SImple patch made on my John Bowen Solaris

Solaris Patch 01 - Creamy Trance

Shiny Toy Guns - Speaking Japanese (Toby Emerson Remix)

Solaris Patch 02 - Midnight

Grimey bass sound with a bit of limiting.  Using the joystick to control the filter

Solaris Patch 03 -  Grizzly Bass

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Disco Kitchen & Mid Side Hustlers - Phantom Bass (Toby Emerson Remix)

Some patches I am working on for a Solaris sound set.

All sounds are from Solaris.  A bit of reverb from Valhalla Room has been added.

Black Octopus Sound

Solaris Patches - Space Dreams & Rotosanity

Some more classic stabs with the John Bowen Solaris - huge sound!

Solaris Patches - Chord Stabs

Black Octopus Sound presets Event Horizon - 128 high quality presets for John Bowen Solaris created by Toby Emerson.  This soundset offers everything from huge epic pads, long evolving textures, vintage analog style sounds, deep thundering basses, and many other classic leads and keyboard style sounds.

The John Bowen Solaris is simply one of the most fantastic instruments I have ever worked with.  Everything about it screams class.  From amazing sounding filters to countless oscillator types,  I feel after several months of using it I still have not even scratched the surface.  The architecture and programming behind it allows for huge sounds which can range from very organic and analog sounding to crisp and precise digital style sounds.  The sound quality of this synthesizer is absolutely exceptional and I would highly recommend this synthesizer to any sound designer or professional musician that can budget for it.

All patches are mapped with the joystick controlling the filters.  They are best auditioned by leaving the joystick in the middle position and then adjusting it to taste. 

I have spent several months creating these patches for the Solaris users and offer them as a free download.  However if you feel like they are of value to you I would love a donation or please pick up one of our sample packs as a way to say thanks and to support the creation of future sounds.

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Event Horizon (128 Patches For John Bowen Solaris) By Toby Emerson

Just a mix of some of the songs I have done the past couple of years.

Facemelt Demo Showcase

http://blackoctopus-sound.com/products-page/drums/leviathan/

Over 5000 sounds and 4gb of content.

Over a year and a half in the making, Black Octopus Sound releases what can only be described as an epic sample pack of monstrous proportions. Aimed at producers of all genres and skill sets, this pack features a colossal 5000+ cutting edge sounds weighing in at over 4GB in size. Leviathan is truly a complete sample pack suitable for all genres of music. With its abundance of one shot samples, construction kit style loops at various tempos, extensive FX section, and both mutli-sampled and single shot synth sounds, this pack has everything you need to create a great sounding track. Decades of production techniques have been used in the creation of these sounds to ensure each sound will sound great out of the box or with your own processing added. This is an essential sample pack in any producers arsenal and will no doubt be heard in many top tracks for years to come.

What’s in the pack?

267 Kick drums. All tuned to key, full of punch and thump
285 Snares, claps, and pre-shifted claps.
386 Hihats, Cymbal rides and crashes.
363 Percussive sounds. Electronic sub hits, live recorded hand drums, tambourines, & shakers
58 Tom drums ready to fatten up your fills.
42 Long atmospheric FX ranging from eerie ambient noises, vinyl dust & crackle, euphoric textures. Perfect for filling up empty spaces or sidechaining.
227 Rising & Falling FX perfect to power up and smooth over your transitions. All labelled in 1,2, 4, 8, and 16 bar increments.
76 Impacts & bombs. Huge explosions, short impacts, glass shatters & shrapnel bombs.
136 Short FX. Robotic chatter, organic movements, and bleeps & blips.
121 Glitch FX – Alien parasites & robotic transformers.
388 Drum loops - 110, 128 & 140 bpm. Full loops, top loops, and many variations.
127 Drum fills - 110, 128 & 140 bpm.
334 Music Loops - 110, 128 & 140 bpm.
664 Bass samples. Long sustained notes and short tweaked stabs. Vocoder growls, spineshivering electro stabs, & resampled neuro basses
207 Chord stabs. Huge dance chords to melodic deep stabs.
80 Multisampled instruments - in Kontakt, SFZ & Directwave formats. Lots of bass instruments and synth patches.
292 Synth stabs. Long sustained notes and filter tweaked short stabs.
1 Producer Tip sheet.
Leviathan Wallpaper graphic

Black Octopus Sound - Leviathan (5000 sounds 4GB+) www.blackoctopus-sound.com

Get it Here: http://blackoctopus-sound.com/products-page/loops/linguistics-by-none-like-joshua/

From the mind of None Like Joshua comes a one of a kind vocal sample pack with a staggering 7000 vocal samples for your productions.  The versatility in this pack is unmatched with phrases ranging from whisper, conversation, loud, and yelling. Many of the parts feature as many as 8 different takes (for doubles, triples, and different timings). Six different languages are also covered in this pack, English being the main focus. Use the vocals as is or run them through your favorite vocoder, time-stretcher, pitch shifter, or other effect of your choice to add your own distinct flavor to these sounds. The sound design possibilities with the large amount of material in this pack are enough to keep anyone busy for years.

