Producers and musicians looking for the ultimate collection of virtual instruments and effects will be thrilled by the AIR Music Technology AIR Expansion Pack 3 Premier, a bundle that brings together 50 instruments and sound tools including Akai VIP 3, MPC Beats, Drum Synth 500, Boom, Hybrid 3, Loom Classic, Loom II, Vacuum Pro, Vacuum Classic, Structure, Strike, Velvet, Transfuser, THE RISER, DB-33 MINI GRAND, Fresh AIR Expansion for Vacuum Pro, Flux Transitions Expansion (THE RISER), AIR Creative FX Collection PLUS, XPAND!2, D. Ramirez Expansion (Hybrid 3), Marco Lys Expansion (Hybrid 3), Mark Knight Expansion (Hybrid 3), Rene Amesz Expansion (Hybrid 3), Tocadisco Expansion (Hybrid 3), Analog Trap Expansion (Hybrid 3), The Vault Expansion (MPC), Sound Mob Expansion (MPC), and Vegas Festival Expansion (MPC).
Audio engineers, producers, musicians, and sound designers looking for a collection of high-quality FX will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Creative FX Collection Plus, a world-class bundle of classic AIR FX plug-ins well suited for film, game, and music projects. The original AIR FX collection was only available in Pro Tools. However, this bundle is now available in AU/VST formats and includes eight all-new plug-ins.
This exclusive and diverse collection provides all you need for creative production and mixing and mastering, including reverbs, compressors, equalizers, delays, filters, and more. The Creative FX Collection Plus is Mac and Windows compatible and works in most DAWs utilizing the AU, AAX, and VST plug-in formats.
- Unlock your creative potential with the reference FX Suite used by top professionals worldwide
- Bring 20 highly acclaimed FX—formerly only included inside Pro Tools—to any DAW for the first time, in AU 64 and VST 32/64 formats
- Utilize a diverse range of audio plug-ins for creative production, mixing, and mastering, including reverbs, compressors, equalizers, delays, filters, and more
- Updated UI Interface with support for higher-resolution displays
- Full support for Virtual Instrument Player (VIP 2.0) included with premium controllers from AKAI Professional, M-Audio, and Alesis
- Full support for AKAI Professional MPC Software
- Full support for popular DJ/Remix software Mixmeister
- AIR Pumper: Pumper creates a rhythmic pumping effect, similar to that of sidechain compression, with an assignable speed, depth and envelope shape.
- AIR Spectral: Spectrally analyzes an incoming signal (its frequencies, level, MIDI notes, and other information) and determines which frequencies will and will not be part of the resynthesized output signal. Set the incoming signal with the Filter By controls, and then play with the Dissolve, Envelope, and Stereo Phase controls to experiment with the sound. The results may surprise you.
- AIR Diffusor Delay: Delay-line effect that is synchronized to your session tempo and uses an adjustable amount of diffusion, thus emulating the dissipation of echoes in a reverberant space.
- AIR Tube Drive: Tube Drive emulates the sound of the signal being played through a mildly overdriven tube amp, creating warm, smooth-sounding distortion.
- AIR Compressor: Compressor changes the dynamic range of a signal by automatically reducing its gain if it exceeds a certain level (the threshold).
- AIR Maximizer: Maximizer is a limiter optimized for professional mastering.
- AIR Parametric EQ: Four-band parametric equalizer with four independent EQ ranges.
- AIR Saturation Filter: Saturation Filter applies a filter to an incoming audio signal, and then applies a selectable type of distortion, reduction, etc. to that filtered signal.
- AIR Chorus: Short modulated delay to give depth and space.
- AIR Ensemble: Fluid shimmering modulation effects.
- AIR Flanger: Short modulating delay.
- AIR Multi-Chorus: Thick, complex Chorus effect.
- AIR Phaser: Phaserl for that wonderful wooshy, squishy sound.
- AIR Reverb: Create a sense of room or space. Typically, you'll want to use Reverb on one of the Effect Send inserts or Main Effects inserts.
- AIR Non-Linear Reverb: Special gated or reversed Reverb effects, creating a synthetic, processed ambience.
- AIR Spring Reverb: Classic spring reverb sound. Just don't kick your computer trying to get the springs to rattle, The Spring Reverb plug-in models an analog spring reverb. An analog spring reverb is an electromechanical device much like a plate reverb.
- AIR Multi-Delay: Up to five delay lines to the audio signal.
- AIR Dynamic Delay: Synchronize to the DAW session tempo and be modulated by an Envelope follower.
- AIR Frequency Shifter: Shift the audio signal's individual frequencies, creating a unique effect.
- AIR Stereo Width: Create a wider stereo presence.
- AIR Distortion: Varying types and amounts of distortion.
- AIR Fuzz-Wah: Varying types and amounts of transistor-like distortion.
- AIR Lo-Fi: Bit-crush, downsample, clip, rectify, and mangle an input signal.
- AIR Enhancer: Enhances the low and high frequencies of an audio signal.
- AIR Kill EQ: Zap out the low, mid, or high broadband frequency range from an audio signal. This is a popular effect with DJs and is commonly used in electronic music production (especially in dance music).
- AIR Vintage Filter: Plug-in that applies a modulating resonant filter to an audio signal. Have fun with filter sweeps, or give your sounds that extra-resonant aura.
