Introducing Blinksonic° FR3TZ° for Native Instruments Reaktor 6

Published on Sep 22, 2018 BLINKSONIC°

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"Blinksonic family is growing with the release of a new breed ensemble for Reaktor 6.

Please welcome to FR3TZ ! String Harmonics meet Euclidean Beats... in a Granular Cloud.

FR3TZ is a self sequenced instrument which offers to play chromatically a full set of guitar harmonics samples, with the power of granular synthesis and a suite of 6 effects.
The 3 track-mono-step sequencer can be programmed in a similar way as an Euclidean rhythm generator.

FR3TZ is an unconventional piece of instrument for creating generative patterns both melodical and rhythmical, the whole being encapsulated inside a modern user interface, inspired by « Material Design », which reinforces the user experience.
This instrument can produce amazing mechanical or non linear melodic patterns but also percussive beats and generative soundscapes. 177 snapshots have been crafted to illustrate the kind of unstable loops and unusual phrases that can be created with it.

FR3TZ also explores the random concept again, in order to provide some humanized effects on your note patterns. The sequencer is coupled with a note selector (a 1 octave virtual keyboard. This selector allows to choose which sound of the map will be aleatory launched on any incoming gate events.

Travel over the waveform with the mouse to obtain glitchy effects.. Combine the 6 effects (Pitchshifter, Filter, Distortion, Delay, Chorus, Reverb) in order to sculpt the shapes of your tones.. Inject some crazy movement on the master mix with Binaural/Doppler effect... This extensive set of features combined between each other, provides a unique recipe for designing sounds.

FR3TZ, even more than a sound bank or a virtual instrument, is a real physical sonic palette.
You will discover how surprising it can be to use string harmonics as an oscillation source, transform them as an atonal percussive element. Thanks to granular synthesis, experiment how to sound big with the infinitely small.

THE CONCEPT

String harmonics have a particular sound rendering and easily provide one of the most mysterious and subtle sonic mental images when they are punctually used in a guitarist performance. Obtained with a slight pressure on the strings with the tip of the finger raised above the frets, the harmonics deliver one of the most fascinating sounds that can be extracted from a guitar.

The tonal result of this technique gives a sound with a high pitch value, some really interesting natural distortion and artefacts, to be used as a substantial waveform source inside a granular sampler.

Basically, there are only 3 octaves of « nodes » available on a guitar, but here, FR3TZ lets you play this little « squeals » and « squelch pickings » in a granular synthesis process with MIDI. On the 4 sampled instruments, up to 5 octaves have been constructed, after a process of resampling and retuning all the original signals.

Due to the tonal differences and characteristics of each node, the result is a playable set of prepared strings based on multi sample instruments. Background noise, buzzes and unwanted frequencies are part of the original recording takes, and have been preserved on purpose in order to keep a similar acoustic feeling of a prepared piano.

Then, various granular synthesis options and the complete effect chain allows to take advantage of this minimalistic waveforms to create organic pieces of reverse guitar, sweet string notes and even e-pianos tones.


FEATURES LIST

– 6 maps with 300 harmonics waveforms taken from 4 guitars (+ 50 percussion sounds )
– 6 banks with 177 snapshots/presets
– Granular sampler with start/length, pitch/fine tuning commands and grain definition settings
– ADSR envelope
– Travelizer Mode – XY axis pad with automation recorder
– x3 16 Step Mono Sequencer with time sync and direction options. Define offset, number of step, channel velocity, note length
– Note selector on each sequencers to select the aleatory notes that will be launched with a random octave shift.
– Distortion with 6 types (Clip, Sat, Q, Saw, Tri & Sin)
– Stereo Chorus
– Simple Delay with “Boost” function to create instant infinite feedback loop
– Space Reverb
– 4 type Filter coupled with LFO on Cutoff
– Binaural/stereo module with Doppler effect
– Automated XY pad for recording the Binaural/stereo movements
- Much more..


REQUIREMENTS

– a MAC or a PC with a FULL version of Reaktor 6.2.2 (CAUTION : the .ens is not encrypted for Reaktor Player)
– A screen resolution with a minimum of 1920 x 1200 megapixel for a full display on screen. FR3TZ° is 630×900 megapixel.
– Intel Core 2 Duo equivalent must be enough with 4 GB of Ram. To give an idea this ensemble has been created on a 2,7 Ghz Intel Core i7.
– CPU usage : Around 23% and 35% with a 2,7 GHz Intel Core i7, 16G Ram and Reaktor 6. A maximum of 36% have been measured with all the effects enabled. – An internet connection to download the files and potential updates.
–Size:148 Mo

Note : FR3TZ can be open with Reaktor Player but you will be authorized to play with it for only 30 minutes. For an unlimited experience with the instrument you need a full version of REAKTOR 6

PRICE/
€49
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