Fold is a distortion synthesis audio effect plug-in that only the engineers at Delta Sound Labs could dream up. Calling on their background in modular hardware design, the team has found a novel approach to creating warmth and distortion in software. By using an assortment of modules in an in-series FX chain, Fold imbues input signals with harmonically rich overtones and, if pushed to the extremes, completely transforms them with a unique form of distortion.
In this interview, we'll find out how L.A. based mixer Narek Ambar got to where he is, what motivates him, and we'll learn about that certain plugin that caused his path to cross with ours at ILIO.
Jason Yang has earned a reputation as one of the premier acoustic and electric violin players in the world. With 197,000 subscribers and 35 million views on his YouTube channel, you can find him playing exciting covers of popular songs in a wide variety of musical genres, his own compositions, and collaborations with other artists. He describes his overall sound as “evocative, colorful, and emotional,” drawing on a wide range of influences, including film and video game soundtracks, electronic music, and hip hop.
Sound Lock is a simple feature that allows you to keep specific parameters of a patch and apply those same parameters to new patches. For example, let's say you like the FX section, Arpeggiator pattern, and the Modulation Matrix of a certain patch. Using Sound Lock, you can freeze all three and apply them to new sounds as you select them in the Patch Browser, all but guaranteeing you'll end up with an original sound with every click.
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.
