U-HE Repro1 Elektron | Synthmorph Sequences

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"U-HE Repro1 Electron (https://synthmorph.com/products/u-he-... 132 presets + 55 morphing MIDI + WAV. Ideal for all kind of film scoring, game or soundtrack work, besides still perfectly fits for any music genre these days."

Access Virus Update in the Works?

NAMM 2018 - Christoph Kemper - KUCR Published on Feb 1, 2018

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

Comes in right at the beginning and some talk at 9:15. Not clear what it might be, or when it might happen, but I can state this: I finally ordered a Virus TI2 desktop back in January and am still waiting to hear back. There is no word if they have been discontinued, if more are being produced, or if orders are on hold for an updated model. I'm hoping for an updated model myself. We'll see if anything is mentioned at the upcoming Musikmesse or Superbooth.

Video description:
"We speak with the legendary programmer Christoph Kemper who designed the Access Virus, the Kemper Profiling Amplifier, and much more."

Update via bacizone in the comments:

"As he mentioned, it will not happen these days. I expect around 3-4 years later, once the current DSP technology will not be is really available anymore.
See: https://synthmorph.com/blogs/news/access-virus-future-kemper-amp-virus-ti3"

Behind the Scenes on Steinberg's HALion - An Interview with Head Developer Michael Ruf

Supporting MATRIXSYNTH member, Synthmorph, wrote in to let us know they have an interview up with Michael Ruf, the head developer of HALion. You can find the full interview here.

A short excerpt on the beginning of HALion:

"Since I joined Steinberg only in 2007, I cannot really tell you much about the development before that time, but when we set up the new HALion team in 2007, we were completely aware that the existing code basis had evolved over quite a long time and had come to a point where it was rather difficult to keep up with new technologies like the transition to 64-bit computing. So, the decision was made to develop the whole HALion engine from the ground up, allowing us to create a really modern, modular and flexible engine as the foundation for our future instrument line."

U-he Diva Chomolungma Preset Tour | Synthmorph

Published on Nov 9, 2017 SynthMorph

"Diva Chomolungma is an ambitious soundset for u-he Diva synthesizer with 70 presets and 10 morphing Synthmorph sequences.
Ideal for all kind of film scoring, game or soundtrack work, besides it perfectly fits for any music genre these days.

Listen to it in high-quality headphone at 1080p to get the best possible audio quality."

Update: Diva Synthmorph is available here: https://synthmorph.com/products/u-he-...

New NI Massive Biomorph Soundset Focused on Extreme Morphing

NI Massive Biomorph Tutorial | Synhtmorph Published on Sep 3, 2017

"Massive Biomorph is not 'just another Massive soundset', but the result of a new sound design approach, focusing on the extreme morphing capabilities of Native Instrument Massive.

Two parts of the video:
00:00 Massive Biomorph - overview
10:53 Synthmorph sequences - demo

These Massive presets are great for hybrid electronic scoring, game music, commericals or smooth stratospheric electronica. A must have for the modern film, game and broadcast composers or any musician who want previously unheard, smooth and expressive morphing sound easily out of Massive.

Massive Biomorph is available at https://goo.gl/2jpwsG"

Access Virus Dark Cinematics - Live Jamming

Published on Jul 8, 2017 SynthMorph

"Access Virus Dark Cinematics Live Jamming - using 4 instances of Virus Powercore (4x16=64 voices), I improvised and jammed with the Virus Dark Cinematic presets for an hour, using some of my custom developed Synthmorph tools.

All sounds were recorded straight to four Cubase audio tracks, then quickly top'n tailed the best parts, but no mixing and equalization took place. I wanted to keep the live feel, creating the slideshow was a fast action too.

This audio demo will present you the darkest, trippy and sinister side of the Access Virus. These Virus patches are perfect for cinematic, television scoring, movie soundtracks, original lo-fi electronica, game music, ambient electronica or space music.

You can buy the Virus Dark Cinematics soundset for the Access Virus B / C / TI / TI2 here:
https://synthmorph.com/products/acces...

DEAL: You can can SAVE 20% by entering this coupon code at the checkout: smvirusjam"

The The Future (?) of the Access Virus

synthmorph has a speculative post up on the future of the Access Virus here. What makes this one interesting is it goes into the reliance of ever obsolete DSP chips. It also lists out the chips used for each Virus. I never managed to pick up a Virus, because every time I was about to be ready a new model would come out. I wanted to pick up one Virus that covered all previous Viruses, which still leads me to the question if the latest can cover the character of previous incarnations. If anyone has an opinion, feel free to leave a comment.

