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kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:17 am

Been enjoying the strong convictions this thread

Personally I don't mind presets at all as I'm more of a tunesmith than a sound designer.

I hardly use loops, unless they're baked-in as part of the production process - like Signal or BFD.

And if I'm honest, I'm a fairly crap sound designer, as I never know when to stop fiddling about until the whole thing's ruined or too doomy.

I admire people who can do it really well. It takes a special quality of ear.

But on the other hand, if you can whistle it, I'll dream up a half-decent counter melody real quick.

So presets and high speed workflow matter a lot to me.

Plus I "believe in" software that works at the speed of thought (and hopefully at a great price

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Any more Kontakt gizmo suggestions very welcome. Please share.

mgw38 · Post by **mgw38** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:23 am

kevvvvv wrote:And if I'm honest, I'm a fairly crap sound designer, as I never know when to stop fiddling about until the whole thing's ruined or too doomy.

It is almost scary how much I can relate to that statement. Tunesmiths unite!

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:54 pm

mgw38 wrote:
kevvvvv wrote:And if I'm honest, I'm a fairly crap sound designer, as I never know when to stop fiddling about until the whole thing's ruined or too doomy.
It is almost scary how much I can relate to that statement. Tunesmiths unite!

It's actually possible to do both. I've been writing songs and programming synths for over 40 years. It takes a lot of dedication and long hours.

mgw38 · Post by **mgw38** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:10 pm

wagtunes wrote:
mgw38 wrote:
kevvvvv wrote:And if I'm honest, I'm a fairly crap sound designer, as I never know when to stop fiddling about until the whole thing's ruined or too doomy.
It is almost scary how much I can relate to that statement. Tunesmiths unite!
It's actually possible to do both. I've been writing songs and programming synths for over 40 years. It takes a lot of dedication and long hours.

Well, I have been making music for a little under three years now. They say you become an expert after about 10,000 hours of practice. At the moment I would guess that I am 30% in. So, let's have this conversation again in about 7 years.

David · Post by **David** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:50 pm

kevvvvv wrote:…

Any more Kontakt gizmo suggestions very welcome. Please share.

I'd suggest you check these out, they all have detailed videos:

http://www.audiofier.com/randomisers-series-1-2/

I've been really enjoying Abstrung since it's all plucked and hammered strings, my fav:) New versions just out with vast sample collections including mallets and bowed sounds and tons of pulse-y sequencing options, randomizers all over the place… These can go into both full melodic and atonal rhythmic directions.

https://8dio.com/instrument-category/bl ... nt-series/

Esp. the two on sale now for $90, Alive Perc and Hybrid Pulses. The demos all sound similar, but you can push the engines into a really wide range of feels

I'm in the "get Gatekeeper and pulse your own sounds" camp personally, but that works really well with pulse libraries,too.

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:13 pm

Anyone has substance?

How good and diverse are the non synth sounds? That side seems interesting, same for the last string instrument.

mgw38 · Post by **mgw38** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:01 am

Second the 8Dio Blendstrument suggestion. Truly outstanding instruments.

Astralv · Post by **Astralv** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:27 am

Blendstrument... they are very innovative, but... I think they require sound design skills. I noted that the demos sound great but when using it, it is hard to get good sound. Especially the drum version- I can not get in to random drums sounds without actual rhythm or order. But then again. My music is specific, not abstract. (Funny, I just got nominated for local music award in Experimental category)- I guess using all these weird instruments is experimenting in some way.

kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:16 am

Astralv

(Funny, I just got nominated for local music award in Experimental category)

Congrats

David · Post by **David** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:27 pm

…just tumbled onto this delicious thing:
https://www.stringaudio.com/kontakt/alc ... c_textures

kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 11:47 am

David

…just tumbled onto this delicious thing:
https://www.stringaudio.com/kontakt/alc ... c_textures

certainly good for drones and beds, and not bad price either.

STRING AUDIO · Post by **STRING AUDIO** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:55 pm

Thank you for your interest in our libraries.

Just to let you know that our brand new library ALCHEMIST 2 is out now:
https://www.stringaudio.com/alchemist2_ ... c_textures
https://www.stringaudio.com/kontakt/alc ... ic_impacts

If you are looking for pulses (and a sea of other sounds and presets) we suggest you to take a look also to our best seller libraries for Omnisphere 2 LIGHTless and DARKless:

https://www.stringaudio.com/bundles/lig ... ess_bundle

is there anything else like Output's Signal pulse engine