Triple Spiral Audio has just released the third volume of the Empty Fields – F.3soundset for Falcon a hybrid synth by UVI.
The third pack contains 50 patches and 7 multis and have of lot of patches with all
kinds of movement, warm lush pads, nicely over driven leads, mysterious
soundscapes and fun key patches.
You pay a one time price of €75,00 and you will receive
automatically each new release. If you are joining in later you will
get all the previous released packs. With this setup Triple Spiral Audio will offer a 90
days, not good/money back option.
With this ongoing project for both Falcon and Omnisphere 2 Triple Spiral Audio wants to
capture the ever changing beauty of these Empty Fields in this 10 pack series.
The fourth pack is scheduled for the end of July/beginning of August.
Update 27 June: The packs are now also available as separate purchase (€8.99 each)
When I heard there was a group of
programmers called the ESC (European Sound Collective) that created a tribute
library for the legendary PluginGuru (John “Skippy” Lehmkuhl) who started sound
designing in the late 80's, I got really excited. John Lehmkuhl has put a lot
of work in teaching his talents to others. He has done music, sound
rhythm and remix programming for many top musicians like Hans Zimmer, James
Newton Howard, Harry Gregson-Williams, Kenny Loggins, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna,
Mariah Carey, Whitney Huston, and Richard Marx- just to name a few.
The ESC group decided they were going to thank John and
build a new Omnisphere 2 Soundset Library as a Tribute to sound designing
master PluginGuru. The ESC is a collective of incredible sound designers and
composers.
Even though there are more than 16 members currently part
of the ESC, these are the names of the 16 who contributed to this library:
Burny Huber (Holland), Gareth Adonai (Germany), Tim Dale (Wales), Wolfgang
Stindl aka Ikarus (Austria), Florian Gerger aka Clark Parker (Germany), Harald
Geyer (Germany), Jan Bakker (Belgium), Henrik J. Larsen aka JX3D (Danmark),
Darius Jambor aka Wizmos (Poland), Marcel Krapels aka Prikwol (Holland), Anton
Anru (Russia), Stephan Baer(Zwitzerland), Marius Janssen (Germany), Henrik
Johanson aka Henky, Airwave aka Laurent Veronnez, Adam Henderson aka Caxa.
The library consists of 250 patches with
50 sound sources and requires Omnisphere 2.1 or later.
REVIEW
To be honest, I wanted this library so
badly to live up to its name. However, I approached it with a neutral unbiased
approach. Even though I was a huge fan of John the PluginGuru, I wondered if
the sound designers could really produce a worthy tribute and pull this off.
With fingers crossed I unzipped the file, imported it into Omnisphere 2, and
took a deep breath. I knew damn well this was going to be a long session. No
matter how long it took I was going to sit there and audition every patch in
this library. Next to me, I had a pot of coffee brewed and my monitors turned
up. I began with first folder ARP+BPM and holy cow did it hit me, this is
sounding powerful, but will it stay strong. Folder after folder I played and
when I landed in the Pads+Strings folder I almost choked on my coffee. The
patches were so lush, full and rich with emotional character that I didn't want
to stop playing them. The production level of this library is top notch and
obviously has been developed with the PluginGuru standards. This is an absolute
astonishing tribute that really showcases these sound designer’s talents. I
can't wait to see what the ESC releases next, I'm sure it will be a tour
de force. It must feel great to have sixteen Luke Skywalkers show off their
jedi sound design skills to the great Obi Wan Kenobi. Sorry for the Star Wars
pun but I couldn't help but think what a great gift to receive from such
talented individuals who have learned something from John's Youtube videos. I
feel this library is worth so much more than its regular price point. It not
only contains a huge amount of stunning material, but it offers patches that
can be used in all kinds of genres of music. Everything from killer vintage synth sounds to modern scoring textures, you'll find it here. Another part of the library I really liked was that it contains 50 new sound sources which is a combination of 100% original and some are from other PlugInGuru Sample libraries (Del Norte EDM / MegaMagic: Viola / MegaMagic: Pads, and more.
If you want to hear every patch in this library, I recorded a video below that is over 2 hours and 48 minutes long auditioning every patch. This is a tribute library that really lives up to its name and is not an Omnisphere library you should think twice about buying. 5 out of 5 stars!!
Empty Fields – F.2 for Omnisphere 2 is an ongoing project
with 10 releases in a one-year timespan (every 4/5 weeks a new release). Each release
will contain 50 – 70 new patches, 10 – 20 multis and it will use a hybrid setup
with using both new recorded material and using soundsources from the
Omnisphere 2 core library.
You pay a one-timeprice of €75,00 and
you will receive automatically each new release. If you are joining in later,
you will get all the previous released packs.
There is also an unbelievable 90
day money back option which
you will not have to worry about because
this library is so damn good, I mean it!
I was totally engrossed into a world
of peaceful ambiance with nature scenes all around me. As I played this library
I could see myself on my own little adventure away from all the madness of
technology. I believe I could score an entire documentary or a film underscore
with just this pack alone. The new soundsources were top notch breathing a serene outdoor life into Empty Fields. The patches are divided into Ambiences, ARP's, Basses, Keys, Leads, Pads, and Soundscapes. What also impressed me was the fact that I experienced different atmospheres and environments in this series. I felt like I was traveling in the cold dead of winter and then reborn with the birth of spring. Tons of emotions have been crafted in the sound design of Empty Fields and Triple Spiral Audio has once again created a masterpiece.I don’t mean to gush over the power of this series,
but I can’t help myself. Anyone with Omnisphere 2 would be falling way short by
not picking this up.
Final Thoughts:
The Empty Fields series for Omnisphere 2 embodies ambient
perfection in every way. Triple Spiral Audio has risen in the ranks of one of my
favorite sound designers. A one-time
price of €75,00 will give you 10 releases in one year, has to be the the best
values I’ve seen in years. This is a Mandatory Buy!
