Falcon Singles - just released: Metal Percussion

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Dreamy demo track featuring two finalized patches from the "Vocal Scapes“ category - some Macro automation and a limiter on the master output. It's a reward to actually make some music with these sounds after all this programming mayhem...

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... capes-vol2

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I just released this:

Just released - Falcon Singles - Falcon Scapes Vol. 2

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Falcon Scapes Vol2 contains a wealth of soundscapes, multi-sampled and synthesized pads, icy, abyssal and ominous drones, minimal and edgy sequences, impacts and stabs, beautiful cinematic textures, wondrous and haunting tones and some extraordinary dry and processed samples of sound sculptures made of huge springs, tubes and pipes. Processed vocal sounds and some ethereal choir textures perfect this library to the max.

Often granular textures and sample maps are layered with Falcon's internal sound generators creating dense and fascinating sounds usable for a wide variety of genres. Quite a few samples were borrowed from the patchpool Iris subscription-library, all other samples were created exclusively for this library.

Many presets make use of Falcon’s multi-granular and sampling engine and there are also patches included using the wavetable, FM, pluck and analog oscillators. Many of these presets are running in split mode and/or layer sound textures via key-switches. Up to 25 Macros and switches plus the modulation wheel are assigned in each patch, many also use aftertouch, providing detailed control over volume envelopes, filtering, amplitude and pitch modulations, EQ-ing, dynamics, stereo animation, effects and more.
Often complex tempo-synced modulation assignments are programmed so that these patches can provide interesting rhythmical animations. All patches use some sort of background image in the UI, split patches have colored key-zones in the Falcon keyboard for easier navigation.

You can view/download the PDF for this library with more details, the licence agreement, and the patchlist including descriptions and playing tips here.

Specs:
  • *53 patches.
    *1.67 GB of samples (115 wavs/stereo/48 Khz/24 Bit), 12 background images for the UI and wavetable re-synthesis, 8 single cycle waveforms, 2 wavetables.
    *Library size in total: 1.72 GB
    *Content is not encrypted, samples, wavetables and single cycle waveforms can be used in other samplers and synths.
    *Delivery: download (compressed RAR-archive in 2 parts)
    *Price: € 35 EUR (40% off for active Iris subscribers in 2016 and following)
    *Requires the full version of Falcon, does not work with the UVI player.
Product page.

The demos were produced using only patches from Falcon Singles - Falcon Scapes Vol.2, no post-processing was applied apart from a limiter on the master output. Video demos are coming soon.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... n-scapes-1

Here are some demo videos for Scapes Vol. 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vfldsEboYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mK1ZuABO2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJJEkVOIsN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHwJYU8HlSs

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There is now also a discounted Falcon Singles Bundle, details on this page.

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Excited about this release, downloading now.
waves break, but somehow it all makes sense.

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Post-release bump for Falcon Scapes Vol2.

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Coming next:

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Falcon Singles - Hang

Multi-sampled HANG percussion, deeply sampled with plenty of articulations, textures and electronic derivatives. The nine pitches of the Hang wer sampled at 5 velocity layers and 6x round robin, two articulations were sampled (mallet/hand), also the backside of the Hang producing some amazing sub-bass tones was captured. Dynamic tremolos for each pitch (hand/fingers/mallet) were also recorded, dozens of little rubber balls were inserted into the instrument creating sublime pentatonic texures, wavetables were extracted from Hang samples, textural Hang sounds were re-synthesized and processed with a plethora of applications to compose a unique collection of mellow, beautiful, mysterious, haunting and new-agey sounds. The original tuning of the Hang was preserved in many patches, there are also alternative patches with “tuned“ samples which don't deviate from the traditional tempered tuning.

Up to 20+ Macros and switches plus the modulation wheel are assigned in each patch, many patches also use aftertouch, providing detailed control over volume envelopes, filtering, amplitude- and pitch modulations, dynamics, stereo animation and more. All patches use some sort of background image in the UI, split patches have colored key-zones in the Falcon keyboard for easier navigation.

As some of these samples are borrowed from my HALion 5 library Aureus Ventus, license holders of AV get a 20% discount on this library, a dedicated paypal button has been installed on the product page.

Specs:
  • *Approximately 1.5 GB of samples (600+ wavs/48 Khz/24 Bit/stereo)
    *Approximately 30 - 40 patches
    *Content is not encrypted, samples and wavetables can be used in other samplers and synths.
    *Delivery: download (compressed RAR-archive)
    *Release: second half of March
    *Requires the full version of Falcon, does not work with the UVI player.
    *Price on release: € 45 EUR
    *Pre-order price: € 35 EUR
Product page.

