Last week, I noticed the number of published posts in my dashboard was getting close to the 20,000 mark.
This blog officially launched June 28th, 2005, so in 10 days it will be 8 years old. It started with a single post in June, 2005, followed by 6 more in August of that year, and 19 the next month, all the way up to no less than 365 posts in May 2013!
And there you have it, you’re looking at post #20,000 right now. I know it doesn’t look very special, but to me it is!
I’d like to thank all readers, contributors, and sponsors, for making this blog a wonderful thing to do.
Digital Sound Factory’s Steinway Model L (5’10”) Grand Piano for Kontakt.
Steinway Pianos have set an uncompromising standard for sound, touch, and beauty requiring up to one full year to handcraft. With a natural sounding wooden resonant tone and very long sustain, this Grand Piano contains over two gigabytes of pedal up, pedal down, key up, and pedal harmonics.
The Yamaha C7 (7’6″) is part of the Conservatory Concert Collection and is built using high quality materials and careful production process. This collection contains over two gigabytes of pedal up, pedal down, key up, and pedal harmonics.
The piano libraries are available to purchase for the introductory price of $39.95 USD each (regular $59.95 USD).
8Dio Productions has launched The New Alien Drum, a percussion instrument for Native Instruments Kontakt.
The New Alien Drum (aka Hang Drum by Pan Art) is a unique tone based percussion instrument, which is almost impossible to come by, since there is only one maker in the world and less than 1000 drums in circulation. The instrument has a soft, sorrowful, melancholic tone to it and is a perfect companion for emotional or ambient type of scores.
The New Alien Drum also contains several morphed patches – where the Hang Drum was morphed with other acoustic instruments (ex. modified piano, modified tonal percussion, modified stringed instruments, synths etc) and 20 carefully crafted ethereal ambiences. This is the first virtual instrument designed to match the SETI program and we are proud to announce it has been approved by the IGMP (Intergalactic Music Program).
The New Alien Drum is available to purchase for the introductory price of $59 USD until July 1st, 2013 (regular $79 USD). This update is free for all existing Alien Drum owners.
Loopmasters has released Dream Vocals, a collection of vocal acapellas and phrases.
Written, recorded and produced exclusively for Loopmasters by George Baldwin this incredible pack offers bite size vocal acapella kits for any producer looking to add unique vocal textures to the mix. The collection comes with 28 separate vocal ideas each with separate stems of harmonies, backing and full mixes.
Each of the 28 vocal kits come pre treated with high end outboard equipment and top end plugins ensuring they will cut through a mix with ease, enhancing any productions they are dropped into from house to hip hop and electro to dubstep.
This diverse collection of vocal phrases is recorded in tempos from 90 to 140bpm at 24bit 44.1 khz with arrangements ranging from huge harmonic atmospheres, short catchy hooks and powerful chord progressions ready to chop, remix and glitch to your requirements.
Dream Vocals features
923MB content, 24-bit quality.
28 vocal phrase kits.
Includes separate stems and full bounced versions for maximum flexibility.
Prime Loops has released Studio Guitars, a 689 MB collection of ballad hooks, steady riffs and upbeat jams.
The guitar is an instrument capable of truly heavenly tones but capturing this sound in a recording is never as straight-forward as you’d think. Here at Prime Loops we’ve been changing strings, tweaking amps and adjusting mics to deliver only the finest tone imaginable to your DAW! We used a 1985 Gibson Les Paul electric and a Martin DC-16RGTE acoustic with Fishman, Marshall and Orange amps, recorded through an AKG C214 microphone, so STUDIO GUITARS guarantees to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end!
Open the case and you will find over 689MB of rich guitar tones ranging from 70 to 130BPM. These sensational loops are neatly arranged into 3 categories comprising of 50+ Ballad Hooks, 50+ Steady Riffs and 50+ Upbeat Jams, all applicable to a vast range of genres! From the clean, delay-drenched chime of Ballad Hook ‘Serene’ to the upbeat overdrive of Steady Riff ‘Perpetual’ and the crunchy swagger of Upbeat Jam ‘Loose’, STUDIO GUITARS redefines quality guitar samples and delivers them in stunning 24-bit high definition.
The Loop Loft has announced Fills Unlimited, a collection of 100+ drum fills in MIDI format.
Your search for the perfect drum fill is over. Fills Unlimited gives you an endless amount of high quality MIDI drum fills.
Drum Fills. They’re one of the most important elements of a good drum track, and also the hardest parts to create and feel “natural”. This is why we produced Fills Unlimited. A massive collection of MIDI drum fills in styles ranging from rock, funk, hip hop, EDM, jazz and blues.
The over 100 unique drum fills are organized into folders for both 1 and 2 bar fills, as well as “straight” and “swung” feels, allowing you to quickly find and drop in the perfect fills on your tracks.
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