Making Music: 2009-04-26

2009-05-02

Instrument: Iliadis - Efthimia Organ

Related: donationware, instrument, organ, pc, vst, vsti

Iliadis unveils Efthimia Organ, a Hammmond Clone Organ VST Instrument for Pc.
Features:

64 Notes Polyphony for the Upper Manual and 64 for the Lower. The Pedals Section is Monophonic
9 "Standard" Drawbars for the Upper Manual, 9 for the Lower and 6 for the Pedals.
A Percussion OSC with a Selector for the "Standard" 9 Harmonics. Adjustable Decay and Level. A Touch Button switches On/Off
Key Click Imitation. Adjustable Decay and Level. A Touch Button switches On/Off.
Vibrato/Chorus Virtual Scanner (V-1, C-1, V-2, C-2, V-3, C-3). A Touch Button switches On/Off generally. One Touch Button for the Upper and another for the Lower Manual makes it possible to set On/Off the Vibrato/Chorus for each Manual.
Adjustable Master Reverb (Studio Type), Tune and Level
128 Programs available
Vintage Look GUI
Low CPU consumption

Price: 20,00 Euro (Donationware)

“The Efthimia (Greek Name) Organ simulates a Hammmond Clone Organ.” Iliadis

Drum Synth: Sonic Sidekick - Extreme DrumSynth

Related: drum machine, drum synth, pc, synth, synthesizer, vst

Sonic Sidekick presents Extreme DrumSynth, a vst drum synthesizer for windows.
It can:
Emulate acoustic drums and cymbals.
Recreate many of the sounds of classic drum machines.
Create custom sound effects.

Introductory price of $35.

“Taking synthesized drums to the next level.” Sonic Sidekick

2009-04-30

Effect: One – PitchChange / Pc / Free

One unveils PitchChange, a free simple pitch effect for Windows.
The employed algorithm is the freely under the Wide Open License (WOL) distributed high-quality pitch scaling algorithm smbPitchShift.
The pitch change slider is set initially to 100 %.
A 2nd slider "Gain" changes the volume of the input stream to 0 - 200 % and is set by default to 100 %.
A 3rd slider "Phaser" applies a phasing effect.
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“It provides the possibility to change the overall pitch of one input stream up to /- 50 %, using a vertical slider.” One

2009-04-29

Sounds: Togeo Studios - Beatmaker Classic Pack 1 / Live / Pc / Mac / Free

Togeo Studios launches Beatmaker Classic Pack 1, a free Sample Live Pack for Ableton Live.
It contains fifty drum kits, forty impulse sets and ten kits using drum rack device groups.
The samples are all 24-bit, 44khz in wav format of classic drum machines.
There are separate controls for the kick drums pitch, decay and volume.
Effect racks contain standard reverb and delay.

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“This is the first of a long series of free drum and percussion kits from Togeo Studios” Togeo Studios

2009-04-28

Instrument: Wavelore - American Zither 2

Related: gvi, instrument, kontakt, pc

Wavelore Instruments launches American Zither 2.0. It’s a great GVI virtual instrument.
Some Features:

24-bit audio resolution
Approximately one-and-a-half gigabytes of samples, after compression of the original two gigabytes of audio data.
Runs on Windows XP as VSTi plugin or Standalone mode using your ASIO drivers
Recorded completely dry
No loops; Samples decay fully and naturally. No truncation or extraneous noise.
Approximately three-and-a-half octaves of playing range (A2-F6, or E2-C6), six velocity layers, and twelve round-robin/randomized samples per layer. Full implementation of GVI's iMIDI rules
Gigapulse resonance modelling with a variety of automation options in addition to the dry presets.
Keyswitchable stacks using all articulations with all combinations of Gigapulse options.
Expressive realtime performance capability.
Integrated help files for the presets, engine, and Gigapulse models.

Changes:

1) Fixed a problem with CC triggered tremolos not activating when the note is struck while the controller's value is zero. Now tremolos can be activated anytime.
2) Implemented portamento, detailed tremolo, panning controls, convolution options, expression, octave coupling and keyswitching of features.
3) Now compatible with Kontakt 3.5 public beta.

Price: $59.99 USD

“a unique and exotic sounding virtual instrument with 3.5 octaves of pristine, close mic’d zither samples” Wavelore

2009-04-27

Effect: Nick Crow Lab - 8505 Lead / Pc / Free

Nick Crow Lab unveils 8505 Lead, a free tube guitar amp VST plugin for Windows.
Features:

POWER - Power ON/OFF.
HQ - Oversampling ON / OFF.
GAIN - Determines the amount of gain applied by the Pre Amp.
LOW, MID, SWEEP, HIGH - Tone Stack controls.
POWER AMP - Determines the amount of gain applied by the Power Amp.
VOLUME - Output level.
After Nick_Crow_8505_Lead insert some guitar cabinet emulation.

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“”Nick Crow 8505 Lead” is free” Nick Crow

Effect: QuikQuak - UpStereo 2.0 Beta E / Pc / Mac / Free

Related: effects, filter, free music making software, mac, pc, plugin

QuikQuak unveils UpStereo 2.0 Beta E, a free stereo enhancer plugin for both Pc and Mac.
Some Features:

* Loudness control enables a complex saturator to boost your
mixes.
* Stereo width slider going from mono to wide, bringing the
stereo image out and towards the listener.
* Subtle Air & Bass boosters to lift and help the audio
'breath'.

Changes in this version:

* Slowdowns in some hosts fixed.
* New option screen with camera position choices.
* GUI works with different angles.
* Smoother metering, with faster response times.
* Faster resource loading.

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