Sounds and Presets – A Jupiter for Your Yamaha
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Fancy squeezing a Jupiter 8 into your Yamaha Montage, Montage M, MODX or MODX+? Then EasySounds have just what you need!
Sounds and Presets
Jupiter Analogue for Yamaha Montage M/Montage/MODX+/MODX by EasySounds
Roland’s Jupiter 8 was, in its day, a big synth. Big in so many ways, not least its sound. And it remains a big synth for many people. The love and desire for the Jupiter 8 sound is still very strong and shows no signs of letting up. Just look at how many recreations there are of it.
And if you look through the patch libraries of most polysynths, there are patches that are deliberately designed to mimic it. It has forged itself a rightful place in synth lore and is a benchmark for polyphonic analog synthesis.
Now, courtesy of EasySounds, we have a Jupiter 8 library for Yamaha’s flagship synths, the Montage and Montage M, along with their FM/AWM offspring, the MODX and MODX+. I’ll be honest, when I first saw this sound set, I thought that some clever clogs had used Yamaha’s fantastic AN-X engine, but of course the MODX/+ doesn’t have this.
So these are sample-based packs, and they’re extremely well done! There are packs for Montage M, Montage, and the MODX family. Naturally, the Montage M package takes advantage of some of that synth’s unique abilities, such as its shimmer reverb.
So, does it make your Montage/MODX sound like a Jupiter 8? Well, judge for yourself in the comparison video below. To my ears, it gets very, very close indeed! Depending on your platform, you will benefit from a good number of performance patches, arpeggios and more.
Regardless of platform, each pack costs just €69.99 and is exclusively available from the EasySoundShop!
- Jupiter Analogue for Yamaha Montage
- Jupiter Analogue for Yamaha Montage M
- Jupiter Analogue for Yamaha MODX/MODX+
Ambika Soundset for Yamaha DX7 by Nick Klimenko
Sticking with Yamaha, we move to the legendary DX7, which, if truth be told, is continuing to enjoy a welcome and wholly justifiable renaissance! There has been a splurge of software clones and a few hardware units that are able to load and emulate that classic sound.
Now, the world isn’t short of DX7 patches. as we all probably well know, but people are still making new sounds for it and its siblings to this very day. Nick Klimenko’s Ambika soundset is just one that has been released recently and it’s a lovely collection of tones that show there’s life in the old dog yet!
Nick’s aim with this soundset was to mine the warmer, smoother tones that, despite its reputation for being cold and glassy, are completely possible with FM. So we have amongst the 32 patches in this collection silky strings, evolving drones and smooth pads, as well as the more “traditional” bells and plucks.
But you don’t need a hardware DX7 to enjoy these as plugins, like Arturia’s DX7 V and DEXED (including the DEXED-based DTronics DT-DX), the free DX7 emulation, will load these without issue. They’ll also work across the whole family of Yamaha’s DX7-based range, such as the DX7-II and TX802, as well as the TX816 and Mk.I DX7.
This 32 patch set is available now from the LFO store for just €15.
1989 for Cherry Audio Dreamsynth by Plughugger
In the last few years, Cherry Audio’s reputation for cranking out high-quality, affordable synth plugins inspired by legends of the past has grown immeasurably. But they’ve also made quite a name for themselves when it comes to new and original synth designs.
One such synth is their Dreamsynth DS-1, to give it its full name. Designed as an homage to the hybrid analog/digital synths of the late 1980s, Dreamsynth uses sample=based oscillators and passes them through modelled analog filters to get the best of both worlds.
Now Plughugger has released a bank of sounds for Dreamsynth, entitled simply, ‘1989’. These sounds are inspired by the music of the same time frame as the synth was inspired by and deliver a bunch of slick, polished and satisfying sounds that won’t look out of place in any synthpop composition.
There are 103 sounds altogether, including pads, strings, basses, arps, drums and FX. As you can hear in the video demo, these are superbly programmed sounds that fully evoke that era and do so at a price that can’t be sniffed at.
You can pick up 1989 for Cherry Audio’s Dreamsynth for just €9.90 until September 28th using the coupon code MEGAROMPLER. After the 28th, the pack rises to a measly €14.90.
Modwave Sound Bank Bundle for KORG modwave by Mark Sound Design
Finally this week, we have a big bundle deal for the mighty KORG modwave synth from Mark Sound Design. Marco Mayer has put together these three banks to give you over 120 performance patches for more than 30% off the usual combined price.
Comprising of banks 4 through 6, you get a broad range of sounds that cover a multitude of styles such as ambient, cinematic, lounge, pop and experimental, as well as nods to the likes of Vangelis, Jarre and many other synth legends.
Each bank normally retails for €15 each, but you can grab three for the price of two at just €30 with this great bundle deal. Go on, treat your modwave to some lovely new sounds today! Oh, and they work with the desktop module and native software versions too!
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