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Bass has always been such an important instrument in music that is often overlooked in amateur music production. Some people tend to think that just because it isn’t always as prominent or ‘in your face’ as a 6 string guitar for example, then it wouldn’t matter if its not 100% right. This is a huge misassumption as the bass guitar is as equally important as any other instrument (in some genres maybe more important). Most people tend to assume that because they cant hear the bass as much, probably die to poor speaker quality or production skills, then it doesn’t matter if it gets hidden in the mix, But this is the downfall of many producers.

The thing with Bass people need to keep in mind about bass guitars is that its one of the most soulful instruments out there, it requires a lot of human feeling, style and rhythm. These Factors get lost when using samples in most cases, as MIDI keyboards don’t usually offer this kind of versatility and control. However, this sample pack isn’t like any other bass pack out there.

Not only does it give you a number of different bass guitars (See bottom for list), but also its attention to detail will have producers kneeling before the guys at propellerhead. Each bass guitar sound provides the user with so just as much versatility as having an actual bass player in the room. The combinator patches provided allow you to not only choose the Bass guitar, but also gives you a choice of fingers or plectrum picked Bass guitars in some cases, a small but effective detail as both give a different sound. Each bass refill also has the same frequency controls you will find on the actual bass guitar dials, not to mention each refill contains individual finger slides or fret scratches that give the pack almost human characteristics. With these tiny but powerful differences from other packs, the samples here allow producers so much control you wont know what hit you. Read the rest of this entry »

Bluezone presents Blaster FX, an amazing new bank of sound effects specially designed for Electro, Techno, Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Trance and Hardstyle. You won’t want to miss this hot new pack, which offers extensive possibilities for today’s most demanding productions. As with all products from Bluezone Corporation, Blaster FX is available for instant download and comes with full rights for all uses. You’ve got to hear it to believe it.

The Blaster FX pack provides a range of rich and powerful sounds that will give your creations that extra bit of magic you’ve been looking for. The pack’s 137 WAV files lets you build chains and create innovate breaks and power crescendos that are precise and controlled.

Designed by the creators of Electro FX, the sounds in Blaster FX were created with the best in analog and digital machines and analog modeling techniques, then processed and mastered through numerous effects racks, such as TC Electronics D Two.

Blaster FX comes with full usage rights and can therefore be used in commercial musical productions without any additional cost to you.

Suitable for style such as: Breaks, Dubstep, Ambient, Electro, House, Progressive, Hardstyle, Hardcore, Trance, Grime, Drum and Bass, Soundtrack, Game & TV series.

More info and demo : www.bluezone-corporation.com

This post was submitted by gabriel.

Ambient Breaks from Bluezone Corporation is the ultimate collection to jump into professional production of Ambient soundtracks for film, video games, TV series and action. Ambient Breaks is a perfect mix of calm, refined pads reworked with rich, deep synth lines. This new sound bank pushes the limits of ambient sound and can be easily adapted to other styles such as Dubstep, Drum n Bass, Hip Hop, Nu Metal, Pop, Grime and Industrial.

This sound library offers a balance between strong, hard sounds and refined sounds, to keep the finesse of Ambient and Chill Out. With more than 240 loops and samples, Ambient Breaks offers a multitude of possibilities.

This pack also includes an arsenal of drum loops, no-kick loops ( hi-EQ ), drums hits that provide a solid rhythmic basis. Add to this bass lines, synths, (fat synth loops, synthetic loops, infra bass loops and key loops ) as well as sound effects, synth sounds and layers. To make your job easier, all synth lines are in the same key, which means you have a huge kit with which to build your work from start to finish with rich and innovative sequences.

Like all Bluezone Corporation products, this pack is royalty-free and does not require any additional costs or permissions – it’s 100% ready to be used in your commecial productions.

Suitable for styles such as : Ambient, Soundtrack, Game & TV series, Breaks, Downtempo, Glitch, Pop, Dub, Dubstep, Grime, Drum and Bass, Industrial, Nu Metal, Hard Rocks, Chill Out, Lounge, Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Electronica, Jazz, Big Beat and Experimental

more info and demo available at Bluezone Corporation

This post was submitted by gabriel.

Sounds And Effects announces that Hidden Objects Percussion sound library has been released. Hidden Objects features percussive hits and loops of sonic treasures found in the real world. Rusty iron objects clanging or scraping, rubber snapped or stretched, styrofoam rubbed or struck, huge steel bands stretched tight or being struck and boing-ing, the lids of steel drums hit and ringing like gongs, bamboo tubes and canes, sea shells clicked, rubbed and struck, aluminum cans crushed, a dull metal / tin sheet being struck, palm fronds shaken, rocks struck and falling, struck buckets and tubs, zippers being zipped and undone (scratch-like effects), resonant street lamps- struck or scraped, spiral staircases struck, hack-saws sawing rhythmically, or being struck and twanging, large carbon fiber tubes pinged, ting-ing wine and martini glasses, water vases being popped, ice being scraped or dropped, a jail gate being slammed shut, concrete being smashed with a sledgehammer, and much more.

The MSRP is $49.95.

More information and demos are at:

http://soundsandeffects.com/index.php

Library specs:

Sample size: 418 Megabytes 24 bit/44.1
1001 hits samples
129 loop samples

Versions:

Apple Logic Pro/EXS-24
Propellerheads Reason 4.0 / ReFill
Native-Instruments Kontakt version 2.0, 3.0, 4.0

Availability: now.

This post was submitted by Terry Grame.

Although the subtractor is a softsynth the sound it produces comes very close to the analog hardware subtractive synths. With it’s 2 osc’s each holding 32 wavforms there are really unlimited options when it comes to creating original and powerfull sounds.

Creating Sounds With The Subtractor

For soundcreation the Subtractor is just my favourite tool. It’s just so flexible and intuitive. You really can get the sound you want real fast. And with it’s very clear and user friendly setup it is just a perfect tool for creating very complex and analog sounding sounds. although it’s digital it truly sounds very analog, but without all the problems vintage analog gear can bring. Like tuning problems and notes falling of at unexpected times and such. In this article i will shine a light on the functions and how to use them to achieve the sounds you want.

Although the subtractor is a softsynth the sound it produces comes very close to the analog hardware subtractive synths. With it’s 2 osc’s each holding 32 wavforms there are really unlimited options when it comes to creating original and powerfull sounds. And with advanced CV routing options on the back this truly is one hell of a synth. Read the rest of this entry »