Saturday, December 11, 2021

Grand Piano for Bitwig. Piano Mechanics One: Prelude. Now Available as Bitwig Instrument Container Presets.

 



Piano Mechanics One: Prelude is now available as a collection of Bitwig Instrument Container Presets. 

Eight ready-to play-presets using Bitwig's Sampler instrument alongside a 'suite' of powerful processing options to complete a powerful collection of great sounding grand pianos suitable for a wide range of musical genres including pop, jazz, soundtrack/ambient, singer/songwriter and EDM/dance music styles. 

I've produced a demo which is now available to hear at my Soundcloud channel. It's a bit melancholic, but it should give you an idea of how the pack sounds!  



The Piano Mechanics range of acoustic piano samples, soundfonts, Zampler patches, Reason Combinator patches and Bitwig Instrument Container Presets are available to purchase through my secure and fully automated e-Junkie/Paypal accounts. 

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

STM Soundcloud Demo Channel Launched.





I've now started a Soundcloud channel for all the soundware pack demos, so please check it out. 

Soundcloud is a little easier and a bit more 'instant' than Youtube since you don't have to put together any images, so the demos will generally appear here first. I also think it sounds a bit better. I don't know the technicalities, it just seems to sound a little bit 'cleaner' to my ears.

So I think the Soundcloud demos will offer the best quality.  

You'll find the channel via the following link. 

https://soundcloud.com/dream_mechanics

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Friday, December 3, 2021

Piano Mechanics 'Prelude' for Reason NN-XT/Combinator Patches.

 



Piano Mechanics 1: Prelude is now available as a set of samples and 9 NN-XT/Combinator patches. And we're really pleased with them. 

First in a series of acoustic piano soundware projects, Prelude is an acoustic grand piano, sampled in detail with nine ready-to-play Combinator patches utilising Reason's NN-XT sampler, RV7000 reverb, Mclass Equalizer and MClass Stereo Imager. All 'standard' issue Reason processors so all Reason users can access and use these patches. 


Piano Mechanics One: Prelude. Demo Track:

 

 


They're available to order and download at a great price (see details further down the page), or shipped as part of January 2022's Production Club soundware shipment.

You can get loads of great soundware products delivered directly to your email inbox via Production Club. Sample libraries, synthesizer patches, drum sample collections with resamples and kits, and loops and beats. Accessible to all DAW users as well as specially developed products for Reason and Bitwig users. 

January's package includes seven major soundware projects worth £35 with subscriptions starting at only £5.99. 

Not just loops, Production Club is for songwriters, soundtrack composers, and producers of all musical genres including pop, rock, edm, prog, electronica, country, blues, and all dance type musical genres. 

You'll find more details of Production Club at the link below.




Prelude Acuoustic Grand Piano for Reason NN-XT/Combinator Purchase/Download. 

You can purchase Prelude from our secure/automated service via E-junkie/Paypal from the link below. Just download the entire package, and use Reason's browser to load the combinator patches. 


'Prelude' Grand Piano 
for Reason. 
Only £5

 


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Thursday, December 2, 2021

Piano Mechanics 'Prelude'. Acoustic Piano Samples, .SF2 Soundfonts and Zampler Patches.

 



As part of our first (New Year's Day) Production Club soundware collection, I thought it might be interesting to start with the basics and develop a great sounding acoustic grand piano, and I'm really pleased with the results. 

The acoustic pianos that are supplied as standard with most DAWs don't seem to very good and my search for a free or inexpensive soundfont proved fruitless, so here's the first 'Piano Mechanics' acoustic piano product: Prelude

You can also purchase Prelude via my secure/automated e-junkie store listing. The link is towards the bottom of the page.   

Prelude has a deep, rich bass, a realistic and pure mid-range and a really nice 'tinkling' top end. It's expertly sampled and mapped in detail to deliver a versatile piano sound suitable for many musical genres including rock, pop, and classical/soundtrack pieces. 

It's available as a .sf2 soundfont which can be used with Reason's NN-XT sample instrument or Bitwig's Sampler, or as a collection of Zampler patches. Zampler is a free sample player/synth instrument that anyone can download and use. You can get your free copy using the link below. No magazine subscription is required. Many of our sample libraries and instruments are available in ready-to-play Zampler format so anyone can access them, so download your free copy now.  



Prelude will also be available soon as Reason NN-XT/Combinator patches and as a collection of Bitwig Instrument Container Presets both with a suitable suite of effects and processors to further enhance the sound. 

Prelude is the first in a collection of Piano Mechanics acoustic piano soundware products. We will revisit the acoustic piano in coming soundware projects over the next few months. 
 

Piano Mechanics One: Prelude. Grand Piano. Demo Track.


  


Prelude Grand Piano Soundfont Purchase/Download Link.


Use the button below to purchase your copy of Prelude.
The process is entirely secure and automated via my Payhip store.

Piano Mechanics: Prelude. 
Only £6


   



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You can also get Production Club membership by buying your products from our partners at Thomann and Gear4Music with our special codes. You can found out more about that here.  

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The information contained within this blog post is offered on an informal basis and is correct to the best of my knowledge. I accept no responsibility for outcomes arising from the mis/interpretation or use of this information and/or associated download files. Always download files via security/scanning software. 




Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Computer Music - Seaweed Audio Fathom 2 CM.

 


The latest edition of Computer Music has an upgraded version of Seaweed Audio and CM's Fathom modular VST synthesizer, Fathom 2 CM.  

Fathom is a modular synthesizer which means it's oscillators, filters, modulators and effects can be patched together in whatever configuration the user would like. 

As well as offering modular routing and patching Fathom 2 CM also features numerous types of each element category. For example, it offers a number of oscillator types including virtual analog, wavetable, wave-drawing, FM, and additive oscillators, nine effects options, 30 different filter types (!) and a myriad of modulation types and flexible routing. So it really is a synth programmers dream!

New features found in Fathom CM2 include a fractal reverb, 16 channel delay, alternative 'skins' and two new soundbanks: Trance Warehouse and Masters of Ambience, worth $60 apparently. 

I have a copy of the original Fathom CM on my hard drive and maybe through this new version I'll revisit the world of Fathom and sort out a review. One thing I do remember is that it was quite heavy on CPU resources and I found many sounds with long release tails caused my computer to struggle a little. But I'll take a closer look at this new version over the next week or two. 

So stay tuned............


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