- AIR Filter Gate: Chop up an audio signal into staccato rhythmic patterns with variable filtering, amplitude, and panning.
- AIR Talkbox: Add voice-like resonances to audio signals.
Give yourself the sound of a B3 organ in your DAW with the AIR Music Technologies DB-33. This virtual instrument offers the unmistakable sound of a tonewheel organ, captured accurately, as well as a rotary cabinet and a tube-driven overdrive stage. There are 122 presets included to get you started.
The software is compatible with Mac and Windows platforms, operating in VST and AU formats. iLok licensing is available for those who want it.
Musicians and producers looking for a highly flexible synthesizer will be thrilled with AIR Music Technology Hybrid 3, a high-definition analog and wavetable synthesizer that can generate the coveted warmth of analog with a full range of futuristic digital manipulation capabilities.
Hybrid 3 utilizes 2-part multitimbral synth engine with each part loaded with three oscillators, a sub oscillator, filters, LFOs, envelopes, and effects for creating complex patches. The oscillators feature classic subtractive synthesis waveforms as well as 100 wavetables with up to 64 single-cycle waveforms each. Notable additions to Hybrid 3 include the Oscillator Restart, which can generate punchy bass sounds, runs, and sequences, while the Doubling control can thicken and widen your patches to the extreme.
The step sequencers have been revamped, allowing you to link steps together for syncopation, rhythmic variation, and advanced modulation patterns. The dual series or parallel filters feature 23 vintage voltage-controlled filter modes for a retro sound pallet. You'll also find flexible modulation options with eight LFOs including Pump, which creates the highly coveted pumping-and-breathing effect.
Hybrid 3 ships with over 1200 inspirational presets designed to jumpstart your creativity. There are over 200 new patches, designed by the acclaimed AIR sound designers, with everything from wobbles, synth pads, and arpeggios to poly synths, basses, leads, and sequences. All Hybrid 2 patches have been reworked, allowing users to experience their favorite sounds with all the sonic improvements of Hybrid 3. With support for two simultaneous parts, you can layer, split, or spread sounds to produce deep, complex, and wide patches. The simple patch browser makes it easy to find the preset you're looking for and allows you to load two presets simultaneously, one into each part, for experimenting with rich timbres and playing multipatch sounds. Hybrid 3 is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AAX, AU, or VST plug-in.
- Six-oscillator subtractive and wavetable virtual synthesizer with 1200+ inspiring presets
- Includes 200+ all-new sounds and 1000+ refreshed patches from Hybrid 2.0
- Comprised of two simultaneous parts, each loaded with 3 oscillators and a sub-oscillator, filters, LFOs, envelopes, and effects for creating complex patches
- All-new Doubling controls for quickly thickening and widening patches
- Revamped step sequencers allow you to link steps together for rhythmic variation, syncopation, and advanced modulation patterns
- All-new Oscillator Restart for punchy bass sounds, runs, and sequences
- Dual series or parallel filters with vintage voltage-controlled-filter modes for retro synth sounds
- Flexible modulation options with 8 LFOs including Pump for the pumping-and-breathing effect
- Comprehensive editing parameters for the ultimate in sound tweakability
- Sample-accurate synthesis for superfast envelopes and high-definition sound
- Performance-driven features including modulation matrices and multiple step sequencers for maximum playability
Musicians and producers looking for a highly flexible shape-shifting synthesizer will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Loom Classic, an award-winning modular additive synthesizer with a shape-shifting Morph Pad that makes it easy to create rich, swirling, and captivating sounds.
Loom Classic utilizes a modular approach to additive synthesis, a synthesis technique that involves combining simple waveforms to create complex sounds. Use the programmable Morph Pad to breathe life into your sonic explorations by morphing between user-defined variations of your patch, adding motion and momentum that continues to evolve. Loom Classic can create anything from wobbles and ethereal pads to ambient soundscapes, and much more.
Loom allows up to 512 harmonic partials per patch and uses an intuitive modular design to create complex sounds quickly and easily. There are 30 editable modules that are designed to perform specific tasks including Octaver, Second Tone, Moving Filter, Noise, Linear Lowpass, Modulator, and more. The framework provides a series of cells, where up to 10 modules can interact and be combined to generate an additive synthesis patch.
Loom Classic incudes over 350 patches created by some of the best sound designers in the business such as Richard Devine and Mark Ovenden. You're able to tweak, analyze, and customize their sounds to make them your own, or simply dive deep and create your own additive sounds from scratch. Should you have difficulty deciding where to begin, the Smart Randomizer will instantly inspire your sound-design process.
Utilize the Spectral Distortion and Spectral Modulation controls to influence the overall sound. Three LFOs provide tempo synced modulation sources for any module. The four velocity sensitive envelope generators provide an additional layer of control that can change over time. The onboard effects add extra expression to your customized additive sound creations. You'll find various distortions, chorus and phaser effects, and reverb to add remarkable depth and motion to your sound. Loom Classic is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AAX, RTAS, AU, or VST plug-in.
