Introduction
Available - the processing speed of computers are now at the point where there is always more profitable is to simulation software synthesizers, samplers and drum machines running on PCs achieved by the popular DAWs like Pro Tools audio and MIDI, Digital Performer, Logic Pro and Cubase SX can still highly integrated environment for recording and music production. Bring - as the wide range of software signal processing plug-ins have been developedthe outboard motor in a computing environment - now programmers are bringing MIDI devices. This software simulations are also known as virtual instruments, because you are using the computer code instead of real hardware.
Digidesign
Digidesign Access Virus Indigo and distributes the Waldorf Q synthesizer for TDM systems, Prosoniq Orange Vocoder with the RTAS plug-ins.
Synthesizer Access Virus Indigo TDM Plug-In
With the same DSP algorithms as theOriginal synthesizer sounds Virus Access Virus Indigo plug-in, just like its hardware counterpart. The plug-in has more parameters than the original virus to manipulate that to build dense, layered textures with the typical analog-type virus may seem. And if you want results fast, you can use the new page 'Easy', which allows quick access to frequently used parameters. Virus Indigo does not disappoint when it comes to default either - there are more than 1,000 ready to goout of the box. This plug-in is efficient when it comes to using DSP - which allows you to work up to eight multi-timbral synthesizer on a single DSP. Virus Indigo supports up to 96 kHz sampling Tip: laptops (especially top-of-the-range PC with 2.5 GHz or faster processors, such as the Sony Vaio) will be loaded with virtual instruments are increasingly used on stage and in the studio to be run on virtual instruments. They have the advantage of being much more compact than the ShelvesHardware MIDI synthesizer and sampler which are beginning to replace and provides up to 20 entries for Pro Tools | HD DSP with up to a total of 160 votes to 48 kHz or 80 kHz 96 votes
With near-zero latency, the Virus Indigo TDM plug-in does not reduce the bottleneck of the CPU and vote counts are typical of many software synthesizers suffer. The plug-in also provides many more features than the controls visible and Virus Indigo hardware synthesizer. And you can have a largeVarieties of rowing, such as the Control | 24 or ProControl unit or a virus or other hardware controllers to manipulate the parameters of virus indigo. You can also download the patches directly from Access Virus Hardware - who is not a hardware virus can bring in your office to transfer their favorite system patches. And you can use as an effects unit Virus Indigo - the special "Input Mode", for example, you can complete mixes through the virus filter section. All-in-all, this is aHeck is a useful plug-ins to be available on all Pro Tools systems available.
Waldorf Q TDM
The Waldorf Q synthesizer is a TDM plug-ins for Pro Tools | HD systems is based on the powerful synthesis architecture Waldorf Q synthesizer Because of its different models oscillator and filter, its ultra-fast envelopes and LFOs, and its wide paths FM sounds unheard creates and reproduces the classic analog patch.
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Figure 10.1Access Virus Indigo simple page.
The Waldorf Q TDM plug-ins work with Pro Tools | HD and Pro Tools | MIX systems on Mac OS 9, Mac OSX, Windows 2000 and XP.
Orange Vocoder
Not just a synthesizer, but something you might want to use a synthesizer is a "vocoder". This allows the sound characteristics of an input signal to be printed on a synthesized signal - so you get an effect called a synthesizer, for example. Already in 1978, Herbie Hancock has had great success with a song calledI thought it Was You - 'sing' with Herbie vocoder synthesizer with a Sennheiser. Vocoder effects have enjoyed the ups and downs in popularity over the past 30 years or so, and are now a sort of return.
Digidesign Prosoniq Orange Vocoder RTAS plug-in distributes. This section includes an eight-voice analog synthesizer, stop configurable EQ and reverb filter section of a bank in a single plug-in. The presets are robotic voice, the robot rotatingJazz vocoder, Speech, Talking Voices, Ethereal Voices, F Maj vocoder, rubber and Talk Tongue strange - you get the idea.
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Figure 10.2 Waldorf Q synthesizer.
Spectrasonics
Spectrasonics Stylus their sample offer, Atmosphere and Trilogy Replay plug-in with the excellent and extensive library of sounds. Spectrasonics founder Eric Persing has been, since the programming of sounds popular Roland synthesizers beginning of time and producesSample libraries on CD-ROM in the last ten years with his innovative "Groove Control" system.
