I created this little video of my music accompanied by digital paintings by Dino.
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David Wright on Soundcloud
Awesome tracks by David Wright on soundcloud.
Applied Acoustics Systems Ultra Analog VA-1
I was drawn to the Ultra Analog VA-1 because of two things: sound and simplicity. I’m a firm believer in simplicity, because it allows me to create the sounds I hear in my head, fast, without losing the creative “flow”. But then, if you don’t like the way a synthesizer sounds, there’s often not much you can do about it. I am happy to announce that I like the sound of the VA-1 very, very much.
AudioSpillage DrumSpillage
Let’s get one thing straight: DrumSpillage is not a virtual modeling Roland 808 or 909. I don’t doubt you could come close with some careful programming, but that is not what this plug-in is about.
DrumSpillage is all about drumsynthesis. It’s got sixteen drumpads, that can be played by clicking them or via midi. Drumkits are assembled by choosing a drumsynthesis model for every pad and edditing the sound according to taste. Every model is specially designed to create a certain type of drumsound like a bassdrum, a snare or a hihat. Because these models are build from components that every synthesist will recognize, like oscillators, filters, envelopes and lfo’s it’s not hard to start programming these models right from the start.
KORG MS20, a great synth for cheap!
I bought MS20 because I was looking for a simple, cheap plug-in. Something with a lot of character to broaden my sonic palette. I found it!
Linplug Cronox 3
Cronox 3 is a nice hybrid sampleplayback/ virtual analog synthesizer and good value for money. It has a nice looking user interface. Most nobs and buttons are fairly large wich makes them easy to grab and adjust with the mouse. I like the 2-dimensional userinterace elements where you can adjust two parameters at once by dragging horizontally or vertically. It’s clearly laid out and easy to understand.
Native Instruments’ Absynth
Native Instruments’ Komplete 6 arrived on my doorstep last week and I have been diving into Absynth 5 every spare moment since. For those who consider buying this software I’d like to share a few thoughts on Absynth here.
MOTU (Marc Of The Unicorn) MX4
The MX4 is a mac-only software synthesizer which comes in MAS, RTAS and AU formats. From the website you can download a demo, which, when you buy and insert the iLok dongle switches to the full-version. The MX4 is configured like a classic analog synth: 3 oscillators go through the filters to the amplifier section where two effects can be added to the overall sound. For modulation we have 6 LFO’s, 4 ADSHR envelopes, and a step-sequencer. The MX4 takes things a whole lot further than that though.
Music I
My latest track on Soundcloud.
Native Instruments’ Massive
Massive is pretty powerfull: 3 oscillators plus a special modulation oscillator, two filter sections with a lot of different filtercharacteristics to choose from, flexible routing and extensive modulation, with four envelopes and 4 lfo’s, or stepsequencers.