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ToneBuilder has included support for Reason NN-XT and Pro Tools Structure for Driven Machine Drums, its electronic drums sample library, created from an unique blend of 14 drum machines/synthesizers and 9 analog coloration devices.

DRIVEN MACHINE DRUMS highlights the natural sounding punch, depth, and warmth added by a collection of tubes, transformers, and hardware tape emulation.

Driven Machine Drums features

• 1,820 sounds in 24bit resolution, captured directly from the source using professional-quality cables and A/D converters.
• Each individual sound has been carefully edited by hand for tight attacks and natural decays.
• Synthesis sources: Elektron Machine Drum, Symbolic Sound Kyma Capybara, Eventide H8000FW, Korg ER-1, E-mu SP-1200, Oberheim DMX, Emu Mo Phatt, Yamaha DX200, Roland TR909, TR808, TR707, TR606, Vermona DRM-1 MKIII, and Jomox MBase 11.
• Analog processing: Thermionic Culture Vulture, Anamod ATS-1, Neve 1073 Preamp, Atlas Pro Juggernaut Twin, A-Design EM-Gold, Source + Plus Tube Amp, Empirical Labs Distressor, Moog MF101, and Mutronics Mutator.

Driven Machine Drums is available to purchase for $77 USD (includes 26 Guru Kits, 24bit Wav + 24bit Aif), and a Deluxe version is available for $87 USD (NN-XT, Structure, Kontakt, EXS-24, 24bit Wav/Aif).

A free demo pack featuring 100+ sounds is available to download from the ToneBuilder website.

More information: Driven Machine Drums

Digital Sound Factory has announced the release of E-MU Proteus 2000 for Reason, a ReFill featuring the sounds of the Proteus 2000 hardware unit.

The Proteus 2000 was a reincarnation of the economical Proteus rack module series of the early nineties. While its synthesis architecture was virtually the same as the original Proteus, the Proteus 2000 came packed with major new features, sounds and expandability for the most demanding professionals! It featured 128-voice polyphony and 32 MIDI channels and shipped with the ‘Composer’ soundset, offering 1,024 presets.

This SoundFont collection covers the whole spectrum of synthesizer type sounds, from real instruments to bizarre sounds and effects. There’s an immense amount of great sounds at your fingertips for any music application!

Proteus 2000 ReFill features

• 1024 NN-XT’s & 1024 Combinators.
• 166 mb Refill – Bass, Drums, Percussion, Orchestral, Synth, Pads, Guitar, Piano, Vox, Woodwind, Brass.

The Proteus 2000 ReFill for Reason is available to purchase for $59.95 USD.

More information: Digital Sound Factory / E-MU Proteus 2000 ReFill

Goldbaby Productions is a household name when it comes to quality drum machine samples.

Goldbaby’s love for tape machines, vinyl and vintage instruments has resulted in a bunch of top notch sample libraries.

With Tape-101, Goldbaby brings yet another collection of sounds treated with some analog tape love. But it’s not a drum machine this time around.

The SH101 is a legendary 80′s analog synth. A small synth with a large sound. It can be warm and phat or nasty and raw. Some say the sound is a cross between a Juno and 303.

So… I have taken this little synth and created a sampled instrument library. Of course I haven’t just sampled the synth naked. Oh no… I had to let the sounds get caressed by tape first!

Analog synth plus analog tape… Mmmm.

Tape-101 includes 1,658 24 bit samples, and over 70 instrument patches for both Kontakt and EXS24 (most of the instruments are multi-samples from every key on the SH-101).

I used the Kontakt version of The Tape-101, which has its instruments divided in 3 folders:

• Drums & FX, 2 Drum Kits and an FX instrument with wobbles and such.
• Gold Presets, almost 40 mono- and polyphonic instruments, extended and enhanced with the Kontakt sampler software (the SH-101 is monophonic).
• Raw Ammo, 35 multi-sampled instruments with little or no software sampler modifications.

Tape-101 in Kontakt (red HOT!)

