Creating and Transferring Wavetables - Novation Peak

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Native Kontrol Stand"Wavetables are a fantastic tool to expand your sonic horizons.
But sometimes the ones built in the Peak aren't enough.
And how cool would it be to 'bake' one of your favorite VST's patch down to a wavetable that you can then play around with inside the Peak ?

This video is based off knowledge shared by @StarskyCarr in a super well made tutorial [see here, and here]. I decided to make my own specifically for the Peak/Summit since the workflow is a bit tricky.

Although the video is 25 minutes long it takes only 4-5 minutes to transfer a new wavetable when you're used to it.

Here are the steps to reproduce :

1- Find a patch in any VST that you'd like to create a wavetable for.
2- Automate parameters over a few seconds of this patch playing using a midi clip and a linear envelope(s)
3- The note playing needs to be an F2 detuned by -23ct. This is how we're gonna get the right amount of samples (256) per cycle
4- Record the note and automation using an audio track listening to the VST's track output
5- Send the recorded audio to Audacity
6- Change Audacity's sample rate to 44100 and its time display units to "samples" (bottom left corner)
7- Copy / paste on a new track a small portion of the beginning, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and end of the recording.
8- Analyze how one shape might morph into the next, and use that knowledge to determine the starting position of the waveform selections.
Ideally the selection starts when the waveform crosses the 0dB line.
8.1- Manually enter "256" in the audacity selection box to have exactly the right amount of samples. Ctrl+c to copy, then delete the sample crop, and paste it back in the track to have only your 256 samples selection.
9- Do that for the 5 samples and make sure they're one after another without space in between. Delete the first track.
10- Select the 5 samples by clicking on the first one and manually typing "1280" in the selection length.
11- Go to File - Export - Export Selected Audio , and export as a .wav
12- In Novation Components, after selecting "Manage Peak", in the wavetable editor, create wavetable and then "import" - "Audio File" - select the wav you just created - Import as Wavetable
13- Save your wavetable and send it to a free slot. That's it !"

PEDAL DRONE Sample Library Outsider Sound Design

Published on Dec 7, 2017 Outsider Sound Design

Note there are 3 videos in the playlist above - the intro followed by two of the recording sessions. Filing this one under new synth effects. You will recognize some manufactures in the list below. Outsider Sound Design is also new supporting Memmber of MATRIXSYNTH! See https://outsidersounddesign.com/products/pedal-drone for full details on the sample pack.

"This sample library features experiments with 147 electric guitar effects pedals. No input / feedback synthesis. All pedals feeding back into themselves within complex routing chains. Recorded in 16 sessions, this pack includes 500 wav files recorded in 16 bit / 44.1 sample rate. Most files range in size between 30 seconds 90 seconds. 3.5 GB of content in total. Ready to drag and drop into your game, film, or musical project. There is a wide range of sounds. Drones, noise, ambients, and more.

Below is a list of the pedals used for the recording sessions. All product names used in this website are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Outsider Sound Design. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products used as processing for the sample set.

4ms Atoner
4ms Noise Swash [ DIY Build ]

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Circuit bent Oceanus Noise Box 2

via this auction
"Oceanus circuit bent noise box 2.
This is one for the sound freaks , bought - sampled to death and now being sold on.Its basically from what i can gather a Drum machine crossed with a Voice modulator , robot vocoder effector which also glitches.The drum machine goes through the effector and there is also an external input for freaking out signals.Theres also a 1/4 out.All working and sounding 'Bent ' :) A pretty unique device and a one off i believe.Heres video i found on you tube of the actual unit.



I personally giove the drum machine without the mods a 8/10 for retardedness.Its about as cheesy as you can get and through a delay or phaser etc sounds really pretty mad and like the salvation army sunday school band on a couple of hundred mushrooms.Add the voice changer mod and effect and glitch and its pretty unexplainable.I had a few to take the circuits and add them onto an sk1 or something but i just dont have time.No reserve and no compensation if this does your head in or freaks out the 'normal ' people in your street.It will up loud !

Synths in TV and Film

Note: some of the videos below have been pulled from YouTube, but I'm keeping mention of them up as a reference that they are out there.

Let the page load before scrolling - it's a long one.
Be sure to see the Synth Movies list and see the Synth Movies and Synth TV and Film labels for more.

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Synths: ARP 2500 played by Phillip Dodds, head of ARP Engineering, Yamaha CS-?.


2. Fame Synths: ARP 2600, MOOG Minimoog

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Mad Professor - New Flickr Shot

flickr by Robot in Catford. : )