Trumpet Aerobics I

Here is a little "doodle" from my upcoming "Trumpet Aerobics" method.
It's a simple pentatonic scale up and down in a chromatic pattern. Nothing too fancy, just something that should be in your instrument practicing from day to day.

DOWNLOAD MUSIC SHEET (right click and "save link as")

Disclaimer:
I don't accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, liability, injury or upset caused to or suffered by you as a result of misusing this material.
Music sheet made with Muse Score, a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program.
All material used here is for informative and educational purposes.
Enjoy the freebie.

Silver Glockenspiel

I proudly present "Silver Glockenspiel", a Kontakt based instrument on which I was collaborating with MA-Simon.
The Glockenspiel has been carefully sampled both with mallets and a violin bow.
It was recorded in an acoustically treated room using two AKG Precision microphones.

Within this library you will find Solo and Section Patches.
The Instrument has been sampled cromatically from C3-C5. But the patch has an extended range to G2-C5 for the Mallets and to G2-E5 for the Bowings.

The volume of the Bowed Instruments is controlled with the modwheel.
There are looped and unlooped patches so you can either play the original recorded bowings ore the more smooth and looped ones for more fluid playing.

On the interface there are some handy controls for quick use of:
Attack and Release for all Mallet Patches and Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain and Release for all the Bowed patches.



The instrument is for sale at sampleism.com for £4.99 (approximately $8 or €6) which is a steal for this library.

Modern modal scales on the natural notes

A more correct title would be "The modern Western music approach on the transposed version of what we think was the Greek system, based on work of a number of medieval musical theorists"... but that would be way too long.

Most modern, popular, western music has been largely based on the major and minor scales. Before this, most music was based on the seven traditional modes established by the Greeks.
I made a list because I couldn't find a good quality one on internet, good enough for printing, so here you have it:

The subject is widely covered here (links to articles):

1. Wikipedia on Modern_modal_scales_on_the_natural_notes
2. Music theory online : notes, harmonies & scales
3. Ink & Strings - A Bit of Theory: Musical Modes
4. Modes Taken from the Medieval Epoch
5. The Tone Intervals Of The Seven Octave Species & Their Correspondence With Octonion Algebra And Superstrings

How to win 400$

Hehe... got you.

It's bout VST effects, not how to win lottery or something...

So, one very useful plugin is Vocal Rider by Waves Plugins.

Q - What this do ?

A - Rides the levels of vocal tracks, automatically.

Is kind of like a compressor but without compressing, without changing the color of the sound, squashing or touching the transients.

Price - 400$

Now, some years ago, before this was developed I've seen something similar, way too similar to be just a coincidence: vocSteady

Price - 65$

Even the controls are positioned very similar but is just 3 years older...

Still, not free. Going on:

Terry West Steady Pro (scroll down, last on the page)

How works:

1 -Insert VocRider on a vocaltrack.
2 -Route all your instrument-tracks to the vocaltrack (sends), set receive channel on 2.
Thats all. Set "Enhance" fader between 5 and 10 for best results.
Note: does not work in Cubase (blame Steinberg).

Price - FREE

Quite cool, but wait, there is more.

Amplitude Imposer

Takes 2 stereo inputs and imposes the amplitude envelope of the first one on the second one. Also has a threshold level for the second input, so that when the signal falls below it, it is amplified up to the threshold, to give a greater signal to be amplitude modulated.

Price - FREE

RECsoprano VSTi Free !!!

Hi there.

After a little bit of silence I'm back again, and not just back, but with some great news.
I'm happy to announce the release of a nice free VST instrument. The instrument was designed and made by TEK'IT-Audio using my recorder samples.
The instrument is pretty impressive, it has envelope control, a selection of tunning, polyphonic voices and a polyphonic portamento. Also, the GUI allows you to visualize the soprano recorder fingering while you play.

