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Design a Sound has released Digital Illusions, a soundbank for Wusikstation 5.

Digital Illusions Soundbank – 63 dreamy, warm, soft (and sometimes with a touch of analogue feel) sounds with long releases for Wusikstation V5 virtual synth.

All presets are available as WusikPRST files – native Wusikstation’s preset format.

Digital Illusions is available to purchase at any amount you like (donationware).

More information: Design a Sound / Digital Illusions

Ametrine Audio has released Fire and Ice, a virtual synthesizer plug-in using the Wusik Engine.

The Main Idea behind Fire and Ice was to create a synth with 2 different personalities. The Fire section covers the Bass, Stab and Synth side of things, while the Ice Section brings you Pads, Wave sequences, Keys, Organs and BellTones.

Fire and Ice features

• Powered by the Wusik-Engine (Version 5.8.4).
• 160 main presets with 250 variations.
• Custom made sounds: Bass and Stabs 44, Synth and Leads 23, Arps and Wave-Sequences 20, Pads and Strings 30, BellTones 21, Keys and Organs 22.

Fire and Ice is available to purchase as a VST instrument plug-in for Windows PC, priced at £14.95 GBP.

More information: Ametrine Audio / Fire and Ice

Producer Loops has announced the release of Accelerator 2, the improved sequel of Bunker 8 Accelerator.

This 3 GB collection features construction kits with elements of Metalcore, Industrial, Techno, Nu Metal and Hard Rock anthemics.

The kits are presented in ACID/WAV and Apple Loops formats and each kit contains a full sample mix, plus all of the elements separated.

This collection also includes single hit samples in Batttery 2, Kontakt 2, DS404, EMU, GigaSampler, HALion, SampleTank, SoundFonts and Wusikstation formats.

Accelerator 2 is available to purchase as an instant download for £15 GBP / 17.33 EUR / $22.36 USD.

More information: Producer Loops / Accelerator 2

Wusik has announced Wusik Fuse Box, a multi VSTi manager / chainer for Windows PC.

The idea behind Wusik Fuse Box, is to be able to work with multiple instances of any VSTi in the same location. This tool adds the option to have multiple Wusik Station and Wusik EVE instances, which can be played with one keyboard. You can also divide VSTs by Key-Zone, Velocity-Zone or Midi-Channels.

Wusik Fuse Box is based on the same idea of Wusik VM, but with the ability to work with multiple VSTs, a new interface, Tree-View of your computer files and an Effect-Rack with Sends and Inserts.

With time, the product can grow with its own Sequencer option, making this an alternative to your current Sequencer. Something we wanted to do with the previous Wusik Red Fuse idea, but here, we are taking it to a new direction; something several users already asked a while ago.

Wusik Fuse Box features

• Up to 16 VSTi slots. Each slot shows the VST name and the loaded preset. Slots are divided into a 2 x 8 VSTi page.
• Tree-View which can be used to browse for VSTs, FXP, FXB, SFZ, WAV, WusikSND, DASHsnd and WusikPRST files.
• Tree View Favorites Locations. Let you select a directory and save to a Favorites list. Making it easier to locate files in your computer.
• Each VSTi slot has the following options: Mute, Volume, Pad, FX1/FX2/FX3/FX4 Sends, FX Inserts (x 4), Key-Zone, Velocity-Zone, Midi-Channel, Output and Open VST Editor. (GUI – Opens in a new Window)
• Mixer Page, where you can adjust most of the parameters listed above.
• 8 Parameter Macros: each VST can have its own selection of parameters at the bottom of the screen. Making it easier to adjust Envelope and Filter settings, or anything you want, as its user-defined. EG: for Wusik Station, you assign the ADSR to the first 4 parameters. So when you load a preset, you can see what’s the ADSR values are and change right on the screen, without having to open the VST Editor. (GUI) Plus, you can also automate the Parameter Macros via Midi or with your Sequencer Automation options.
• Everything is saved with your project file, or can also be saved as a Wusik Fuse Box .WusikFBox file. When loading a .WusikFBox file from the Tree-View, all settings and loaded VSTs will be restored.
• Multiple Outputs. Two files are provided, Single Stereo Out or Multi 8 Stereo Outputs.
• Midi-VSTs. Each Slot can load up to 4 Midi-VSTs.
• Over-Sampling option for each VST. (just like Wusik VM does now) Over-Sampling helps some VSTs producing a better sound, removing aliasing problems, but consumes extra CPU usage. This is handy when streaming the final project to disk. (rendering all tracks)
• FXP and FXB extracting from VSTs. A FXP is a single preset file, while FXB is a bank of presets file. Not every VST allows you to extract preset/bank files.
• VST registering. So when you load a FXP/FXB file, Wusik Fuse Box knows which VST to load.
• Copy protection method: Serial-Number. (nothing else)