- A modular additive synthesizer with a sound-shifting Morph Pad
- 30 editable sound modules, freely combinable in 10 cells
- Morph Pad enables point-and-click sound morphing
- 350+ patches programmed by legendary sound designers
- Smart Sound Randomizer to quickly design unique sounds
- Economy mode reduces the load on the host processor with minimal impact on the sound
- 64-bit plug-in: VST, AU, RTAS, and AAX formats
Musicians and producers looking for a premium virtual piano will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Mini Grand, a powerful yet easy-to-use software instrument that features the sounds of seven distinct pianos to suit a wide range of musical styles and production needs. Mini Grand is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AU or VST plug-in.
- Premium quality piano samples
- 7 selectable piano models covering a wide range of piano sounds
- Re-pedaling technology, recreating super realistic string resonance behavior
- Built-in room simulation
- Equal and stretched tuning available
Musicians and producers looking for the ultimate virtual drumming instrument will not be disappointed with the AIR Music Technology Strike 2, a dynamic drum and arranger instrument that features a world-class sample library and a hyper-realistic performance engine.
Strike 2 puts you in the producer's chair, allowing you to create, control, and produce professional drum tracks with remarkable human realism. The software can create a seamless crescendo, switch drumkits from crushed punk to power ballad, or tweak the tuning of the snare drum. Each instrument was painstakingly recorded with up to three close mics, two overheads, and two room mics. Strike also features a full mixing console, complete with built-in effects.
Strike 2 allows you to adjust the intensity, complexity, timing, groove, and dynamics of your drum track, all in real time. What's more, you can adjust parameters and record the movement as automation within your sequencer. The playing intensity can be increased to obtain a smooth dynamic response in the drum tone instead of audible velocity switches. With Strike, you can produce professional drum tracks that are impossible to create with conventional sampling technology.
Strike 2 includes 19 customizable drum kits that were recorded at the world-renowned Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Strike lets you create custom drum patterns with the onboard Style Editor. And it supports WAV and AIFF files, so you can use your own custom sample libraries.
The built-in mixing console provides complete control over your kit. Change virtual mic settings such as room ambience and leakage, then take advantage of the dedicated 3-band EQ and two insert effects per channel. You'll find choice selections of dynamics, limiting, reverb, and delay, plus specialized tools like bit-crusher and filter. Easily adjust the level and panning for each drum and route individual sounds to separate mixer channels in your DAW. Strike 2 is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AAX, AU, or VST plug-in.
- A dynamic drum and arranger instrument that features a world-class sample library and a realistic performance engine
- Manipulate intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and more
- Smooth dynamics control without audible velocity switches
- Supports WAV and AIFF files from your own sample libraries
- Intelligently mapped drums for fast, interactive real-time arrangements
- Doubles as a powerful MIDI drum module
- Built-in virtual mixing console for full control over drum kit sound
- Control room ambience, microphone levels/leakage, EQ, dynamics, and more
- Dedicated EQ and two insert effects processors per channel compressor
- Limiter, tube saturation, distortion, bit crusher, filter, ring modulator, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, and more
- Support for discrete routing and mixing of each drum kit component
- Audio and MIDI export for quickly creating drum loops and MIDI sequences in your DAW
- MIDI Learn functionality allows easy mapping to MIDI controllers
Musicians and producers looking for a powerful, full-featured sampler instrument will not be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Structure 2, a multitimbral instrument with a built-in sample library and editor that enables you to combine, layer, and edit your samples. Create complex, rich patches by blending together multiple samples and effects. Each patch can have an unlimited number of parts, and each part can consist of a single sample, multiple samples, a sub-patch, a MIDI processor, and audio and MIDI effects.
Structure 2 includes a massive 37+GB premium sample library, which includes just about every instrument imaginable including some exclusive orchestral elements (strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion), acoustic and electronic drums (including Nashville Signature drum kits captured from sessions at the famed Blackbird Studios), hand and pitched percussion, pianos and keyboards (including a new high-definition grand piano), choral sounds, guitars, basses, synth pads, synth leads, surround sounds, and atmospheres.
Additionally, the software is compatible with several 3rd party libraries, allowing you to load and manipulate unencrypted Avid SampleCell, Native Instruments Kontakt, and Apple Logic Sampler sound libraries. Structure supports samples in common audio format bit depth and sample rates up to 24-bit, 192 kHz, and 7.1 surround audio. Plus, its built-in REX file player can handle any tempo you may wish to work into your projects.
The integrated Sample Editor allows you to tweak and fine-tune your sound without leaving your DAW. You'll find per-zone editing, which lets you alter different characteristics of sound using standard waveform tools. You can also manipulate parameters such as filter, pitch, envelope, amp envelope, output, and effects routing.
Structure 2's integrated multi-effects processor provides over 20 types of world-class effects algorithms in stereo and surround. You'll find a variety of reverbs, delays, EQs, compression, and more. Dial in your own sonic creation or use one of hundreds of presets for fast and efficient results. An unlimited number of effects can be inserted into each patch, and you can route any patch, part, or zone to four global effects sends, each of which includes four inserts.
Structure 2 includes an intuitive browsing system, which helps you locate sounds quickly and manages your library. Search by type, instrument, manufacturer, style, name, and more. Plus, you can audition the samples from the browser. Structure's interface is designed to give you intuitive control without over complicating things. The interface includes a keyboard that lets you test notes and play parts. All controls are mappable to a controller, providing hands-on real-time control. Structure 2 is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AAX, AU, or VST plug-in.
