The Sound Designers of KVR Thread

[GypsyJazz]

.. But then again you hear the same guitar sound in thousands of rock songs so I guess I have my head up my own arse!

Not at all.
I believe Rock is dying, partially because Rock Guitar sounds the same in every ( or at least most) songs.

The "Rock" generation turned out to be as conservative as any other.

[brok landers]

1. State name.

nikolas herz/bigtone/brok landers

2. What synths you have worked on.

hard:
matrix 12, xpander, matrix 6, matrix 1000, juno6, juno 106, juno alpha 1, juno alpha 2, memory moog, mini moog, mks 80, mks 50, mks 30, d 50 pro 1, prophet 5, nordlead 1, nordlead 2, ex 5, microwave, microwave 2, wave, jd 800, jd 990, xv 5080, jv 880, jv 1080, jv 2080, virus a, virus b, virus c, ms 20, wavestation ex, 01w, tx81z, dx7, dx100, fb 01, jp 8000, jx8p, jx3p, jx 10, an1x, v-synth, fantom g series ... i might have forgotten some ...

soft:
es2, albino 1+2+3, z3ta, z3ta2, pentagon, hypersonic 2, alpha/free alpha, cronox 3, cronox 4, octopus, vanguard, nexus 1+2, dimension pro, rapture, hybrid, transfuser, xpand, vacuum, strike, helix, alchemy, revolta, zebra, ace, diva, morphox, electrax, saurus, synthmaster, synthmaster one, falcon, the legend, metrum, phalanx, avenger, etc ...

3. What developers you have worked for.

roland, access music, magix, apfel, linplug, rgc audio, refx, steinberg, wizoo, cakewalk, digidesign, audjoo, camel audio, u-he, tone2, e-instruments, ableton, UVI, air music tech, kv331, synapse audio, vengeance, etc ...

4. Any web references.

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 59&start=0
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 99&start=0
http://www.linplug.com/Products/Albino_ ... ndsets.htm
http://www.refx.net/soundshop.htm?lang=eng
http://u-he.com/zebra/index.php?item=patchsets
http://audjoo.com/Helix/News.html

soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/kv331synthmaster ... ynthmaster
https://soundcloud.com/kv331synthmaster ... log-basics
https://soundcloud.com/kv331synthmaster ... -signature

youtube (i have _not_ done these videos):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSIJrEbunM8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRLNPT-OfX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNis6csukcw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCA8OYkEjAA&t=95s


listen here, too (direct mp3 links):
http://www.bigtone.de/files/demopatches ... ving01.mp3
http://www.bigtone.de/files/demopatches ... ving02.mp3
http://www.bigtone.de/files/demopatches ... ynth01.mp3
http://www.bigtone.de/files/demopatches ... ynth02.mp3
http://www.bigtone.de/files/demopatches/basses.mp3
http://www.bigtone.de/files/demopatches/usual.mp3

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any).

subtractive, hybrid, fm, samplebased, granular, wavetable, physical modelling ... can't really say, it depends on the synth ... i'm always interrested in new stuff. i love capable modulation matrixes

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present.
i love/do mixing and mastering besides sounddesign.

7. Contact info.

info[at]bigtone[dot]de

[David]

1. State Name.

David Coffin

2. What synths you have worked on.

None professionally; have contributed 4 or 5 full banks of snapshots for Reaktor synths to the User Library, and a few piddling things for AAS’s String Studio. Mostly been doing what I can to keep guitars from sounding the same in every song; obviously, I’ve not been much of a success.

3. What developers you have worked for.

My awakening as a sound designer came after a year of frustrated fiddling with the mighty VG-8; one afternoon, something clicked and the box finally opened up and started making the kind of surprising sounds I was certain were in there, but had been resisting capture. Subsequently posted 4 or 5 full banks of mostly synth sounds for it and 1 bank for the VG-88 at vg-8.com and at Craig Anderton’s dear departed SSS forum on aol. On the strength of these sounds, I was eventually asked by tcelectronics to contribute to their Artist’s Card for the G-Force guitar processor, and by Yamaha to create banks for their DG and UD Stomp processors (by an ex-VG-8 demonstrator who had jumped over to work for Yamaha). It was definitely cool to have folks giving me the gear I wanted in exchange for doing what I would have done anyway with the stuff, had I bought it! (Once tried to convince loophead to give me an Orville in this spirit... didn’t work.)

4. Any web references.

vg-8.com’s still offering up my sounds, and so is the UL at NI.

5. Preferred synthesis method (if any).

Soft spots for physical modeling and wave-sequencing, but anything with knobs on that makes a noise gets my attention.
I Love Delays, esp. cross-feed delay. I pretty much hate chorusing. Reaktor FX for guitar have changed my mind about hardware...

