Twisted Tools Releases S-LAYER
New sampler instrument for Native Instruments Reaktor 5 creates playable and unique sound combinations by layering samples.

AVAILABLE FOR $69 @ http://twistedtools.com/shop/reaktor/s-layer

S-LAYER is a sound creation tool that allows you to create, edit and play new sound combinations by taking samples and layering them together using an eight part sampler and an intuitive cell layout.  By combining sounds from the included sample map or your existing sample library, S-LAYER facilitates the discovery of new oneshots, sound effects and loops from pre-existing sample content.  Whether you’re looking for a new way to create thick drum samples for hip-hop or a massive impact sound effect for game, S-LAYER delivers.

With S-LAYER, up to eight parts are played back and manipulated simultaneously using an advanced layered sampler engine, where each layer remains independent and can be surgically edited.  Time-tested sound design techniques such as reversing, pitching, modulating and mixing sounds together can be quickly achieved by randomizing and fine-tuning with sliders and knobs. In addition to the on-board granular, filter and time-based effects, you can also connect your own effects using the insert/send system or by using the direct outputs.  Once you’ve found a sound combination that you like, you can store it on-the-fly in one of eight ‘Scenes’ which can be dynamically played backed and controlled using MIDI. 

In addition to the included sample library featuring sounds from many renowned sound designers, S-LAYER comes bundled with an iPad Lemur MIDI template by Antonio Blanca and a MIDI template for Native Instruments’ Maschine.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
"I always dreamed of having something like this…" Jedsound
"Absolutely phenomenal…" Matt Cellitti (Dubspot Instructor)
"New favorite toy for percussive sound design..." Delect (C. De Luca/Leonard De Leonard)
"Freaking Amazing." Richard Devine
"Absolutely dominates!" EVAC
"What a monster you've created..." Miguel Isaza (DesigningSound.org)

S-LAYER FEATURES:
Advanced layered sampler engine
Intuitive and fast parameter cell interface
Layered playback and editing of up to eight samples simultaneously
Independent sampler, filter, grain and fx send controls per layer
Extensive randomization options
4 assignable Modulation Sequencers with independent speed and length controls
4 assignable Wrapper knobs to offset cell slider positions and modulate live
8 Scenes per preset that store and recall parameter settings and modulation
Insert/FX Send system to connect and modulate your own effects
Transpose Mode to play layered sound combinations chromatically
Direct Outs per voice for Multi-Out Instrument support using DAWs or hardware effects
BPM Sync mode for loops and tempo synced oneshots. 
iPad Lemur MIDI template by Antonio Blanca
NI Maschine MIDI template by Twisted Tools
128 samples included in the default sample map
Over 2500 preset sound variations

Sample content and sound design by:  Antonio Blanca, Richard Devine, Delect (Chris De Luca/Leonard De Leonard), EVAC, Glitchmachines, Jedsound, Miguel Isaza,  Mike Huckaby, pNORTNAOMI,  Surachai and Tonebuilder

Audio demo by: GLITCHMACHINES
Video by: axiom-crux.net

S-LAYER Sounds Demo

"Interceptor" did have a limited vinyl release on Disuye Records (pressed about 1500 copies in 2002) and there was a short period where MP3s were available on the old website. It's one of the most requested tracks I get asked for, so here you go. 

If you have any request for next Friday's remaster / re-issue please write in the comments and I'll see what I can find. ~ Dan F

p.s: 2-3 more weeks of re-issues then there will be some new stuff.

Dan F "Interceptor" (2002, 2014 remaster)

Link to the video captured here in real-time: https://vimeo.com/150015591

Patch Notes:

This was a patch experiment using the new Mutable Instruments Rings/Clouds Modules, and trying to create strumming/plucking guitar like sounds within a patch. The inspiration came from playing around with the Clouds Parasites 1.3 alternate firmware running in the Resonator mode highlighting the "scatter" (or strum) function. The master clock was the Tiptop Circadian Rhythms module, taking the first 4 outputs into my Nord Drum 2 for the Kick, snare, closed and open hi-hats. From there the clock output from the CR was multiplied and then sent to the Modcan Touch Sequencer. First row output from the TS was sent to the intellijel Shapeshifter creating a two note baseline sequence that comes in at 1:58. The second sequence Row2 output from the TS was sent to the "ALM Akemie's Castle" module OSC A output using the chord function, that comes in at 25 seconds. The gates from the modcan where set to a 16th's pulse sequence. Modulation from the synthesis technology E102 Quad Temporal Shifter output 1 modulating the Multiplier input on Operator 1. The 2, 3 and 4 outputs from the E102 where also modulating the Operator 2, 3, and 4 inputs on the Akemie's Castle. This was creating the harmonic timbre changing as the sequence was playing.