"First we should talk a bit about the special computing chip, the heart of every Virus synthesizer, a certain version of the Motorola 56k DSP (digital signal processors). The origin of the DSP 56000 series came from Motorola's requests to the U.S. Music Industries as to which DSP architecture features they would need to produce synthesizers and other keyboards. This happened in the mid 1980s when the Japanese music industry introduced digital keyboards using ASICs (Application Specific Intergrated ICs), and started dominating this field previously exclusive to US manufacturers. Yamaha, Korg, Roland and others started to outdate Moog, ARP, Oberheim and Sequential Circuits. The result of this request was the birth of the first Motorola 56000 digital signal processor (DSP) generation in 1986. These 56k chips were used widespread also in the audio industry since the mid 90s, not just in hardware synthesizers and effect processors, but appeared as an auxiliary digital signal processor for audio functions in some high-end multimedia computers, like the NeXT, the Atari Falcon or the Silicon Graphics Indigo workstations...

As you certainly know, Virus is a digital synthesizer, with a 56k DSP running software code to generate and modify all aspects of the sounds, these are the exact models:
1997 Virus A - 1 x Motorola DSP 56303
1999 Virus B - 1 x Motorola DSP 56311
2002 Virus C - 1 x Freescale DSP 56362
2005 Virus TI - 2 x Freescale DSP 56367 - 2x150 MHz
2009 Virus TI2 - 2 x Freescale DSP 56321 - 2x275 MHz."

10 Tricks for Access Virus

Published on May 13, 2017 SynthMorph

"10 interesting tricks for any Access Virus synthesizers. Some of these less known tips will make you a Virus power-user.

Content [further breakdown on each posted on https://synthmorph.com here]:
01. Listen to OSC3 in isolation 1m6s
02. Distortion 2m28s
03. Additional hidden gain 6m16s
04. Recursive Modulation 7m56s
05. OSC1 detune 12m31s
06. Multiplied modulations 13m46s
07. Infinite rhythmic patterns using just an LFO 16m58s
08. The 'hidden arpeggiator' 19m12s
09. Simulating the delay without a delay 20m6s
10. Simulate separate attack and release sounds 21m51s"

Access Virus FM Power | Synthmorph Sequences

Published on Apr 28, 2017 SynthMorph

"https://synthmorph.com/products/acces...
Virus FM Power is not just a distinct soundset of 94 presets based on FM synthesis capabilities of Access Virus, but also contains 20 special morphing Synthmorph MIDI sequences."

"Although the classic Access Virus B and Virus C are primarily virtual analog synthesizers, they are armed with a simple two-operator FM mode applying frequency modulation synthesis. Despite this simple 'pseudo-FM' structure, Virus uses some clever methods to extend the range of possible FM sounds into its own unique territory of amazing sonic landscapes.

As this synthesizer has a special frequency modulation character, it proved to be a rewarding idea to dig deep into this part of the Virus and making presets using its FM-only features. What does it mean? The filters are usually completely off (as the original Yamaha DX7 did not have a filter at all), but the unison modes, the arpeggiator and the otherwise powerful distortion are hardly used too. Even the built-in effects were used differently – they are disabled most often!

The idea was to create pure, punchy, bright FM sounds. While the presets were inspired by some classic FM presets, a Virus always encourages you to break the rules and create something beyond the ordinary: you can use these sounds not just for synthwave, ambient, techno, edm, pop, psy, house or trap, but basically for any purpose.

The sonic palette is varied: deep and raspy FM basses, crystal clear keys, tinkling mono leads, animated pads and sharp plucks, often spiced up with some irregular yet controlled atonal, aliased, and droning nature."

Access Virus Dark Cinematics - Pulse Arpeggiator Examples

Published on Feb 17, 2017 SynthMorph

"Virus Dark Cinematics ( https://goo.gl/mWR7nv ) is a unique soundbank of 128 cinematic inspired presets + 19 Synthmorph MIDI sequence for cinematic, game soundtracks, cinematic scoring and ambient and atmospheric electronica."

Vengeance Avenger does E-MU Morpheus Synthmorph

Published on Nov 19, 2016 SynthMorph

"The upcoming VPS Avenger emulates some Z-plane filtering of the legendary E-MU Morpheus... seriously, it is hard to find anything wrong on this astonishing beast!"

Zebralette MARS - A Synthmorph MIDI Sequence Walkthrough for the FREE U-he Zebralette

Published on Aug 2, 2016 SynthMorph

https://goo.gl/7vubD9

"Zebralette MARS contains 70 crafted presets and 15 highly tweaked Synthmorph MIDI sequences in order to create some modulation magic.

Here is a free pack where the concept can be tested using the free Synth1:
https://synthmorph.com/products/synth1-pluto-box-synthmorph"