Sounds And Gear reviews "Fear and Horror" soundset for N.I. Massive.
Hi guys,
Sounds And Gear just reviewed my "Fear and Horror" set for N.I. Massive and I thought I'd share it here. Some of you here are probably familiar with my work on Z3ta 2 (factory patches with "XS" in the name, plus a few Z3ta+/Z3ta2 expansions at the cakewalk store). I normally do a lot of really dubby/dub-steppy stuff, but "Fear and Horror" was a nice break from that (ambient/soundscape material). I really try to show a wide range of styles in my work, so it always makes me happy when the "non-dubstep" projects are recognized :).
Article by Saint Joe here:http://soundsandgear.com/fear-horror-presets-massive-xenos-soundworks YouTube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drLI4zBXK8YArticle Text:So what is Fear and Horror? It's a collection of presets for NI MASSIVE designed to deliver frightening and disturbing sounds, textures, and a few impacts.
Things like pads, bells, soundscapes, and eerie synth noises that you would hear in a horror movie or dark cinematic film.
There are 50 patches, and each one is mapped to the 8 macros of MASSIVE for quick tweaking and manipulation.
It definitely makes MASSIVE a bit more "evolving" and "soundscapish" than the normal edgy electronic sound it's known for.
Quick Specs -content: 50 patches
-format: MASSIVE (nmsv)
-price: $5.95 (intro price special)
-product page:
http://xenossoundworks.com/massive.html How does it sound? You all know I like ambient, soundscape, atmospheric type sounds, and this preset library definitely has that.
What I really like though, is how the macro knobs are used, it really lets you get in and change the sound quickly.
I loved some of the bell sounds, and of course the pads and atmosphere's were really smooth and evolving, yet with the turn of a knob they could get harsh and jagged.
Overall I feel like it delivers a unique sound to MASSIVE that may usually be reserved for other synths, or at least not what you would think of when you open up MASSIVE.
The patches are well designed an well thought out in terms of user control
So what's the bottom line? This is a great collection of sounds for MASSIVE.
It definitely delivers something different compared to many preset libraries out there for this plugin.
I give Fear and Horror 4 out of 5 subs, it's a solid collection with plenty of control to tweak and customize the sounds inside.
The price for Xenos libraries are really reasonable as well.
Go on over and check it out, as well as the many other presets he has for various plugins.