Extreme Environments & Extreme Vocal Environments by Si Begg

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Si Begg has certainly earned his reputaton making exciting IDM, he has a new Kontakt instrument out via Zero-G

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The main feature of Extreme Environments is the Kontakt instrument which combines a state-of-the-art user interface with the loops and impulse responses to give you a highly flexible tool for creating a huge variety of beds, drones, pads and FX. It comes with over 150 presets.

The core of the instrument is the three channels where you can select any one of the 142 loops. For each channel you can then control the pitch, time stretch, amplitude & filter envelopes, saturation and reverb send. All three channels are then mixed together and put through master high pass and low pass filters, then finally a limiter.

The other key part of the instrument is the convolution reverb, which any of the three channels can be sent to. You can choose any one of the 86 bespoke impulse responses, ranging from straightforward to extreme sound design. This adds great depth and atmospheric detail beyond the standard reverbs you might usually come across.

The combination of all these features makes for an almost limitless palette of sound creation. In addition the EXS24 instruments, Apple Loops, Space Designer presets and Channel Strip Settings give Logic Pro X users the option of creating their own combinations of sounds and FX within Logic. Also, the raw audio loops can also be used as building blocks to create your own beds and drones.
Costing $80 at the moment, I guess there will be a Zero-G sale in the not so distant future ;)

https://www.zero-g.co.uk/store/extreme- ... s-p521.php
Last edited by Numanoid on Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Ha, so it's finally out! :)


Another one by yours truly ;)

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EvilDragon wrote:Ha, so it's finally out! :)

Another one by yours truly ;)
Congrats, looks very nice, the GUI is like a cross between Circle and Zebra :tu:

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Nice bargain this :)

But really CPU hungry, some tips found at the end of the manual
Presets using the “Time Machine” mode can be very processor heavy. Due to this, Kontakt has the option of restricting the number of voices available. This cuts down your polyphony but takes the pressure off the CPU. So if you start to experience problems with playback it is certainly worth trying. Go into the Instrument Edit Mode by pressing the spanner icon in the top left. Then choose the Instrument Options button in the top left of the edit window. This will bring up a new window of options. Choose Voice Handling then choose a lower number in the Standard Mode Voice Limit Box until playback problems resolve.
Last edited by Numanoid on Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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...and by the way, anybody want a freebie album of the man himself playing with the lib ;)

https://soundcloud.com/sibegg/sets/si-b ... free-album

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Si Begg (and Evil Dragon?) got a new product out Extreme Vocal Environments, like a continuation of Extreme Environments I think:

http://www.timespace.com/product/EVE-11 ... ad%29.html

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Now you can have both with $35 off AND take another 60% off before Monday with coupon FC60 if you add a third library from this list: http://www.zero-g.co.uk/store/film-comp ... submit2=Go

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