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Diogo Borges from Gearspace Pro has put together a nice video review of our latest release, Tonal Drums. After a short tour of the instrument functions, he plays with some preset kits and changes their tunings.

It’s always interesting for us to see how people interact with our instruments, and so it proves here:

“I love the pure, unaffected, breathy tone of these wooden flutes. Whether you’re recreating the heady, high‑pitched swirling suling parts of a real‑life gamelan performance, adding a folksy ethnic flute to a fantasy film score or emulating a classical piccolo/concert flute/alto flute/bass flute quartet, their positive attack and ultra‑lifelike lilting legatos do a great job.

A comprehensive set of controls enable you to vary breath pressure, legato time, vibrato depth, rate and start time and subtle performance‑related tuning artefacts, but none of that is necessary: these expressive, adaptable and wonderfully playable Balinese flutes sound perfect straight out of the box.”

Full Review Here

Balinese Flutes webpage

Balinese Gamelan II webpage

Secondly, a whole new sequencer: Blocks. This is another new take on step-sequencers, with totally flexible speed and length. Half-time, Three-times, Any-time. Layer triplets against dots, or any combination you can think of. It’s a bit like a combination of Beat-shifter and Poly Beats.

James explains Blocks in this video:

The update is totally FREE to all AC-DR users – simply update in Native Access.

N.B. You will need to reload AC-DR in any existing DAW songs or templates.

AC-DR ACOUSTIC DRUM MACHINE

“I created my curriculum around theme writing and development, scoring to picture and music dramaturgy, synthestration and mixing. During the span of the course, teams of students compose and produce a cohesive cue that is then screened for high-profile Hollywood composers.

In order to accomplish this objective, I need to have access to a high-end, virtual instrument palette. Soniccouture’s excellent sounding instruments and their practical approach are essential in engaging my students. They help make lessons more compelling, fun, and valuable.

Soniccouture’s instruments never fail to amaze. Their organic performance programming and detail impress, and their innovative colors add an originality to the world of hybrid scoring that inspires and excites my entire class. Easy to integrate and fostering creativity, the instruments expand the traditional orchestral palette. My students’ favorites include Box of Tricks, Haunted Spaces, Glassworks, Geosonics, Sun Drums and Grand Marimba. These instruments bring their cues to the next level and open the doors to new sonic worlds.

What I love most about Soniccouture’s instruments is the ability to jump right in. Soniccouture’s exquisite samples paired with intuitive and easy-to-use interfaces allow me to cater to all skill levels. At the final screening, the audience is blown away by my students’ cues.”

Berklee College Of Music Website

Click here to find out more about Berklee’s Summer Program for Film, TV, and Game Scoring in Los Angeles
Click here to find out what others are saying about Berklee’s Film Scoring program

Hazel has made also 20 new presets for Waterphone which are available free to all existing users in the latest update – update via Native Access as always.

Hazelmills.com