- A multitimbral sampler instrument with a comprehensive sound library and editor
- Supports up to 128-level multitimbral playback per Structure instance; unlimited number of parts, audio effects, and MIDI effects per patch
- 37+GB of content that includes orchestral, synths, percussion sounds, and more
- Use your SampleCell, Kontakt, and EXS24 sound libraries (supports up to 8-channel interleaved samples)
- Supports all common bit depths, sample rates, and surround formats: Up to 24-bit / 192 kHz / 7.1 surround
- Sample Editor enables extensive waveform editing and sample mapping
- Stereo and surround multi-effects processing offers over 20 effects types
- Up to 31 auxiliary outputs allow discrete source mixing and signal processing
- 6 assignable, context-dependent Smart Knobs for intuitive programming
- MIDI Learn functionality allows easy mapping to MIDI controllers
- Enhanced database and file browser make finding sounds easier than ever
- Integrated REX player allows you to use and manipulate REX 1 and 2 files
- Supports LFO and mod wheel assignments imported with your EXS24 samples
Looking to add suspense, hype, drama, and movement to your music? Check out The Riser from AIR Music Technology, a virtual instrument that's designed to create transitions of epic proportions. The Riser features all the tools you need to create mind-bending transitions in one intuitive interface. Construct rises, falls, swells, fades, and more.
The Riser includes 300 pro-level presets that you can edit, deconstruct, copy, mangle, and implement into your tracks. The software instrument is Mac and Windows compatible, and works within most major DAWs as an AAX, AU, or VST plug-in.
- Transition designer optimized for electronic music production, scoring, and remix work
- 3 editable oscillators: sweep, noise, and chord
- 3 LFOs; free-running, tempo-synced, and Pumper
- 23 filter types including multipole and phase shift
- 300 professionally designed editable presets
- Randomizer generates patches at the click of a button
- Invert mode creates complementary patches by instantly changing transition direction
- Easy MIDI-Learn Mode; just click and twist to assign parameters to your favorite MIDI controller hardware
- Pumper effect creates pulsating movement
- Configurable delay and reverb with wet/dry processing: 4 reverb types
- Adjustable panning movements and master stereo-width control
Musicians and producers looking for a fast and easy way to manipulate loops and samples into something entirely new will be thrilled with AIR Music Technology Transfuser 2, a dynamic audio/MIDI environment for regenerating, slicing, and remixing loops and sounds. The software can also act as an inspiring compositional tool that intelligently generates chords, melodies, variations, and grooves based on a musical analysis of your track.
Transfuser 2 includes a premium drum and instrument library with over 3200 loops and 1200 drum-machine samples for instant music experimentation. Use the integrated sequencer module to tweak the groove of a drum loop, vary notes in phrases, store patterns, alter the sequence speed, and more. Use the synth module to modify your sounds, and shape the audio frequency, velocity, filter, attack, and decay. You can manipulate a single loop or audio file, or apply its effects to a group of sounds.
Transfuser 2 features Musically Advanced Random Intelligence Operations (M.A.R.I.O), a powerful tool that intelligently generates chords, melodies, and variations that complement your track. Use M.A.R.I.O.’s advanced algorithms to evaluate the musical characteristics of your song and search its smart tables to find similar or dissimilar (similarity is determined by the Variation settings) phrase styles and rhythms. M.A.R.I.O can also manipulate parameters such as the pitch, rhythm, level, filter, and more.
Transfuser 2 offers seamless hardware integration, and its module and parameter controls, Smart Knobs, Trigger Pads, four-octave keyboard, and crossfader are completely mappable, which allow you to perform an array of performance-driven functions to tweak grooves on the fly.
Transfuser 2 includes four effect inserts, which can load 20 different effects per track including Beatcutter, Tape Delay, Pumper, Compressor, Vinyl, Filter, Spring Reverb, Distortion, and Lo-Fi. Transfuser 2 comes with 4.5+ GB of loops and phrases that include beats, breaks, basses, acoustic, and ethnic instruments, synth sounds, and more. You can also use other sample libraries with Transfuser 2 by dragging and dropping your own ACID, REX, Apple Loops, AIFF, or WAV files onto its interface. Transfuser is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as a AAX, AU, or VST plug-in.
ript>- A dynamic audio/MIDI platform for manipulating, remixing, and tweaking your loops and sounds
- Beat-sync, auto-slice, stretch, pitch, and resample grooves in real time
- Automatically convert loops into MIDI patterns/drum kits
- Replace sounds in existing loops without stopping playback
- Musically intelligent randomization creates inspiring groove variations
- 4.5+GB of premium loops and phrases for instant music creation
- 20 real-time effects ideal for electronic, hip-hop, and dance-music creation
- Use your custom sample libraries: supports WAV, AIFF, ACID, REX 1 and 2, and Apple Loops audio files
Musicians and producers looking for an advanced polyphonic analog tube synthesizer will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Vacuum Pro, a vintage-style polyphonic synthesizer featuring vacuum-tube synthesis with vacuum-tube circuit modeling that captures the crunchy, warm sound of the analog era. The instrument is 2-part multitimbral synthesizer that can be stacked, split, and layered to produce big, wide, and fat analog sounds.
