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harddisco music software |
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Native Instruments Reaktor
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Line 6 -
UGO -
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skanner xt |
razor |
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spark |
dsq32 |
this is another of my new powerful reaktor synths - it is fm this time, but again with
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this is one of my old favourites from reaktor session. i have used this drum synth on lots of tracks, it must have featured on at
least 5 harddisco albums. the sounds are good without being amazing, but the sequencer has a great morph
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dune |
eks pro |
dune is Synapse Audio's flagship vst ship at the moment. i only have the cutdown version that came free with
computer music
mag, but even so it has a fat and powerful sound. it has become one of my preferred bass synths
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eks pro - i do not own this, i would like to one day. i have tried the demo and it's |
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superior drummer |
claustrophobix ezx expansion |
superior drummer is
very powerful - i don't usually own anything as 'pro' - and expensive - as this.
thankfully there was a three step purchase process - ez drummer lite, then ugprade to ez drummer, then crossgrade to superior,so i could pay in three installments. the sound is fantastic, a little clean for me to start with, but it's easy to dirty up the drums with individual channels appearing in my host's mixer. |
this is
the dry, pop, hip hop rnb expansion - it's for ez drummer but works with superior (can't afford the superior expansion packs). this is the most recent expansion i have bought, got it half price, but haven't used it much yet as i'm mainly programming electronic drums at the moment. |
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these ezx expansion kits all work within superior, giving a great deal of versatility in terms of sounds. superior also allows you to load any kit then add elements of any other, which is very powerful. i particularly like the funk kits, the classic setups used by james brown's 2 drummers i believe, and the 'twisted kit' is a virtual recreation of the kit used by tom waits' percussionist on his 'rain dogs' album. it has loads of very wacky, different sounds on - great stuff. |
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Pod Farm is fantastic. For £90 I got an audio interface (click here to see the UX1) to connect my mike and guitars to, 18 guitar amps, 6 bass amps, 5 famous desk channels, and 64 fx including loads of really individual vintage stuff. Here are some of my favourite components. |
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bass amps |
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this amp has a smooth rounded tone and lots of deep bass |
this one is good for the slightly overdriven 'indie' plectrum played bass |
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distortion
pedals |
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this is harsh, nasty, yet i find it really usable in lots of different situations, not just on guitars | this is a more well-rounded distortion capable of subtlety and agression |
vocal pre-amps |
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i always use this pre-amp for my
vocals. i just insert it and my voice instantly sounds better! |
this is a crazy, use for extreme
effects lo-fi monster, the drive is particularly useful |
spatial fx |
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one of several characterful delays in the classic analogue style, with endless feedback and no 'clean' options at all | the reverb has several algorythms and is versatile enough to add space. the spring reverb is very good |
other |
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picture of male de-esser coming soon (when i remember) |
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tuner is very useful - i just connect the guitar to the interface, pull up the tuner and do the necessary, very quickly | i always used a freeware de-esser
before - this is much more effective and transparent |
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ironhead | tunguska |
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this is a really
useful drum / percussion synth, giving unusual clanging and metallic tones, fully editable from the comprehensive but easy to use interface. i bought this when i was in need of inspiration and boy did i get it! used regularly in harddisco tracks |
this mad grain filter
delay plugin is sold with ironhead and makes some seriously crazy sounds. it's hard to sound unoriginal when you put your sounds through this mangling beauty. |
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voxengo recorder | arcane devices (arcdev) ET-301 |
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i use this to record all audio - vocals, guitars & bass, external sources like
mixers and tape decks. i don't like the internal recording in orion as it bungs all files in the song directory with unhelpful numerical names, i prefer the convenience of this, and it's great for capturing audio on the fly when mangling sounds with effects. |
although i really like the pod farm delay effects for their
versatility, this is the one i use the most, on vocals, guitars, drums, lead synths - it gives me my favourite vintage smeared echo sound very quickly and is light on cpu. |