RMP2 Released…

Posted in krakli, music, vsti with tags , , , , , on September 8, 2009 by krakli

 

 RMP2-S3O

RMP2 is now available via the Donate button in the area at the top right of the web page..

RMP2 is a multi-timbral synth consisting of two distinct sections: one using the hybrid FM/Physical Modelling techniques from The Richman series, the other section using the Multi-Oscillators from the S series synth.

RMP2 comes complete with 384 patches contributed from Himalaya and Dimitri Schkoda.

The vast number of presets mean that you can use RMP2 as a preset machine if you are daunted by its un-conventional controls (hey, it is a Krakli Synth!) but you may be suprised at just how easy it is to create new and interesting sounds.

The bottom area of RMP2 allows for independent arpeggiation of each synth section and you can apply a fully variable key split enabling Chords and solo parts to be played at the same time. Features like this mean that RMP2 can be used as a rewarding live players instrument.

Himalaya has prepared a terrific audio demo which demonstrates some of the Sonic potential of RMP2:

Himalaya’s terrific RMP2 Audio Demo

Please consider that all the sounds that you hear on the demo were created with a single instance of RMP2 played in real-time..

To further encourage you to donate the zip file also contains S3O. this is best described as a power-organ emulator, not especially designed to deliver Hammond Organ tones, S3O will also deliver thundering church organs and Cheesy transistor sounds. S3O is a reworking of  a plugin previously only available in Computer Music magazine. This version, however, is much expanded and has a much greater tonal range.

If you do decide to donate to Krakli you will be taken to a web page where you can download the zip file containing RMP2, all of its patches as fxbs and the S3O organ plugin.

You are free to donate an amount of your own choosing, but please consider that donations of less than £5.00 can prove uneconomical to process via paypal.

mag4musicians interviews with Dimitri Schkoda

Posted in krakli on November 8, 2009 by krakli

As regular Krakli users will know, more recently, we have been lucky enough to have been including patches by the magnificent Dimitri Schkoda. it came to our attention that he was recently the subject of a 3 part interview conducted by mag4musicians posted on YouTube.

I am sure that you will all find these a fascinating insight into the way that Dimitri works .

KVR OSC Gargoyle Comp… time to vote..!

Posted in krakli, music, vsti with tags , , , , , , , on October 30, 2009 by krakli

The voting has now been opened for the Gargoyle One synth Challenge contest at KvRaudio. There are 12 great tracks to review and vote for so please support the hard work of the composers who have managed to coax some great sounds out of the little green beastie.

Rather than me posting links to the tracks here please vist this thread on KvR’s website where you will be able to follow the links to all of the contest entries.

Now I  just need to get my finger out with Gargoyle2..

Gargoyle2 Audio snippet

Posted in krakli on October 24, 2009 by krakli

..as promised, here is a quick snippet of Gargoyle2, more to follow.

Gargoyle2 Audio 1

Gargoyle2… but it will be up to the contest winner!

Posted in krakli, music, vsti with tags , , , , , on October 22, 2009 by krakli

I previously mentioned that i will be creating an update to Gargoyle as a consequence of it being used in the KvRaudio OSC competition (One Synth Challenge).

True to my word I do have a working version of Gargoyle2 which has a whole modulation section Galled G (after Gargoyle of course) but.. whether it will be released to the masses will be decided by the contest winner. i.e. initially it will be an exclusive to him or her and then they will decide if I put it up on the free synths page.. I will include some sound examples shortly but, suffice to say,  it strives to be even more un-musical than Gargoyle 1

 

Gargoyle2

Espagnol

Posted in krakli, music, vsti with tags , , , , , , on October 17, 2009 by krakli

I have just posted a rendering of the espagnol Midi file using 4 RMXLs on Youtube.

This was using the Spaneesh patch which is part of the default patchbank..

KVR OSC OMG !

Posted in krakli, music, vsti with tags , , , , , on October 8, 2009 by krakli

Over at KvRaudio they run a regular monthly competition called the One Synth Challenge, in which a song has to be constructed using one or more instances of a single instrument plugin. As OSC9  has taken halloween as its theme they have chosen to pick Gargoyle as their weapon of choice this month.

I think that they may really struggle with this, Gargoyle is designed as a sound generator pure and simple and it will resist most attempts to wring anything musical out of it so I wish them all the best of luck and I will keep you updated with progress as they go along.

Also I have offered some prizes as a thankyou for considering Krakli plugins. the winner will receive a version of gargoyle with his name or picture on the GUI, they can then choose to keep it to themselves or, if they prefer, can ask me to distribute the personalised version via the Krakli web-site. I will also create a version 2 of Gargoyle and try to coincide the release of that with the competition closure. Again the winner will have the choice to keep that as an exclusive to them or release it generally.

This should be interesting and as mentioned I will hope to be pleasantly suprised by the sounds that the KvRers manage to extract from this long-in-the-tooth plugin.

RMP2 is Missing…!

Posted in krakli on October 2, 2009 by krakli

Loadsa’ Clicks

Posted in krakli, music, vsti with tags , , , on September 30, 2009 by krakli

I thought the following graph might prove interesting to some of you. It shows the items that have been clicked on the most in the last 30 days. As you can see the free synths seem to get the most downloads, and I was a little surprised not to see Cygnus at the top, but then I realised that some readers were clicking on the specific (SF & Space) links so if you add all 3 together..

KrakliClicks

The other surprise for me was that S3 was doing less well than S3B or S3K, plus I was amazed that Whooo was getting some attention as I had given it up as very esoteric.

Effects hardly got a showing with the exception of Isol8tor, perhaps I need to push those a little more?

RMP2 .. Now with added dangly bits!!

Posted in krakli, music, vsti with tags , on September 29, 2009 by krakli

I am, of course, very grateful for anybody that carries news about Krakli plugs but I did have to chuckle at the copy carried by a certain vst site. It looks as if they were taking the feed from KvR but I can only imagine that it has been passed into a foreign language first and then back into english:

The KVR copy:

The bottom area of RMP2 allows for independent arpeggiation of each synth section and you can apply a fully variable key split enabling Chords and solo parts to be played at the same time.

The ‘Other sites’ copy:

The basal breadth of RMP2 allows for absolute arpeggiation of anniversary synth breadth and you can administer a absolutely capricious key breach enabling Chords and abandoned genitalia to be played at the aforementioned time.

I have heard people saying that certain synths have a ballsy sound but this is obviously proof of that in action!!

one, two, fl3a … Go!

Posted in krakli, music, vsti on September 15, 2009 by krakli

Mouxbar posted a link to some of his music  and one track caught my eye, Called 110 fleas. take a listen to it by visiting mouxbar’s page. I enjoyed the track and I hope you do too.

Fl3a is largely overlooked now but I still feel that FM synthesis can provide some of the best bass sounds..

fl3a

fl3a