Recreate your favorite sounds from the '70s and '80s. The four vacuum-tube oscillators provide four variable waveforms, which can morph between settings. The oscillators feed a mixer, where you can apply drive/distortion and ring modulation before passing through high-pass, band-pass, and low-pass filters. Vacuum Pro includes a modulation matrix that allows you to utilize the four envelopes and the syncable LFO. The bottom of the instrument includes a keyboard with an onboard arpeggiator for creating sequences and rhythms. The effects section includes built-in chorus/phaser and delay.
The synthesizer employs an Age function, which adds Drift and Dust controls, imparting vintage characteristics to your sound. Drift sets the amount of pitch drift to apply to the oscillators, while Dust makes the instrument sound old and noisy with crackling controls. Vacuum Pro's Smart page condenses all the individual parameter controls into eight macro knobs that enable you to quickly shape the sound of your patch without extensive tweaking. Macro knobs such as Punch, Emphasis, and Complexity add an intuitive workflow for perfecting your programming. Vacuum Pro comes complete with 350+ tweakable patches created by acclaimed sound designers Richard Devine and Mark Ovenden. You can load these patches separately into each Vacuum Pro part to combine and experiment with multitimbral sounds. Vacuum Classic is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AU, VST or AAX plug-in.
- A four-oscillator polyphonic analog synthesizer with vacuum-tube circuit modeling
- Super-wide, fat, and organic analog sound captures the character of classic synthesizers
- Two individual synthesizer parts for huge, stacked sounds
- 350+ tweakable patches programmed by legendary sound designers
- Smart Sound Randomizer dials in settings to user-defined parameters
- 8 Smart knobs for easy programming and macro control over key parameters
- Economy mode reduces the load on the host processor with minimal impact on the sound
- 64-bit plug-in: VST, AU, and AAX formats
Musicians and producers in search of a virtual electric pianos will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Velvet 2, a powerful, yet easy-to-use software instrument that features the sounds of five distinct electric pianos. Velvet 2 is based on the Fender Rhodes Suitcase, Fender Rhodes MK I and MK II Stage Pianos, Wurlitzer 200A and Hohner Pianet-T, and can accurately emulate the sound quality, response, and nuances of each original instrument to bring your piano tracks to life.
Velvet features a powerful preamp section that includes tube overdrive, compression, and a custom 3-band EQ with a parametric mid band to shape your sound. Process your sound further using a wide range of distortion, wah/filter, chorus, flanger, phaser, and tape-delay effects. The Ambience, Spring, and Room reverbs can add expansive ambience to create otherworldly effects, or add a small room reverb for a bit of exta color in your performance. You can also add tremolo and autopan effects. Velvet includes 350+ professional presets meticulously programmed by AIR Music Tech's sound designers. The software is Mac and Windows compatible and will work in most DAWs utilizing the AAX Native, AU, and VST plug-in formats.
- A virtual electronic piano instrument with built-in effects that captures the character and response five legendary instruments
- Realistic emulations of five Fender, Wurlizter, and Hohner electric pianos: Fender Rhodes Suitcase, Fender Rhodes MK I Stage Piano, Fender Rhodes MK II Stage Piano, Wurlitzer 200A, Hohner Pianet-T
- Dynamic modeling and proprietary engine deliver unprecedented sound quality and dynamic response
- Tweak the timbre, dynamic response, and velocity curve of each model
- Mix in the sound of the keyboard and pedal noise for mechanical realism
- Powerful preamp section with tube overdrive and compression for a crunchy tone
- Onboard 3-band EQ with a parametric mid band for quick tone shaping
- Authentic tremolo and autopan effects deliver classic expression
- Vintage distortion, wah/filter, modulation, and amplifier effects
- High-quality reverb effects include Ambience, Spring, and Room settings
- Delay effects featuring a classic tape echo
- MIDI Learn functionality allows easy mapping to MIDI controllers
- 350 ready-to-play presets that can be tweaked to your taste
- Intuitive graphic user interface reminiscent of each classic electric piano
Musicians and producers looking for a high-quality virtual workstation will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Xpand!2, an all-in-one 4-part multitimbral workstation well suited for synthesis and sample playback in music production, live performance, and sound-design applications.
Each part provides its own MIDI channel, note range, mix, arpeggiation, modulation, and effects settings, a remarkable method for creating individual parts. Harness all four parts to build a single outstanding part, or create keyboard splits for breathtaking live performance. The voice mode can be set to polyphonic or monophonic. Polyphonic parts can have up to 64 voices, while monophonic parts offer First, Last, Highest, or Lowest priority, great for designating bass, lead, or solo instruments.
Xpand!2 features over 2500 preset patches that are conveniently organized into 29 categories to help you browse and find the perfect sound quickly and easily. The sound engine employs subtractive, wavetable, and FM synthesis, as well as sample playback—all to great effect. There are six smart knobs for custom tweaking your sounds. Each knob will change depending on the part selected, offering hands-on control of the most critical sound elements.
Express yourself with the full-featured modulation section, where you can assign parameters to the pitch bend, mod wheel, and aftertouch on your controller. Each part's assignments are independent, creating a bevy of sonic mayhem. Modulation rates can be tempo synced or run freely. What's more, each part also includes an advanced arpeggiator to create unique patterns and sequences. Simply set the rate, including dotted and triplet values, and then select the mode. Many preset parts, like Action Pads and Loops, will already have the arpeggiator engaged as it forms an integral part of the sound.
