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Perhaps one of the most enigmatic musical instruments of all time, The Ondes Martenot ( literally ‘Martenot Waves’) was invented by Maurice Martenot in 1928. The original unreliable tube-based design was refined and later models remained in production until 1988. An interesting overview of the instrument can be seen on Youtube. The Ondes Martenot has been used in many film scores first dating from 1931; Odna by Shostakovich, Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Ghostbusters (1984), A Passage to India (1984), and recent films such as Amélie (2001) and recently There Will Be Blood (2007) by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead. Ondes v2.0 features new interface graphics, but most significantly it now has phase-locked oscillator samples. In the original version of Ondes, blending the different sampled waveforms would result in a slightly phasey sound. Although quite pleasing and fat, this was not strictly realistic. Now it is possible to switch from the original version to a phase-locked sample set, which gives a very authentic single oscillator sound, very like the real Ondes Martenot.
Playing The Ondes Martenot
JNO II is next generation sampled Juno 106 instrument and takes all of the original samples and features of our popular JNO I synth and expands on them by more than doubling the core library size, adding useful new features like 2 true oscillators per layer and including the same flexible new effects architecture first introduced in Forks. JNO II’s dual oscillators per layer add up to 4 simultaneous sound sources per instrument with each layer also having it’s own complete multimode filter, panning and modulation sections. The oscillator sections of each layer are identical with oscillator 1 letting you choose from over 140 waveforms, multi-sampled synth or processed sounds while oscillator 2 allows you to select from 66 waveforms and steady state sounds. This new architecture allows access to JNO II’s entire core library from a single .NKI instrument with the factory presets stored as 106 Kontakt 5 snapshots.
Complet real drum kit: bass drum, snare drum, hi hat, 2 crashes, ride, tom 1, tom 2 and tambourine. It is played by sticks. We prepared this kit tuning it the most standard and versatile way, we think that we’ve achieved it. With this Kontakt based instrument you can program a drum kit that adjusts perfectly to any kind of music style. We can proudly say that de recording has been made with high quality mics and preamps, adding a little bit of bleeding on each track, it means that the snare, for example, not only sounds through its mic but also through the overheads for a more natural sound. We have added too a little bit of EQ and Compression to make it sound great by the first moment you hit your midi keyboard. You can add more compression if you want, or reverb, or whatever you like, we just give you the essential.
‘West Indian Soca Rhythms’ is an innovative new product which features five amazing Soca/Calypso Construction Kits suitable for a variety of production styles, including World Music. Soca is a sub-genre of the indigenous Caribbean genre Calypso and its name is derived from it being a mixture of Soul and Calypso. Each Kit in this new pack is inspired by the styles of prominent Soca artists such as Machel Montano, Kes The Band, Rupee, Kerwin DuBois, Shurwayne Winchester, and Skinny Fabulous.
Transform your track into the next chart-topping sensation! Want sounds similar to the ones used by pop artists David Guetta, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and The Saturdays? Looking for synths similar to the Dance acts signed to Clubland/ AATW? Here they are! These are total stand-out sounds that will make your tracks sound like the professionals…
‘Freedom Vol 1’ is a great collection of sounds.The styles included range from RnB, to Dirty South Bounce and the hard-hitting East Coast, all in one high quality package. Hard-hitting drums, warm pianos, deep basses, cranking 808’s and dope melodies will be found in this pack, all being run through analogue gear. As a bonus they’re also are giving you the “behind the scenes” footage of the creation of one of the tracks in the pack.
Empire Music 2 is the follow-up to the successful first Volume and features five banging Construction Kits. These sounds are inspired by the leaders of Hip Hop at present i.e. those in control of their own empire, who are usually associated with opulence and business savvy.These star influences of this track include Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group, Lil Wayne and YMCMB, Young Jeezy, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Roc Nation, DJ Khaled’s We Da Best and Ryan Leslie’s Next Selection.Featuring over 700 MB of banging drums in the latest styles, rich pianos, booming 808’s and exciting synths, leads, strings and brass, this pack is a must-have for today’s Hip Hop and R&B producer. All sounds processed with that industry-leading Waves sound!
‘Dubstep Head Trauma Vol 4’ is the newest installment in the ‘Head Trauma’ series features five authentic, Dubstep/Brostep Construction Kits inspired by the music of top Dubstep producers and artists, such as Flux Pavilion, Skream, Skrillex, Nero and Rusko. Packed with Over 800 MB of dark wobble basses, electric synths and leads, this kit is a must have for today’s serious Dusbtep/Brostep producer. All sounds have been processed by the latest top-of-the-line Waves plug-ins for that album and radio-ready sound. This product includes standard WAVs at 24-Bit, 44.1kHz quality, either as perfect loops or one-shot files which allow the tails of reverbs and delays at the end.
The XILS 3 V2.0 not only emulates the Synthi ( VCS 3 ) modular synthesizer, it also adds an emulation of the 256 Analog Sequencer, the natural companion of the VCS 3. Is that all ? No, of course, we added a SECOND Matrix, with 2 additional envelopes, one LFO, a detailed Sample and Hold module, and a Voltage processor … And some input modules : Gate, Transient, Envelope Follower and Pitch Tracker to transform the XILS 3 into an advanced Effect Processor ! This means hundreds of additional connections. Add to the pile the analog chorus with its three modes, the analog delay and the phaser … the picture emerges. In the XILS 3, you can connect everything with everything, and you get more than 800 possible different connections per patch ( ‘Only’ 583 simultaneous connections possible ).
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