Dren McDonald shares his third and final entry on the audio production of Gathering Sky. Written during the game's development, the first two entries focus on keeping an open mind when joining a team late in the game's development and maintaining this flexible mindset while composing and recording a live studio session. In the final entry, a post mortem, McDonald further … [Read more...]
Review: S-Layer, The New Sampling Creature of Twisted Tools
After several fantastic effects, sequencers and sound manglers, the crazy minds at Twisted Tools have released a new sampler called S-Layer. It's basically a sampler for Reaktor focused on the interaction and control between sound layers, allowing you to rapidly create all kinds of sonic combinations. S-Layer allows to add up to eight layers of sound and manipulate the way … [Read more...]
New Free Reaktor Ensemble with MI Presets
Some days ago, my friends Antonio Blanca and Richard Devine invited me to create some presets for a new Reaktor Instrument called Spacedrone MOD (free download). I created 10 sounds with 10 different variations. As you can see in the video above, there are two individual templates where you can create different sounds. There are several controls includin freq range, scales, … [Read more...]