free.

• Free your mind – Choose your preferred workflow, compose using the step-sequencer or piano roll. Create in pattern or track mode, then arrange your ideas in the free ‘palette’ Playlist. The Playlist presents timeline as a virtual ‘canvas’ where each Playlist track can simultaneously hold any number of score, audio and automation events. Now that’s freedom.

Instruments


• Make virtually any sound – FL9 includes over 30 software synthesizers covering acoustic/synthetic bass, electric guitar, multi-sampler tools including piano & strings, general sample playback and beat-slicing (With Rex 1 & 2 support).

• Synthesis techniques – span subtractive, modelling, FM, RM, granular and additive. With the addition of FL SynthMaker you can further create & share your own FL instruments, effects & MIDI control dashboards without the need to write basic code.

• Open plugin standards – FL Studio supports all PC industry plugin instrument standards including VSTi (1/2), DXi(1/2), Buzz and Rewire. This means you can sequence with your favorite plugins and applications.

Audio Recording & Editing


• Multi-channel audio inputs – With the ability to simultaneously capture all the inputs on your audio-interface, FL Studio has the flexibility to record a single vocalist, guitar or a full symphony orchestra.

• Arranging audio – Audio can be arranged, with complete freedom in the Playlist. Features include the ability to host an unlimited number of audio recordings, time-stretching, pitch-shifting, beat-slicing, cropping, editing and the re-arranging of audio with only a few mouse clicks.

• Edison – FL9’s audio capabilities are further enhanced with Edison, the recording wave editor. Edison is an integrated audio editing and recording tool with spectral analysis, convolution reverb, noise reduction, loop-recording, loop-construction tools and more.

FL Studio supports WAV, MP3, OGG, WavPack, AIFF, and REX audio formats.

Sequencing


Compose and record your musical performances and ideas in the most logical way.

• Pattern or track sequencing – You choose, record your musical performances and ideas in the most logical way. FL Studio 9 can simultaneously function as a pattern and track based sequencer. Reuse patterns as Pattern Clips in the Playlist or record song-length sequences, as desired.

• Step sequencer or Piano roll – Scoring tools include FL Studio’s legendary Step-sequencer, one of the most advanced Piano roll’s in any software studio, event and multipoint automation envelopes. FL Studio supports MIDI input, standard controller compatibility, and the ability to simultaneously control multiple instrument channels from separate controllers.

Arranging

FL Studio allows you to do what you want where and when you want.

• Determine your own project design – In FL Studio 9, you decide how your project will be laid out. Unlike the competition, FL9’s Playlist is a totally flexible and virtually unbounded workspace where Note Pattern, Audio and Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and preferred workflow.

Mixing & Mastering


FL Studio provides all the tools you need to produce your tracks to high professional standards.

• The mixer – FL9 includes a superb 104 track stereo track mixer that is about precision, control and flexibility. The mixer’s tracks each hold up to 8 effects (VST, DX or FL’s proprietary format). To create sub-mixes or mixing chains of almost unlimited complexity, each mixer track can be routed to any other mixer track, one of 4 dedicated ’send’ channels and or the Master track. Sends provide the ability to sidechain inputs to multi-input effects plugins. Finally, each of the mixer tracks can be routed to any output on your audio interface, now that’s flexibility.

• Effects – What about effects? FL Studio includes more than 40 effects spanning maximization, limiting, compression, delay, distortion, equalization (graphic & parametric), filtering, phasing, flanging, chorus, vocoding and reverb. These have you covered for the creative broad-brush effects, through to the minutia of the mastering process.

• Open plugin standards – FL Studio supports all PC industry plugin effect standards including VST (1/2), DX(1/2), Buzz and Rewire. This means you can mix with your favorite plugins and applications.

Lifetime free updates

There may be no such thing as a ‘free lunch’ but there certainly is ‘lifetime free updates’ with Image Line’s update policy.

• Never pay for bug-fixes again! – Customers who purchase a download edition of FL Studio through our online shop receive lifetime free downloadable updates. Free updates entitles the customer to all future updates of FL Studio according to level purchased (Express, Fruity, Producer or Signature Bundle). For example, all FL Studio 9 customers will be able to download their version of FL Studio 10, 11 etc, for free.


