SOUND ON SOUND
Question: What’s the difference between Carmen Electra and Carbon Electra? Answer: One is a glamour model and performer, the other is a four-oscillator subtractive synth that will work as a plug-in within your DAW.
Grand pianos can sound fantastic, but many of us cut our teeth playing old uprights in homes and schools and still want that kind of sound for our recordings from time to time.
These files accompany the Sample Library articles in the December 2015 issue of SOS.
Audio files to accompany the article.
Sample Magic have been making sample libraries for many years, but this virtual drum machine and synthesizer combination is their first instrument.
These files accompany the Sample Shop article in the October 2015 issue of SOS.
Analogue Witchcraft is an intriguing title, but the product’s creator, Paul Rez, was perhaps trying to evoke a sense of magic and mystery.
Back in 1977, Scottish company GR International, designed and manufactured a rhythm machine called the Powerhouse. Thirty-eight years later, owner of two Powerhouse machines, Dan Radclyffe, renovated his tapes and hardware and sampled all eight original cartridges to make this 64–loop library.