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2013/10/30 13:19:03 (permalink)

AAS instruments blog entry comment

As noted in this blog:
 
http://blog.cakewalk.com/aas-instruments-sound-incredible/
 
The AAS stuff *is* great. I make some rather odd, avante-garde noises and I came up with this using Chromophone.
 
Here is the partial setup showing the Chromaphone presets:
 

 
and here is the sound after processing with NI Kore and Reaktor effects:
 
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    Fog
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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/30 13:47:21 (permalink)
    you might find you get a decent enough deal as you already own one of their products.. check with them directly also.
     
    I have 1 of the strums and va-2 .. and all the session versions of the other stuff..
     
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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/30 15:24:56 (permalink)
    ASS stuff sounds great. But I don't like their guitar. I prefer real guitar, even though I liked Virtual Guitarist, but it's no longer on sale.


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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/30 17:53:44 (permalink)
    Those are some very cool and interesting sounds. I love Chromaphone. Here are a couple tracks I did with just Chromaphone and some reverb:
    http://soundcloud.com/mike-leghorn/lotus-notes
    http://soundcloud.com/mike-leghorn/neptunian-distractions
     
    These tracks also use Chromaphone, but other synths as well:
    http://soundcloud.com/mike-leghorn/night-whisperer
    http://soundcloud.com/mike-leghorn/concerto-for-synthesizer
     
    Btw, I used Sonar for all of these tracks. X3 for "Night Whisperer" and "Concerto for Synthesizer", and X2 for the other two.
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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/30 22:32:51 (permalink)
    Fog
    you might find you get a decent enough deal as you already own one of their products.. check with them directly also.
     
    I have 1 of the strums and va-2 .. and all the session versions of the other stuff..
     


    I just bought the Ultra Analog VA-2.   Check it out here...it sounds great!
    http://www.applied-acoustics.com/ultra-analog-va-2/
     

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 02:24:10 (permalink)
    AAS has been around Cakewalk for quite a while,,, I got Tassman 4 from an upgrade with Sonar 3,,, IIRC,,,
     
    I just upgraded to Lounge Lizard EP-4 and it's amazing.  I always hate to say something is the best, because I know I haven't tried EVERYTHING on the market,,, but it's the Best Electric Piano by far that I've played.  It's got the Wurlitzer stabs of Supertramp and the ringing tines of the Rhodes so sweetly,,,, it's total ear candy.   I love it!  It's like I have the real thing, only better,,, ;)

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 05:37:00 (permalink)
    harmony gardens
    AAS has been around Cakewalk for quite a while,,, I got Tassman 4 from an upgrade with Sonar 3,,, IIRC,,,
     
    I just upgraded to Lounge Lizard EP-4 and it's amazing.  I always hate to say something is the best, because I know I haven't tried EVERYTHING on the market,,, but it's the Best Electric Piano by far that I've played.  It's got the Wurlitzer stabs of Supertramp and the ringing tines of the Rhodes so sweetly,,,, it's total ear candy.   I love it!  It's like I have the real thing, only better,,, ;)


    + 1 to that. Lounge lizard 4 is more expressive than any sampled EP I had heard.

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 10:34:01 (permalink)
    quest4success
     
    I just bought the Ultra Analog VA-2.   Check it out here...it sounds great!
    http://www.applied-acoustics.com/ultra-analog-va-2/
     




    Lucky !  I just listened to the demo yesterday having received a half-off promo from AAS.
    I agree it sounds fantastic.
     
    I'm hoping I can get somewhere similar with my Cakewalk synths...
     

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 10:55:24 (permalink)
    Glad you dudes are diggin on the AAS sounds.  I was floored by the quality of them.
    -DG
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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 16:29:58 (permalink)
    Dan Gonzalez [Cakewalk]
    Glad you dudes are diggin on the AAS sounds.  I was floored by the quality of them.
    -DG


    I bought Strum Acoustic Sessions in June inly to see it turn up 'free' in the X3 package.
    Now I am looking at the Full Package up upgrade for X3 users. I got hesitant seeing from the AAS website the Full Collection includes VA-2 and Lounge Lizard new version, but the update from Cakewalk says it is Ultra Analog VA-1.
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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 16:36:16 (permalink)
    If you can't stretch to Chromaphone but you have Native Instruments Komplete then check to see if you have Prism (can't remember if it's in Ultimate or not). It runs in Reaktor and is a similar sort of thing. In fact it's one of the most interesting and incredible sounding synths I've ever come across. I just wish I understood the bloody thing...and I wish Groove3 would do a tutorial.

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 16:36:39 (permalink)
    If you can't stretch to Chromaphone but you have Native Instruments Komplete then check to see if you have Prism (can't remember if it's in Ultimate or not). It runs in Reaktor and is a similar sort of thing. In fact it's one of the most interesting and incredible sounding synths I've ever come across. I just wish I understood the bloody thing...and I wish Groove3 would do a tutorial.

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/10/31 17:06:13 (permalink)
    sharke
    If you can't stretch to Chromaphone but you have Native Instruments Komplete then check to see if you have Prism (can't remember if it's in Ultimate or not). It runs in Reaktor and is a similar sort of thing. In fact it's one of the most interesting and incredible sounding synths I've ever come across. I just wish I understood the bloody thing...and I wish Groove3 would do a tutorial.



    I found a short tutorial on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqU3_KwQp_g
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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/11/01 01:22:52 (permalink)
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    sharke
    If you can't stretch to Chromaphone but you have Native Instruments Komplete then check to see if you have Prism (can't remember if it's in Ultimate or not). It runs in Reaktor and is a similar sort of thing. In fact it's one of the most interesting and incredible sounding synths I've ever come across. I just wish I understood the bloody thing...and I wish Groove3 would do a tutorial.



    I found a short tutorial on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqU3_KwQp_g




    That's a nice little overview...I guess I should read the manual but I quickly get lost reading synth manuals, especially for something as complicated as Prism. 

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/11/01 01:57:27 (permalink)
    sharke
    If you can't stretch to Chromaphone but you have Native Instruments Komplete then check to see if you have Prism (can't remember if it's in Ultimate or not). It runs in Reaktor and is a similar sort of thing. In fact it's one of the most interesting and incredible sounding synths I've ever come across. I just wish I understood the bloody thing...and I wish Groove3 would do a tutorial.

     
    See this:

    Reaktor Prism - Instant Expert v1.1
         By Ian Tregoning

    Reaktor Prism Manual reduced to 6 pages.

    https://co.native-instrum...tail&patchid=12836

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    Re: AAS instruments blog entry comment 2013/11/01 02:02:27 (permalink)
    Wow that's handy, thanks!

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