Uli Behringer would like to gauge interest in reviving the ARP Solina String Ensemble Analog Synthesizer. They'd add in a phase shifter, have it Eurorack friendly and make it terribly affordable.
It's time for our line-up of free plug-ins and audio freebies. There is something for everyone, including a ludicrous number of sound effects, a saturation unit, reverb IRs, and scary strings...
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Some more nice freebie pluggos for you this week, including a 3D audio visualizer, a tremolo, and two apps for iOS, an interesting strings-esque virtual instrument and an EQ.
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Verv is a string machine based on tape loops that have been left in the sun, on the dashboard of a car, in the desert, for the summer. It's wobbly wonderland of degraded sounds.
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Soma Laboratories has come up with the simplest of classical stringed instruments where vibrations are captured with magnets, transformed, pre-amped, delayed and distorted in completely haunting ways.
With little fanfare the Vocoder VC340 creeps onto their webpage but without a price, videos and no shops seem to have a listing yet - but it's officially released! Update: Price $599 available in March
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Expressive E the makers of the weirdly wonderful Touché wobbly MIDI/CV controller has introduced Arché, a suite of virtual instruments that model the acoustic qualities of three stringed instruments.
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Applied Acoustics Systems double the voices and expand the possibilties of their string oscillator based physically modelled synthesizer with String Studio VS-3
We have two bits of freeware for you this weekend: Charango sample library for Spitfire Audio LABS and Beat Magazine's DRMR electronic drums rompler. We'll tell you more about each in this post...
A sampled emulation of the ever-popular ARP Solina Strings from Sono Elements. SolinStrings captures the sound and feel of the original and offers a simple, unfussy interface without any bells or whistles.
When you talk about good tone, it is often said by guitarists, that tone is in the fingers and in this new series I share my own personal tone journey, starting with the humble plectrum
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A splurge of string synths appeared in the 1970's after the success of the Solina Strings. The EKO Stradivarius was one of the more obscure but favoured by Vangelis for its spooky and atmospheric tones.
Diligently keeping you up to speed on free plug-ins that pop up on the Internet, we present to you three tools with plenty of potential. There are romplers, a synth, and a chorus/flanger.
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LABS is a new range of free curated library from sample library crafters Spitfire Audio. You can download the blissfully simple plug-in free today along with a Soft Piano and a 14 piece Strings ensemble.
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A re-imagining of the classic Arp Solina Strings to make it groovier, fruitier and even more heavenly. They've mixed in an analogue synthesizer and some sequencing to create a heady cocktail of lushness.
Make Synths Not War has created the StringTheory module that brings 4-voice Solina Strings into your Eurorack. It's played by MIDI, not CV which won't suit everyone but makes it very good value.
