XSynth FX Free Refill

Whooops i did it again. Another free refill is on the horizon. It comes with 3000 Sampled waveforms from Access Virus and Korg OASYS. Nahhh theres too many of these kinda libraries.

How bout we took a DEEP dive into the Reason Subtractor and explored the machine as a pure FX synth. Well, thats what i did in this refill. Instead of having to manage hundreds of Subtractor with each its own sound i decided to sample the sounds and organize them into categories.

My first idea behind this project was to create a device which could generate the typical ambience you hear in SCI-FI movies/games but as i explored deeper i found that it could also produce a large vareity of other types of FX.

The material is based on looped and one-shot samples. Each sound is put into a category so you can find the type of sound your looking for fast. Each category has a NN19 and a Combinator patch.

The XSynth FX refill is 59 MB and that would prolly kill my bandwith so i have asked Ola (Propellerheads) if they would like to host it.

My hope with this refill is that people take some time of from making music and explore/play this refill like a toy. Have the Matrix devices come up with random patterns and see what pops up. If you learn to master it i'm sure you could produce background ambience and FX for many types of genres. The 3 included RNS song files shows how you COULD use this refill.

Here is some MP3 snippet:

The FX Generator

http://www.xsynth.com/demos/XSFX_FX_Generator_Demo.mp3

The Machine Creator

http://www.xsynth.com/demos/XSFX_Machine_Creator_Demo.mp3

The Gate Emulator

http://www.xsynth.com/demos/Night_Dweller.mp3

Anyways... Have fun :o)

XSynth FX Quick Guide:

XSynth FX Refill is build around 3 Combinator Patches which are explained below:

1. The FX Generator

The idea behind this Combi is to come up with random FX patterns using the Matrix. The mixer is your control-board for when to mute/unmute a category. Each Category is controlled by a Matrix device which plays a random made pattern. By randomizing, mute/unmute 1 or more categories you achive a rhytmic pattern. Load up the FX Generator Demo RNS song file from the XSynth FX Refill and watch how i mute/unmute randomized categories so they fit for the small demo song.

2. The Machine Creator

The idea behind this Combi is to make a device which can come up with engine/machine/ambience FX types of sounds. The mixer is your hub for mixing and blending these sounds into what your looking for. Again its about categories controlled by Matrix. In the Machine Creator Demo RNS song file you will see that i programmed Matrix for each category with different step lenght, this is to simulate engines running with their own individual cycle.

Try shift pattern up on each category and see what pops up.

3. The Gate Emulator

Load up the Gate emulator demo and watch how noise can put some life into your beats.

This Combi is your tool to put in some stereo gated drums effect on dull mono beats. What makes this tool unique is that it blends perfect with most drums and beats. Want a small room like gated ambience then just have the release turned down. Want long gated 80's drum effect, well just turn the release up. Amazing what noise can be used for, aint it :o)

/Michael Kastrup April 2007