Human Voices Redux for Omnisphere 2.6
Human Voices Redux is a soundset for Spectrasonics’ software synth Omnisphere. There are 120 patches, and all exclusively about voices: Big choirs, little choirs, lead vocal keys, human beatbox drums, wistful calls and effects, all made with human vocal samples and vox waveforms. Of course there are many beautiful pads, but many phrases have been retuned and granularized, and others turned into rich and unusual drum and percussion patches.
Latest videos:
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DB-01 does acid (no talking)
I love reading comments and on a recent video "Alfie John" commented on the lack of 303-style Acid demos for the DB-01. That sounded like a challenge to me so here's my attempt. The title of this video "DB-01 does acid" is very definite but whether the sound is really acid I leave up tp you. There's also the question of whether the DB-01, with its Polvoks filter, can achieve an "authentic" acid sound in place of the 24db LPF on the 303. And of course someone who actually composes acid music would surely get closer than I have here.
Assuming that you've got past all these excuses and actually like the sound, here are a few relevant points on recreating it:
- Both envelopes are on zero. This is especially important for the Amp envelope.
- The LFO is on S&H tempo sync on and set to 1 (for slight variation on every hit)
- The pattern itself has various gate times from 20 to 100
- The Env amount must be low otherwise it'll overwhelm the bandpass filter
- The Arp control that I manually change is the gate length
Other settings should be reasonably clear from the video.
Another recent comment (on the One pattern, 20 sounds video) said that all the DB-01 sounds were terrible because they were distorted. In that case I can expect an even more disappointed comment here 😀
And another recent comment said they preferred the sounds without effects - but here I've added delay to almost the whole thing :/ My excuse for that is I just bought the DM-2W delay and I love it! It takes line level beautifully.
Finally, there is absolutely no further processing than what you see here, not even a master limiter.
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RE-202 Space Echo on the LXR-02 drum machine
In earlier tests the space echo seemed to be a little lacking in level on synth - not so on drums. The different modes change the whole feel quite dramatically. It's even better if you take it off a MIDI clock and allow a little 'slop' into the timing - it suddenly sounds a lot more spacey. And like the Zen delay, it can easily create the illusion of reverb without reverb. OTOH the space echo does have built-in reverb which I switch in and out here. I have it on the plate setting. I've also pushed up the maximum delay time to 2 seconds which you need to enable.
To avoid my blatherings start at 5:02 - there's no more taling after that.
0:00 Intro blather
0:48 Double the delay time
2:40 Manual rate adjust
3:20 Gentle examples
5:02 -- No more talking --
7:00 Dark
8:25 Mids
9:00 Bright
9:40 New pattern & kit
11:15 Max reverb
12:00 New kit
13:50 New kit
14:20 Sloppy tap tempo
16:30 Maxxed out
17:02 Wow & flutter test
18:12 New kit
19:27 New kit
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DB-01 Bassline: One pattern, 20 sounds (no talking)
On a recent video one comment said "Cool machine, but it only has one sound". The truth or otherwise of that here is in the ear of the beholder. With the very distinctive Polivoks filter and a single oscillator maybe every sound does sound a bit the same? And this is a bass synth after all. But to my ears there is a lot of difference. At the very least the different settings emphasize different parts of the pattern, in this case the pitchmod drum-like thumps and the noisy highs.
If you want to replicate any of these sounds make sure to connect the CV out to the filter CV in for the classic filter tracking effect. Without it the settings here will sound very different.
And yes, the Space Echo does add a whole extra layer on top, but it's reasonably subtle and the settings remains unchanged the whole way through. Am also thinking I should give the Space Echo a try on the LXR-02 - any votes for that?
0:00 One - Square
0:47 Two - Shakey
1:02 Three - Ramp
1:52 Four - Skinny
2:03 Five - Drive
2:23 Six - Harsh
2:43 Seven - Squelch
2:56 Eight - Poke
3:26 Nine - Noise
3:38 Ten - Dirt
3:56 Eleven - Discord
4:10 Twelve - Noise
5:00 Thirteen - Filth
5:38 Fourteen - S&H
6:13 Fifteen - Bandpass
7:10 Sixteen - Vocal
8:13 Seventeen - Zap
8:26 Eighteen - Unison
8:40 Ninteen - Smooth
8:50 Twenty - Grit
9:07 Twenty-one - Hollow
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Ultrawave does death metal on the DB-01
A short death metal demo followed by a mini review of this amazing but flawed pedal. Amazing because it sounds so good, is true stereo in and out, and can be so many different machines. Flawed because the four-knob front-end is simply inadequate for the complexity and power in the app. OTOH if you've already bought into the Source Audio platform and have a Neuro hub then it'd make a lot more sense. In that case you could line up one or more presets per song and perform a set with this as one of the stars.
But as a standalone pedal, or operating it with just the pedal controls, it may not be such a happy experience.
