Vintage Sampler & Vintage Sampler Lite (free)

These blocks have the ability to ‘sample’ audio from their input port (like a real hardware sampler), for independent recording and playing back of samples. The controls have been laid out to make jamming with a sample very easy and fun!

A high-quality playback engine allows click-free looping, juggling and granulizing of samples using the ‘crossfade’ control. Plus there are 5 different FM modes including a ‘scratch’ mode for scratching effect.

The blocks feature a fantastic GUI designed by Christian Schneider from Sonidiom (who also designed the GUI for the Toybox Sequential Switch, which is also in the free User Blocks Pack). Of course, being modular, all functions (including arming, recording, scratching etc.) can be modulated using the other blocks in the User Blocks Pack.

The ‘Vintage Sampler’ block features high quality modelling of a variety of vintage hardware samplers (not available in the ‘Lite’ version). A lot of work has gone into accurately emulating the signal path of several vintage units. The sampler has 5 different ‘models’ which can be selected from the block’s ‘Options’ page: TOY1, TOY2, 80s, 90s and CLEAN.

Pricing and Availability

The ‘Vintage Sampler Lite‘ block is available for free as part of the Toybox User Blocks Pack, and the ‘Vintage Sampler‘ block can be purchased for $19 (or just $14.25 using the current SPOOKY25 discount). Reaktor 6.4 (not the player version) is required to use either block as they are both ‘User Blocks’.

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DRON-E – Free Drone And Soundscape Reaktor Instrument

Ethernium is a Soundset collection of presets for DRON-E (not included), free ensemble for Native Instruments Reaktor. It comes in form of Reaktor snapshots – several Reaktor banks, each for one category.

DRON-E is a Reaktor Instrument created by Antonio Blanca that specializes in creating ambient, generative, abstract and cinematic soundscapes or drones. DRON-E’s flexible parameters and controls are perfect for creating everything from delicate atmospheres to complex walls of sound. Ethernium is a soundset for DRON-E

Content included in this library is directed for composers, sound designers, game developers and anybody that likes to experiments with sounds. Ethernium is all about atmospheric sounds, drones, soundcapes and textures. Sounds are oriented towards dark, sci-fi, horror genres and can be used to create music or sound effects for a game or any other type of media.

Included snapshots can be easily modified thanks to the extensive randomization capabilities of DRON-E. In this way, user can build a custom library of sounds using provided content as a starting point.

What’s included

• 150 snapshots in the following categories: Soundscapes (35), Textures (35), Drones (30), Pulses (10), Rises (15), Effects (25)
• 128 samples – sound sources for generating presets in DRON-E
• Documentation
• License agreement

Requirements:

• ​DRON-E 1.5 Ensemble which can be downloaded at Twisted Tools
• Native Instruments Reaktor – check requirements on provided DRON-E website (recommended version Reaktor 6+) 

NOTE: if you’re using Reaktor 5, please check the demo version first to find out if you’re able to use the product 

Pricing and Availability

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Ethernium for DRON-E a Soundset Pack with 150 snapshots for DRON-E Reaktor ensemble is available now.

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Flintpope launches REICHIAN V2

REICHIAN is an unusual rhythm maker for REAKTOR 6 that doesn’t use drums. It is almost as if minimalist composer Steve Reich (and not the therapist Wilhelm Reich) started working in Acid House. Thanks to the blocks makers who invented the Dattoro Reverb and the Resonating Wood Oscillator, the latter which lends a distinctive percussive clank when needed.

REICHIAN Version 2 features 48 presets (including the original 24) reached by double-clicking “Embedded” in the presets side-pane.

It also features a cleaner, annotated GUI that follows the signal flow and the modwheel is now wired to FM and preset B (user setting). All tempos have been set to 104 bpm across the instrument but like everything else in a Blocks ensemble it is up to the user to do what they like with it.

Also try out a dedicated sample set made by Flintpope here at sounds.