Neutronic Analog Synth Kontakt Library by Genera Studios- REVIEW

Neutronic
Analog Synth Kontakt Library 

Total Sample Size - 788MB
290 Samples
Over 90 Snapshot Presets (collaboration with sound designers Franklin Vanderhyde and Jetfire Prime)
Analog Synth GUI to Match the Analog Sound
Custom Dual Arpeggiators
Open script for all you KSP scripters out there!
More Info:
Recorded at 24 Bit and 44.1kHz
Full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or above is required (will not work in Kontakt Player)


 

REVIEW


Neutronic by Genera Studios is an analog synth for Kontakt that is not only affordable, but it sounds really great. It has 290 samples, 90 snapshot presets, and is a conservative 788mb in size. As I played the synth, I couldn't help but hear some John Carpenter and Vangelis inspired synth sounds. Genera Studios even collaborated with musicians/sound designers Franklin Vanderhyde and Jetfire Prime to create something truly special. They created this library using 100% Analog synthesizers. Neutronic also includes an extra NKI mono file. The GUI is straightforward with a smart design. I liked the dual sequencers on the main page for quick accessibility to control the LPF cutoff and resonance. Neutronic works with the full version of Kontakt and retails for only $30. 

The synth samples sound clean, thick, and powerful. I heard no noise artifacts at all. The percussion samples were the only presets I felt were slightly lacking in quality compared to the other presets. However, this is a classic synth library, and this is where it excels. The only other thing I would have liked to have seen was some effects assigned to the mod-wheel. Whenever I play a Kontakt instrument I like to periodically move the mod-wheel to change the modulation or expression of the sample. However, these are minor nitpicks and should not take away from the overall selling point of this instrument. You also should watch the awesome walk-through video created by Genera Studios below to hear the presets and get all the intimate details of the library. 

If you’re looking to expand your analog sound with a bargain priced synth for Kontakt, look no further than Neutronic. Not only does it sound impressive but it’s easy to customize and it includes a wide array of categories. There was a lot of work put into this library and it shows. This was an exceptional effort and another great release from Genera Studios.  
Neutronic is an analog sensation!

  4 out of 5 Stars

Available Here: Genera Studios

                 

 Contributer Website Links:

Jetfire Prime

https://www.jetfireprime.com/

​Franklin Vanderhyde -

Music For Film and Media

 

   Written By Steve Montgomery 

(Darkmood, SDM and  Infinite Mindscape)

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Its stunning sound is suitable for many styles of music including Rock, Pop, Funk, Country, Underscore and much more!

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The Fender© Stratocaster© electric guitar sampled for this library features 3 single coil pickups (bridge, middle and neck) that give it a very unique and tweakable tone. We were able to sample all three pickups separately and give access not only to the 5 positions available on the real instrument, but you can also control each volume separately and even mix the 3.
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This library has been sampled very deeply, all frets of all strings with upstrokes, downstrokes, round robins, releases, staccatos, mutes, palm mutes, hand blocks, slides, hammer ons, pull offs, retriggers, fretnoises and other articulations.
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Easily Create Super-Realistic Strumming & Chord Patterns

Strategy can strum in various ways, up, down, muted, in legato and allows finger picking. Everything is modeled after meticulously analyzing thousands of real chords played on guitar. Every aspect of the strumming engine can be tweaked to achieve the sound you want.
The chord recognition engine helps convert any chord you play on your keyboard to a real guitar voicing. Recognizing a chord is made through a database of thousands of standard chords, and you can edit every chord or even add new ones.
The chord hammers feature lets you play left hand hammer ons and pull offs while strumming or picking.
The Chord Mode can be set in two positions,

• The Guitar mode that separates the notes selection from the triggers. So pressing a chord with the left hand only makes the soft sounds that your left hand would make on a real guitar and you need to trigger the chords or the single strings with the right hand.
• The Piano mode will trigger the chords as soon as you press a chord, the upstrokes and downstrokes are automatic depending on the position in the current bar.

When you play a chord on your keyboard, our engine will recognize it and display its name and the current voicing on the small panel above the neck on the interface. You can assign any voicing to it using the voicing menu.
Click here for more details in the user guide.

Program Realistic Guitar Patterns in Under a Minute

The patterns mode is very similar to the chord mode, the chord recognition engine works the same way, but this time the triggers are not simple strums anymore. They are a set of patterns that you can loop, adapt to the tempo or the metrics, change the velocity in real time using a controller, synch to your host, and add groove to.
You can choose from a large selection of patterns or create your own using the pattern maker and assign them to each trigger key to create a full song in a few clicks.
You can assign 13 different patterns of your choice to 13 different notes. Clicking on one of the keys on the interface will launch the pattern, triggering another one will stop the first one and start the new one. You can also trigger the patterns from the keyboard using the notes from C4 to C5. By default releasing the keys will stop the pattern. The velocity at which you press the key will determine the velocity of the whole pattern.
You can now delete any pattern from the list by clicking on Edit pattern list which will open a small window in which you will be able to select any pattern and delete it.
Click here for more details in the user guide.