Xpand!2 includes two independent effect processors with over 50 studio-grade effects ranging from rich delays to the mind-bending Chaos Delay. The output of FX1 can be fed into the input of FX2 to create outstanding cascade-style effects. Xpand!2 is Mac and Windows compatible and works with most major DAWs as an AU or VST plug-in.
- Four-channel multitimbral operation
- Up to four stereo instrument parts per patch
- Up to 64 voices per part; Mono or Poly voice modes
- Smart knobs provide intuitive sound editing
- Easy edit knobs control the entire patch at once
- Two digital effects processors; 50 editable effect types
- Individual arpeggiation control for each part
- Subtractive Synthesis
- FM Synthesis
- Tonewheels
- Sample Playback
- Soft Pads
- Bright Pads
- Huge Pads
- Action Pads
- Ambience and FX
- Polysynths
- Synth Brass
- Percussive
- Simple Arpeggios
- Multitrack Arpeggios
- Soft Leads
- Hard Leads
- Acoustic Piano
- E-Pianos and Clavinet
- Organs
- Strings
- Vocals
- Brass and Woodwinds
- Mallets
- Bells
- Guitars
- Ethnic
- Hits
- Synth Basses
- Basses
- Drums
- Percussion
- Loops
- Multitimbral
Looking to power up The Riser? Check out the AIR Music Technology Flux Transition Expansion Vol. 1, a pack of 50 energetic preset patches designed to elevate your music creativity into a new dimension.
- Delivers 50 all-new powered-up energetic preset patches, elevating your music creativity into a new dimension.
- Great for producing electronic music, film SFX, motion graphics, and cinematic ambience.
- Dynamically allows you to control and shape your sound to any production needs.
- Hi-Risers, Transformer FX, Robotic Drops, Drone Falls, and Wide Stereo Transition are included inside this expansion pack.
- 50 new presets are fully editable either using the three included sound generators, or you can assign any midi parameter, allowing fully customized automation inside The Riser.
Looking to expand your Hybrid 3 pallet with cutting-edge Trap sounds? Check out the AIR Music Technology Trap Hybrid 3 Expansion Pack, which expands the horizons of Hybrid 3 to give you access to several synth sounds oozing with Trap flavor. Prime Loops created this collection of synth sounds that are inspired by the likes of Dillon Francis, Trapzilla, Baauer, Luminox, and RL Grime. You'll find submerged basslines, edgy, rhythmic synth grooves, and spooky, haunting analog arps and leads.
The AIR Music Technology D. Ramirez Hybrid 3 Expansion Pack expands the horizons of Hybrid 3 to give you access to 64 innovative and bespoke preset patches. Each preset was programmed by world-renowned DJ and house producer D. Ramirez to give you everything you need to achieve a tech-house sound. With lo-fi basses, subs, pads, sequences, arps, risers, and more, each using Hybrid 3 to achieve a dramatic synthetic Tone. Please note, this preset pack requires Hybrid 3.
Looking to up the ante on your Tech House music production? Check out the AIR Music Tech Marco Lys Expansion Pack, a set of 64 custom-built preset patches designed to transform your house production to the max. You'll find inspiring sounds such as tech basses, sub basses, pads, arpeggiator sequences, transition FX, drops, and much more. These custom-built patches will add quality and punch to your productions.
Looking to up the ante on your house music production? Check out the AIR Music Tech Mark Knight Expansion Pack, a set of 64 custom-built preset patches designed to transform your house production to the max. You'll find killer organs, basses, sub basses, deep ambient pads, melodic arpeggiators, transition drops, and much more.
ript>Looking to up the ante on your tech-house music production? Check out the AIR Music Technology Rene Amesz Tech House Expansion Pack, a set of 64 custom-built preset patches designed to transform your tech-house production to the max. You'll find professionally created patches, from lo-fi basses, sub basses, pads, arpeggiator sequences, transition FX drops, and much more.
Looking to up the ante on your tech-house music production? Check out the AIR Music Technology Tocadisco Expansion Pack, a set of 64 custom-built preset patches designed to transform your tech-house productions to the max. You'll find killer patches including basses, sub basses, moving ambient pads, arpeggiator sequences, transition drops, and much more.
Add some banging beats to your productions with the AIR Music Technologies Boom, the ultimate drum machine that pays homage to the most popular vintage drum machines of yesteryear. The instrument features a diverse collection of 10 different classic electronic drum kits with variations on the classic 808 and 909 plus more aggressive dance and urban-style kits, as well as a powerful retro-style kit based on the CR78 and 606.
Each kit contains 10 drum sounds with parameter adjustments for panning, volume, tuning, and decay. Each drum channel contains a special tuning control that can be turned to make a sonic adjustment specific to a particular drum. You can mix and match drums from different kits to make your own custom kit, and the drum sounds can be triggered individually via standard MIDI pitch mappings.
Boom includes over 50 presets that cover contemporary and classic electronic/urban musical genres. Boom has an onboard sequencer that enables you to create and trigger your own patterns, which can be saved and recalled as presets. Boom is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs in AU and VST plug-in formats.