• Boxed Edition – Customers who have the Boxed version don’t miss out and can convert to lifetime free downloadable updates for a small additional fee.

Supported Formats:

- FL9 will fit easily within your current software supporting VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, MP3, WAV, OGG, MIDI, ASIO, ASIO 2, REWIRE, REX 1 & 2.

- Additionally supported through DirectWave Editor: AKAI AKP (S5/6K,Z4,ZCool, Battery (version 1), MPC, Reason, Kurzweil, EXS24, Kontakt (version 1 & 2), Recycle, SFZ+ and SoundFont2.

Changes in FL Studio 9.0.3 (27/11/2009):

Additions:

• - Dashboard: added “send pitch bend range” option


• - Wrapper: added pitch bend range selection field


• - Wrapper: added support for Presonus parameter menu interface[/list]


• Fixes:


• - Fixed window focus problem when dropping MIDI files onto a piano roll from an external source.



• - Fixed problem when creating automation clips for channel parameters in some cases.


• - Fixed timeline scroll bug


• - Downloader: fixed showing downloader for effect plugins


• - Downloader: fixed update process


• - Synthmaker: corrected an issue with exported FL plugins where the plugin wasn’t fully instantiated


• - Synthmaker: fixed a bug that prevented sysex from being received from an external MIDI device

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Toontrack Superior 2 N.Y. Studios Expansion Vol.2 D1 & D2

Toontrack Superior 2 N.Y. Studios Expansion Vol.2 D1 & D2 | 11 GB

Vol.2 of the N.Y. Studio Legacy Series contains unique sample recordings from two legendary New York Studios – Hit Factory NY and Allaire Studios.The recordings at Hit Factory N.Y. were the starting point for Toontrack in developing Superior Drummer 2.0 and the decision to record samples at Allaire was a result of wanting to capture the best studio rooms in New York. Sadly, for the music and recording industry both studios are now closed. Thus the subtitle ”The Lost New York Studios”. Toontrack is privileged to have been given the opportunity to record these great rooms in collaboration with the world class recording team of engineer and producer Pat Thrall (Glenn Hughes, Black Crowes, Beyoncé etc), producer Neil Dorfsman (Kiss, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits and Sting) and drummer Nir Z (Genesis, John Mayer, Joss Stone and Chris Cornell).

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ToonTrack Monster Midi Pack Mac/WIN

ToonTrack Monster Midi Pack Mac/WIN | 1.50 mb

The pack contains more than 400 MIDI files, individually played by drummer Peter Fredlander.

Available as 4/4 straight and 4/4 Swing in various tempos and divided into:

• • Hats intro variations


• • Hats open/closed grooves



• • Cymbal grooves


• • Hats/ride sidestick grooves


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• • Fills


• • Intro fills

Works with EZdrummer® and Superior Drummer®, optimized for standard drumkits:

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ToonTrack EZ Player PRO VSTi AU RTAS v1.0.4 (PC – MAC) | 11,4 MB

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ToonTrack EZ Player PRO VSTi AU RTAS v1.0.4 (PC – MAC) | 11,4 MB

EZplayer Pro is a plug-in MIDI engine that lets you collect and organize all the MIDI on your hard drive. You can combine, put together and fuse drum and percussion MIDI clips from individual kit pieces to entire arrangements and audition them with your favorite drum sampler in EZplayer Pro before dragging them into your sequencer. EZplayer Pro includes map-wrappers between different drum sampler formats. These allow you to use the MIDI from one brand of drum sampler with a sampler from another brand as a sound source on the fly. The map-wrapper encompass all common brands in the market.



EZplayer Pro is organized as a multi track arranger where every track can be connected to a virtual instrument in the main sequencer and EZplayer Pro be utilized to audition different instruments in combination before you adjust them in detail.

The tracks and the sub tracks with fills and variations can also be aligned to a hardware controller such as a keyboard or percussive controller to trigger MIDI sequences live.

EZplayer Pro is, together with the Toontrack Music sampler lines and Toontrack’s own host application Toontrack Solo, part of a modular work environment designed and developed by Toontrack Music to cater to musicians, players and producers. Now and in the future.

MIDI content played by David “Fingers” Haynes and Per Mikaelsson (Claustrophobic EZX) is included.