Whats included in the pack?

Loops - 5290 phrases and loops recorded at 85, 110, and 130 bpm. These short phrases work wonders in various styles - perfect for fills, breakdowns, or chaining together to create longer phrases. Each phrase comes at various volumes (whisper, conversation, loud, yelling) to match the energy of your song or for ramping up the excitement.

Beatbox - 80 single shot recordings of mouth percussion. Great for adding snippets into drum loops to make percussion more interesting. Great for tech house, techno, electro, and any style that could use some vocal percussion.

Breaths - 75 Long exhales, short gasps, and other random breath sounds. Drench these sounds in reverb for some long vocal ambiences. Stretch, reverse, and delay fx works wonders on these sounds.

Characters - 304 voices in different vocal styles. Beast mode, Emo, Gamer, Hipster, Nerdy, Old Man, Rapper, Uncle Jeorge, Religious, and stereo-typical Japanese, Jamaican, and British accents.

English - 485 english words, short phrases, and numbers.

French - 154 french words, short phrases, and numbers.

German - 155 German words, short phrases, and numbers.

Japanese - 272 Japanese words, shorts phrases, and numbers.

Spanish - 160 Spanish words, short phrases, and numbers.

Laughing - 30 Laughing sounds to be used at your disposal. Pitch these down low for some extra creepy evilness!

Misc - 112 random mouth sounds ranging from barfing sounds, vocal clicks, grunts, and scat riffs. Another gold mine for the sound designers.

Passages - 5 lengthy intellectual readings great for spiritual or psychedelic intros or breakdowns.

Screams - Long yells and other random screams. These sound amazing drenched in reverb and delay!

FX - 15 reverse breaths and noises to help with build ups and transitions.

Size (Unzipped) 2.5 GB

Format 24 bit WAV  |  All of the vocals except for the FX are dry.

(samples) Linguistics By None Like Joshua (www.blackoctopus-sound.com)

Deadmau5 - Some Chords (Toby Emerson DF Remix)

Step into the world of Veela with this exclusive 1GB sample pack of vocal recordings. There is nothing quite like finding the right vocal for a track and with Siren you are given a collection of vocals that range from beautiful, angelic, and haunting from this sought after vocalist. 15 construction kits paired with a massive supply of bonus material, all organized and labelled with correct key and tempo information make this pack a producers dream. Veela has been featured on many top 100 beatport tracks and her collaboration with Blackmill was the #4 most blogged about song on Hype Machine. Her mission to share beauty and inspire shines through in this pack and there is no doubt that these vocals will be featured on many chart topping tracks for years to come.

Pack inlcudes:

15 Construction Kits - Vocals phrases and samples suitable for all kinds of music, each kit is named with the original chord progression it was recorded to for maximum efficiency. Stories woven into songs, beautiful melodies and adlibs fill up this section. Don't be afraid to mix and match, time-stretch or load into your favorite pitch correction software such as Melodyne or Newtone to create all new melodies and phrases. All kits are recorded to 128bpm and still sound great when stretched to other tempos.

Loops - Gated sustains, vocal percussion, and twisted glitch loops perfect for chopping up or laying directly in your track. All loops tempo stretched to 128bpm and labelled with the correct pitch.

Vocal FX - Heavily verbed breaths, reverse reverbs both tonal and atonal, and blurred vocal swells perfect for transitions for for building tension in your tracks

Spoken - Over 100 spoken phrases, perfect to drop in over a breakdown or fill. Begging to be chopped up into intricate edits!

Bonus Material - We wanted to give you, the producer, as much material to work with in this pack so we've included all of the production material such as random weird vocal noises, single sustain tones (several for each note), laughs and sighs & breath noises. These recordings are a sound designers paradise!

**NOTE that the demo features additional instrumental loops that are not included in the pack.

Siren was recorded with a Neuman TLM103 and processed with the finest gear from Universal Audio for analog warmth such as Studer A800, Empirical Labs Fatso, LA2A compressor, EMT250, Valhalla Room, Harrison 32C EQ, SSL E Channel Strip, Manley Massive Passive EQ. All recordings are relatively dry however to ensure the producer has maximum flexibility.

