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Detunized has released fTable, a sample library for Ableton Live featuring synthesized random and additive sampler waveforms.

The new fTable Live Pack includes a huge collection of synthesized waveforms created on a Hohner HS1E sampler. All sets of waveforms use the additive and hand drawing capabilities of this unit. The samples are recorded through the samplers proprietary 16 Bit DAC that is a little harsh but also gives unique colorization to the sounds.

fTable takes you back to the late 80´s when this sampler appeared on the market and instantly challenged the big players like EMU and AKAI.

fTable features

• Includes 40 instruments.
• 655 samples, 24 Bit/44,1 kHz.
• Ableton Live Pack for Live 7 or higher.

fTable for Live is available to purchase as an instant download for 4.80 EUR.

More information: Detunized / fTable

Equinox Sounds has released MIDI Keys: Keyboard Riffs of the 60′s & 70′s Vol 2, a piano MIDI chord progressions library by Smash Up The Studio.

You’ll find three awesome MIDI Construction Kits and stacks of loops, performed with breathtaking authenticity and in the styles of some of the huge artists of the era.

Following its best-selling predecessor, this pack also concentrates on those truly memorable chord progressions that never seem to go out of date. Timeless riffs that slot seamlessly into many of todays popular styles.

There are loops designed for acoustic piano, also loops for some of the classic electric pianos of the time such as the Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer piano and also the Hohner D6 Clavinet and Hammond organ.

Keyboard Riffs of the 60′s & 70′s Vol 2 features

• 3 MIDI Construction Kits and 70 loops ranging from 4 to 16 bars in length.
• Covers various musical styles including Soul, Funk, Jazz, Rock and Pop.
• Not limited to specific sounds but can use the plug-in of your choice to play back each loop, as well as performing countless other editing permutations.
• A selection of loops are featured in the Loop demo. All MIDI files are tempo-labelled.
• All loops are Royalty-free and have been composed and performed by Steve Burton, exclusively for Smash Up The Studio.

MIDI Keys: Keyboard Riffs of the 60′s & 70′s Vol 2 is available to purchase for $29.95 USD.

More information: Equinox Sounds / Keyboard Riffs of the 60′s & 70′s Vol 2

Hollow Sun has released Oscillosine and Organa, two Sonic Laboratory Instruments for Kontakt.

Almost as though it was found in the back of a damp garage after decades of neglect, Hollow Sun has created Oscillosine. Reminiscent of an oddball inventor’s strange homebrew creation, Oscillosine is designed to conjour the sights, sounds and smells of a 1940s experimenter’s laboratory… glowing valves, otherworldly audio and maybe a hint of pipe tobacco.

The samples for Oscillosine are taken from a vintage tube Hewlett Packard sine wave test oscillator estimated to date back to the 50s or 60s, maybe earlier.

Oscillosine features

• 44.1kHz/24-bit.
• Valve generated waveforms.
• Unique user interface featuring…
  • Envelope sweep of pitch
  • Multi-wave LFO with mixable control waveforms
  • Ring Mod and FM for dissonant textures
  • Polyphonic and monophonic play modes
  • 3-Band EQ
  • Phase shifter, chorus, rotary cabinet and echo
  • Convolved reverb featuring vintage spring reverbs

Organa is based on samples from an electric reed organ from the late 50′s.

The samples for Organa are taken from a very early Hohner ‘Organa 30′ from the 50s or early 60s belonging to Hollow Sun Deutsche freund, Matthias Shuster.

Little is known about this other than it was an electric reed organ with a fan that blew air through reeds that were opened and closed with the keys. In many ways, it’s an electric harmonium where a motor rather than manually pumped pedals pushes the air around.

Organa features

• 48kHz/24-bit.
• From a very rare, early Hohner Organa 30.
• Unique user interface featuring…
  • Drawbar mixing of reeds
  • Fan noise control
  • Tone control
  • Envelope shaper
  • Chorus, rotary cabinet and echo
  • Convolved reverb featuring vintage spring reverbs

Oscillosine and Organa for Kontakt are available to purchase for $8 USD and $4 USD respectively.

More information: Hollow Sun / Sonic Laboratory Instruments

Detunized has released DTS024 – Phase Facets, a comprehensive Live Pack featuring the German Hohner HS2/E synthesizer from 1988.

The Hohner HS2/E and it´s Japanese original, the Casio VZ10m, are the last hardware synths working with „interactive Phase Distortion“ synthesis. The iPD was meant as an effort to deliver sounds comparable to those of FM synthesis while its results are easier to predict. IPD is capable of producing wonderful „non-filter“ and „non-substractive“ tones with sharp attacks and digital precision.

The 650 MB Live Pack „Phase Facets“ contains a diversified collection of such iPD sounds that must be categorized far beyond the standard Bass and Lead libraries. With their rich harmonic content and agile brightness the 30 included Live Instruments enrich each Live Library with some 80s retro charme.

DTS024 – Phase Facets Live Pack (30 instruments/650 MB/842 samples) is available to purchase as an instant download for 6.98 EUR. Subscribers can purchase DTS024 + DTS023 – Curetronic Modular Vol. 2 for 4.98 EUR only.

More information: Detunized

Big Fish Audio has released Solid State, a retro synth collection sample library featuring rare vintage preset keyboards and electro-mechanical devices.

Solid State takes you on a journey to another age, an excursion deep into a retro world of vintage keyboards that don’t often see the light of day. Packed with several decades worth of rare synths, combo organs, electric pianos, and other assorted electro-mechanical keyboard instruments, you’re sure to find some unique sounds to spice up your productions.

Each synth is sampled dry, then presented in numerous effected patches that stretch the boundaries of what was initially possible with the original synths. You’ll find classic names like Crumar, Elka, Farfisa, Hohner, and RMI sampled and ready to use. This unique retro library features 2 gigabytes of content, 22 keyboards, and 464 patches in all. The Flaming Lips would be in heaven.

Solid State for Kontakt 3 or higher is available to purchase for $99.95 USD.

More information: Big Fish Audio / Solid State

Cinematique Instruments has released Alto Glockenspiel, a sample library for Kontakt.

The Alto Glockenspiel is a percussion instrument, composed of a set of tuned metal bars resting over a frame like a trough. Contrary to our “Small Metal Set 1″ which contains the Glockenspiel, this time we used the alto version of this legendary red model of Hohner™ with an one octave lower range, which sounds more soft and mellow. As a bonus you get two patches of a giant tuning fork with a size of 11″, made of solid material, which we found in a smithy.

We recorded the metal bars of the Alto Glockenspiel beaten with thin sticks and soft mallets, in 2 or 3 dynamic layers and three Round Robin variations, mapped in a range from C2 (C1) to F5. There are programmed scripts and fx to provide a lot of opportunities. The Huge Tuning Fork was beat with a 5kg hammer. Additionally we recorded along the surface with our special microphone movement to get different characters of the long lasting sustain.

Alto Glockenspiel features

• Alto Glockenspiel Gentle (soft and mellow, reminds of a celeste)
• Alto Glockenspiel Hard (hard sound, fx and script)
• Alto Glockenspiel Mallet (played with mallets, fx and script)
• Alto Glockenspiel (pure sound)
• Huge Tuning Fork Texture (long lasting texture, modwheel adds noise)
• Huge Tuning Fork (pure and deep)

Alto Glockenspiel for Kontakt 3 or higher is available to purchase for 16 EUR.

More information: Cinematique Instruments / Alto Glockenspiel