- 10 different classic electronic drum kits
- Classic 808 and 909 kits
- Aggressive dance and urban-style kits
- Powerful retro-style kit modeled on the concept of a CR78 merged with a 606
- Each kit contains 10 different drums
- Match drums from different kits to make your own custom kit. Drum sounds can be triggered individually via standard MIDI pitch mappings
Musicians and producers looking for a high-quality virtual drum synth will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Drum Synth 500, a simple-to-use drum synthesizer, well suited for the studio or performing live onstage.
The Drum Synth 500 is modeled after a 500 Series synth rack, where each drum sound has a dedicated channel with a comprehensive interface. You have everything you need to create an endless variety of custom electronic drum sounds for all styles of music. Air Music Technology tapped the sound designers behind Strike, Structure, Sonivox Big Bang, AKAI MPC, and Alesis e-Drums to create a remarkable mixture of vintage and new effects that pay homage to classic sound, while pushing into new territory.
Drum Synth 500 includes 500 drum sounds, 500 drum samples, 50 drum kits and 500 MIDI drum loops, which can be loaded into any DAW and used to kickstart your song or music production. There are individual channels for each drum sound including kick, snare, clap, hats, toms, sample 1, and sample 2. Each channel provides you with a ton of controls to shape your sound including synth/sample parameter, distortion, filters, and compression. At the bottom of each channel are the level fader, pan knob, mute, solo, and four send effects, which route the signal to two reverbs and two delays. The master section includes a saturation circuit, compressor, and EQ.
You can quickly call up preset drum kits or individual drums for each channel and save them as a kit. The Drum Synth 500 is Mac and Windows compatible and will work standalone or within most major DAWs with AAX, AU, and VST formats.
- 8-channel electronic drum synthesizer with fully programmable drum sounds in the style of 500 Series rack modules.
- Individual instrument channels for Kick, Snare, Hats, Clap, Toms, Percussion, and two Sampler channels for any mono or stereo .wav audio file.
- Load your own sounds into two separate Sampler channels, including loop, forward, and reverse playback.
- Easy to use interface with no hidden panels.
- Randomize feature for quickly generating new electronic drum sounds with just one button press.
- Works with any MIDI keyboard, pad controller or drum kit controller.
- MPC Full Level and Note Repeat for each instrument channel.
- Three distortion effects (including new Bitcrusher and Decimate), 5 filters and 2 compressors per instrument channel.
- Two reverb sends and two delay sends per instrument channel.
- Huge Master channel includes three saturation effects, a convolution reverb, an algorithmic reverb, a stereo delay, a mono delay, a compressor and a unique Kill EQ circuit.
Musicians and producers looking for a highly flexible shape-shifting synthesizer will be thrilled with AIR Music Technology Loom II, an award-winning modular additive synthesizer with a shape-shifting Morph Pad that makes it easy to create rich, swirling, and captivating sounds.
Loom II builds upon the success of the original classic and features numerous parameters and performance enhancements including an expanded 8-voice architecture, four new modules, two additional Subharmonic Optional Partials below the normal spectrum, enhanced Morph Pad options, and 500 all-new patches, plus the original 350 patches, which have been remastered to take advantage of the new features.
Loom II utilizes a modular approach to additive synthesis, a synthesis technique that involves combining simple waveforms together to create complex sounds. Use the programmable Morph Pad to breathe life into your sonic explorations by morphing between user-defined variations of your patch, adding motion and momentum that continues to evolve. Loom II can create anything from wobbles and ethereal pads to ambient soundscapes and more.
Loom allows up to 512 harmonic partials per patch and uses an intuitive modular design to create complex sounds quickly and easily. There are 34 editable modules that are designed to perform specific tasks including Octaver, Second Tone, Moving Filter, Noise, Linear Lowpass, Modulator, and more. The framework provides a series of cells, where up to 10 modules can interact and combine to generate an additive synthesis patch.
Loom II incudes over 850 patches created by some of the best sound designers in the business such as Richard Devine and Mark Ovenden. You're able to tweak, analyze, and customize their sounds to make them your own, or simply dive deep and create your own additive sounds from scratch. Should you have difficulty deciding where to begin, the Smart Randomizer will instantly inspire your sound-design process.
Utilize the Spectral Distortion and Spectral Modulation controls to influence the overall sound. Three LFOs provide tempo synced modulation sources for any module. The four velocity sensitive Envelope Generators provide an additional layer of control that can change over time. The onboard effects add extra expression to your customized additive sound creations. You'll find various distortions, chorus and phaser effects, and reverb to add remarkable depth and motion to your sound. Loom II is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AAX, RTAS, AU, or VST plug-in.
