ASL, developed by ZERO-G and XFonic, is designed to complement Zero-G's Morphology instrument. It is based around a new sample library from Ian Boddy, one of Europe's leading synthesists, featuring 1,000 loops and over 1.5 Gb of brand new material sourced entirely from analogue modular systems & vintage analogue synths and performed solely on hardware analogue sequencers.
ASL features the following sound categories:
- Analogue Drums
- Bass Sequences
- Electronic Percussion
- FX Loops
- Hi-Hat & Noise Loops
- Melodic Sequences
- Sine & Pure Sequences
These are further subdivided into 7 tempo groups ranging from 90 - 150 BPM. With the Intakt interface's ability to play back loops at varying tempos these are provided purely to conveniently divide the library into easily digestible chunks.
List of Equipment Used
Sound Sources:
- Moog IIIC (extended) modular
- Roland System 100M modular
- Doepfer A100 modular
- Analogue Systems modular
- Analogue Solutions Concussor percussion modules
- ARP 2600
- Minimoog
- Moog Voyager
- Oberheim Xpander
- VCS 3
Sequencing:
- Moog 960 sequential controller x 2
- Roland 100M 182 sequencer
- Roland 100M 184 polyphonic keyboard arpeggiator
- Analogue Systems RS-200 sequential controller
- Analogue Solutions CV8 - 8 step CV sequencer x 2
- Analogue Solutions GT8 - 8 step gate sequencer x 2
- Analogue Solutions MC01- Master Clock with clock dividers
- Analogue Solutions FS01 - Fill In / Quad Switcher
- Doepfer A100 - various Seq Switch/Clock Dividers/Clock Sequencers
Library Content
- Loops created entirely with Hardware Analogue sequencers.
- All samples recorded at 24 Bit sample resolution for hi-fidelity.
- All loops presented in 3 convenient forms, preview mode, sliced mode & global pitched mode,
- Loops can be played back at varying tempos / pitches in real time.
- Access to, and editability of, each individual slice of every loop.
- Loops split into 7 categories for ease of use: Analogue Drums, Bass Sequences, Electronic Percussion, FX Loops, HiHat/Noise Loops, Melodic Sequences, and Sine/Pure Sequences.
- MIDI files for all loops for optimal rhythmic control.
The Sound Library can also be loaded into other Native Instruments samplers including Intakt and Kontakt (v1.5 or later).