Vir2 Premiers Violence: Extreme Violin Maneuvers

Vir2, who have been somewhat on a tear as of late, have premiered Violence, a Kontakt-powered virtual instrument that focuses on extremely unusual textures, manglings, distortions, and perspectives on the solo violin. Created for both musical use and sound design, Violence features an unprecedented deconstruction of a solo violin recorded from numerous angles: bowed, scraped, hit, plucked, played with mallets, chopsticks, guitar...

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Sample Logic Releases Metallix For Ableton Live

Sample Logic has released Metallix, a toolkit of morphed metallic instruments, percussives, atmospheric soundscapes, pads, and tempo-synced audio loops for cinematic music production with Ableton Live. Based on recorded metallic instruments and sounds,the instruments (presets) and clips (loops) are integrated into Ableton Live, which makes for a smooth workflow with easy to use intuitive user controls. Each instrument uses...

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