Make Strumming and Picking Patterns of Infinite Size

Creating realistic guitar patterns has never been easier. You can create strumming, picking, or finger picking patterns in seconds and even make them of an infinite size.
We even made the sharing of these patterns easy, just save them and send them to other users, the database can only grow!
The Pattern Maker is an improved step sequencer made especially for guitar strumming. Each fret represents a quarter note and you can either add a whole chord or just a single string (if the link icon is unselected). If multiple events are in the same step, they will be strummed following our strum engine parameters.
You can create as many pattern pages as you want, giving you access to many variations by just pressing one key. Of course you can copy the content of one page and paste it on another to make slight variations, reset a page or the whole pattern. The size of the patterns is virtually infinite.
You can also import the factory presets and modify them as you want, save your patterns to your HD, load them and preview or add them to the pattern list. Once you click the “Add to pattern” button, the pattern you created will appear at the bottom of the patterns list in the pattern panel and you will be able to use it on one of the 13 keys.
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Compose Full Songs With Ease Using the “Song Builder”

The song builder panel is the feature that will let you compose songs extremely quickly. Sometimes playing a series of chords can be complicated, especially if you are not an advanced keyboardist. The song builder allows you to decide which chord will be triggered when selecting only one note.
Included are a selection of presets to give song ideas, chord progressions, modes or chord types. Combine this with the patterns and pressing two keys at the same time is enough to play a song.
The song builder is available in chord mode or in patterns mode.
You can use set all chords using the first menu, it will set the same chord to all of the 12 notes.
The song presets are a set of predefined songs with the right chord progressions, you can change the root if needed and the progression is detailed under song info.
The mode presets is a list of most music modes and their corresponding chord progressions, you can change the root if needed.
You can also do this manually, on the keys, you can change the type of each chord along with it’s root. So it makes it easy to play songs that have different chords for the same root note.
When selecting one of the presets, some keys will appear in red and the corresponding chord will be a “5th”. This means that there is no “valid” chord for this note in the selected song or scale. You can of course set each chord manually by clicking on them and selecting it’s kind, even starting from a preset.
Click here for more details in the user guide.

So What Exactly Can I Do With “Strategy Guitar”?

“Strategy Guitar” is unparalleled in it’s flexibility and customisation options, offering you everything you need to mould it’s sound to your unique playing style; from user customisable strumming, picking and chord patterns to the unique Song Builder and MIDI Guitar control options.
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Traveller for Omnisphere 2.5 by Triple Spiral Audio- REVIEW

Traveller is a Soundset designed with the new updated Omnisphere 2.5 and was created from the Omnisphere 2 soundsources.

 Categories: 
ARP + BPM
 Guitars
 Hits and Bits
 Hybrid Organic
 Keyboards
 Pads + Strings
 Synth Bass
 Synth Mono
Synth Poly
 Textures Playable
 Textures Soundscape

 

REVIEW

When I heard Triple Spiral Audio released a new soundset called Traveller using the updated Omnisphere 2.5, I became very enthusiastic. Traveller contains an impressive 200 presets  in 11 categories and 50 multis.

Triple Spiral Audio is a sound design company that began in August 2017 by composer and sound designer Jaap Visser. Since the launch of Triple Spiral Audio, there have been several soundsets released for Omnisphere 2, Falcon, Zebra 2, Diva/Repro, Iris 2, and Serum. It's been a very big year for Triple Spiral Audio and the reputation of exceptional releases keeps growing. This is one of those soundsets where I wondered, where will this take me? 
When I reviewed Triple Spiral Audio's Journeys and Empty Fields F.2 for Omnisphere 2, I gave them a 5 out of 5 score. Could Traveller really match the standards of those prior releases? To give a proper review, critical and fair, I demoed the entire library of presets. To prove this, you can check out my 2-hour video below auditioning every patch. 

The first thing I heard was the power behind the 4 layers in Omnisphere 2.5. As I played further, I noticed the aftertouch in many of the presets is perfectly implemented. There is a lot of movement in this library and the expedition within this enigmatic world is apparent.

The environment is deep, celestial, and captivating.

In the guitar category, I heard some wicked blend of soundscapes, drones, and haunting atmospherics. The fx is perfectly executed within the modwheel. The evolving pads and textures are both rich, dark, expressive, emotional, and heavenly. Traveller also takes full advantage of the Orb in many of the presets creating a balance of motion, depth, and musical symmetry. 

Traveller also provides some sinister classic bass sounds that are thick and complex. It's a momentous development utilizing the new "Analog” oscillator wavetables and hardware library that are present in the new Omnisphere 2.5 update. 
This is a whole new level of sound design and the future looks unstoppable for Triple Spiral Audio. 

This soundset features retro synths, majestic ambiences, floating atmospheres, melodic arps, and so much more. No matter what your scoring or producing, I believe you will find essential use out of these patches.  Original, authentic, foreboding and ethereal.

Traveller is not just another Omnisphere library by Triple Spiral Audio, it's an absolute Triumph!

5 Out 5 Stars

Available here: Triple Spiral Audio

 

Check Out this Awesome playthrough Demo below created by Jaap Visser

 

   

written by Steve Montgomery (Infinite Mindscape and Darkmood)