EZplayer Pro is a VST, AU and RTAS compatible plug-in and will be included on disc together with Superior Drummer 2.0 as its MIDI engine. It will also be available separately in April 2008 both as a download purchase and in a boxed version at €35 / £25 / $49 / 6300 JPY through Toontrack Music distributors and dealers.

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ToonTrack Superior Drummer VSTi RTAS 2.1.1 UPDATE (PC)| 21.7 MB

Superior Drummer 2.1 “The New York Studio Legacy Series” is a complete overhaul of the original dfh Superior engine but Toontrack have made painstakingly sure to lose nothing of the sound quality, attention to detail and musicality that has made the Toontrack Music drum sampler line what it is. Superior Drummer 2.1 has been re-developed for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. It includes custom MIDI played by Nir Z accessed through the all new customized MIDI engine and arranger – EZplayer pro; it features stand-alone capacity through Toontrack solo. The new interface is reminiscent of EZdrummer with its simple handling and layout but gives its user layer upon layer of in depth features to create the ultimate drum track.

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Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0, ”The New York Studio Legacy Series”, is a professional sample engine for creating lifelike drum tracks on your computer.


Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 is a complete overhaul of the original dfh Superior engine with the same sound quality, attention to detail and musicality that has made the original Toontrack Music drum sampler line what it is.

Superior Drummer 2.0 has been re-developed for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. It includes custom MIDI played by legendary session drummer Nir Z accessed through the all new customized MIDI engine and arranger EZplayer pro, also features stand alone capacity through Toontrack solo.




Review

The current arms race in software instruments is nowhere more evident than in software drum machines, in large part because modern music is so dependent on percussion in all its forms, meaning that there’s always plenty of demand for new drum tools. DR-008 seemed like quite an instrument when I acquired it just a few years ago. But its virtues pale next to the recent and various incarnations of BFD, Battery, EZDrummer, Strike, Groove Agent, KitCore, DrumCore, Session Drummer 2, Addictive Drums, Jamstix, MDrummer, and more—including the subject of this review, Toontrack’s recently released Superior Drummer 2.0.

The fundamental approaches: simplicity versus control

There are two fundamental problems that these software machines address, and it seems that every virtual drum machine emphasizes one or the other—not both. The first problem is to provide effective tools to create recorded drum performances that are indistinguishable from the well-recorded output of a real drummer playing a real drum kit. (This is obviously less important for musicians whose drums aren’t supposed to sound “real,” such as musicians working in electronic genres.) Solving this problem demands a knowledgeable user as well as a very capable piece of software with lots of sound manipulation tools. The second problem is to make it easy for musicians who really don’t think like drummers to create those interesting, realistic performances—performances that avoid mechanical repetition in tone, attack, and composition—without having to learn how to think (and play) like a drummer.

These issues essentially define the audiences for drum machines, which are split into people who want lots and lots of control over the details of every drum used in a track, and people who just want to put solid drum tracks in their songs with as little effort as possible. (The least effort possible actually involves calling a good drummer with a good setup for performing and recording, and paying said drummer to cut the track for you. But doing that once costs as much or more as a decent software drum machine.)

Tools like EZDrummer, DrumCore, KitCore, Session Drummer 2, Jamstix, and Addictive Drums are obviously aimed squarely at the second problem and audience. They give people with limited drum playing or programming expertise well-sampled kits (in the case of KitCore, LOTS of kits) plus simple tools for creating arrangements in a range of styles from MIDI grooves or sampled loops. These instruments sound good to very good, but their main attraction is the ease with which a user can put together a respectable drum track.

Superior 2.0 is about control

Superior Drummer 2.0, Toontrack’s recently introduced top-of-the-line software drum machine, is much more about control than ease-of-use. (As the well-written manual says, “Superior Drummer® 2.0 delivers total realism in terms of sound quality, detailed control for programming and live drum performance.”) But the sophisticated users who choose this product over EZDrummer, Addictive Drums, or Jamstix are likely to find it straightforward enough for the job it does. The package includes the Superior virtual drum machine, which consists of a huge set of drum samples plus an instrument for playing and mixing them, plus the EZPlayer Pro MIDI file organizer, arranger, and player (bundled with plenty of MIDI groove content).