The slowly evolving sweeping noise textures that come in at 1:09 is from the Music Thing Radio Music module. The sample was a white noise sampled lightly filtered and then sent to the intellijel HexVCA with the amplitude CV control via a Intellijel Dixie modulating from slow to high rates (free running). The Make Noise Rene was being externally clocked from the Circadian Rhythm, and was sending out a quantized output to the Mutable Instruments Clouds pitch input creating the chord guitar sequence. The strum sounds on Clouds was played by the 4ms QCD running in 32th division output into the Trigger input. The freeze input was also triggered by a Ladik R-110 Random clock module. The combination of the two created the trill chord like strums.

The bass guitar tone sound that comes in at 1:24 are from the MakeNoise Mysteron, that is being sequenced by the Modcan Touch Sequencer, Row Output 3 was programmed in the same key but a lower octave. The "Rings" module was creating slow attack soft high pitched chords in reverb that come around 2:50. There was additional processing of the Clouds output that was sent into the Tiptop ZDSP module running the "Halls of Vahalla" card program 8 "Ginnungagap" creating the high pitch octave deep reverb shimmer effects. The harmonic slow swells that come in at 3:30 where created using another intellijel Dixie oscillator sine output running into an Strymon "Big Sky" pedal being harmonically controlled by an intellijel µScale V1. The output was being played slowly then processed using the "Choral" mode, creating the slow shimmer swells. The entire mix was sent into the Eventide Space pedal using the "Corridors" patch.

Mutable Instruments Rings : mutable-instruments.net/modules/rings
Clouds Parasites firmware: mqtthiqs.github.io/parasites/clouds.html

Strum - Modular Patch

This is my story at Fusion. I had the honour to open the Sonnedeck stage on Friday 2 PM. 
The first part is a tribute, my ceremony for Bas Engels, founder of Shoeless Festival. Bas recently passed away during an motorcycle accident.
This vibe we created together at Sonnedeck was about the love connection with each other, with the earth and the universe. This feeling was so strong! I want to thank you, Fusion and @3000-grad for giving me this opportunity to play my 3 hour story. LOVE!

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/4396b5'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Fusion Festival, Sonnedeck, 29.06.2018

DOWNLOAD

Kraut @ Fusion Festival, Sonnedeck, 29.06.2018

Twisted Tools has released S-LAYER, a sample layering sound creation tool for Native Instruments Reaktor 5. 

S-LAYER is a sound creation tool that allows you to create, edit and play new sound combinations by taking samples and layering them together using an eight part sampler and an intuitive cell layout.  By combining sounds from the included sample map or your existing sample library, S-LAYER facilitates the discovery of new oneshots, sound effects and loops from your pre-existing sample content.

With S-LAYER, up to eight parts are played back simultaneously using a granular capable sampler engine while each layer remains independent and can be surgically edited.  Time-tested sound design techniques such as reversing, pitching, modulating and mixing sounds together can be quickly achieved by randomizing and fine-tuning with sliders and knobs. In addition to the on-board granular, filter and time-based effects, you can also connect your own effects using the insert/send system or by using the direct outputs.  Once you’ve found a sound combination that you like, you can store it on-the-fly in one of eight ‘Scenes’ which can be dynamically played using MIDI. 

In addition to the included sample library featuring sounds from renowned sound designers, S-LAYER comes bundled with an iPad Lemur MIDI template by Antonio Blanca as well as a MIDI template for Native Instruments’ Maschine.

The S-LAYER sample collection features content by: Antonio Blanca, Richard Devine, Delect (Chris De Luca/Leonard De Leonard), EVAC, Glitchmachines, Jedsound, Miguel Isaza,  pNORTNAOMI,  Surachai and Tonebuilder

S-LAYER / Richard Devine Sound Demos

Twisted Tools Releases S-LAYER
New sampler instrument for Native Instruments Reaktor 5 creates playable and unique sound combinations by layering samples.

