August 2011
5 posts
Five Free soft synths. Part Five. Drumcore Free
Drumcore Free from Sonama Wireworks is not strictly a soft synth, it’s a virtual drum module. In common with the other instruments in this series it’s a “cut down” version of retail product, in this case Drumcore and Drumcore deluxe. Weighing in at just over a gig Drumcore Free is hefty download but that’s not surprising when you consider what it comes with. Drumcore...
Five Free soft synths. Part Four. Reaktor Five...
At number four in our list of free soft synths is Native Instruments Reaktor Five Player, which features three distinct distinct synths boasting over two hundred sounds. Of these Carbon 2 is the most traditional, a subtractive synthesis engine yields what NI describes as “neo-classical edgy sounds”. Space Drone creates “atmospheric pads ranging from light rain to howling...
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Five Free soft synths. Part Three. Zebralette.
Zebralette from U-HE is an incredibly editable synth derived from the well regarded Zebra 2. Available for Mac as an AU, VST and RTAS and for PC as a VST (32 and 64bit) most of the bases are covered. Featuring a powerful oscillator and built in effects chorus, delay and eq Zebralette is a tweakers delight.
Of course there’s a good selection of presets - organised by type - available to...
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Five Free soft synths. Part Two. Alchemy Player.
Camel Audio Alchemy Player
Next on our list of five soft synths you must try is Camel Audio’s Alchemy Player based on the engine of their Alchemy synth.
Camel Audio’s Alchemy Player is sample based software instrument boasting 150 sounds on download. This swells to 200 sounds if you sign up for a free account. Alchemy Player is additionally expandable with purchased packs.
The...
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Five Free soft synths. Part One. SampleTank Free.
On our MakeMoreNoise site and YouTube channel we’ve been pretty clear that we like a free plug-in. The sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed that we haven’t done much on synths. So without further ado here’s five free soft synths you should definitely add to your audition list.
IK Multimedia SampleTank Free
Available from IK Multimedia SampleTank free is, as the name...
July 2011
3 posts
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Free Plug-In : Amplitube Free
Another free plug-in, this time it’s IK Multimedia’s Amplitube Free. Although Amplitube is a software emulation of a complete guitar rig we’ve chosen to look at on everything except guitar.
Amplitube Free is useful for everyone, producers, programmers, beat makers and keyboard players, not just guitarists.
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Logic 9, three quick automation tips
New video time, in this screencast we take a further look at Logic’s Automation functions with three quick tips. Using the marquee tool with automation, creating curved automation and adjusting the automation of a whole track.
March 2011
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January 2011
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July 2010
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June 2010
3 posts
Blog Dilemas
Decisions, decisions! I have a certain fondness for Tumblr and I’ve been testing it out as a blogging tool for the last couple of months. As I’m into the final stretch rebuilding the Make More Noise website I need to make a decision.
This post is a test and apology. I’m going to post the same text to both sites and then evaluate them in the context of the new website. In the...
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TC Electronic Polytune for iPhone
I’m a sucker for freebie, who isn’t ?
As I’ve been eyeing the hardware version of TC’s Polytune for a while now I was excited to see a port to the iPhone. In common with all Apple’s “apps” this should mean it works on the iPod touch and the iPad as well. Considering the price, or lack of and TC’s pedigree it is obviously a must have. So I...
May 2010
2 posts
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More news on Light Peak
For those not familiar Intel’s Light Peak technology is a connectivity protocol mooted to replace USB, Firewire and Display connectors. The promise of virtually limitless throughput has an obvious appeal to those of us always hungry for (computer) power.
The latest news is that, after showing a prototype running on a desktop machine, Intel have scaled it down enough for it to fit in a...
April 2010
3 posts
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March 2010
2 posts
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MakeMoreNoise, is the alter ego of engineer and songwriter James Muir and friends. Tutorial videos are made and distributed via the web. We hope they’re useful.
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