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Some interesting things I found recently:

# TRASH_AUDIO: Roland TR-808 Sample Pack

Surachai writes:

Justin graciously let me borrow his Roland TR-808 and when trying to program some patterns I noticed a few problems. A) I'm clearly too stupid to work this machine – I eventually figured it out but off the bat, both the Pattern knob the Auto Fill In knob were double teaming my brain and left me staring at shifting patterns that mocked me with changing tempos. B) The sequencing buttons themselves have been accumulating grime over the years which makes it difficult to activate a note. I would gladly take this thing apart and clean it but it's not mine. C) It's outdated. While the interface is preferred for many people, I'd rather do this on a computer or something more flexible like a Machinedrum. Long story short, I decided to sample it and save people the hassle of finding/buying one. Oh yeah and it's free.

# Soundsnap.com presents Frank Serafine (YouTube)

A peek into the world of Hollywood sound designer (and Soundsnap contributor) Frank Serafine.

When I first visited the Driven Machine Drums website I thought I had found another one of those silly marketing schemes. You know those sites that promise loads of “fresh” content for cheap, meaning to say they’ll send you a disc with stuff that is old and readily available to download from the internet, free of cost…

Just reading the first few paragraphs on the website immediately triggered my scam alert.

Have you purchased hundreds; even thousands of drum sounds… only finding a handful of gems among the clutter? Are you often irritated when sifting through countless sounds, devastating your creative flow? Do you fight with samples to make them tight, slamming, and club ready… only later to be disappointed in the results? Have you fantasized about the multi-million dollar deal or winning the lottery so you can stack your studio with all the esoteric highend gear? Does your music command you have the latest kit, to gain the advantage and stand apart from the masses?

If you answered “YES!” to any of these questions, then you are in the right place and the right time.

The website even mentions a 30-day no questions asked refund, and then there’s the odd “only 997 copies will ever be available” thing.

The whole thing looked pretty dodgy to me, but my gut feeling was wrong.

The guy behind ToneBuilder and Driven Machine Drums is Nathaniel Shreve, an electronic musician who is passionate about his work. He wanted to make sure to share some interesting things about how the library came to be, and why he feels Driven Machine Drums is different from other drum sample libraries.

Now whether or not you enjoy Nathaniel’s style of writing, the bottom line is: this product is legit and well worth checking out.

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Samplecraze has announced the release of Square Wave Drums, a collection of 200 kick samples, 200 snare samples and 150 clap samples.

In view of all the over-compressed drum samples available in the marketplace we at Samplecraze decided to process drum samples beyond the ceiling whilst maintaining their sonic integrity. Something that our competitors have not been able to achieve.

Whilst over-compressing drum samples has been a technique used for a long time, most have not been able to avoid the usual problems associated with over-compression: noise, distortion, sonic anomalies and artefcats and so on are by-products of badly overcompressed drum samples and the techniques required to drive through the ceiling and go beyond the clip (digital ceiling) have more to do with experience and understanding gain structuring and dynamic management.

At Samplecraze we have always believed, and taught, that maintaining the dynamic range is of utmost importance when processing any audio data. However, in this instance, we decided to experiment and see how far we could go beyond the ceiling without experiencing sonic anomalies and the result is Square Wave Drums.

Square Wave Drums is available to purchase as a download, priced at $39.99 USD. A demo pack of 30 samples can be downloaded from the product page.

More information: Samplecraze / Square Wave Drums

Cytomic has released released public beta version 1.0.13 of The Glue, an analog modelled bus compressor plug-in for Windows and Mac.

Changes since The Glue v1.0.11

• Fixed Random crashes on exit.
• Added back all io configs (4-2, 2-2, 2-1, 1-1) to support hosts that don’t support external sidechaining. This will mean on some hosts that you see multiple copies of The Glue, one will be with and one without external sidechaining.
• 80 Factory Bank 1 presets.
• Mac Rtas version.
• Au now supports mono and stereo operation and typed units for automation.
• Any single Mac copy can be renamed to .vst .component or .dpm and it will work as a vst au or rtas respectively so you only need to download it once.
• Updated post envelope follower low pass filter algorithm more closely match the analog response.

The Glue public beta is available for download as a 14-day trial. It can be registered for $99 USD.

Purchasing the Beta entitles you to a full license of The Glue, and you have full rights to all 1.x updates, including a Manual and Presets once they are ready.

The RTAS version is only for Mac at the moment. People buying The Glue now will receive the Win RTAS version for free once it is ready.

Visit the public beta page for details.

Blue Cat Audio has released quite a number of updates recently, including Mac VST and Audio Unit support for both their commercial and freeware plug-ins.

The latest plug-in to receive a major update is Dynamics, a flexible dynamics processor.

Version 3 introduces new features like mid/side processing, new stereo linking options, additional presets, and lots more.

Dynamics 3.0 key features

• Full featured dynamics processor: compressor, gate, limiter, expander, waveshaper.
• Total control over processor and signal: continuous peak/RMS and Opto/VCA modes selection, dry/wet control for parallel compression, input and side chain filters.
• Stereo or mid-side processing with multiple channels linking options.
• Post brickwall limiter or waveshaper.
• Optimal monitoring: real time display dynamics response and input/output envelopes, zooming capability and main compression information can be recorded as automation curves.
• Up to 4x oversampling for the best sounding quality.
• Unique and easy side chain compression, ducking, gating, etc.
• Multiple skins included for optimal user experience.
• Plugin window transparency management.
• No latency.

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de la Mancha has announced a Spring 09 Special Offer.

This time-limited special offer bundle saves 50% on the cost of buying each plugin individually. The offer is valid until 5th May 2009

You are encouraged to try the demo versions before purchase, which you can download from the individual product page.

Spring 09 Special Offer includes

• bathtub, 2 flexible and configurable stereo compressors.
• dirtbox 3, effect plug-in designed to compress, distort and modulate your audio.
• unstable, pitch modulation effect.

All three plug-ins are available as VST effect plug-ins for Windows PC, for a special bundle price of $34 USD.

Visit de la Mancha for more information.