LAZER DICE blends synth-heavy bass, neck-snapping beats, and deep south attitude into an amped-up Expansion for MASCHINE. Light up the club with kits that are stress-tested for ultimate dancefloor durability. Lay down screaming future bass leads designed with NI’s signature synth expertise. Get lost in a sea of bobbing heads anywhere you drop the groove.
‘Massive Is Shocking’ is a big bundled collection of presets for NI Massive VSTi. Inside you can find three soundsets with 192 perfectly made sounds. There is everything you need for your Progressive, Electro, House, Complextro, Dirty Dutch and Dubstep productions, including leads, basses, synths, pads and effects. ‘Massive Is Shocking’ is a compilation of three totally different types of sounds.
Wafeformless has released FM Artifact, a free sample pack containing a selection of sounds which were synthesized with the FM8 synthesizer by Native Instruments.
Today’s free sampled instrument is a metallic bass/lead from Native Instruments’ FM8.
FM Artifact is available for free download via Waveformless (1.74 MB download size, contains 6 audio samples in 24-bit WAV format).
The samples were crafted using the FM8 synthesizer, which is one of the best virtual FM synths around. You can grab it for $199 at Native Instruments. For a freeware alternative (to an extent), grab the FMMF synth by de la Mancha.
Hip-Hop / Rap / Acapellas Collection
This month MusicTech Magazine includes:
Recording Masterclass: The first part of a major series of guides, starting with large-capsule condensers and explaining many of the tech terms involved in recording with mics plus top tips and advice along the way…
Acapellas are a goldmine for producers worldwide and this collection will not fail to deliver, you get verses, bridges, chorus plus additional harmony and single word phrases making it a breeze to arrange and remix the stems to your preference. With world class vocal performances from in demand vocalists your tracks can take on a whole new level of popularity when performed and released – and the cool thing is you avoid those awkward conversations that start with “About my Royalties”
From mild tone-shaping or adding a bit of grit to full-on total waveform destruction, Kombinat is a complete toolbox of sonic warfare. This plugin is, in our opinion, the single most annihilating effect available today. With seven different options in each of the three distortion engines (plus pass-through), Kombinat is capable of sophisticated and unique sounds. Want to add a ring mod to the low end, a mild saturation to the mids, and a bit-reduction algorithm to the high end? No problem. Want to run your signal through three sine-warps in series? This is your box.
