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The Idea & Process
Cassette Plucks.01 is a mixture of physical modelling, some subtractive synthesis and sampling. It contains two different pluck instruments with an oriental vibe - both designed from the ground up. Because of all the care that was put into the making of every layer and the magic touch of old cassette recorders, Cassette Plucks.01 is another lo-fi & tasty sounding collection.
Both instruments were recorded in the range of 5 octaves, with 4 dynamic layers using 2 different cassette decks. Overall there are 979 samples - 244 samples per deck, plus 2 noise samples from each deck (1,32 GB of uncompressed 24-bit WAV files).
Every note has been carefully denoised with a high-quality algorithm to avoid noise stacking when playing more than one note (there’s still some noise left in the samples to avoid denoising artefacts). Noise can still be added with the noise knob - it’s much more flexible this way and allows the ability to adjust the volume of the noise independently whilst also applying parameters such as filtering. It also creates a more realistic sound, so when playing a five-voice chord, only one sample of noise instead of five stacked on top of each other will be heard.
The End Result
Useful and fun production tool
If you like vintage sounds and you're looking for something to enhance your production toolbox, then this product will be for you.
Variety of sounds
Aside from the sound of a cassette record with this instrument you can easily create some weird sounds and there are already quite a few presets included to get you started.
Features
- Available in multiple popular formats: Kontakt 5, Ableton Live 9, Logic, SFZ & Multiformat
- 1,32 GB of uncompressed 24-bit WAV samples (979 samples in total)
- Recorded on 2 different decks
- 2 instruments
- 2 noise samples (each around 2 minutes long)
- 4 dynamic layers
- Organic sound with lots of little imperfections
Format-specific features
- Full version of Live 9.7 (or higher) required
- 46 Instrument Racks: 8 basic + 38 additional presets (both with mapped macros)
- Custom Effect Racks
System Requirements
- Full version of Live 9.7 (or higher) required
Installation Instructions
(Please Note: Cassette Keys.01 for Ableton is being used as the example)
1. Download the 'tpl_cassette-keys-01-v1-1_live.zip' folder from your User Account, and double-click the zip folder to extract and reveal its files.
2. Double-click on the 'Cassette Keys 01.alp' file and choose where you wish to save the instrument.
3. On the left side of Live there is a browser option - click on the 'Add Folder' icon and then locate the 'Cassette Keys 01.alp' file > click on it and select 'Open.'
Or...
1. Double-click on the 'Cassette Keys 01.alp' file and choose where you wish to save the instrument.
2. Drag and Drop the 'Cassette Keys 01.alp' file under the 'Places' option within Live's Browser.
The Software is now Ready for Use Within your DAW!
