Autor: Producer Gang
I’m not a string player by any means, but I can pull up a string library – say Stradivari Cello – and create a cello section in my track. With such a large range of realistic-sounding sampled instruments, I’m able to create something and translate ideas pretty easily. Even piano, which is something I do play but don’t have the resources to record, becomes easier to bring into my productions. I think increased ability to experiment is also something that comes with modern production tools, which can help in furthering idea development. The one way in which I think these…
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IK Multimedia’s TONEX is now 85% off at Plugin Boutique until October 12, bringing the price down from $199.99 to just $29.99. If you’ve been holding off on trying one of the most realistic amp modeling platforms around, now’s a great time to jump in. TONEX is built around IK’s “AI Machine Modeling” technology, which accurately replicates the sound and response of real guitar amps, cabs, and pedals. Out of the box, it already includes a massive tone library covering everything from pristine cleans to heavy, saturated distortion. You’ll find hundreds of modeled amps and pedals, each captured by IK’s…
Church Bells is the latest Decent Sampler library from Joonas Ylänne, the developer behind AV‑Ylänne, and it’s one of those brilliantly unexpected additions. If you’re not using Decent Sampler, you’re missing out on a world of free sounds, many of which are brilliantly unexpected. Decent Sampler is free to download in AU, VST, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS, Windows, and Linux. You might not typically use the word versatile to describe the sound of church bells, but that’s what makes this library so unexpected. It’s not the fairytale sound you might expect to hear in a musical; it’s dark,…
Benedict Roff-Marsh has released The Indie Musician’s Guidebook, a free ebook for independent artists, available now on Ko-Fi as donationware. The author reached out directly to let us know that the guidebook is once again available online after being tied up in publishing limbo for years (by the way, Benedict, if you’re reading this, I responded to your email but received an error message). You can grab The Indie Musician’s Guidebook for free or send a donation if you find it useful. This 600-page PDF is packed with insight on creating, marketing, and surviving as an independent musician in a…
These Blueprint releases from Fracture Sounds are incredible, as they provide us with ridiculously high-quality sounds for free, and they are compatible with the free Kontakt Player 8 (and later versions). Their latest release is the free Blueprint: Brass Ensemble library. To download Brass Ensemble, you’ll have to create an account or log in to your existing Fracture Sounds account. Brass Ensemble is the latest addition to the Blueprint series, and I can already tell it’s going to be one of my favorites. As I previously mentioned regarding the older Gentle Brass release, brass libraries don’t always sound authentic, and…
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