Siren - Vocal sample pack available from www.blackoctopus-sound.com

Andy Moor vs Michael Wilson - Control Me (Toby Emerson Remix)

After Meridian - NY Airport (Toby Emerson Remix)

Toby Emerson - Never Comin Down (Club mix)

An essential selection of 101 tension-busting bombs, impacts, slams and crashes built to slot seamlessly into almost every dance music genre, from techno and house through to dubstep and D&B.
Created Toby Emerson, one of the producers behind Sample Magic's best-selling Ultimate FX, Impacts & Explosions packs in some of the most powerful, spacious and detailed FX hits we've ever heard here at S2S.
From sub-rattling booms and apocalyptic impacts to fizzing hi-freq hits and punchy short slams, Impacts & Explosions has all your FX hit needs covered.
Sub-divided into folders of Huge, Light, Short and Sub Drops, the collection is intuitively created to help you find the perfect sound with the minimum of effort.
All samples are offered as industry-standard 24-bit Wavs.

(samples) SM101 - Impacts & Explosions

A monstrous library of 128 premium kicks suitable for all kinds of electronic music, these drum samples have been sculpted from the ground up and have been crafted with expert precision using refined synthesis and sampling techniques. The bassdrums in this library have been designed to rattle club speakers and punch through the toughest mixes!  Special care has been taken to ensure that the samples in this pack both sit in a track right away but also and have room for additional processing and compression.  A wide range of high end analog gear and hardware has been used in the production of this pack ensuring these kicks have analog warmth and presence. Selecting the right kick drum is essential in club and electronic music production and Monster Kicks is one secret weapon you do not want to be without!

Format:   128 24-bit 44.1K WAV files
License:  Royalty free license

Note: Only the kick drums in the sound demos are included in the pack.

(samples) Monster Kicks volume 1 - www.blackoctopus-sound.com

Toby Emerson - Never Comin Down (Lazy Rich Remix)

Sample Magic - Ultimate FX Demo

Black Octopus returns with a huge collection of tools for electro bass lovers.  This unique pack features a full length royalty free FLP project* (for use with FL Studio) to study, remix, or extract ideas from - all royalty free!  Also included is an empty FLP template, designed to speed up workflow and chalked full of crunchy, dirty, and tweaked out electro bass samples. To top things off in this pack you will find 420 single shot bass sounds in 24 bit WAV 44.1k format.  

While geared towards the electro / complextro genres, these sounds will fit right at home in other genres such as Dubstep, Trance, Breaks, and DNB.

The sounds are divided up into 2 categories:  

Bass Sustains - Long sustained notes with the filter wide open, ranging from clean, punchy, and deep to filthy, dirty, and chaotic.  Designed to be loaded into your favorite sampler such as Kontakt, Alchemy, DirectWave, Ableton sampler etc - throw your own filter envelopes or LFO wobbles on these to really take advantage of these sounds.

Bass Tweaks - Pitch bends, filter wobbles,  and Punchy stabs - this folder comes packed with all kinds of tweaked out sounds perfect for adding complex movements and fills into your basslines.

*Requirements for Opening FLP files & saving bass patches:  FL Studio 10.0.9 or higher.  Harmor for resaving of bass patches.

FORMAT:  WAV 24 bit 44.1k  .flp
 

www.blackoctopus-sound.com - Electro Bass Tools (samples)

The Afterschool Special & Robb G - Big Money Jazz Handz (Original Mix)

Get down and dirty with this face melting sample pack of nearly 1200 royalty free twisted bass samples.  Weighing in at a massive 1.2 GB, this pack is stocked full of growling beast like textures and snarly basslines perfect for dubstep, drum & bass, complextro, or any type of music that calls for something gritty.  Hours of painstaking resampling techniques have been used to obtain these highly desirable tones and little or no additional processing will be needed to bring them to life in your tracks.

The sounds are divided into 2 categories in this pack

Bits - Sequences full of pitch bends, squelches and growls.  Perfect for chopping up and piecing together to form new sequences.  The bits have been provided at both 140 bpm and 174 bpm but will easily fit within other tempos as well.

Sustains - single note sustain samples great for loading into samplers or adding addition filter LFOs or envelopes.  Both of these categories provide excellent flexibility for making the sounds your own.  All samples are labelled with the correct key for efficiency.