AVAILABLE FOR $69 @ http://twistedtools.com/shop/reaktor/s-layer

Demo Audio by: Glitchmachines

S-LAYER is a sound creation tool that allows you to create, edit and play new sound combinations by taking samples and layering them together using an eight part sampler and an intuitive cell layout.  By combining sounds from the included sample map or your existing sample library, S-LAYER facilitates the discovery of new oneshots, sound effects and loops from pre-existing sample content.  Whether you’re looking for a new way to create thick drum samples for hip-hop or a massive impact sound effect for game, S-LAYER delivers.

With S-LAYER, up to eight parts are played back and manipulated simultaneously using an advanced layered sampler engine, where each layer remains independent and can be surgically edited.  Time-tested sound design techniques such as reversing, pitching, modulating and mixing sounds together can be quickly achieved by randomizing and fine-tuning with sliders and knobs. In addition to the on-board granular, filter and time-based effects, you can also connect your own effects using the insert/send system or by using the direct outputs.  Once you’ve found a sound combination that you like, you can store it on-the-fly in one of eight ‘Scenes’ which can be dynamically played backed and controlled using MIDI. 

In addition to the included sample library featuring sounds from many renowned sound designers, S-LAYER comes bundled with an iPad Lemur MIDI template by Antonio Blanca and a MIDI template for Native Instruments’ Maschine.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
"I always dreamed of having something like this…" Jedsound
"Absolutely phenomenal…" Matt Cellitti (Dubspot Instructor)
"New favorite toy for percussive sound design..." Delect (C. De Luca/Leonard De Leonard)
"Freaking Amazing." Richard Devine
"Absolutely dominates!" EVAC
"What a monster you've created..." Miguel Isaza (DesigningSound.org)

S-LAYER FEATURES:
Advanced layered sampler engine
Intuitive and fast parameter cell interface
Layered playback and editing of up to eight samples simultaneously
Independent sampler, filter, grain and fx send controls per layer
Extensive randomization options
4 assignable Modulation Sequencers with independent speed and length controls
4 assignable Wrapper knobs to offset cell slider positions and modulate live
8 Scenes per preset that store and recall parameter settings and modulation
Insert/FX Send system to connect and modulate your own effects
Transpose Mode to play layered sound combinations chromatically
Direct Outs per voice for Multi-Out Instrument support using DAWs or hardware effects
BPM Sync mode for loops and tempo synced oneshots. 
iPad Lemur MIDI template by Antonio Blanca
NI Maschine MIDI template by Twisted Tools
128 samples included in the default sample map
Over 2500 preset sound variations

Sample content and sound design by:  Antonio Blanca, Richard Devine, Delect (Chris De Luca/Leonard De Leonard), EVAC, Glitchmachines, Jedsound, Miguel Isaza,  Mike Huckaby, pNORTNAOMI,  Surachai and Tonebuilder

Audio demo by: GLITCHMACHINES
Video by: axiom-crux.net

S-LAYER / Trailer Audio

S-LAYER / Oneshots Loop

S-LAYER / Granular Layer Soundscapes

S-LAYER / Ambient Textures

S-LAYER / Pitch Bend Demo

Track list:

@nurturmusic Floating
@nurturmusic Refresh
Gas The Art of Chill
@JasonJob & Flying Colors Rmx Makambo
@nurturmusic Lamp
@An-Ten-Nae Kayu
@midorimusicalcreatrix Veil Burner
@nurturmusic Sunrise
@nurturmusic Electro Tropiq
@CrystelClear feat. Emalaine Loop 
@nurturmusic Sacred Bass
@nurturmusic Monkey Rising
@MichaelRed GRANDMOTHER
Artist Unknown Wave
@nurturmusic Caravan
Artist unknown Park ró
@dj-Ground Kukunochi / feat Japan birds
Dizm
@nurturmusic Melt
@nurturmusic Eleven
@JasonJob Debris
Raubermukke Moon Cycle 
@JasonJob Drone Bowls
@JasonJob Marble Universe
@JasonJob Luminance
@JasonJob Some Love 

It was a beautiful experience to be able to contribute to the new SLOWTEMPO format at Bass Coast curated by @MichaelRed.

The set began in collaboration with a perfectly weird performance by Subscura.
I have edited out one of the long drone tracks I played in the beginning so online listeners don't get bored;)

Much Gratitude

Duality // Bass Coast 2019

An short arpy loop set up to play with some of the Blocks I'm developing. All Alpha and Beta stage at the moment.

