KVR Audio

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:17 am

Updated the Anomaly for Alchemy page with my reasons for making it the way I did:

Some thoughts on Anomaly for Alchemy...

The Lost Souls presets: Sources A and B are the primary , vocalish sounds, with sources C and D somewhat in the background. If you want the vocals to be more prominent, turn off the reverb in the FX and push sources C and D further into the background.

The Asylum presets: Again, sources A and B are the primary sounds, with C and D meant to be less in the background than the Lost Souls presets, but still less emphasized than sources A and B. Consider pushing sources C and D further into the background to bring out the subtleties in sources A and B.

In the Darkness and Lost Souls presets: The remix variations and the performance views change primarily the tone/colour of the sounds through the setting of individual filters and the master filters and FX. Consider changing the XY window controls to mix the sources themselves and put both master filters on one XY window. Also, consider getting more aggressive with the filter settings, or just clear all performance view/remix variation settings and assign your own.

All of the presets primarily use the sampler mode for a reason. Through the use of Granular, Spectral and/or Additive, the user has the means to personalize Anomaly to their wishes.

I went into this project thinking - how can I make this unique for everyone? The short answer is, I cannot. Then it struck me. Most of the people attracted to my sounds do not hesitate to take them into other instruments and just, in general, mangle them even further. They seem to enjoy experimentation, not shy away from it. I would be willing to bet that many, if not most, of the people who own Alchemy are the same way. I have used Alchemy for sound design in projects of my own. It is great for transforming things....

So, I thought. Not presets, with a final definition and eight variations, but templates - suggestions, if you will, of what sounds are best matched up together. That should be the first thing. So I started by filling three to four OSCs with sounds that I thought went together and could give interesting combinations.

Working on the first part, it was about mixtures of sounds. For parts 2 and 3, it was about changing the colour of the sounds, and part 4 was back to mixing of sources. But it was all done in Sampler mode for the most part for a reason.

That is how I could make it unique for my customers. They like to experiment. So I left the other 3 synthesis options open to them to explore. At the same time I had to make the presets/templates all with 8 variations. So I chose the two methods I mentioned above.

So you have the ability to make this unique to you. No two people will alter the sounds using the other synthesis methods in the same way.

Alchemy is much more than a preset machine. It is a sound/sample manglers dream and nightmare combined. Anomaly is meant to be explored and turned into your own personal darkness machine.

Enjoy exploring the sounds of the Darkness....

http://westgatesounds.net/Alchemy/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:34 pm

Not Anomaly, but the audio demos for Incantations 3 are up. Soundset to be finished soon.... Look towards the bottom of the page.

http://westgatesounds.net/Incantations/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:27 pm

Incantations 3 is now available in both .SFZ/.WAV version and .sf2 (soundfont) version. There is also a new Bundle deal for all three volumes of Incantations.:

http://westgatesounds.net/Incantations/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:47 am

You can find more details here, and it also comes with 25 .nki files for loading in Kontakt V2 and above:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 1&t=406875

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:31 am

Final bump for Incantations 3....

Next - Anomaly XX. This one is going to take a while.....

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:17 pm

There are early audio demos up for Anomaly XX - Wasteland:

http://westgatesounds.net/AnomalyXX/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Mon May 05, 2014 7:38 am

More early audio demos for Anomaly XX - Wasteland....

http://westgatesounds.net/AnomalyXX/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Sun May 18, 2014 9:30 am

Posted some audio demos of the Wusikstation presets for Anomaly XX:

http://westgatesounds.net/AnomalyXX/index.html

Anomaly XX features 75 all new haunting sounds and is available as both SFZ/WAV files and in a .sf2 (soundfont) file.

The SFZ/WAV version consists of 75 sounds as SFZ/WAV files with 5 of the sounds having variations for a total of 80 sounds. It is 240 Mb.

It will have presets for Wusikstation V6 and above, Dimension Pro, Rapture, Absynth V3 and abobe and Kontakt V2 and above.

The .sf2 (soundfont) version consists of 75 sounds with 5 of the sounds having variations for a total of 80 mono sounds in one .sf2 file. It is 120 Mb.

More to come soon....

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Wed May 21, 2014 9:47 am

I should have the rest of the audio demos for the Wusikstation presets up either this afternoon or tomorrow...

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:32 pm

Added the rest of the audio demos of the Wusikstation presets for Anomaly XX - Wasteland....

Have some last minute things to work on, but the soundset with be released either tomorrow or Friday....

http://westgatesounds.net/AnomalyXX/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Thu May 22, 2014 5:30 pm

Anomaly XX - Wasteland has been released.

Anomaly XX features 75 all new haunting sounds and is available as both SFZ/WAV files and in a .sf2 (soundfont) file.

The SFZ/WAV version consists of 75 sounds as SFZ/WAV files with 5 of the sounds having variations for a total of 80 sounds. It is 240 Mb.

There are 94 multi sound presets for Wusikstation and the Wusik Engine V6 and above. There are also 80 single sound presets.

It will have presets for Dimension Pro, Rapture, Absynth V3 and above and Kontakt V2 and above.

The .sf2 (soundfont) version consists of 75 sounds with 5 of the sounds having variations for a total of 80 mono sounds in one .sf2 file. It is 120 Mb.

Presets for Dimension Pro and Rapture coming next, followed by Kontakt and Absynth....

http://westgatesounds.net/AnomalyXX/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Mon May 26, 2014 11:47 pm

Dimension Pro presets are almost done... Will have audio demos up in a few days....

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Tue May 27, 2014 10:13 am

Audio demos for the Dimension Pro presets are now up....

http://westgatesounds.net/AnomalyXX/index.html

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Thu May 29, 2014 10:21 am

The Dimension Pro presets are now finished. There are 80 single sound and 84 multi sound presets for Dimension Pro in Anomaly XX....

Next - Rapture...

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:08 am

Rapture presets are now complete. There are 80 single sound and 84 multi sound presets for Rapture.

Audio demos are up...

Next - Kontakt...

http://westgatesounds.net/AnomalyXX/index.html

A new Anomaly is now here.....