Annual Subscription for Kaleidoscope

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Here comes the release info for set 11:


Kaleidoscope subscription set 11, uploaded on February 17th - 2016 containing:

• *73 Presets
  *32 images
  *4 tuning files
  *9 waveforms
  *2 input sample (noise drones)

The subscription library now contains: 735 presets - 440 images - 54 tuning files - 58 waveforms.

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Here is another video I just made, stepping through all the “Universal Arc“ presets from this set, quite beautiful...

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I forgot to mention:

As it has been requested so man times, Kaleidoscopists with a subscription-phobia can now purchase the entire collection as a discounted buyout (€ 45), meaning they get the library as it as at the point of their purchase.

[krankyone]

Got an error with the link to set 11, both with Firefox and Chrome. I'm not posting the error message because I'm not sure if someone else could use it to get the set. It looks like the expiration date was set to 2015-12-11, while the server date was set for today.

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Got an error with the link to set 11, both with Firefox and Chrome. I'm not posting the error message because I'm not sure if someone else could use it to get the set. It looks like the expiration date was set to 2015-12-11, while the server date was set for today.

So strange, I double checked the link before sending it out as I always do, I just sent another one, I hope that works - will investigate with amazon asap.

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Got an error with the link to set 11, both with Firefox and Chrome. I'm not posting the error message because I'm not sure if someone else could use it to get the set. It looks like the expiration date was set to 2015-12-11, while the server date was set for today.

So strange, I double checked the link before sending it out as I always do, I just sent another one, I hope that works - will investigate with amazon asap.

The new one seems to work fine, I clicked the link in the mail I sent to myself and it worked as it should.

[krankyone]

Working now, thanks Simon

[TwoToneshuzz]

I'm getting to know the Kaleidoscope and working with a few of the presets from the 04 set I made the following track: I used a Falcon Stick Cello on two instances playing a slow musical phrase one version inverted and transposed down in the Kaleidoscope tuning module 2 octaves. In the other two Kaleidoscope instances one using only the white noise generator resulted in a noisy texture, I changed the base Tuning note on the fly I fed the resulting audio file into Uhbik T a tremolo/pattern gate with som panning here. In a fourth instance I used a Bellscape texture also using white noise and transposing it in the Tun module on the fly, then used volume automation on the resulting audio file to hide the clicks at the transposition points, to add interest I added some panning and volume modulation. Not much in the way extra effects were used. Some Valhalla Ühbermod

https://soundcloud.com/twotoneshuzz/sof ... ofzikabugs

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I'm getting to know the Kaleidoscope and working with a few of the presets from the 04 set I made the following track: I used a Falcon Stick Cello on two instances playing a slow musical phrase one version inverted and transposed down in the Kaleidoscope tuning module 2 octaves. In the other two Kaleidoscope instances one using only the white noise generator resulted in a noisy texture, I changed the base Tuning note on the fly I fed the resulting audio file into Uhbik T a tremolo/pattern gate with som panning here. In a fourth instance I used a Bellscape texture also using white noise and transposing it in the Tun module on the fly, then used volume automation on the resulting audio file to hide the clicks at the transposition points, to add interest I added some panning and volume modulation. Not much in the way extra effects were used. Some Valhalla Ühbermod

https://soundcloud.com/twotoneshuzz/sof ... ofzikabugs

Nice stuff, maybe the panning is a bit extreme, it could use a HP filter around 30Hz, as on my subwoofer there are some unwanted low sub frequencies which you wouldn't here on your speaker system.

[TwoToneshuzz]

I'm getting to know the Kaleidoscope and working with a few of the presets from the 04 set I made the following track: I used a Falcon Stick Cello on two instances playing a slow musical phrase one version inverted and transposed down in the Kaleidoscope tuning module 2 octaves. In the other two Kaleidoscope instances one using only the white noise generator resulted in a noisy texture, I changed the base Tuning note on the fly I fed the resulting audio file into Uhbik T a tremolo/pattern gate with som panning here. In a fourth instance I used a Bellscape texture also using white noise and transposing it in the Tun module on the fly, then used volume automation on the resulting audio file to hide the clicks at the transposition points, to add interest I added some panning and volume modulation. Not much in the way extra effects were used. Some Valhalla Ühbermod

https://soundcloud.com/twotoneshuzz/sof ... ofzikabugs

Nice stuff, maybe the panning is a bit extreme, it could use a HP filter around 30Hz, as on my subwoofer there are some unwanted low sub frequencies which you wouldn't here on your speaker system.

Panning should be easy to fix on the noise texture which I used Uhbik T it's the channel offset parameter in the Bell Texture audio file panning is manually drawn in. I'll Replace the file with a new version sometime today.. I'll probably get the Eve Audio TC 110 subwoofer in June..

The Kaleidoscope Subscription is probably the most interesting resource I've ever come across... The image files which are often graphically stunning are sonically useful. The Harmonics that result from the Tune files and the textures offered in the waveforms all work well.

