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nLab has announced the release of Monolite, an experimental noise/drone/fx Reaktor Ensemble.

Monolite features

• 4 sine oscillators.
• Tone cut filter + soft clipper saturation.
• Grainer unit (granular processing).
• FX unit with 17 different effects.
• Automizable X-Y controller for fx.
• High-quality reverb.
• Low CPU-usage.
• Note: The ensemble works best with Reaktor 5.6.1.

Monolite is available to purchase for 10 EUR.

More information: nLab

Oli Larkin has updated the Endless Series v3 plug-in for Windows and Mac.

A unique effect based on the Shepard Tone auditory illusion, which generates mind bending infinite scales, psychedelic drones and fascinating sonic textures.

It works as a tone generator, a ring modulator, phaser, flanger or resonant filter bank effect.

Changes in Endless Series v3.1.1

• Added user guide.
• Added installer (WIN) and improved OSX installer.
• Added VST3, RTAS and standalone versions.
• Changed stereo mode labels to “single” and “dual”.
• Changed “Waveshaper Enable” to “Harmonics Enable”.
• Fixed visualiser flicker.
• Program/bank save/load locations persist.
• Now defaults to muted, to avoid loud surprises on load.
• Text entries now filter/limit number of characters.
• Fixed some hidden controls drawing when they shouldn’t.
• Fixed clicking envelope and midi reset.
• Fixed crash with long preset names.
• Fixed initialization of noise mod rate.
• Fixed disappearing audio in autostep mode with a small range.
• Changed scale root texts, to specify enharmonic equivalents.
• Increased headroom in standalone for less clipping.
• Corrected some help texts.
• Minor graphical tweaks.

Endless Series is available to purchase for Windows and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS/Standalone) for £29.99 GBP. The Standalone version for Mac is also sold separately on the Mac App Store for £6.99 GBP.

More information: Oli Larkin

Sonokinetic has announced Project Infinity, a cinematic sound effect instrument library for Native Instruments Kontakt.

For this new adventure Sonokinetic is leaping forward onto new territory within the Sonokinetic Sampling realm.

Cinematic sound effects, ambiences and spheres, big booms, crashes and swooshes, kinetic rhythmic drones and crackles, you name it, it’s probably in there. In Project Infinity, intelligent sound design is combined with a composer’s view on producing music for film and game environments. We’re proud to present this gigantic collection of sounds built into one ingeniously crafted Kontakt instrument.

Project Infinity features

• Monolith patch spanning thousands of cinematic FX samples in 5 Main categories: Atmospheres, Loops, Pads, Processed, Spheres.
• 12 customizable and mappable FX to twist and distort the sounds to your liking.
• 10 preset instruments:Awesome Impacts,Beam Me Up,Data Stream,Deepest Depths,Gates Of Hell and many more.
• Build your own instruments in Kontakt. Control the mapping and velocity ranges of up to 10 layers of sounds.
• Design and construct your own user interfaces giving you quick access to your most-needed parameters and properties. Tweak quicker than ever!
• 2900+ samples. (7,48 GB sample content)
• Royalty and copyright free content license.
• Project Infinity Reference manual (pdf).
• Artwork : “Project Infinity” dvd cover. Designed by Pavel Fuksa
• Programming: “Project Infinity” Kontakt script and instruments by Blake Robinson
• Video tutorials. Hosted by Blake Robinson
• Patch auditing. Various patches briefly reviewed
• Technical tour: Creating and editing layers, FX and UIs
• Format: All files in 44.1 kHz, 16bit wav format. Programmed for Kontakt 4.2.3.

Project Infinity is available to purchase for €99.90 EUR.

More information: Sonokinetik / Project Infinity

Sidsonic Libraries has released Drones – even whales would cry, a sample pack featuring sounds that would make whales cry.

This sample pack contains sounds you can use for a variety of musical genres and even for games, movies and theater.

The sounds within Drones having a long sustain with high chirps and modulation from deep and dark to high and light. They will bring some nice textures into your arrangements. Some of the sounds feature a sustain phase of up to 12 seconds, more then enough time to find nice parts to cut and re-sample.

“Drones – even whales would cry” is available to purchase for 19.99 EUR for the complete kit. Individual kits are 2.68 EUR each.

More information: Sidsonic Libraries / Drones – even whales would cry

Detunized has announced the release of Infinite Live Pack, a new subscriber sound library for Ableton Live.

Infinite Live Pack is a library of 160 dark drones, wide ambiances and thrilling textures for the creation of impressive background layers in all kinds of composition.

The instruments in the North folder contain trace elements of harmonic structures while the South folder presets have a nearly pitch-free character. Eight macro controls allow for easy in-depth editing and fine tuning of the sounds.

Detunized has also released Blinker, a free download introducing a composite Rhodes instrument.

The combination of 2 sets of modified Rhodes samples, the sound of a bunch of sea shells hanging on a tree and an open air gong form this expressive instrument.

Additionally Blinker includes Chorus and Amp simulation.

Detunized subscriber downloads are available for €1.30 EUR. Instant downloads start at €4.80 EUR.

More information: Detunized

P5Audio has released Crystalsphere, an ambient loops sample pack.

Sometimes synthetic sounds bring organic emotions. In Crystalsphere you can find a place where all of the elements meet with sounds from warm bass pads to dark lush textures, deep drones, dark soundscapes and icy glitch fx!

From the Reflective introspective pads and textures to the darker soundscapes this product will take you everywhere you want to go with your music production!

Crystalsphere features

• 54 Ambient Basslines, Pads, Loops, fx, textures and soundscapes, drones and more formatted for Acid loops, Apple loops and REX.
• Inspired by the music production of Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Biosphere, David Lynch.
• 24 glitchy stabs formatted for software samplers
• In tempos ranging from 60 through 140 bpm to give you a multitude of ambient vibes. All tempos and keys are provided.
• 100% royalty free.

Crystalsphere is available to purchase for $14.99 USD.

More information: P5Audio / Crystalsphere