Here's to you another 'ADL-MusicLab' soundpack for Nord keyboards: 'Ultimate Pack - Vol.4'.
This soundbank offers a comprehensive and versatile collection of sounds across every major category: lush strings, powerful brass, expressive woodwinds, warm synth pads, soaring synth leads, punchy synth brass, rich synth comps, classic and modern keyboards, resonant tuned percussions, detailed chromatic percussions, versatile guitars, plucked synths with character, and a diverse range of ethnic instruments.
Whether you're scoring for film, producing electronic music, crafting pop-rock tracks, designing soundscapes, or diving into synth-heavy genres like synthwave, this pack delivers the essential tools to bring your sonic vision to life.
In this release, you'll find another 27 brand-new and meticulously crafted sounds—each designed to inspire and expand your musical palette. And this is the last of 4 soundbanks in a complete series...so make sure to get all of them and you’ll have a full spectrum of 108 expressive and production-ready tones.
All the sounds are carefully sampled and layered from renowned hardware synthesizers including the Yamaha Montage, DX7 II FD, SY77, Korg Wavestate and Prophet REV2.
This library is available for: Nord Stage 4, Nord Stage 3, Nord Stage 2 EX, Nord Stage 2; Nord Electro 6, Nord Electro 5, Nord Electro 4, Nord Electro 3; Nord Piano 5, Nord Piano 4, Nord Piano 3, Nord Piano 2; Nord Wave 2, Nord Wave; Nord Grand.
[DISCLAIMER: This Nord library is a collection of SAMPLES. Only Nord Electro 5 version also features programs with relative samples]"
"In this 1.1.0 version we bring you a couple of “Quality of Life” improvements, bug fixes, and new sound engines.
New synth engines for bass and lead are: PDR Square Full Sine (Phase Distortion Resonance) Triangle Phaser Sine Phaser Sine Pluck Triangle Pluck Chip Pluck
“Quality of Life” improvements: Better precision and stability of the touch strip When a new chord is added to a progression, the view jumps automatically to edit that chord The chord progression hint is now displayed on the CPY/FX page. This is to help to time effects with chord changes. Reduced audio pop/click at startup
Bug fixes: Fix stereo line-in (only the left channel was enabled) Fix sound quality for sample recording Fix synth engine names going outside the screen"
"My synths and device can be found here:
https://distropolisgoods.com/
Song #8 from my set at Shibasaki MOD in Tokyo, April, 2025.
I ended my set with a cover of the K.K. Slider song "K.K. Cruisin'" which is a family favorite. My first experience with K.K. was in Animal Crossing - New Leaf back when it was released for the Nintendo 3DS.
I didn't have a vocoder with me in Japan, so I just sang out into the room with no mic.
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The M8 is doing most of the heavy lifting here: bass, drums and sending MIDI notes to the Prismatic Spray MKii.
I'm using the Phantasmal Force (tiny white MIDI controller) to send chords to GREAT CONJUNCTION (purple box). Channel 1 of GREAT CONJUNCTION is in 'keys' mode, while the other two channels playback a some randomized sequences which cause some CONJUNCTIONS and offset modulation to the FM key sound.
The Prismatic Spray MKii comes in to mimic the 'vocals'. M8 is handling the note playback via MIDI and I'm just playing the A and B runes/knobs.
For this recording - I sang through a BOSS VE-500 to get that K.K. robo-dog sound.
It was a great way to end the set with a upbeat feel!"