Wusik Fuse Box for Windows PC is available for pre-order for $49.95 USD.

More information: Wusik / Wusik Fuse Box

Wusik has released version 5.8.6 of Wusikstation, a hybrid vector & wavesequencer sampler/rompler instrument for Windows PC.

This updater now features 3 skins: New White, Limeflavour and Old Blue. It will show a preview of all 3 skins and ask which one should be the Default skin. (it installs all 3 skin files)

Changes in Wusikstation v5.8.6

• Added: new Mod-Matrix Sources: Alternate First, Mono and Poly. The value alternates from Min to Max in a Ping-Pong way.
• Added: click once in any Pitch-Bend parameter, a new Global Off option can be found. This will turn all layers Bend to off and also any patch you load after that. This is saved in the wINI file, so any new instance loaded after that is also affected.
• Changed: how the Groove Sequencer page selector works with the new skin type 3. (White-Skin) Now it will just scroll the sequences, instead of changing the pages.
• Changed: now you can use the Stereo Pan Polyphonic Destination in the Mod-Matrix, even for Mono Sounds. It will force it to Stereo-Mode.
• Changed: tweaking the Wavesequencer slot, goes back to page 1, instead of page 2.
• Changed: In the Groove Sequencer, the Current Step Beat and Current Step Edit images are now draw on Top of the Step image.
• Changed: in the FX version, the FX Name was not centered like the FX Preset.
• Changed: Groove Sequencer Remote-Edit Ctrl+Up/Down now changes the Sequence-Lane Page/Offset.
• Fixed: when using multiple filters for the same layer, changing frequency would tweak resonance too.
• Fixed: white-skin file search color problem and other skin typos. Also fixed a problem during install that would merge the old Default skin file with the new one.
• Fixed: groove sequencer remote pattern wrong tool-tip information.
• Fixed: Wavesequencer Sample Start Lane wouldn’t work with Speed=Off for any other step when modulating the sequence start with the modulation matrix.
• Fixed: when Groove Sequencer is playing, changing SEQ page doesn’t update seq lanes.
• Fixed: Groove Sequencer Remote-Edit Ctrl+Up/Down wouldn’t work correctly.
• Fixed: Groove Sequencer – duplicating a pattern with Midi CC information (some other random problems related to Midi CC lanes).
• Fixed: automated-load crash problem when starting from layer O1 in some situations.
• Fixed: problems with Insert effects not loading presets or/and redrawing the screen.
• Fixed: clicks when streaming from disk in certain situations.

Wusikstation is available as a VST instrument plug-in for Windows PC for $99.95 USD.

More information: Wusik / Wusikstation

Les Productions Zvon is back with another 3U instrument (unique, unusual and usable), the Prepared Rhodes.

This is actually not a new sample library but Zvon has recently released Kontakt and Battery formats, adding some new sounds to Prepared Rhodes.

So what is a Prepared Rhodes anyway? Zvon explains:

It’s a real Rhodes that is prepared as John Cage and others prepared a acoustic piano, that means you insert springs, plastic tubes, pins,etc., all kinds of objects inside the piano. These objects when touching the strings or the tines change the sound of each key played. All the notes can be radically different from each other and often you don’t even recognize the original sound. You get an instrument that is much more percussive in nature. This has been done quite often with acoustic piano but rarely with a Rhodes.

The Rhodes used in this sample library was prepared by Maxime de La Rochefoucauld, a composer and builder of mechanical musical automatons. Zvon recorded every note with multiple velocity layers (2 to 6) for a total of some 360 samples in 16 bits, 44.1 kHz. The samples are in mono format, just like the real Rhodes instrument.

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