I've held back a little on using the Kaleidoscope as I felt it was slow og difficult to work with my relatively underspec'd computer, but as I get better at using Logic, the improved workflow speeds up the production time I get more quality time working with the material in practice instead of fiddling with settings and such. I'm gaining an understanding that with such rich and interesting micro detailed material one needs a less is more approach to composition. All this means I begin to get more into it get more out of it, and I'm happy that I invested in the Kaleidoscope and the subscription.


Thanks for listening and commenting.

Wade

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The Kaleidoscope Subscription is probably the most interesting resource I've ever come across... The image files which are often graphically stunning are sonically useful. The Harmonics that result from the Tune files and the textures offered in the waveforms all work well. I've held back a little on using the Kaleidoscope as I thought it was slow og difficult to work with my relatively underspec'd computer, but as I get better at using Logic, an improved workflow is a boon and with practice I'm gaining an understanding that with such rich and interesting material needs a less is more approach to composition. All this means I begin to get more into it, and happier that I invested in the Kaleidoscope and the subscription.


Thanks for listening and commenting.

Wade

That's nice to read, I think some folks are a bit lost as to what to do with KS, some consider it as an effect and don't use it as a synthesizer at all, which limits the possible scope of possibilities drastically, as resonators only resonate with frequencies which are present in the audio input source, so if a user just sticks an instance of KS on a bass track and hopes, something magical is going to happen, he/she will probably be very disappointed, because first the tuning of the resonances has to match the tonality of the bass track, the range has to be similar, then muffled audio input with not much high frequency content won't excite the resonators enough to get interesting results, and so forth...

So for creating additional textural material in a composition, I can only advise people to use modulated, organic/an-organic noise sources to excite the resonators, then blend this in with your track, or side-chain-gate the KS signal to a rhythmical sound to animate it and weave it into the rhythm of the music, ot just use KS e.g. on a noisy hi-hat sound (in case you're using drums), I think this needs a tutorial...

[TwoToneshuzz]

That's nice to read, I think some folks are a bit lost as to what to do with KS, some consider it as an effect and don't use it as a synthesizer at all, which limits the possible scope of possibilities drastically, as resonators only resonate with frequencies which are present in the audio input source, so if a user just sticks an instance of KS on a bass track and hopes, something magical is going to happen, he/she will probably be very disappointed, because first the tuning of the resonances has to match the tonality of the bass track, the range has to be similar, then muffled audio input with not much high frequency content won't excite the resonators enough to get interesting results, and so forth...

So for creating additional textural material in a composition, I can only advise people to use modulated, organic/an-organic noise sources to excite the resonators, then blend this in with your track, or side-chain-gate the KS signal to a rhythmical sound to animate it and weave it into the rhythm of the music, ot just use KS e.g. on a noisy hi-hat sound (in case you're using drums), I think this needs a tutorial...

I think the newness of the Kaleidoscope technology and the demands on the computer system has overshadowed the actually joy of working with it. Now returning to it after a several month break I have fresh eyes and from the start am limiting the number of instances I use. My plan is to hone my skills at getting the most out of one two or three different textures for an arrangement , by using a few added effects. And now that I can work with good monitors it becomes a very enjoyable voyage of discovery..

As you mention above I was one who was trying to use it as an effect on instrumental tracks . This was both too time consuming and gave paltry results. I think generating audio files of 6 or seven transpostions of a Kaleidoscope g texture and then either loading them into a sampler or just joining them together in an audio editor, as I did in the two sounds the noise texture and Bell Texture is the way to go.. Keeps it simple and affordable too..

Thanks for your suggestions, I've not gotten into using the included waveforms in the subscription just white noise generator. That's something I've got to spend some time on..

[TwoToneshuzz]

Thanks for the suggestions about the SoftKillersOfZikaBugs track I've made the changes and it's improved things for sure..

A Question the impulse waves in 64 bit how are they used in the subscription presets?

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Thanks for the suggestions about the SoftKillersOfZikaBugs track I've made the changes and it's improved things for sure..

A Question the impulse waves in 64 bit how are they used in the subscription presets?

They are an option to substitute the internal noise generator, just drag them into a an empty audio track and route them to KS.

[TwoToneshuzz]

Thanks for the suggestions about the SoftKillersOfZikaBugs track I've made the changes and it's improved things for sure..

A Question the impulse waves in 64 bit how are they used in the subscription presets?

They are an option to substitute the internal noise generator, just drag them into a an empty audio track and route them to KS.

Okay that's what I've done with my next Kaleidoscope effort. Still the waves in 64 bit won't import into Logic just those in the impulse files folder.. So the 64 bit waves are perhaps used for making tuning maps?

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Thanks for the suggestions about the SoftKillersOfZikaBugs track I've made the changes and it's improved things for sure..

A Question the impulse waves in 64 bit how are they used in the subscription presets?

They are an option to substitute the internal noise generator, just drag them into a an empty audio track and route them to KS.

Okay that's what I've done with my next Kaleidoscope effort. Still the waves in 64 bit won't import into Logic just those in the impulse files folder.. So the 64 bit waves are perhaps used for making tuning maps?

Yes, the 64 Bit waveforms are used inside KS, when set to waveform tuning, not musical tuning, it's another way of tuning the resonators, you can use these waves in Serum or Falcon's WT synth though.