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present.

I tend to think “new solo instrument” as I work, rather than about sounds that will take their place in a mix or fit a genre; I’m looking for sounds that inspire improvization in new directions, that make old instruments (guitars or keys) seem new, and me sound better. Also like the idea of sound-banks as interactive compostions.

7. Contact info

davidpagecoffin at mac dot com

[loophead]

It was definitely cool to have folks giving me the gear I wanted in exchange for doing what I would have done anyway with the stuff, had I bought it! (Once tried to convince loophead to give me an Orville in this spirit... didn’t work.)

David you know it was not my call, but the owners. But hey - you were in quite 'elite' company, we did't give any away; and the list of musicians, engineers and producers who tried is quite a who's who...

[pschelfh]

Good idea Tim, and good to be back after so many months!


1. State name.

Pschelfh / XtraVaganza / Peter Schelfhout

2. What synths you have worked on.

Hardware :
Access Virus B / Roland Juno2, D50, JD990 /Yamaha TG77, TG500/ Korg Triton

Software :
rgc:audio Z3ta+ / Camel Audio CA5000 / GMedia impOSCar / reFX Vanguard / Linplug Alpha, CronoX, Albino / AAS Tassman, Ultra Analog / Steinberg Monologue / DashSignature Eve / Several freeware synths via Patcharena contests

3. What developers you have worked for.

AAS / Linplug / Camel Audio / DashSignature

4. Any web references.

Soundbanks :
www.patcharena.com/
www.access-music.de/

Synths :
www.applied-acoustics.com/

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any).

Subtractive.

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present.

I work for free to support the small developpers and because I like making sounds! All I need is some free time and motivation

7. Contact info.

PM via KvR.

[David]

It was definitely cool to have folks giving me the gear I wanted in exchange for doing what I would have done anyway with the stuff, had I bought it! (Once tried to convince loophead to give me an Orville in this spirit... didn’t work.)

David you know it was not my call, but the owners. But hey - you were in quite 'elite' company, we did't give any away; and the list of musicians, engineers and producers who tried is quite a who's who...

I feel MUCH better now, thanks!
dc

[learjeff]

1. Name - Learjeff
2. Synths - sfz (sf2 format)
3. What developers you have worked for. None
4. Any web references Learjeff.net
5. Prefered synthesis method - sampling
6. Comments

Free Rhodes soundfont, 5 layers, 65 samples, 3 versions from 12MB to 70MB.

7. Contact: See Learjeff.net

[synthpulse]

This really deserves to be sticky. Ben? Thank You!

[Samplecraze]

Good thread.

[Dominus]

1. State name.

Steve G.

2. What synths you have worked on.

Hardware :
Access Virus B / Roland JP8080, XV5050 /Yamaha S03, TX81Z / Korg Triton, MS2000R, X5D, NS5R, O1W/R / Waldorf MicroQ, Microwave XT / Red Sound Elevayta / Clavia Nord Lead 2 / Alesis QS6/QS6.1, DMPro, DM 5 / Novation A-Station / E-Mu XL-1, Mo Phatt, Proteus 2000, Virtuoso 2000 ... maybe a few others, these are the only ones I can remember.

Software :
If it's free or there's a demo, I've tried it all. I also got SH-1001 for doing a bank of presets for Sonic Timeworks a while back. I was quite a hardware guy for a while, never could get software to sound how I like it. Then I took a few years off, and now I'm trying to catch up. Lots of good sounding stuff out there, gonna have to warm up my credit card soon.

3. What developers you have worked for.

Sonic Timeworks seems to be the only one that acknowledges me now, but there have been a few others.

4. Any web references.

Mine:

http://www.samplebytes.com

Sonic Timeworks:

http://www.sonictimeworks.com/sh.php

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any).

Does sampling count? Otherwise, subtractive, although I'm working my head around FM at times.

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present.

Since I'm between jobs right now, I've got some free time if people want me to make presets for them. I'd gladly take synths for pay. In the case of free synths, just a link to my website would be great. I'm also working on a new batch of sample DVDs (I used to sell sample CDs years ago.) that should be ready for sale in about a month. I just ordered a Mac with Logic, so I should have EXS-24 native samples ready, and then after that, I think they'll be ready for duplication and sale. ( I know I could go with a Kontakt or Halion player, but I don't want to add to the cost of the sounds, I don't think that samples should cost a week's or month's pay. ) Since I'll be working with both Mac and PC formats, I can make presets for anything.

