SYNTH-SATIONAL!



Synth Explorer CS5 - PC/Mac - Royalty-free - Various prices from £29.95 (check the product page for details)



Here is another chapter in ye good old Loopmasters series of 'back to the late 70s, early 80s' synth collections. 

 Who owned a good old Yamaha CS5 back then? None other than Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, New Order, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Sneaker Pimps, so you know you are in good company as you start creating your very own classic track.

 It's one of those collections where there are no unnecessary bells or whistles added to bump the price up, just rammed full of great synth sounds.

 As the blurb says: 'Over 1.5 Gb of content featuring Loops, One Shots, Sampler Patches, MIDI Files and Ableton Instruments! Prepare to deploy over 500 Loops in your tracks with brooding Basslines, lazer-guided Leads, expansive Pads, thumping Subs, space-age Synths and more! The raw power of the CS5 is captured live with over 140 effected Loops and 440 clean loops - giving you the freedom and flexibility to apply your ideal effects chains and production techniques.

 'In detail expect to find 1.57Gb of content with 1,293 individual 24 Bit WAV files. 591 Loops are included with 121 Bass Loops, 272 Synth Loops, 56 Lead Loops, 33 Pad Loops, 35 Sub Loops, 38 Arp Loops, 10 Wonky Loops, 7 Organ Loops and 4 Gated Loops. 702 One Hit Samples are included with 55 Bass hits, 177 Drum hits [13 Hats, 50 Dry Kicks, 24 Compressed Kicks, 50 Percussions, 16 Perc Modulations and 24 Snares], 155 FX Hits [18 Downshifters, 22 Drones, 16 Risers, 68 SFX and 31 Transitions], 20 Lead Hits and 57 Synth Hits. 3 Ableton Instrument Racks, 15 Bonus Drum Loops, 16 Multi Sampled Synths are included with a total of 238 Samples, as well as 576 Rex2 Loops and 159 Sampler Patches for NNXT, Halion, Kontakt, EXS24 and SFZ.'

 So, that's all that needs to be said. No flannel from me cos it's simply a brill pack indeed.

 Oh yes (hands up I didn't know either!) but what was the CS5 synth? 
Yamaha CS5 Specifications:

  • Polyphony - Monophonic
  • Oscillators - VCO with Pulse and Sawtooth waveforms and White Noise Filter - 12dB/octave High Pass or Low pass, and  6dB/octave Band-Pass
  • LFO - Sine, Sawtooth, Sample & Hold Waveforms
  • Keyboard - 37 keys 
  • External  Control - CV / Gate
  • Date Produced - 1978-83
So, thanks to Loopmasters it's easy to travel back in time to some of music's best days.

 As always, hit the link below for the product page, check out the demos and then buy this beauty.

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