As a bonus both FLP files (for use with FL Studio) of the audio demo have been included as well as Kontakt patches of the sustain samples.

www.blackoctopus-sound.com - Neuro Bass Tools (samples)

Toby Emerson - Is Anybody Out There (DJ Mix 2009)

Metzo - Get Over It (Soulfix & Toby Emerson Remix)

Deadmau5 - SOFI Needs A Ladder (Toby Emerson Remix)

Release for Winter 2010 through Audio Planet Recordings

Christoph Maitland & Toby Emerson ft Veela - Fall Silently (Progressive Mix)

Tracklist
Toby Emerson - Intro with commentary by Bill Hicks
Magitman - Kalamari (D-nox &amp; Beckers Remix)
Umek - 2nd To None (Original Mix)
D-Unity - Afrika (Original Mix)
Beckers & Hatfield - Excuse (Original Mix)
Rino Cabrera - All of a Sudden (Daniel Portman Remix)
Nyquist - Tilt (Nikko Remix)
Chris Nemmo &amp; Andree Eskay - Affection (Dousk Dub Electro Mix)
Talisman &amp; Hudson - Leaving Planet Earth (Dousk Remix)
David West vs Deadmau5 - Welsh Babies (Toby Emerson Mashup)


Toby Emerson - RAEV! (Live DJ Mix)

The second collab between Robb G & The Afterschool Special (Toby Emerson & Jon-E Industry)

The Afterschool Special & Robb G - Roboduck (original mix)

Over 1 GB of high quality, royalty free vocal samples from singer Cory Friesenhan. 

Black Octopus Sound - Cory Friesenhan Vocal Sessions (www.blackoctopus-sound.com)

Biography

Toby Emerson’s beats and bass lines rumble low, underneath addictive hooks and grooves that are guaranteed to rock the club! A producer of elite quality; Toby’s music is meant to be felt as much as heard on the dance floor. His tracks expertly maneuver the musical space between big room electro, house and peak time progressive and have sold in excess of 45,000 copies worldwide! Packing such wicked weaponry, it is no wonder Mr. Emerson has releases on labels like Bug Eyed, Big Fish, System and Subversive. He has received airplay by Judge Jules, and is a featured artist of music software giant, FL Studio. That being said, 2011 is the year you have the opportunity to see one of the continents best party rockers at a club near you! 

Toby’s best selling tracks have been given support by many of the Iconic names in DJing. Artists like Paul Van Dyk, Lazy Rich, Jason Nevins, Scumfrog and Above & Beyond have all brought down the house with Toby Emerson’s bangers. Club Hits like Inappropriate Electro, Never Comin’ Down, Rapture and In The Night highlight a resume jam packed with Beatport top sellers. His tunes have even been included on popular video games like Flash Flash Revolution, IDance and the upcoming Rerave for the Iphone. In addition to his stellar original and remix work, Toby also has three highly acclaimed sample packs that are used in heavy rotation by all the production gods including techno pioneer UMEK. (Check UMEK’s #1 Seller OMGWTF!) All three sample packs have received stunning reviews by computer music magazine.

A talented musician, who sometimes plays guitar and even sings lead vocal on his tracks(Check Never Comin Down!) Toby has had some help along the way. In 2007 he completed the recording arts program at the AI center for Digital Imaging and Sound in Vancouver, Canada. It was around that time that he would often share tips with another Canadian talent on the verge of stardom, Deadmau5. Toby would later utilize his honed skills to produce a stunning sonic reworking of Deadmau5’s Sofi Needs A Ladder. His remix would finish in the top ten of the official Beatport contest and was later given to fans for free.

A side project entitled The Afterschool Special was formed in 2008, as a collaborative with friend, and fellow electro head Jon-E Industry. This hugely successful partnering sparked Electro hits like “Full House” and “Big Money Jazz Hands,” that landed on the hugely successful Bug Eyed Records. Their continued success has brought forth a slew of support and remixes by big name artists including Calvertron, Electric Soulside and collaborations with Canadian favorite Robb G!

Toby Emerson is a great live performer who puts just as much into his live shows as his productions. During his live shows you can expect custom made remixes, edits, loops and the best in progressive, electro, house, techno and everything in between. Impeccable taste and a supernatural sense of what moves the crowd has proved Toby to be one of Western Canada’s top musical performers.

2011 is the year Toby is setting his sights on attaining new heights. He is gearing up to include a Canadian and Asian tour, in addition to an assault of media projects and releases all destined to top the charts. Included is his track Fall Silently with Christoph Maitland and vocalist Veela. Dropping on Audio Planet Recordings it has generated a massive buzz and will feature remixes work by Brazilian star Alex Mind. Also slated for 2011 is the inception of Toby’s own website selling his much sought after samples and synth patches for use in music production. So take note and be prepared to dance your ass off as one of North America’s best selling electronic artists touches down at a club near you.

DJ SUPPORT

Above & Beyond
Paul Van Dyk
Matt Darey
Dada Life
Lazy Rich
The Blizzard
Kyau & Albert
Flash Brothers
Scumfrog
Robb G
Judge Jules
Andy Moor
DJ Bam Bam
Marco V
DJ Shah
Mike Shiver
Headstrong
Solarstone
Lemon & Einar K
DJ Tatana
Jason Nevins
M.I.K.E.
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