Alpha Blocks Arp

- The Goldcast 020 - 

DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE AT:
https://goldcap.vizee.pro

Goldcap tracklist:

1) Nicolas Jaar - Folie à deux
2) Thomas Newman - Any Other Name
3) Air - Playground Love
4) Kaouding Cissoko - Senegal-Mauritanie
5) Mulatu Astatke - Gubèlyé
6) Taraf De Haïdouks - Balada Conducatorolui
7) Deep Watch - Reasons For Being
8) Oskar Schuster - Eleanoras Traume
9) Mariem Hassan - La Tumchi Anni
10) Uriah Heep - Lady In Black
11) TOKiMONSTA - Smoke & Mirrors
12) Tinariwen & Kiran Ahluwalia - Mustt Mustt
13) Puscifer - The Humbling River
14) Pássaro - Assum Preto

KMLN guestmix tracklist:
https://soundcloud.com/kmln-berlin

1) Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus
2) Didinga Singer - Ee Wayi, Wayi, Hauya Agreement Tilaloni
3) Ana Bashak el Bahr - I Love the Sea sang by Najat al Saghira (KMLN EDIT)
4) Tesfa Maryam Kidane - Heywete (1970)(KMLN EDIT)
5) Colleen - Soul Alphabet (KMLN EDIT)
6) Pascal Schumacher, Maxime Delpierre - Drops (KMLN EDIT)
7) Fikret Kızılok - Sevda Çiçeği (KMLN EDIT)
8) Art Feynman - Slow Down (KMLN EDIT)
9) Lhasa De Sela - The Lonely Spider (KMLN EDIT)
10) Goran Bregovic - Tango (KMLN EDIT)
11) Boubacar Traoré - Duna Ma Yelema (KMLN EDIT)
12) Duckett - Ghosts of African Women (KMLN EDIT)
13) Melanie De Biaso - Afro Blue (KMLN EDIT)
14) Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal - Ma Ma FC (KMLN EDIT)
15) Ayub Ogada - Dala (KMLN EDIT)
16) Caribou - Melody Day (Four Tet Remix)

The Goldcast 020 (May 15, 2020) with guestmix by KMLN

This is & was Twatt 004 with Mathias Van Eecloo, owner of the label @laapsrecords https://laaps-records.com & @iikkibooks https://www.iikki-books.com/
Follow our next audiostories mixlr.com/wecu/events

____________________
Twenty-One Four Ears
____________________
21 tracks from the 21 albums during the last 4 years on IIKKI and LAAPS
IIKKI : September 2014 - November 2020
LAAPS : January 2020 - November 2020
tracklist :
(time line / artist / track name / album / label)
(00.00 - 04.29) 01 - Toàn - Caillou (Volta No Vento) (IIKKI 013)
(04.14 - 06.18) 02 - Danny Clay - 6.12.2015 (I) (Stills) (IIKKI 001)
(06.07 - 08.50) 03 - Aries Mond - Cut Off (Cut Off) (IIKKI 008)
(08.31 - 12.20) 04 - Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer - On Branches (Lowlands) (IIKKI 003)
(12.04 - 14.49) 05 - The Alvaret Ensemble - Ast (Ea) (LAAPS 001)
(14.42 - 18.28) 06 - Offthesky & The Humble Bee - An Affair on Invisibility (We Were the Hum of
Dreams) (LAAPS 003)
(18.24 - 21.43) 07 - Tomotsugu Nakamura - Alone Together (Litterature) (LAAPS 005)
(21.24 - 24.38) 08 - Valance Drakes - Loyalty And Honour Above All Else (Freedom Is Its Own Kind
Of Salary) (LAAPS 006)
(23.59 - 30.20) 09 - Joni Void - Non-Linéaire (Nature Morte) (LAAPS 007)
(30.08 - 35.06 ) 10 - Andrea Belfi - Vano (Alveare) (IIKKI 002)
(34.56 - 38.44 ) 11 - Fean - Swellen (II) (LAAPS 002)
(37.57 - 41.09 ) 12 - Foresteppe - IX - XII (Odeyalo) (LAAPS 008)
(40.50 - 43.38 ) 13 - Federico Durand - Los Juguetes De Minka Podhajska (Pequeñas Melodias)
(IIKKI 007)
(43.07 - 47.09 ) 14 - Stephen Vitiello & Molly Berg - Mental Radio (I Drew A Fish Hook, And It
Turned Into A Flower) (IIKKI 010)
(46.57 - 51.52 ) 15 - Masaya Ozaki & Kaito Nakahori - Horizon (Mythologies) (IIKKI 004)
(51.39 - 59.42 ) 16 - Danny Clay - Ocean Park II (Ocean Park) (LAAPS 004)
(58.05 - 62.11 ) 17 - The Humble Bee & Offthesky - For Her Breath Is On All That Hath Life (All
Other Voices Gone, Only Yours Remains) (IIKKI 009)
(61.55 - 64.09) 18 - Akira Uchida - #2 (Sasanami) (IIKKI 012)
(63.56 - 66.54) 19 - Aaron Martin - To Stems Unclasped the Petals Cling (Touch Dissolves) (IIKKI
006)
(66.36 - 72.06) 20 - Scott Worthington - A Time That Is Also A Place (Orbit) (IIKKI 005)
(71.57 - 75.21) 21 - Seabuckthorn - And Bickers Into Colour (Through A Vulnerable Occur) (IIKKI
011)

