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Iris Subscription Set 26 uploaded on April 27 - 2013 containing 13 presets (132 MB) including:
Catacomb Orchestra
This pach uses a snippet of a recording I made in the catacombs of a huge university in Moscow, while an orchestra was playing the Adagio of Mahler's 5th symphony in the main concert hall of the university. This snippet was then stretched (Paulstretch), retuned (Melodyne) and processed with a Frequency Shifter (Uhbik).
S1+2 use different segments and spectral selections of the resulting sample, S1 running in Non-Retrigger mode. Bring in S2 with the Modwheel.
Macro 1 (x) controls Delay Mix, M2 (y) adds temposynced amplitude modulation to both oscillators, inverted M3 controls LP filter cutoff. A short Glide effect is activated (lower right of the GUI).
Djembe Dronescape
Different segments and spectral selections of a metasynthed, saturnized and paulstretched Djembe Hit play in all 3 oscillators, S2 running in Non-Retrigger mode. The Modwheel brings in S2 and reduces the volume of S1. The FX section runs in Send-mode. Macro 1 (x) adds amplitude modulation to S1, M2 (y) adds pitch modulation to S2. M3 controls LP filter cutoff, M4 adds Delay FX to S2 and M5 adds distortion to S3.
Add your favourite Reverb for some more ambient vastness.
Djembe Fast Triplet Loop
A 2-bar loop with fast triplets is playing in all three oscillators, root note C3 = 100 BPM (C4 in Iris). S1 has a very narrow spectral selection enhancing only some transients, S2 plays only the lower frequency range. S3 plays the loop as recorded with no spectral selection, switch/crossfade between S1/2 and S3 using the Modwheel.
Macro 1 adds Reverb, M2 adds very short delays with high feedback (combs), M3 adds pitch modulation to S1+2, M4 controls the speed of the pitch modulation.
Djembe Loop 01 100 BPM
An 8-bar Djembe loop running in Radius RT mode, so the tempo is fixed to 100 BPM (as recorded) over the entire keyboard range. S1 is running in One Shot-mode in order to preserve the final accent on the first beat of bar 9, so please retrigger the sample when needed. You can play nice melody lines with this loop. Switch the sample to "Resample" mode if you want to run it at different speeds.
The Modwheel adds distortion, control the tone of the distortion with Macro 3. M1 (x) adds temposynced Delay FX, M2 (y) adds temposynced filter modulation.
Djembe Loop 02 100 BPM
An 4-bar Djembe loop - changing the pitch of the drum with the left hand while playing - S1 running in Radius RT mode, so the tempo is fixed to 100 BPM (as recorded) over the entire keyboard range.
The Modwheel adds some screaming distortion and some temposynced random pitch modulation which sounds pretty amazing in all ranges
- control the tone of the distortion with Macro 3. M1 (x) adds temposynced Delay FX, M2 (y) adds temposynced filter modulation.
Djembe Subbass Tuned
A very fat subbass patch made from a single Djembe hit only selecting the lowest 2 spectral frequencies. S1 running in One Shot-mode (not looped).
The Modwheel adds distortion for gaining more harmonics/overtones. M1 (x) adds temposynced Delay FX, unfortunately pre-distortion so the distorted sound is not reaching the input of the Delay, but you'll have plenty of external options anyway.
Djembe Subbass
A very fat subbass patch made from a single Djembe hit only selecting the lowest 2 spectral frequencies. S1 running in One Shot-mode (not looped) is not reacting to incoming Midi notes, instead a slow LFO is slightly modulating the pitches with each note you play. Shift the sample pitch and increase the amplitude of the pitch modulation with the Modwheel. No Macros are assigned.
Dotted Male Harmonics
Male overtone singing (myself), root not is F2 (F3 in Iris). S1 running in Non-Retrigger mode only plays the root frequency and dotted spectral selections of the harmonics, S2 plays a broader selection from the 4th harmony upwards, S2 plays the sample back and forth. The Modwheel brings in a square-shaped, temposynced pitch modulation for S1, Modwheel full up = 1 octave up and down.
M1 adds temposynced Delay FX, M2 adds Chorus, M3 adds saturated distortion.
Espresso Beings
The sample of the Milkfoamer in my Espresso machine, opening the valve which is also used to discharge excessive air inside the machine. S1 running in Radius RT mode captures the strange animal-like sounds which occur when the excessive air has almost left the machine. S2 plays the gurgling sound which happens at the beginnin of the process. The Modwheel adds fast random pitch modulation to S1.
Macro 1 (x) adds saturated distortion, M2 adds long Delay FX, M3 controls the speed of the pitch modulation in S2.
Espresso Harmonics Split
This patch captures the beautiful hamonics of my Espresso machine. Different aspects of the main drone with narrow spectral selections are playing in S1+2, root notes are located at G1 (G2 in Iris, mapped up to C3 (C4 in Iris). S3 plays above C3 (C4) and captures the sound at the end of the coffee-making-process - the foam on top of the coffee (créma) inside the cup.
The Modwheel shifts the cutoff frequency of the HP filter and adds temposynced filter modulation. Macro 1 adds Delay FX, M2 adds distortion.
Espresso Whisper Pad
This patch uses the whispering sound that occurs when the Espresso machine is in standby mode, only audible by extremely boosting the input gain of the microphone. This sample is run through a tuned Bandpass filter with high resonance. Shift the sound down an octave with the Modwheel (sample pitch and filter cutoff). Macros 1+2 control Delay and Reverb Mix, M3 adds filter modulation, M4 controls the modulation speed.
Experimental Djembe Texture
Some processed Djembe flam hits, different aspects and spectral selections of the same sample are playing in S1+2. The Modwheel adds Distortion and Chorus FX, Macro 1 (x) adds very short delays with a lot of feedback, M2 controls Reverb Mix.
Planet Exploration
A cosmic tonal soundscape sample made with 5 instances of Alchemy playing patches from various of my Banks and one instance of Diversion. S1+2 play different segments and spectral selections of the same sample. The Modwheel adds pitch modulation to both oscillators. Control the resonance of the LFO-modulated LP filter with Macro 1, add distortion with M2. M3+4 control Delay and Reverb Mix.
Please enjoy the sounds...
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The subscription prices has been upped to € 55 Euro - we now have a total of 167 patches including 3.57 Gigabyte of samples. It's been a great first year with Iris, the second year won't be bad either