The tradeoffs in favor of control (as opposed to ease of use) begin with setting up Superior inside a DAW. Kudos to Toontrack for providing detailed instructions on how to do this within all of the major host applications. Even with those instructions, it took me a couple of tries (and a visit to the Cakewalk forum) to get Superior and EZPlayer loaded up and talking to each other in Sonar 7 PE. In other words, setup was not exactly E-Z.

The “construct” panel, where drums and kits are selected and tweaked, is the first thing that comes up in Superior. The memory and status section is a clear indication that memory control can be an important issue for instruments with as much content as this, especially if your DAW isn’t fitted with maximum RAM. (Superior 2.0 loads 580 MB of samples when the NY Avatar kit is selected.) As per previous comments, there are plenty of tools here for adjusting the sounds made by specific drums and drum mics. The range of controls for individual drums includes pitch, volume envelope, and “humanization” strategies, and these work effectively and as expected.

The quality and quantity of the samples in the NY Avatar kit that ships with Superior are, well, superior–a full install uses 20 GB on a hard drive—and the controls supplied can produce a wide range of excellent drum tones. As noted in the manual, instruments and kits from other Toontrack collections (for example, DFH Superior and the various EZX expansion sets) can also be loaded in Superior, as full kits or individual pieces. It’s also worth noting that Superior’s engine is designed out of the box to rotate samples, so that a given drum hit never sounds exactly the same twice in a row.

With all the samples and the tweaking options available, you’d expect Superior to sound damn good, and it does. Take a listen to the two samples of my instrumental piece “Morphine”. The first sample uses DR-008 with the Wizoo Live kit for the drums. The second uses Superior 2.0. I think it’s pretty clear which one sounds better.

Superior’s mixer is deep and logical

Superior’s mixer view is where users will spend most of their time with the instrument once individual drums are tweaked, and from the moment you enter it’s apparent that you’re not dealing with EZDrummer (or anything else that could be described as E-Z). The layout is complex, but not much different from the mixer a user will see in any pro or prosumer DAW. I had to do a lot of scrolling to the right to figure out where signals were eventually going—out of the box there are 17 channel strips allocated to various instrument mics, 16 to stereo busses, and 16 to stereo outputs, a configuration that is apparently fixed—but once I traced an instrument or two through, the overall flow was easy to grasp. The Toontrack manual offers plenty of insights on how to use these controls, including a detailed discussion of the “bleed” controls, but I suspect that many novices will be glad simply to select one of the 17 mix presets provided, at least for a start.

Every strip in the mixer can use any or all of 5 very good-sounding Sonalksis plugins supplied with Superior: gate, compressor, EQ, transient shaper, and filters (high and low-pass with resonance). Did I mention that these plugins are very, very good-sounding? Their presence is a major incentive to do all the mixing on Superior drum tracks inside Superior, as opposed to routing outputs to the DAW for further processing. It’s too bad that the plugins can’t be used outside of Superior, especially for those cases where other percussion tools and tracks are used in a mix. (I appreciate that it doesn’t make a lot of business sense for Sonalksis to sell its plugins for general use at a fraction of the combined retail prices for those tools.) It would be nice even to be able to route external signals into the mixer. It would also be nice to see reverb and delay added to the list of effects, although any commercial DAW user certainly has at least one decent reverb and delay in her kit.

EZPlayer is not entirely EZ

EZplayer Pro is the companion MIDI file manager and player that ships with Superior. It’s a useful combination of a MIDI file manager and a simple sequencer. The player includes the ability to build independent tracks (using MIDI grooves) and direct each track to a different instrument, not just to audition a single MIDI groove against a single drum kit. It’s significantly more powerful than the MIDI file player included in EZDrummer’s interface, or the one included with KitCore 2, both of which can only play a single groove within the single drum machine that hosts the player.