Twenty - One Four Years (Mix Showcase IIKKI+LAAPS)

'Throb' by @AbstractElementz is out now on 'Lost Dubs 3' compilation.

Stream / buy: microfunk.fanlink.to/lostdubs3

The third edition of Microfunk Music’s coveted ‘Lost Dubs’ series is finally here. Featuring 10 rhythmic glitch patterns from the Russian labels usual suspects, you can expect compositions from Synkro, Oak, Hybris, Akuratyde, Dissident, Kharm, Jason oS and of course label boss Bop. The record will be available on all digital and streaming platforms after a week-long exclusive on Bandcamp and will be pressed to a limited run of 100 cassette tapes, which will not last long. With distinguished artwork courtesy of none other than the infamous Trickartt, this is truly a collectors item and not to be missed.

Many things slip through the sands of time, but thankfully these beautiful songs will know no such fate. The introductory ‘Time’ from Manchester's Synkro is laden with a hopeful sadness, as melancholic sonics reverberate beautifully from start to finish. You could be forgiven for thinking this may set the tone for the LP to come, but what follows is a compendium of beautifully crafted musical delights, as varied in character and constitution as the seasons themselves.

A frequent partner of Bop as both a performer and artist, Oak graces the imprint once more with a deep electro cut ‘The Bay’ and tells a down-tempo tale in ‘Airwalk’, which is available to download upon pre-ordering the full LP. Rampant in it’s sheer textural beauty, the likes of Elsewhere follow suit with an expansive and heart-fluttering take on the 170BPM tempo in the form of ‘Procession’. Things take a techy turn as Jason oS delivers an introspective stepper in his ‘Hidden State’, but not before Akuratyde and Kharm weave their own atmospheric wonder ‘Enamoured’.

Although never fearful of pushing the boundaries or confinements within the D&B universe, Microfunk Music remains true to the genre that inspired it with the likes of Hybris injecting his trademark sonics into a sublimely styled technoid roller. Abstract Elements keep things stepping in a similar vein with ‘Throb’, whilst St. Petersburg's very own Dissident enthralls the listener with their hypnotic addition ‘Bathyscaphe’.

Bop has the honour of bowing out the stunning album with a dub-techno pattern ‘In My Dreams’ that traverses the expansive audible palette that so often engulfs Microfunk Music. Incorporating a myriad of moods, the Lost Dubs compilation further cements Microfunk Music as one of the leading purveyors of electronic excellence.

Brace yourself for a profound journey outside the conventional D&B paradigm.

Buy / Stream

Abstract Elements - Throb

Vinyl & Digital — https://fanlink.to/patternlessandendless

"Just Valance being Valance, I’m no underground glitch legend or pioneer as I never cared for a title, just an individual who puts sounds together and embraces the outcome whether it’s light or dark. Capturing emotions from complex patterns. I don’t betray myself. Not for status. Not for power. Not for money. Not to fit into a stereotype. Not to look a certain way. Not for approval as patience and sacrifice is required to build anything.

Some aspects of the world are getting uglier every day and every ray of hope is vital to tilt the balance. A Patternless and Endless Soul is for those in need, and as such, 30% of the record profits will be donated to a charity for the homeless TBA."
— Valance Drakes

V∆l∆nc∑ Dr∆kës: https://soundcloud.com/mussck
Photography: Lee Jeffries

A Patternless & Endless Soul

Vinyl—Digital—Stream

V∆l∆nc∑ Dr∆kës — A Patternless And Endless Soul

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