Electronic Sound Issue 68 2020

English | 102 pages | True PDF | 17 MB

We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Devo’s ‘Freedom Of Choice’, the album that sparked the American synthpop revolution, in this month’s Electronic Sound. We’ve interviewed both Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale for our cover feature, which explores how Devo’s record label were on the verge of sacking the band in the months leading up to ‘Freedom Of Choice’ and how the success of the album changed everything for the guys from Akron, Ohio. It inspired a host of other names on the burgeoning US electronic music scene too and, alongside our main story, we’ve picked out 20 of the finest American synth records of the 1980s. From big hitters to obscure transmitters, from the likes of Prince and Ministry to Screamers and Our Daughter’s Wedding, all of these artists owed something to Devo.

80s Themes WAV MiDi

DiSCOVER | 22/August/2020 | 301 MB

Another great 1980s sound pack, one of the genres they shine most. 15 superb themes consisting of beat, bass, chord and melody loops both available as WAV or MIDI files. These are ment as inspirational starting points for all kinds of Synthpop/Synthwave/Retrowave productions. All synths sounds can be exchanged to be coming from your favourite hardware or software devices via the given MIDI files. Lot´s of fun while producing guaranted with DDL´s 80s Themes.

SuperVaz Vaz Modular Soundbank

Team NoGRP | 02-25-2007 | 409.30 KB

This is my best soundbank yet! It’s provided with superphat leads, basses and pads that you just can’t believe are made with software! I have build this soundset during a long time to get it sound as good as possible! My goal is not to try to make software sound as good as hardware, but have it sound much more powerful than hardware! It includes different syntharchitecturs. One is an emulation of the classic Supersaw (from Roland) and many of the patches is build around that! But there are also many patches that takes the sound even further! With this soundset you just don’t get the sounds but also the opportunity to work with the synths I have built and make your own sounds with it!

Super Worth It WAV

P2P | 17 November 2020 | 126 MB

(Guitar Loop Kit)

38 (+6 Bonus Loops) Custom Made Guitar Loops…

Antares Tube v1.02 VST WiN

TEAM ArCTiC | 05-06-2003 | 4.25 MB

Give your digital tracks a heavenly warmth. Or something a whole lot hotter. Whether you want to burnish your tracks to an angelic warmth or heat things up with some rich, devilish distortion, Antares’s Tube plug-in gives you the tools to create a wide range of modeled analog tube effects. Based on technology from Antares’ multi-award-winning Microphone Modeler plug-in, Tube is incredibly easy to use and so DSP efficient that even a modest native system will support dozens of tracks’ worth. (In informal tests, a Mac PowerBook G4 400MHz was able to provide well over 40 instances of Tube.) And with an astonishingly low price, you won’t have to sell your soul to afford it.

DUNE v3.2.0 WiN

Team V.R | 25 October 2019 | 569 MB

(Win32/64; AAX*, VSTi)

Rev.4 – more presets & wavetables

DUNE 3 builds on the award-winning DUNE 2 synthesizer, adding frequently requested features and innovative ideas, to create the best DUNE experience ever! DUNE 3 comes with many new patches crafted by expert sound designers. Since DUNE 3 is fully patch-compatible with DUNE 2, it includes its presets as well, doubling the factory library size to more than 1000 patches.  The revised filter section in Dune 3 now sports a dual multimode filter plus an insert effect. Different routing modes like serial/parallel and seamless blend via the Balance knob allow for unlimited creative input! New filter types have been added as well, and include zero-delay feedback filters derived from our latest analog modeling technology. For creative applications, new insert effects like the formant/vowel filter or phaser greatly increase the range of sound design possibilities.

Electone D-85 MULTiFORMAT

Team SUNiSO | 14 Jan 2010 | 710.42 MB

(COMPLETE SampleSet)

The Yamaha Electone D-85 is the source of sounds in our fourth volume of the Vintage Keyboard Collection. The D-85 was released in 1980 and designed as an home organ a grandmas organ, for the “loaded” grandmas though, cause the price tag was around $10000. The D-85 is completely analog and uses a technique called PASS (Pulse Analog Synthesis System) developed for the legendary Electone GX-1. The sound of the D-85 is rich warm big and very much analog synth and not typical organ. The Gothic choir sounds of the D-85 is absolutely superb and “Kraftwerk” type of sounding. The strings and pads are so rich and warm, you gonna love them!.

CMI V v1.4.2.2850 WiN

TEAM V.R | 24.06.2019 | 258.80 MB

STANDALONE/AAX/VSTi/VST3/x64

CMI V PEERLESS SAMPLING CHARACTER

The CMI V is a spot-on reincarnation of the first commercially available digital sampling system in music history—the sonic powerhouse behind numerous early MTV-era megahits. We even went the extra mile and added new creative features that weren’t possible back in the day. In 1980, the Fairlight CMI turned heads with the introduction of digital sampling. Now our software homage lets you turn some heads yourself. With exotic new sound of digital samples, the promise of an all-in-one digital workstation, and a physical design right out of a sci-fi movie, the Fairlight CMI was an object of desire for most self-respecting ‘80s keyboardists. Countless musicians and producers weighed the risks of bank robbery in order to afford one. No need today. Our faithful recreation gives you the same tools that many MTV stars used to make a cannonball splash into the pool. We’ve even made lots of improvements and additions that bring added power to this keyboard legend, including an alternate additive synthesis engine and tons of new modulation options. No vintage keyboard collection is complete without the CMI V. Now it’s your turn to experience the sound and power of the digital workstation that started it all.

YAMAHA Plugins Pack WiN x86

TEAM R2R | 12.03.2013 | 35.5 MB