Now Persing has combined the best of its innovation and its creative programming and production talents of a type of software tool for the production of hybrids in Pro Tools RTAS plug through. Versions are also available for Digital Performer, Cubase and Logic.
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Figure 10.3 orange vocoder.
Note: You must open Spectrasonics Virtual TDMInstruments with audio tracks. Aux tracks can not be used, because this title is not available for RTAS. (This is possible for the LE and Pro Tools Free User.)
Tip: Users of Logic Platinum TDM can work with the hardware VST plug-ins Spectrasonics Logic Platinum edition and use the audio mixer software Emagic's ESB TDM.
Stylus
Stylus comes with a 3 Gb library of "Groove control" elements, namely the audio samples recorded by Persing. StylusNot a sampler and you can not load your samples or AIFF Akai - but if you want a sampler, there are many out there to choose from. Instead Stylus combines very powerful control over your sound library with a very simple interface.
Sounds can be loaded faster than any out there - so you can load the basic strokes with many variations and switch between them like a thunderbolt. The cycles are sampled with the BPM have been marked them. There are 700 'groove' fullvarious genres of dance-music, including a whole section of the "killer" drum loops. If you get the cycle running at the wrong time, you simply load the "Groove Control" version. To ensure that all elements of the cycle are selected on the keyboard. Then select the attached file and drag it to the MIDI sequencer track you want to use. Now you can speed up or slow down the cycle, without hearing any artifacts. You can also raise or lower the tone and withoutImpact on the pace. Better yet, each slice can be assigned to each key has its own parameters - a filter on a slice of bad luck after another, up or down, and you have a new sound to your channel. You can automate changes in these parameters with the plug-in and you can also randomly change each time through the loop. It 'easy to snare sounds or anything else, once you change found a groove. And there is also a selection of scratchy sounds such as brass, guitars, or anything else - soYou can make it DJ.
Atmosphere
Atmosphere offers an excellent selection of synth pads, ambient sounds, bell tones, swells, evolving sounds, sweeps, and so on, that someone is always at work for ambient music or film absorbs hours. Atmosphere is the interface and custom UVI engine has an integrated dual-layer can produce extremely powerful and dynamic sound.
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Spectrasonics Stylus Vinyl Groove Figure 10.4Modules.
Atmosphere is a huge 3.7GB Core Library, which provides a variety more than any hardware instrument. Spectrasonics has created this library dealt with everything from voice to prepared pianos and synthesizers vintage glass harmonics - and experimentation with hundreds of plug-ins, and signal processors. Now you can take advantage of this extensive preparation and synthesized sounds in the central library as a starting point for yoursounds. And the composer employed, the preferences that will serve you well.
Trilogy
Completes the trilogy, uh, plug-in trilogy - the provision of "low end" for your shots with its wide selection of bass sounds. Overall, I rate the total Bass module is very high. Every patch in Trilogy has two layers that optimize individual - work independently. You can also freely with each of the layers in the base library for the sound of a real Minimoog with a leagueFretless bass, or a virus with a TB-303 add, or even a Juno suboscillator a double bass!
Highly detailed, chromatically sampled acoustic bass vertical is one of the highlights of the trilogy. An incredible variety of sounds can be produced by this, because the interface allows separate control of the Neumann U-47 Tube Microphone signal and the direct pickup signal that is sampled with a vintage Neve 1083 console. The acoustic bass, miked with the U47 is the most faithfulThe reproduction of the sound of a bass that I heard somewhere - a sound "to die!"
There is also a wide selection of electric basses, including the classic four, five and six string models, in Fingered, collected, struck dumb, Rock and Roll, Ballad, Fretless and R & B techniques through rare, custom-made amplifiers tube performed. Special versions are harmonic, Glisses, fuzz, trills, FX and thousands of slides. This choice offers more space if you need E-Basssounds.
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Spectrasonics Atmosphere Dream Synth Module Figure 10.5.
Synth bass sounds are samples legendary analog synthesizers like the Minimoog Bass, Roland Juno 60, Roland TB-303, Roland SH-101, Oberheim SEM, Moog Taurus, Oscar, Virus, Yamaha CS-80, Arp Odyssey and 2600, Studio Electronics SE-1, Omega and ATC Tone Chameleon, Sequential Circuits Pro One, the mighty Moog Voyager and many others. As for recording acoustic bass, thissampled synth sounds are very impressive and useful.