Results for Christmas

Bolder Sounds has released some new sample libraries: BOB Miscellaneous, Christmas Bells and Granular Christmas Bells.

BOB Miscellaneous is the 10^th volume of the Best of Bolder collection, which is now complete.

The B.O.B. Miscellaneous Instruments collection is a set of sounds which I did not feel comfortably fit into the other B.O.B. categories, you can think of them as ‘left-overs’ if you wish, but don’t be fooled -there are some real gems in here.

B.O.B. Miscellaneous Instruments features

• Accordions (Gigastudio only)
• Bassoon
• Bullroarer (Kontakt & EXS only)
• Celtic Harp
• Classical Guitar
• Electric Guitar Volume Swells
• Monochord
• Spring Drum
• Steel Drums
• Taylor Acoustic Bass Guitar
• Upright Jazz Bass
• Water
• Wind Chimes (Gigastudio only)
• Zon Fretless Bass

The BOB Miscellaneous set is available for $19.95. The Best Of Bolder Full Collection has a special price of $119.96 USD until January 1, 2009 (normal price $159.95 USD).

Bolder Sounds has also released Christmas Bells, a sample set that consists of 12 charming Christmas Bells which are attached to a mechanical sequencer of sorts.

The bells are tuned to C5, D5, E5, F5, F#5, G5, A5, Bb5, C6, D6, and E6. I extended the mapping of the lowest sample to A4 and the highest sample to G6 for more flexibility. When put in play mode the sequencer sends a signal to the bell’s ‘clapper’ to play the corresponding bell for the correct note. The play list includes all your typical Holiday favorites like Joy To The World, I Saw Three Ships etc …

Christmas Bells features

• 86 mb (unzipped) / 58 mb (zipped)
• 24 bit stereo samples
• 3 round robins per note
• Articulations – long decay and short muted samples

Christmas Bells is available for Kontakt & EXS24 for $14.96 USD until January 1, 2009 (normal price $19.95 USD).

Christmas Bells Granular is a free sample set featuring unusual granular pad-like textures from the Christmas Bells library. Also included are 4 hit samples (with long decays) of the bells from the downloadable full version of the bells. Check the free sounds page for more freebies.

Visit Bolder Sounds for more information, audio demos and a link to download Christmas Bells Granular.

Some interesting things I found recently:

# Wearable Toy Piano – A Toy Piano embedded on a T-shirt.

Instructables member mikamika explains:

It has 8 keys from Do to Do (1 octave). You can play simple music by wearing the shirt and pushing the fabric button on the shirt. All the components from the toy piano (batteries, speaker, circuit board) are placed on the shirt and connected with poppers. All these hard components are detachable so that you can wash it if you wish.

# 8-Bit Jesus: New Christmas Chip-tune Album | Doctor Octoroc

Doctor Octoroc writes:

I’ve been working on a new album for the past few months and am releasing a free MP3 download of the first half – sort of a preview, I suppose. The album is entitled 8-Bit Jesus and contains 9 tracks thus far. Each one is a chip-tune version of a classic Christmas song done in the style of a different NES game.

Songs include Silent Knight Man, Little Drummer Nemo and Super Jingle Bros. Download the album (or individual tracks) here.

# 25 Awesome things I’ve failed to post on Music Thing over the last couple of months – Nice list by Tom Whitwell @ Music thing.