Feature highlights:

• Samples played and recorded by Mihai Sorohan
• Recorded at 32 bit, 44.1KHz samplerate
• Realtime fingerings visualisation
• 3 tunning: Modern, Renaissance and Baroque
• Polyphonic portamento
• Monophonic and 8 voices polyphonic mode
• Full MIDI automation support
• Easy MIDI learn on all parameters
• Preset manager, rename, copy, save, load...
• Undo your changes to initial preset value
• One click preset randomize

More info and free download here:
tekit-audio.com/products/real-play/recsoprano

Silent Night (RECsoprano Demo) by Tek'it Audio

Great Guitar Tutorials

Free "Must Have" Amp Simulators - Part II

Here is a list I was afraid to make, is way too long .

Acmebargig.com has one of the largest choice of virtual amps, each one with it's own character, and you know what ? ALL SOUNDS GREAT !(easy on CPU also)
Classic Hybrid Line:



Dick Head - is the first release in AcmeBarGig's Classic Hybrid series. Dick Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.
Even when it’s cranked to insane levels it still retains its clarity and responds exceptionally well to the nuances and subtleties in your playing.



Meat Head - inspired by the amplifier power-houses that defined the tones of Classic Rock and Heavy Metal from the '60s to now. Meat Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.



Knuckle Head - capable of kicking out tones that range from glistening cleans, to SRV and Yardbirds style smokin’ hot crunch, right through to punishing high gain destruction.
Knuckle Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.



Brain 2 - if you're in the mood for some Classic Rock tone, or want that vintage crunch, then Brain 2 is your way to go.
Brain 2 is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.



Gimme Head - inspired by the classic tones of the 1970's Punk movement, even dressed in a Leopard Skin Thong and Fishnets
Gimme Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.



Tamla Head - inspired by Motown Records' The Funk Brothers one of the most important bands, session or otherwise, in music history.
Tamla is clean and reserved, full of character and shrouded in musical history but AcmeBarGig added an extra gain section just to make sure that Tamla was good for other uses as well.
Tamla Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.



Pecker Head - perfect for thick, saturated riffs and crunching power chords. AcmeBarGig says that Pecker Head might just be the truest to this Classic Rock sound.
Pecker Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.



Mr. Tater Head is a Classic Rock-inspired amp with some impressive extra tweakability.
Mr. Tater Head has three different gain controls - Bass Gain, Mid Gain and Treble Gain - as well as the standard Bass, Mid and Treble controls on its tone stack. These extra gain controls mean you can really get in to shaping the sound of the saturation.
Mr. Tater Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling.

Preampus Metal Line:



Razor Head is the first amp from AcmeBarGig's "Preampus Metal Line" of heads.
Razor is completely unpredictable in the sense that one turn of a knob could lead you to a whole new world of tones.



Series 60 is the second amp from AcmeBarGig's "Preampus Metal Line" of heads. Series 60 comes with a built-in Drive Amp and you have some scary potential for gain, the Death Metallers out there should LOVE the Series 60!



C-15 is a METAL Head, nothing else. If you wanna play Jazz, go elsewhere, cause C-15 don’t play Jazz, or even classic rock, It wants METAL and nothing else.

Clean Amp:



Tribe - designed to give you pure, crystal clear clean tones with the ability to load external pickup/acoustic guitar impulses.

Shred Suite
Probably the most impressive of their free products.The Shred Suite features six versatile amp heads ranging from warm, sweet, clean tones to hair-raising metal thunder:
Shred:

A metal and hard rock powerhouse, the SHRED head is all about rocking out.
Enthalpos Median:

Enthalpos is all poweramp, the wildcard of the bunch.
Supersound 1972:

Dark and doomy, the Supersound is right at home churning out early Sabbath-style ethereal drones.
Marvel:

The Marvel is an all-rounder, capable of crystalline cleans and thunderous British crunch.
Quarter:

Pure, classic clean tones and fantastic mild break-up, the Quarter is a bluesman's dream.
Honken:

The Honken kicks out Classic British tone, fantastic for sweet, glassy cleans and great crunch.
Interchange Nearly Every Aspect Of Every Head
Perhaps the most interesting feature of Shred is the feature that allows you to create a head that suits you: AcmeBarGig's 'Frankenamp' technology allows you to select the parts from any of the other heads and mix and match them for a sound all your own.