And that, of course, is the best reason to choose Superior 2.0 in the first place. In that regard, I recommend strongly that prospective buyers check out the MP3 demos at toontrack.com. As always, check the forums on Toontrack’s site to get a feel for the issues users are facing. The “Production Tips” forum is the best place to start in this case…

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ChordWizard Software Songtrix Gold 3.0

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Check out this revolutionary platform for musical creativity and you won't look back. Songtrix Gold 3.0 supports musicians in the same flexible and open-ended way that a word processor supports writers. Compose a chord sequence and apply styles to produce a professional musical arrangement in seconds. Or create your own masterpiece from scratch, using intuitive events like strums and drum rolls for rapid drafting and refinement of musical ideas. Explore new and original harmonic progressions for your music, with integrated tools that bring the power of music theory directly into the creative process. Compile and print staff notation effortlessly, then take your completed songs to the world by publishing them securely on the ChordWizard Network.

Automatic Styles

With styles, Songtrix can turn a simple chord sequence into professional arrangements for backing tracks, improvisation practice or rapid composition.

A diverse set of musical styles is supplied, and these can be mixed across tracks for literally millions of style combinations!

You can use substyles with Intro, Fill-In and Ending patterns to create rich and seamless performances of the finished work.

The process is flexible and transparent, so you can choose which parts of the song will use styles, and see the musical events that Songtrix generates.

You can progressively override and customize style events to get exactly the sound you are looking for.

Compose Yourself

Songtrix is also a blank canvas for developing your own musical themes. Use the rich palette of musical events to produce your original compositions or arrangements from scratch.

Audition and select chords from the menu, then design your own rhythms to play them with.

Tracks can split into repeating segments to automatically propagate your drum and rhythm patterns throughout the song.

Take full control of the creative process by adding and editing musical events within Songtrix, or with an attached Midi keyboard (or other instrument).

You can easily apply playing techniques - such as sustain, slide, pitch bend and vibrato - to achieve a stunningly realistic performance.

Staff Notation

Songtrix generates and displays staff notation automatically, continuously and accurately as you work. You can instantly switch between the different views of your song, even during playback.

This improves your sight-reading skills, and ensures that you can effectively communicate your work to others, regardless of your scoring ability.

Songtrix provides many options for compilation and placement of staff symbols, so your song contains the visual layout of the music as well as the precise performance.

Staff notation can be printed for complete musical scores or for individual parts separately. Other printed formats are also available, such as lyric sheets or lead sheets with lyrics and chords.

Music Theory

A great strength of Songtrix is the awareness of music theory built right into the workspace. You can mark out key centres, and call on a variety of harmony tools to interpret, inform and guide the creative process.

Songtrix can link tracks and automatically reharmonize them to accommodate the selection of a different chord or scale.

Not strong on music theory? No problem! Whatever your background, the How Music Works multimedia tutorials included with Songtrix are an invaluable reference.

Starting with the basics of sound, the tutorials progress to the advanced topics of songwriting and improvisation, providing sample sounds throughout to clearly demonstrate each point. Each topic can be printed, or the whole set of tutorials can be printed as a book.

Publish Securely

Take your completed musical works to the world by publishing them on the integrated ChordWizard Network website!

The ChordWizard Song (CWS) file is much more secure than Midi or other file formats. It features encryption, protection and an embedded link to your publisher profile, so others can contact you without your email address being exposed.

Publishing on the ChordWizard Network is a great way to make yourself known to this global community of musicians, and to meet other members for discussions and collaborations.

You can also download and enjoy the songs and styles that others have produced.

And So Much More...
Midi files can be imported into Songtrix, using a process that analyzes and identifies chords (which Midi does not provide). Songs can be exported to Midi files, to WAV files (for burning to CD) or to MP3 files.
Recording from a Midi keyboard in Songtrix is great fun and easy, even if you don't play the piano. Songtrix changes the chords for you, so can record great sounding rhythms without lifting your fingers from the keys!
Songtrix can efficently apply a wide range of adjustments to your song, to shift, stretch, quantize, humanize or transpose events.
Songtrix Gold adjusts to suit your playing level, and extends so you never outgrow it. Advanced level is very comprehensive, with 57 chord types and 36 scale types, which you can add to without limitation.
The whole package is superbly documented with a Help file that sits side-by-side with the workspace for easy reference, as you explore the world of musical creativity that is now open to you.

v3.0j 10-Nov-2009
-Addition of combined Step+Gradient changes for tempo/volume
-Track Setup has auto audition on change voice
-Addition of Cool Black and XP Beige workspace color schemes
-Corrected problem with gridlines controls in Edit Segment popup window
-Various minor functional and presentation enhancements

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