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Post by xencage on Aug 4, 2009 12:30:21 GMT
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Probably has his eye on that new book!
kev
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Post by kpr on Sept 7, 2009 9:31:48 GMT
The new fact book "My Fusion Secrets": official release today. The package content:
- spiral binding book "My Fusion Secrets" - 150 MB stunning sample library w/30 Program presets - 50 additional Program presets
I will post a new thread about it with all details, book chapters and sound content, shipping details for Europe and overseas later today.
Cheers
Klaus
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Post by rainbow on Sept 7, 2009 17:48:26 GMT
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Post by froggy54 on Sept 7, 2009 20:10:46 GMT
The long awaited book is (nearly) here ! I'm already sure it was worth waiting for, thanks to Klaus ! Still, it's a bit funny that a "fusion handbook" appears several years after the release of our fav synth. Does it mean there's little room for anything that does not come from the Big 3 (Korg, Roland, Yamaha) ? Or that we're just a bunch of weirdos using a non conventional synth ? Or both ? Anyway, it's good to see the fusion community is alive and kicking ! I played for a while with a Roland Fantom X. Not a bad synth, but I was sure I would not keep it for a long time (10 years or more). Why ? Well, it was evident that a new Fantom would come soon and be better (humm, not a lot better in fact) and then another one and .... That's how it goes, some synths are just different, "unique" ! My old Juno is a keeper and my Fusion also (a bit too young for the Minimoog era) ! What about you fusioneers ? Do you intend to keep your fusion until it dies ?
PS : sorry for being a bit out of topic !
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Post by bluesplayer on Sept 7, 2009 20:55:35 GMT
I will post a new thread about it with all details, book chapters and sound content, shipping details for Europe and overseas later today. Cheers Klaus Actually just have Julia send me an email with a paypal link ASAP ;D Looking forward to this Larry
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Post by kpr on May 11, 2010 19:56:22 GMT
- Fusion OTHERWORLD III Presets by kpr The third sound bank of the amazing Fusion Otherworld trilogy. It took several months longer than expected, but now the wait is over. Already planned in winter 2009 and started working on this project in the following spring I got also many mails from Fusion owners worldwide regarding the various expectations for this project. Consider that many of those are not posting in forums but sending personal mails. This made me reconsidering the general concept of the OTHERWORLD III because again I wanted, as always, to raise the yardstick a bit higher. In short: I had more work with everything, but that's ok. Now everything is done and the results are ....... , well, you will listen to it when I post the audio tracks tomorrow. The OTHERWORLD III package is clearly reaching the next level of sound design for absolutely unheard atmospheres. Even I had eerie feelings sometimes when working on the Program Presets, whoooo!! OK, tomorrow I will unveil all details and, as usual, it is available right away then. Cheers Klaus
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Post by kpr on May 12, 2010 18:37:01 GMT
OK, here we are. At least me, myself and I :-) The new Fusion OTHERWORLD III by kpr is done. It was a pretty long ride and as told above there were many Fusion owners who asked for special features and sounds for this product I announced already a year ago. The main idea of the third part of the Otherworld trilogy was to get a finale, as part 1 and 2 are, compared to a music piece, the overture and symphony or concerto grosso. As I already really went into the deepest of the Fusion's parameter world when I did the part 1 and 2 I realized that the synthesis functions needed to extended by new samples to hit the target. So I decided to add a completely new sample library to Otherworld III and also to concentrate on samples and mangling them. So the part 3 does not use FM and VA - everything is based on samples. Fortunately I also worked on a new sample library for computer VST sampleplayers, so the investment of time and money for the new recordings of specific samples made it possible to compile a decent collection for this venture for the Fusion format. Now for the samples: The trick is off-the-field recording and making samples out of them. Going to strange places, into factory halls, recording machines, several engines from cars, ships (a friend owns a 168 meter long ship who makes transports on the Rhine and Donau and the machine is 1600 horse powers with a sound I really wanted to have in the Fusion!), even bicycle noises, human noises, crowds, restaurant environments etc. etc. The following editing was a nightmare of endless work, but it was worth it. I selected about 150 samples for the Otherworld III, all of them are great for further mangling inside the Fusion using the filter, envelopes, LFOs, etc. etc. And finally finishing them with the internal effects processors. So, that's a brief insight of the making-of Otherworld III and I hope this is something for you. Listen to 2 audio tracks I did today to get your own impressession. This time I did not the usual fade-in/fade-out when organizing the Presets in a row to make it clear where a Program starts and where it ends. Keep in mind that each sound is just one Program, usually played with one or two fingers, no overdubs, no multi-track. Some Controller use for sure, and as always there is a decent Controller assignment too. Otherworld III Track 1Otherworld III Track 2Otherworld III is available now. Julia will update the website and upload the data to our server and sending out the newsletters now. Cheers! Klaus
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Post by kpr on May 13, 2010 17:27:58 GMT
The site is updated now and the Fusion sound products are relocated from one to now four pages to get a improved overview when looking for something specific. In the Blog section I mention a Wiki. This is in progress at this moment and will be visible soon. I did run a german Fusion forum for over two years, or maybe three, and I will close it now. It is replaced by the new Blog and the coming up Fusion Wiki. Both are english language now.