The demos were produced using only patches from Falcon Singles - Hang, no post-processing was applied apart from a limiter on the master output.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... ngles-hang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwTO1gvfek
Last edited by Sampleconstruct on Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Improvising with a single patch from the upcoming sound library Falcon Singles - HANG, some Macro/modwheel automation.

Patch description:
A long processed Hang scape exciting the resonators in the pluck oscillator, sample start is randomized. In a 2nd multi-granular oscillator there is a Hang tremolo texture played with hands on all pitches of the instrument, control it's volume with the assigned Macro, grain speed/position are randomized.

Pluck osc is set to inharmonic/sustain/stretch mode, control the decay of the resonances and modulation of the stretch parameter via LFO with the assigned Macros. MW decouples the two strings, creating RM-like effects and randomizes grain pitch in OSC2. Tune string two up a perfect fifth/octave with a Macro (scaled via mapper).

More Macros let you dial in tempo-synced LP filter cutoff/resonance/drive modulation, Thorus/delay/reverb/limiter FX.

15 Macros and 2 switches are assigned.
https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... s-the-hang

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Jamming live on video with the patch Hang Loop Mix from Falcon Singles – Hang, demonstrating various features and Macro controls available in this patch, loops are running in tempo-synced stretch mode, in a second layer a deep sub-sine-gliss-drum is triggered by an arp - this can be mixed in to taste with a Macro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj0tmgH0TUE

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Live on video: demonstrating/improvising with the Falcon patch Granular Harmonics from Falcon Singles - HANG.

Patch description:
Wave-tabled/spectralized rubber-ball Hang textures running in multi-granular mode with zone crossfades between A#2 - G3 , two pitches were sampled at C1/C3, mapped one octave higher in Falcon (C3 sounds C2).
Granular controls for speed/perforation/position (also via AT) are installed, MW randomizes grain pitch. An analog LP filter has a cutoff control, with the cutoff Macro dialed to the left, slow, tempo-synced filter modulation can be engaged with another Macro.
In a 2nd layer there is an analog stack drone with PWM and filter modulation (on layer level), control overall volume and volume of the sub-oscillator (OSC4) with 2 Macros. More controls for Thorus/delay/reverb/limiter FX are available. 15 Macros and an on/off-switch for the limiter are installed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAgsRZyuJE0

All videos for this library are here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwTO1g ... x7Itx9JSrn

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Four instances of Falcon using 4 patches (synced loops / bass / drone-pad / granular textures split) from Falcon Singles - HANG, some Macro/modwheel/volume automation and a limiter on the master output.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... ngles-hang

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Here comes a first demo for the Falcon patch Mallet Hang RR6 5Vel 9Pitches from Falcon Singles - HANG.
Multi-sampled Hang played with a hard felt mallet, all 9 pitches were sampled at 5 velocity layers / 6x round robin (270 samples are used in this patch - wav 48Khz/24 Bit/stereo - recorded in L-C-R with 3 Neumann microphones, all signals are phase-aligned). As the original tuning of the Hang deviates somewhat from the normal tempered tuning (between 17 and 42 cents above tempered tuning -> 440Hz) you can dial in tempered tuning with a Macro, dialed hard right all pitches are 100% tempered. Only the 9 original pitches are mapped in this patch.

Two key-switches let you select the round robin mode, KS1 located at C0 selects cycle round robin (all 6 samples in a chain are played consecutively), KS2 at D0 selects random cycle round robin (Each oscillator will always be triggered once per cycle. Additionally, the first note of a cycle will never be the same as the last note of the previous cycle, so there won’t be any direct repeats).

20+ Macros are available for full ADSR control, panning randomization per note, EQ with 3 bands, Thorus/delay/convolution/algorithmic reverb/compressor/maximizer. MW adds pitch randomization per note.
I'll make a chromatic patch next, also adding round robin bass/sub samples from the backside of the instrument. Then there is the finger articulation to cut and edit (also 270 samples).

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... ngles-hang
Last edited by Sampleconstruct on Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:07 am, edited 1 time in total.

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This sounds very good indeed. Is that metallic sound caused by velocity?
Windows 7, Cubase 9.5 and some extra plug-ins | Takamine EN-10C and PRS Mira

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ErikH wrote:This sounds very good indeed. Is that metallic sound caused by velocity?
Thanks - yes, the 5th velocity layer was played very hard and loud, sounding almost like a steel drum.

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So here comes a demo with a chromatic version of the multi-sampled mallet Hang:

Two patches from Falcon Singles - HANG, one a multi-sampled Hang with a Hang bass in the lower half of the keyboard (Hang sample exciting the pluck oscillator in Falcon), the other a wavetable pad with the wavetable extracted form a Hang tremolo.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... ngles-hang

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Soundscape demo featuring a granular patch from Falcon Singles - HANG, some Macro automation, 100% Falcon.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... ngles-hang

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