The samples are available as .wav files and like the Kontakt instruments they are clearly labeled so you can tell which kind of processing was done.

Goldbaby used the following gear:

• Otari MX5050 1/4 inch 2 track, recorded normally and HOT.
• Hitachi Cassette Deck, for some wow & flutter + Dolby C.
• Boss SE-70, the digital multi-effects processor with an analogue distortion circuit.
• E-mu E4XT, sampled and processed by this ultra sampler.
• Akai MPC-60, for some gritty 12bit samples, dirty & phat!
• A bit of secret extra processing was done on a few instruments (labeled _X) as well.

If you want to get an idea of the type of sounds you will get make sure to check the media player on the Tape-101 product page. Hugo did some lovely demo mp3s.

Tape-101 is available as a download for Kontakt and EXS24 (both formats included) for $49 USD.

So what do I think?

Tape-101 sounds deep, nasty & dirty… in a good way. It appears this synth was actually designed as a strap-on instrument with an optional modulation attachment that stuck out like a guitar neck. Weird, it doesn’t seem like the keytar kind of synth to me at all.

Anyway, there’s a good variety of sounds and they generally sound warm, punchy and fat (or phat if you prefer). Playing some of the instruments I hear the sounds of True Playaz and Dillinja, so I reckon they’re great for drum & bass. The SH-101 is a popular synth so you might also recognize some if its sounds as there are tons of big names who’ve used it (Aphex Twin, The Prodigy, Bjork, Carl Craig, Squarepusher and Boards of Canada to name a few).

Tape-101 is another solid sample library from Goldbaby, highly recommended if you’re looking for some heavy bass and cutting lead sounds for techno, acid, drum & bass, and the likes. Plus you get some lovely drum kits and a bunch of cool LFO effect sounds. What more could you want? (except a real SH-101)

Visit Goldbaby Productions for more information.

Keep It Bangin Music has announced the AKAI MPC2000XL & EMU SP1200 Flash Drives, two USB flash memory drives shaped like these vintage samplers.

Introducing the worlds first USB flash memory drive shaped like the Akai MPC 2000XL, one of Hip Hop’s most classic drum machines / samplers. This is the long time favorite Sampler of producers such as Dr. Dre, Pete Rock, Just Blaze, Lil Jon and more! Akai’s powerhouse drum machine has been immortalized as a 4 GB USB flash memory drive. Every nuance of the Akai MPC 2000XL has been captured in extreme detail! These unique devices are perfect for Hip-Hop beat makers, producers, and enthusiast on the go. This is the only portable data storage solution that screams “Hip Hop”.

AKAI MPC2000XL / EMU SP1200 Flash Drives features

• 4 GB capacity, high quality Toshiba Flash memory.
• Ultra high detail, super durable PVC rubber construction.
• USB 2.0 support.

The AKAI MPC2000XL / EMU SP1200 Flash drives are available for pre-order for $39.95 + S/H, and are expected to ship mid May.

Visit Keep It Bangin Music for more information.

Dusted William Sounds has released FreeSP, a collection of over 80 one shot drum sample of virtual drum machines processed through the legendary SP1200 drum machine.

The result is a gritty, dirty sound associated with early hip hop and other related genres.
It is free, and available immediately at www.dustedwilliamsounds.com. All you have to do is sign up for the Dusted William Sounds Newsletter.

FreeSP comes as 24 bit x 44.1 khz mono wave files.

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Digital Sound Factory has released E-MU Modular SoundFont, a soundfont recreation of the sounds of the E-mu Modular.

Famous for its remarkable stability, E-MU’s Modular System was sturdier and would stay in tune much longer than the synthesizers offered by Moog and ARP at the time. The E-MU Modular featured the world’s first microprocessor-controlled polyphonic keyboard and sequencer (control voltage, of course, as this was years before MIDI), which was also one of E-MU’s first patents.

The E-MU Modular SoundFont weighs 64 MB and includes 141 instruments. It is available for purchase now for $59.95 USD.

Visit Digital Sound Factory for more information and audio demos.