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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Sick of the same old sounds? Can’t afford to splash out on a new sample collection? Why not take a leaf out of Diego Stocco’s book and get creative with everyday objects?!
Diego is one of Spectrasonics‘ extraordinary sound designers who was responsible for many of the sounds found in the company’s flagship synth Omnisphere including the infamous burning piano.
A man who sees music in the most ordinary of items, we’ve seen Diego create a bonsai tree instrument and compose a track using the sounds from a dry cleaners (see videos below). This week has proved even more that the talents of Diego know no bounds as he demonstrates that even the most simplest and mundane of objects can produce surprisingly impressive results… 
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Artists, Samples, Video
Tags:creating samples, diego stocco, improv on a plate, omnisphere, recording samples, sound design, spectrasonics
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
To coincide with this week’s newsletter feature on sound effects, we spoke to Boom Library Sound Designer Michael Schwendler and Creative Director Axel Rohrbach about the process of recording sound effects both in the studio and on location and how they produced their recent releases…
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Samples
Tags:axel rohrbach, black powder, boom library, medieval weapons, michael Schwendler, recording sounds, sound fx, the interface
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Rob Manning has been working in music for more than 10 years with his soundtracks perhaps more familiar to British television audiences having composed original music for numerous BBC, ITV and Channel 4 documentaries including Louis Theroux, Dispatches, Gordon’s Great Escape, Heston Blumenthal’s Feasts and Cutting Edge. His credits also include comedies and production music for the likes of Universal and MTV.
Rob’s studio is based in North London with a valve desk, a large and diverse collection of instruments plus an extensive library of virtual instruments including Spectrasonics Omnisphere. Naturally we wanted to find out more so we caught up with Rob to talk about his career and his studio set up.
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Artists, Samples, Software
Tags:composer interview, deepest india, gordon's great escape, heston's feast, louis theroux, omnisphere, rob manning, soundtracks, spectrasonics, studio interview, zero-g
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Towards the end of 2011, Zero-G released Nu Metal – a multiformat sample library crammed with blood-curdling vocals, bone-breaking drums, blood-soaked bass and guitars heavier than plutonium.
The German music production magazine, Keys, recently interviewed the producer of Nu Metal – Dennis Grell. This young producer is affiliated to the globally renowned Peer Music music publishing company and, amongst his many projects, he has produced numerous metal bands including the likes of Milgrim and The Surge. Keys magazine has kindly allowed us to publish the following translation from the interview.
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Artists, Samples, Video
Tags:dennis grell, metal samples, nu metal, numetal, samples, zero-g
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Glenn Morrison is a major rising player in the global dance music scene. Hitting number one on the Beatport sales chart, remixing the Pet Shop Boys and New Order’s Bernard Sumner, signing tracks to EMI, Azuli, Positiva, Armada, Hope and Great Stuff, and receiving acclaim from the cream of the world’s top DJs (including Sasha, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Justice, Nick Warren, John Digweed, Laurent Garnier and Sven Vath).
This week, Glenn Morrison adds another credit to his name with the release of ‘Late Nights, Early Beginnings‘ – the latest sample collection from Zero-G which delivers inspirational samples that cross numerous dance genres.
We got in touch with Glenn to find out more about the man behind the music and how he produced the library.
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Artists, Samples
Tags:dance, glenn morrison, late nights early beginnings, luis junior, matt lange, samples, xfonic, zero-g
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
This week saw the release of
Beats from the East – the latest collection from sample pioneers
Zero-G/Zfonic.
The library combines authentic ethnic percussion such as tabla, dholak, kanjira, ghatam with the latest technology to present a massive and unique collection of loops that can be used for many types of music.
We caught up with the library’s producer Eranga Jayawansa to get the lowdown on the creation of Beats from the East.
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Samples
Tags:beats from the east, eranga jayawansa, hip hop, hiphop, r&b, rnb, sample library, xfonic, zero-g, zerog
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
With their debut release The Lost Tapes Vol 1 proving to be our biggest selling sample library of 2011, there have been high expectations for Freshtone‘s second release – Vintage Drums: The Fills – and it doesn’t disappoint. We caught up with the Freshtone guys Matthew Corbett and Mike Wilkie to find out how the recording process went and what makes this new sample library stand out from other drum fills collections…
Lost Tapes Vol 1 received first class press reviews and has become Time+Space’s best selling sample library of 2011 – have you been surprised by the hugely positive response?
We were pleasantly surprised but then it goes some way to proving our hunch that there is a substantial level of interest in the more organic product, especially if it’s been prepared in an analogue environment.
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Samples
Tags:drums, emre ramazanoglu, freshtone, lost tapes, matthew corbett, mile wilkie, percussion, sample library, vintage drums, william bowerman
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
Kyle Z, owner Nine Volt Audio
This week we’ve been taking a closer look at the REX file format which was originally developed by Swedish music software company Propellerheads. Most sample libraries released these days include REX among the formats on offer with Nine Volt Audio in particular designing their libraries first and foremost for REX/RMX users. We caught up with the company’s owner Kyle Z, to find out more about the format….
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in General, Samples
Tags:kyle z, nine volt audio, recycle, rex, samples, spectrasonics, stylus rmx, uvi engine
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Pierre Langer
This week we’re excited to announce the arrival of Boom Library to the Time+Space webstore with their first class collections of sound effects that will sit perfectly in all types of media soundtracks whether you’re composing for a movie or video games. Boom Library was only established in 2010 but the experience of team is second to none. We caught up with one of the founders – Pierre Langer to find out more…
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Samples
Tags:boom library, cinematic, pierre langer, sample library, samples, sound effects, wavs
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Friday, July 1st, 2011
Fans of Zero-G’s 2009 release Distorted Dancefloors are in for treat as producer Si Begg returns with another sample collection of experimental and cutting edge sounds in the form of Electro Glitch Essentials. We caught up with Si to find out more about the making of this library…
First up, please could you tell us about your music background?
The short version is this. Small boy who’s obsessed with Dr Who buys 7″ single of theme tune. His Uncle plays lots of Jean Michelle Jarre in the Volvo on family holidays and he grows up into a teenager who divides his time playing in bands and devouring all the electronic music he can find. Goes to see Gary Numan, listens to John Peel, discovers Acid House, discovers Stockhausen and starts buying cheap old analogue synths. Makes lots of experimental cut-ups and weird noises in make shift home studio. Starts releasing techno 12″s in mid 90s, remixes Leftfield, Ken Ishi and Arthur Baker amongst others, makes more releases mashing up all genres of electronic music, signs to Ninjatune and Mute records, makes lots more eccentric electronic music, tours the world, starts making music for TV and film as well as becoming something of an obsessive sound designer.
This article is written by
Melanie Power and posted in Artists, Samples, Video
Tags:distorted dancefloors, dru masters, electro glitch essentials, si begg, the apprentice, zero-g, zerog
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Sick of the same old sounds? Can’t afford to splash out on a new sample collection? Why not take a leaf out of Diego Stocco’s book and get creative with everyday objects?!