BTW: Thanks to all those who are purchasing my Fusion sound products. You are the ones who make it possible that I have the chance for new Fusion sound product developments. It costs a lot of money and time investment to make it, and it only works in a win-win situation.
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Post by rainbow on May 13, 2010 20:20:13 GMT
Great stuff Klaus!! Just placed my order ... thanks again. Best regards ... Graham:)
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Post by kpr on May 13, 2010 20:38:41 GMT
Great! Thanks, Graham! Here is the above mentioned ship engine I sampled: And that is the ship: The owner is playing guitar btw, not professional but in his rare spare time. As ship owner he wake up at 5 a.m. and finish work at 10 p.m., pretty hard job. The ship electronic includes radar and looks like computer recording studio, no joke. The crew hooked my car with a crane boom aboard, frightening situation for me, but it works!
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Post by christianrock on May 14, 2010 19:04:04 GMT
Whoa! That's indeed great stuff! Time to save up some pennies again
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Post by Shreddie on May 21, 2010 3:30:03 GMT
I'm liking the demo's, rather abstract! Now for the samples: The trick is off-the-field recording and making samples out of them. Going to strange places, into factory halls, recording machines, several engines from cars, ships (a friend owns a 168 meter long ship who makes transports on the Rhine and Donau and the machine is 1600 horse powers with a sound I really wanted to have in the Fusion!), even bicycle noises, human noises, crowds, restaurant environments etc. etc. The following editing was a nightmare of endless work, but it was worth it. I selected about 150 samples for the Otherworld III, all of them are great for further mangling inside the Fusion using the filter, envelopes, LFOs, etc. etc. And finally finishing them with the internal effects processors. Ooooh, field recordings! I love doing that, my H4 is almost a permanent companion to me these days. Quite often I just set it to record, put it in my inside pocket then go about my day. Editing can be a nightmare, a challenge and great fun. Just a few seconds of a recording can be enough for hundreds of sounds if you use your imagination! The biggest and most time consuming problem I have is catalogueing everything but I've found that Windows media player can be rather helpful there. Instead of using the artist/copmoser/album fields for what they suggest, I tend to use them for descriptive tags about the sounds themselves. If you have the time to do that and tag everything, it makes finding things so much easier in the future... Especially if you have in excess of 40,000 samples!
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Post by kpr on Jun 8, 2010 20:00:26 GMT
Here is a bit more about the making of Otherworld III samples. There are several noise sources on the above mentioned ship and one is "the Vision" here: It is a pretty "white noisy" machine and I recorded several variations of it. To get it right I had to position the mic really close to the metal box. Another one is the big engine, here is the look from above: This position was great for recording because inside the machine room it is 117 dB loudness! And here is one of my personal favorites, the Schlot: And how to make it all happen? Well, it needs to get aboard the ship. And then row the boat gently down the stream, with about 600 or less rpm, it is a Diesel powered with a Turbolader which came on in the middle of the engine rpm with a high frequency sound. Everything very suitable for the later combining with my pad samples I did for the Otherworld III. How to get aboard? As told they picked up my car with their crane boomer and placed it on the ship. This is the only chance to get there, because it would be rather expensive to pay a cab just to get to that place, jump aboard and later get off and ride, again with a cab, back home. Consider that I also had the recording equipment (Macbook with preamp and condenser plus dynamic microphones). Here is a pic with the crane/car action: Many miles later the same procedure, but vice versa :-) All in all it took a whole day just to get the recordings done. Later in my project studio I had to view all the stuff, pick the suitable and edit them. Then move to the Fusion and find out if it works or not. Fortunately the most did in the first place. Lucky me! Funny action, isn' it!
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