Music producer and electronic music pioneer BT is no stranger to synthesizers. In fact, with one look at his studio you might say he knows a thing or two. We were curious how he was able to create some of the wonderfully nostalgic patches included in his patch library for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2, BT-Modern Wave, so we picked his brain about what inspires him.
Michael (MIDIhead) Babbitt is an electronic music producer and songwriter who’s released an award-winning synthpop album and remixed songs from Kaskade and Late Night Alumni, has had original scores in movie trailers for The Matrix Reloaded, Silent Hill, and Mad Max-Fury Road, as well as a variety of television shows such as Dexter, CSI, Prison Break, MythBusters, Miami Ink, America’s Next Top Model (to name a few) and many remixes and original songs appearing in Konami’s Dance, Dance, Revolution video game series. He’s also produced all of ILIO’s Omnisphere patch libraries.
Dan Carr, AKA Reverb Machine is known for his spot-on recreations of famous synth sounds found in popular music. Check out this exclusive interview where ILIO's Michael "MIDIhead" Babbitt and Reverb Machine's Dan Carr dive into synthesis.
Los Angeles-based Andrew Wells is well known for transforming the raw, dynamic energy of such diverse acts as Fitz and the Tantrums, Meghan Trainor, Elle King, Jason Mraz and many others into snappy radio-ready tracks.
What does it take to mastermind the experience of a Justin Bieber live show? As a producer, songwriter and both the bassist and musical director for Justin Bieber, Bernard "Harv" Harvey has traveled the globe with the best of the best. A big fan of Synthogy's Ivory II virtual pianos, we caught up with Harv at Blackstar Studios in Studio City, CA.
Seasoned guitarist Ruben Reza returns with a special preset pack for Overloud's guitar amp and FX suite TH-U. Inspired by timeless songs and classic artists such as Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck, Brad Paisley, Metallica, Van Halen, and more, the Ruben Reza Song Tones pack demonstrates just how versatile TH-U can be.
The latest plug-in in the Gems series from Overloud is a one-stop-shop for any type of vocal production. The beauty of VOICE lies in its individual modules designed with award-winning analog DSP engineering that speed up your production workflow. Each component boasts superior, "Class-A" sound quality thanks to Overloud's expertise in analog emulation technology.
The granular audio effect plug-in from Delta Sound Labs migrates from version 1.0 to 1.1. While a 0.1 increment seems small, this update is far from that. Building off the success of version 1.0, Delta Sound Labs's Richard Graham and Edwin Park have had their ears to the streets— implementing many sought after features. These new features have even generated the interest of Atlanta-based Sound Designer Richard Devine, who has created a batch of signature presets included for free in the 1.1 update.
ILIO is proud to introduce Modern Wave – a patch library for Omnisphere 2 created by electronic pioneer and film composer BT, highlighting the mass resurgence of 1980's inspired shimmering, undulating subtractive timbres now known in the colloquial as "Synthwave".
Synchron Stage Vienna isn't just used to record VSL's world-class sample libraries—it's one of the world's best sounding scoring stages utilized on numerous productions including classical chamber music to international, large-scale orchestral film scores. In July 2019, Synchron Stage Vienna hosted one of their larger scoring sessions, with more than 100 members of the Synchron Stage Orchestra and Choir performing Lorne Balfe’s compositions for his part of the score to Ad Astra.
