“MKS-Twenty” is a library of 16 performances inspired by the glorious piano module MKS-20 from Roland® that was deeply used by a lot of famous artists in their records, during the eighties… 16 new performaces !
This release of mine has recently been updated, and 10 taped plate reverbs which were ‘resampled’ onto and off of reel to reel tapes were added! I used 3 different decks at different speeds, providing some variety in tone. These do sound different from the main plate programs and in many cases you’ll probably prefer them! Here we have 2 more plate reverbs, sampled in stereo and with adjustable damper controls. The first one (I’ve named it Mercury) is another example of the most famous plate ever made (the same plate model I sampled four of for PoL 1 and 2). It’s the stereo model with the solid state amp, which I’ve already done two of (one each in PoL 1 and 2), but this one sounds very different from those two. As explained in more detail in the manual different plates even of the same model can sound very different, for a multitude of reasons.
The fundamentals of rock drumming by session powerhouse Jeff Friedl. In this MIDI pack for Superior Drummer and EZdrummer, session powerhouse Jeff Friedl (A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Filter, Devo) delivers a tour-de-force in rock drumming. Leaving out any redundant frills, extras or subtleties, he locks in to the pocket and pummels out an eclectic collection of earthmoving material that hones in on the very fundamentals of rock: heavy, hard-hitting and to the point. If you’re a rock songwriter, this collection of all-out bludgeoning and heavy-duty drum MIDI will serve as a go-to in your toolset moving forward.
This bundle pack is a collection of piano samples, carefully recorded for a perfect live and studio performances.
DIGITAL VISION. Drum MIDI inspired by alternative dance music. Inspired by a fraction of the electronic dance genre that virtually has no outer bounds as far as sound or style goes, this MIDI pack throws you in orbit around a MIDI matrix of grooves touching on anything from the basic to the polyrhythmic, the syncopated and the Euclidian. This MIDI pack covers upwards of 350 individually crafted drum MIDI files organized in 40 separate “songs,” each featuring two subfolders of groove variations as well as a third with a basic selection of fills. But, don’t let the simple confines of any individual song or folder constraint your ideas – this MIDI is meant to be experimented with. Assign different sounds to separate parts, or mix, match, layer and slice and dice between tempos and grooves to create your own otherworldly rhythmic foundations.
This release of mine has recently been updated, and 7 taped plate reverbs which were ‘resampled’ onto and off of reel to reel tapes were added! I used 3 different decks at different speeds, to provide a nice range of variety in the tone. These do sound different from the main plate programs and in many cases you’ll probably prefer them! Plate reverbs- legendary for their sound, originally conceived as an alternative to real echo-chambers, but still used well after the advent of digital reverb by many, for the magic that only they can impart. That’s what this series of Nebula reverbs is all about. There have been at least a few makes and models of plates over the years, but there is one that has been hailed by some as the king of all reverbs, and that is the one we will kick this series off with. Two of these plates have been sampled and realized through the power of Nebula, and are now destined to be key tools in your sonic arsenal. No two plates are going to sound exactly the same, especially when they may be over half a century old. The manual goes into more detail about why plates even of the same model may sound different. Because these plates are mechanical/electronic hybrid devices, there is probably more variation between your average two examples of this classic reverb than there is between any two examples of a well known ‘vintage’ compressor or EQ. For us this is a great thing, because it means more flavors for us to use!
This product was based mostly on one incredible, tube-based, hardware mastering EQ, and was a joint effort between myself and Matthew Gray. The main programs here are the eleven mastering EQ ‘presets’ that Matt frequently uses at his studio. You can’t adjust the EQ bands in these programs, but this allowed us to sample them dynamically, producing 100% self-contained, complete representations of what was sampled. You don’t get that with most Nebula EQ programs, and usually have to pair the EQ program(s) with a preamp style capture for the dynamics/harmonics. Not so, here. While you can’t adjust the bands, you can transition from the sampled curve towards a no-EQ/flat setting, allowing you to make the EQ more subtle. Next are the eight EQ programs aimed at use in mixing situations. Most of these allow you to adjust the gain on a single band sampled from the EQ, but one can transition between two different sampled EQ curves (smile/frown). Then there are 3 mojo programs which allow you to adjust a ‘mojo’ control sampled from the hardware, which increases harmonics and alters the frequency response. The previously mentioned EQ programs also have the ‘mojo’ control but it doesn’t affect the freq response for them. Lastly, there are 3 bonus preamp programs.
