Ultimate ANALOG synth collection

[Sam@Megablastic]

Hang 5 for a bit, my product is nearly ready I've finished all the sampling and preset making, and the artwork has been finished by Zero-G, and I've sent the final dvd master to Zero-G today after a year and a half of obsessive sampling

19,800 samples all looped and hand cut etc
4.1 gb of samples
790 presets with a full synthesis engine powered by Kontakt 2 player which includes:

amp: A D S R, Velocity to amp amount, Amp ADSR amount, Lfo rate, lfo delay, lfo amount,Filter A D S R, Frequency, Resonance and Filter envelope amount.

I've sampled in most presets every key of the analog synths so as to avoid ANY aliasing. And loops to get that analog randomness in the mix

All presets have either/and mod wheel and aftertouch assigned to what I felt to be the most useful of realtime destinations depending on the preset.

This is not another "Rompler" this is a synth in itself with all analog oscilators coming from:

MiniMoog Model D
Welsh Moog with Pwm mod fitted
Studio electronics SE-1X
Studio Electronics SE-1
Yamaha CS-30
Yamaha CS-15
Yamaha CS-5
Roland SH-101
Korg MS-20
Korg Mono Poly
Home made Phaser (stereo) based on the Modded Small Stone as used by Jarre
Crumar Multiman
Akai AX-73

The only digital synth that got a look in was the digital/analog Hybrid the Ensoniq Esq-1.

It certainly looks like it would suit your music from looking at your web page I wanted to keep the dirt and grit of analogs but with a moderrn slant on the programing. Where possible I've kept the real filter of the synths using velocity or mod wheel to sample start. It's suited to the electronic genre and there is not one filler in any of the presets. It's designed for making your own presets, but the 790 I've included are pretty damn good he he.

I'm a musician compose before anything else and started this project off for myself, but was talked into a release by my other producer mates. You are welcome to mail me at megablastic@gmail.com and I can email you some of the audio demos I'm working on with it at the moment

Um, didn't Zero G have a falling out with NI? Which is why their old Kontakt player linked libraries are starting to be offered as downloads, instead of updating any new material to K2?

Not that I know of, but this is based on the Kontakt 2 engine. It wouldn't have been possible on the old kontakt 1 engine.

[pschelfh]

19,800 samples all looped and hand cut etc
4.1 gb of samples
790 presets with a full synthesis engine powered by Kontakt 2 player

Hope it sounds as good as it looks ! You got me curious.

Peter.

[vespers75]

"Incidentally, because of Zero-G's falling out with NI, they are planning to put their Kompakt/Intakt powered titles up on their own download shop without the player. Altered States is already available."

Collusiom mentioned this in another thread.

[olepro]

I've sampled in most presets every key of the analog synths so as to avoid ANY aliasing. And loops to get that analog randomness in the mix

Hmmm, yes but what happens when these samples get played like a real analog synth in mono legato mode with large pitch sweeps. Or maybe bend the sound one or two octs up with the pitch wheel ! Does these samples then still sound clean and aliasing free !! i dont think...

Real analog behaviour and samples just dont hang together if you really wanna PLAY the synth

[Sam@Megablastic]

Well, I've covered that as best I could.... by selecting the high quality setting for resampling. It uses more power when normally transposing a sample, but as I've multisampled completly it only ever gets put into action when playing legato.

It's also about $10,000 cheaper, no need for midi to cv convertors and you can have as many as your pc can handle playing sample accurately

(damn I'm captain typo today lol)

[Sam@Megablastic]

Real analog behaviour and samples just dont hang together if you really wanna PLAY the synth

I hear you though, I to love the playbility of real analog synths as well, and it was a hurdle that I agree needed to be dealt with as best as is possible. That's why I've done my best to keep this library as playable as possible. It really does have a lot of flexibility in both playability and sound design I know I'm biased, but I'm also amazingly anal when it comes to making presets. This whole project was not done lightly.

[Armadillo]

What about Synth anthology from Ultimate sound bank? I believe that contains a shed load of sampled analog (and digital) synths.

Sounds interesting Sam Good luck selling it.

[pschelfh]

For some sounds (drums, basses,..) I actually rather use samples of analogs instead of the real thing. IMO the sound is more 'focused' and has more attack in the lows when the phase of all the notes is the same.

Peter.

[pschelfh]

Real analog behaviour and samples just dont hang together if you really wanna PLAY the synth

I hear you though, I to love the playbility of real analog synths as well, and it was a hurdle that I agree needed to be dealt with as best as is possible. That's why I've done my best to keep this library as playable as possible. It really does have a lot of flexibility in both playability and sound design I know I'm biased, but I'm also amazingly anal when it comes to making presets. This whole project was not done lightly.

Sam, wow, just had a listen and I'm impressed ! Just what I was looking for : vintage analog sounds with lots of attitude and character. Hope Zero-G will release it soon !

Peter.