0:00 Death metal noodle
1:55 Dry sound (talking starts)
2:38 Preset 2
3:23 Preset 3
3:34 The app
4:18 Complaints
5:37 Noodling
6:07 More complaints
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Boss RE-202 Space Echo walkthrough on synth
Lots of knobs, lots of modes, lots of inputs and outputs, no mystery functions. There's plenty to like about the RE-202 Space Echo. The fact that it's designed as a "faithful recreation" of the old tape echo machine is largely irrelevant. What's important is whether it's a good delay that's fun to use and delivers what you need. What is somewhat strange is that for something called a "space echo" it doesn't do big whooshy space ambience. What it does deliver is sold, interesting pattern delays. For me its only failing is the lack of any stereo panning. But otherwise an excellent, solid machine that a lot of fun to twiddle. It's closest competitor imo is the Erica Synths Zen Delay.
0:00 Overview and comparison
2:17 Knobs and memory
3:45 Tape age
4:50 Wow and flutter
5:44 Saturation
7:14 Bass and treble
8:26 Plate Reverb
10:43 Intensity
11:50 Twist
12:30 Warp
13:13 Modes blather
14:20 Config options
15:04 Enable MIDI clock
16:45 Changing reverbs
18:18 Spring reverb
18:38 Hall reverb
19:00 Room reverb
19:19 Ambience reverb
19:47 Plate reverb
20:00 Modes 1 to 12
22:09 No more talking. Long noodle
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Erik Satie's Gnossienne 1 on PerFourMer & Space Echo
This piece begun just as a test for the new RE-202 Space Echo but I liked the gritty feel so thought it might be interesting to share. The setup on the Vermona PerFourMer is the top two oscillators are on Channel 1 and playing the high part, each oscillator in panned hard left and right and play alternate notes. The bottom two are on Channel 2 playing bass and centered, also alternating. The MIDI file sometimes has more polyphony than the four oscillators can provide but I just let the machine figure that out 😀 Stereo output is going into the Space Echo.
The Space Echo is playing with it's saturation at about 40%, wow and flutter at about 25% with the reverb type changed to Plate at about 70%. Tempo is 74bpm. There's absolutely no other effects other than the PerFourMer and the Space Echo - no compression or EQ - only what you see.
The original MIDI file comes from here: https://www.kunstderfuge.com//satie.htm and is used with sincere thanks. The site has almost 20,000 MIDI files and is well worth subscribing.
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Ultrawave vs B3K vs LT Metal on DB-01 synth (no talking)
A comparison of three drivey-distortiony pedals on a single pattern from the DB-01: the Source Audio Ultrawave; the Blackstar LT Metal; and the Darkglass B3K.
The synth pattern includes a few low pitch-mod thumps and it's interesting to note the changes in bass. I tried to keep the pedal sounds similar to get a good idea of the particular 'flavor' of the drives.
Of course the Ultrawave is capable of all sorts of extra goodness (full demo soon) but I thought it at least needed a bit of a stereo field considering full stereo is one of its main features. One slightly odd thing about the Ultrawave is that it won't work properly when placed after either of the other drives which is why I replug halfway through.
Happily, all three pedals take line level extremely well.
0:00 Source Audio Ultrawave
3:18 Blackstar LT Metal
5:50 Darkglass B3K
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DB-01 tutorial: Ten tips about patterns
0:00 Undo / reload / restart
0:56 Copy and paste patterns
1:50 Delete pattern
2:26 Random pattern
3:30 Pattern start move
4:30 User scales
7:00 Filter modulation
8:17 Modulation "poking"
9:00 First and last step
11:44 Chaining patterns
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Altair-4 soundset for ArcSyn
“Altair-4” is a soundset for SPC ArcSyn. It contains 100 patches widely varied between synchronized bass, leads and percussion; characterful drones; long self-generating textures and ambiences; special effects; stingers; drums and sci-fi leads. Every patch has a variation on the modwheel – be sure to try it! Celebrating five years of ArcSyn.
Metal clunks from the song "Fear"
In my dark-ambient song “Fear Has Brought You Here” I use a lot of hard metal clanks and clunks. They were recorded by me hitting a big empty metal skip with other bits of metal and a hammer. In this sample set you’ll find 60 metal hits and scrapes, including all the sounds used in the song. You can download the first 16 samples as a free taster.
Drum samples from the DB-01
Erica Synths DB-01 is primarily a bass synth but can also double as a heavy hitting drum machine. In this sample set you’ll find 78 kicks, zaps, thumps, noise hits and distorted growls suitable for heavy electronica or further mangling into deeper weirdness. You can download the first 16 samples as a free taster.
Dystopia soundset for ArcSyn
“Dystopia” is a soundset for SPC ArcSyn. It contains 101 patches of horror, tension, torment and sci-fi textures designed for cinematic, space music, ambient, gaming, sampling and horror. Rich intersection modulations are heavily randomized for constantly shifting texture. You’ll also find related keys, pads and special effects. It’s the deepest dive yet into the complex beauty of ArcSyn.
Sputnik soundset for ArcSyn
ArcSyn by SPC software is an incredibly deep VST synthesizer. Its combination of unusual oscillators, filters, noise sources and LFO sequencer makes it capable of some unique sounds. “Sputnik” is a collectioon of 100 sounds from subtle keys and pads to complex textures and syncronized basses.
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