Here is the latest from Hollowsun - Hexxon - Certainly the weirdest GUI to date. - 20 quid.
 
Oh - and there is another 1.50 offering at Hidaway studios - Chopped Chimes

Here is another new two pounds fifty (about $3.80) offering from Hollow Sun - SquarePad.

Glyn Barnes
Here is another new two pounds fifty (about $3.80) offering from Hollow Sun - SquarePad.

Have you tried these pads out yet?

The demos for the Square Pad sounded very good - just downloading now.
Dan at Hideaway has just released a library called Bass Machine
http://hideawaystudio.wordpress.com/
 
A little more expensive at 10 pounds - again demos do sound good to me
Nigel
 
 

I love the Hollow Sun and Hideaway Studio stuff.  It's been perfect for some retro-futuristic music that I'm working on.  The sounds have a wonderful gritty, classic sci-fi vibe to them that I love, but they're a whole lot more versatile than just that.
 
Another developer in the same vein is Rhythmic Robot, also in the UK.  What is it with the UK and classic sci-fi anyway?  It must be the Doctor Who influence.

Another 2.50 pound library from Hollow Sun
http://www.hollowsun.com/HS2/mlmlite/sawpad/index.htm
 
Nigel
 
 

We've updated our Bass Station FreePack ...
 
My scriptmeister, Mario, and I were chatting (well, Skyping) the other day and we thought it might be a good idea to update the Bass Station FreePack.
 
This FreePack was made a good while back. My good friend, Dan McCullough, in the US had sampled his original Bass Station and Super Bass Station quite extensively and donated them to me. At first, it was just a basic Kontakt instrument, then I learnt a bit of Kontakt scripting (kind of ... just about) which added more functionality but now, with Mario in tow, it seemed a good idea to update it to Kontakt 4.2.4. And here it is...
 

 
It's quite functional with a highpass filter (for maybe thinning sounds out a bit), a resonant lowpass filter and an ADSR amplitude envelope. There's a simple vibrato LFO and glide/portamento but arguably the core of this little beauty is the UNISON section where voices can be stacked, detuned and spread across the stereo panorama for truly powerful basses. And there's a simple EQ section for rounding off the sound. There are also various play modes - mono/poly, single (or legato)/multiple triggering and more. It's simple but very effective and all manner of bass and leadline sounds can be coaxed out of it.
 
But most of all, it sounds great and best of all, perhaps, it's free - yes ... totally free!! 30 presets of belting and solid basslines suitable for all manner of genres and very tweakable.
 
DETAILS
Cheers,

Stephen
 
* Requires the full version of Kontakt 4.2.4

Excellent library. The voice control really spreads out the sounds. Better than many hi end bass synths.
 
Thank you Stephen.

Just downloaded and installed this - well good for a freebie - +1 thanks Stephen
 
 

Yes - thank you Stephen.