7. Contact info.

PM via KvR, or email steve @ samplebytes.com

[Z3R0T0N1N]

hello
it is probably hardly known at all, but i do sound design.
the last thing i released publicly was a bank for Digital by concreteFX, which was recieved well by those that tried it.

i work in all forms of synthesis, and sampling / sound mangling.

i also make the ocasional vst plugin ( http://members.shaw.ca/kryos1/ )

you can contact me at gabriel@spoonboiler.com

you can pm me here too.

my name is gabriel BTW, but you can pretty much call me what you like

if you are looking for horns and sax, or a lot of ep and pop sounds, there are probably much more appropriate people to do that. I can, but my preference, and therefore the kind of thing that i will do best and enjoy, is electro, industrial, abstract, and ambience. I am quite decent at using mod matrices to the fullest, and making rythmic, moving pads and textures.

cheers.

[twolegstoneworks]

1. Name: Torben Hansen
Lead-sounddesigner in Twolegs Toneworks
Musician/Producer/Remixer: Twolegs, Geometriae

2. What synths I have worked on:

Hardware: Moog Sub 37, Access Virus TI Polar, Waldorf Micro-Q, Waldorf XT, Korg Z1, Korg X3, Hypersynth HyperSID, ModeMachine SID.
Software: Way too much to list here.

3. What developers I have worked for:

Sounddesign:
* Contributed a soundset for the factory library in ConcreteFX Vectrik
* Contributed a soundset for u-he's Filterscape (free soundset)
* Contributed a soundset for Wusikstation (Wusikstation Magazine issue 9)
* Created 128 presets for Key2Sound's NexSyn as part of a 384 preset-package from Pro-Sounds
* Contributed to the factory library of Tone2 Gladiator (version 1)
* Contributed to the factory library of Camel Audio Alchemy
* Contributed to the factory library of Sonic Charge Synplant
* Contributed a soundset for the factory library for Hypersynth SIDizer.
* Released the signature soundset "Torben Hansen Signature" for the QuadraSID on Pro-Sounds (discontinued)
* Re-released the signature soundset "THS-1 Revisited" for QuadraSID.
* Released the "Late Night Deep House Chords" soundset for u-he's Zebra 2.
* Released the sampleset "Late Night Deep House Chords Vol. 2" for Native Instruments Kontakt 4
* Contributed to the factory library of d16-Group LuSH-101.
* Released the soundset "Electronic Tools" for LennarDigital Sylenth1.
* Released the soundset "Late Night Deep House Chord Vol. 3" for u-he's DIVA.
* Contributed to the Tone2 ElectraX Chiptunes expansion-pack.
* Contributed to the Tone2 Nemesis factory library + expansions
* Released the samplepack "Late Night Deep House Chords Vol. 1-3" for Ableton Live
* Released the soundset "Analogue Explorations" for AAS Ultra Analog VA-2
* Contributed to the Tone2 Saurus Analog 2 expansion-pack.
* Released the soundset "Essential Deep House & Garage" for Reveal Sound Spire
* Contributed to Gospelmusicians Pure Synth Platinum series

Beta-testing:
* Audio Simulation
* ConcreteFX
* Sonic Reef
* 112db
* 4Front
* Tone2
* Sonic Charge
* Hypersynth
* Camel Audio
* Linplug
* TeamDNR
* D16 Group
* Kush Audio/Sly-Fi

Product demos:
* Showcase of some of the demos made:
http://soundcloud.com/torbenhansen/sets ... r-products

4. Web references.

Currently releasing products on these sites:
http://twolegstoneworks.com/
http://xenossoundworks.com/
http://www.producerloops.com/Twolegs-Toneworks/
http://www.loopbased.com/
http://soundsforsynth.com/6__twolegs-toneworks

5. Prefered synthesis method (if any).

Anything goes.

6. Any other comments about your work you would like to present.

I create sounds that I would use in my own commercial/non-commercial music-productions.
Discography can be seen here:
http://twolegstoneworks.com/?page_id=48

7. Contact info.

PM me here.

Cheers,
Torben / Twolegs Toneworks

[Xenox.AFL]

Hi metal, what's going on, Old Vibrants dude?!

What's up with all the other old Pals from me, Drax, JCH...
Everything okay?

Good old times will never come back, I miss the old times a bit but I still love the C64 and i will never stop loving it, i think!!

Greetz, Frank (Xenox/Alpha Flight 1970)

[Ronny Pries]

What about a sceners meeting point thread?

Ronny^ex-AFL

[twolegstoneworks]

Hey Xenox and Ronny.

Always good to meet old sceners, esp. the musicians

The other old Vibrants dudes are still alive, although they're not that hot into making music anymore. If you check our (crappy) website (http://www.vibrants.dk) you'll see that it's mostly me and MSK that releases music these days. Drax still makes a lot of really impressive C64-music. Laxity and JO are working in the gamedeveloping industry and JCH is just gaming... oh btw. Drax is working together with Jeroen Tel and Maniacs of Noise these days.

Cheers.