ript>- Loom II has been expanded to 8 voices by popular request
- Spectral Noise section allowing a secondary oscillator to replace or enrich the additive spectrum (created with the Sine Oscillator) with a noise spectrum. This is truly revolutionary in the additive world. Your creativity is the only limit to what is possible
- 4 new modules (see below)
- 2 additional Subharmonic Optional Partials below the normal spectrum
- Enhanced Morph Pad options
- 500 all-new patches covering a wide range of sounds designed by acclaimed sound designers Richard Devine and Mark Ovenden
- All original 350 patches are remastered taking advantage of the new features
- New Wave Parameter options
- 20+ other performance enhancements
- 5-Sines: An easy-to-use module enabling you to produce a range of organ or sine-style sounds
- Discrete Adder: Similar to Loom 1’s popular adder, but adding a discrete spectrum ideal for creating percussion-based synth instruments
- Hype: Adds high and low Hype with dedicated easy-to-use controls for instant results
- Double Wave: For our more advanced users: Use dual waves to create complex synth patterns. We have also added a dedicated control for this in the Morph pad
- A modular additive synthesizer with a sound-shifting Morph Pad
- 34 editable sound modules; freely combinable in 10 cells
- Morph Pad enables point-and-click sound morphing
- 850+ patches programmed by legendary sound designers
- Smart Sound Randomizer to quickly design unique sounds
- Economy mode reduces the load on the host processor with minimal impact on the sound
- 64-bit plug-in: VST, AU, RTAS, and AAX formats
Musicians and producers looking for a tube synthesizer will be thrilled with the AIR Music Technology Vacuum Classic, a monophonic vintage synthesizer featuring vacuum-tube synthesis with vacuum-tube circuit modeling that captures the crunchy, warm sound of the analog era. The instrument features analog oscillators, multiple filters, envelopes, and built-in audio effects.
Vacuum Classic allows you to recreate your favorite sounds from the '70s and '80s. The instrument features two vacuum tube oscillators for four variable waveforms, which create a morphing effect. The oscillators feed a mixer, where you can apply drive/distortion and ring modulation before passing through high- and low-pass filters. Vacuum includes a number of modulation options including two envelopes, which can be set to retrigger in the settings page. There's also an onboard arpeggiator for creating sequences and rhythms.
The synthesizer employs an Age function with adjustable Drift and Dust, imparting vintage characteristics to your sound. Drift sets the amount of pitch drift to apply to the oscillators, while Dust makes the instrument sound old and noisy with crackling controls. The included presets were designed by highly acclaimed sound designers Richard Devine and Mark Ovenden, which cover everything from pads, basses, leads, arpeggios, percussive, and FX. Vacuum Classic is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AU, or VST plug-in.
ript>- Monophonic vintage synthesizer featuring vacuum-tube synthesis with vacuum-tube circuit modeling.
- Wide range of presets designed by highly acclaimed sound designers Richard Devine and Mark Ovenden. Covering everything from Leads, Pads, Bass, Arpeggios, Percussive, and FX sounds; this library provides instant inspiration for anyone to tweak until they're content.
Control virtual instruments and effects right from your keyboard and improve your workflow with the VIP 3.1.1 Plus Plug-In Control Software from AKAI Professional. This virtual instrument player offers centralized patch browsing and parameter adjustment, premapped plug-in parameters for hands-on knob tweaking, customized Setlists to instantly recall presets from multiple plug-ins, and an extensive suite of VST plug-ins. With VIP, multiple VST plug-ins can be combined into Multis, helping you to maximize your DAW's performance and get more out of your music.
- Includes CREATIVE FX Plus, Hybrid 3, Vacuum Pro, Xpand!2, Loom 1, and the ToolRoom Hybrid 3 Expansions
- 40 Multis prebuilt featuring chords from many popular songs for instant inspiration
- Organizes your plug-in collection with intuitive browsing by plug-in, artist collection, instrument type, timbre, and more
- Includes an effects browser, allowing you to browse effects by type and audition across multiple plug-ins with a single click
- Effects stacks combine multiple effects into reusable patches, accessible in the patch list for easy selection and auditioning
- Ideal for live performance as a standalone app with a built-in digital mixer.
- Also runs as a VSTi, AU, or AAX plug-in, allowing you access to VSTi's in virtually any DAW such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, and Ableton Live
- Compatible with a huge range of VST plug-in instruments and effects
- Extends the capabilities beyond what any DAW offers by empowering you to quickly create and play multis
- A multi allows you to combine up to 8 patches from 1 or more plug-in(s), with the ability to layer, mix, and pan these patches all at once
- Key-zone splitting and extensive custom mapping capabilities are also onboard
- The expanded multi mixer includes insert effects, send effects, bus tracks, and a master output channel strip for total routing control
- Create setlists that provide on-demand access to your customized instruments for stage performance and studio work
- Simply press a single button on any keyboard, and adapt to song changes as the live performance progresses, without ever reaching for your computer
- The intelligent patch browser works across all your VST instruments to let you quickly find sounds based on instrument type, timbre, style or articulation, or simply explore new patches
- VIPMS: The VIP Native Plug-In Map Standard allows 3rd party virtual-instrument and effect developers to produce their own plug-in maps for enhanced VIP integration and access to the superior workflow offered by VIP. Will support entire EastWest Creative cloud at launch
- MIDI Learn functionality: Seamlessly maps the controls of any VIP compatible keyboard (knobs, encoders, faders, buttons) to VIP’s parameters with a growing library of MIDI controller mappings for AKAI and M-Audio controller keyboards—included
- Pad Chord Progressions: Play factory or user-defined chord progressions using a VIP-enabled keyboard controller’s pads
- Key Control modes: Play scales, harmonized chords, or chord progressions from a VIP keyboard or MIDI keyboard