Lithium's Blog

2009-10-30T15:30:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to tell everybody about my entery for the KVR Developer Challenge 2009. It's called Anawave and it is a hybrid analog/wavetable synth. Anawave is well suited for making dnb basses and hardcore stabs. I also included 50 waveforms and 32 presets for tweaking. This plug-in took me a long time to make. So if you like it and find it useful, please vote for me...

Features:
-2 Analogue oscillators (sine, saw, square, tri, noise).
-2 Wavetable oscillators.
-4 ADSR Amp envelopes.

-2 ADSR Filter envelopes.

-2 LFO cutoff control.

-32 presets.

-50 waveforms.

4 Drum & Bass production tutorial Videos!!!!

2009-07-20T14:00:00.000-07:00

I ran across these 4 Drum & Bass production tutorial videos a while back and thought it might be useful for the newbies..

DNB Video Tutorials

9 Drum&Bass production tutorials & articels!!!

2009-07-20T12:17:00.000-07:00

Here are 9 useful Drum&Bass production tutorials & articels. These are
mainly for the newbies.

DnB Breaks
Hattrixx Breakbeat Guide
Jungle Break Tutorial A
Jungle Break Tutorial B
DNBWiki
BeatClinic
Simonv DnB Tutorials
23 classic drum 'n' bass tips
How to make a drum 'n' bass beat in Ableton Live

2009-06-15T15:29:00.000-07:00

Waveform is a simple wave table synth and was created for making more organic (organ,ep) tones.

Features:
-2 wave tables
-ADSR Amp envelope
-ADSR Filter envelope
-LFO Fliter control

Download

Music Technology - The PC Guide

2009-05-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

Music Technology - The PC Guide is an essential guide to PC computer maintenance and optimisation, for the electronic musician.

Huge Chip Tune Resource !!!!

2009-03-22T12:18:00.000-07:00

Woolyss Chiptuning Page is a massave resource for all things chip tune, 8-bit and lofi. The site features a ton of great links to chip tune music, composers, sound generators, trackers, and vst's, ect. While there, check out the games page to find links to all your favorite old school arcade games.

Lithium Sound: Silver Bass VST

2009-02-11T12:04:00.000-08:00

Silver Bass is a simple analog style synth for making Drum&Bass, Hardcore, and Dub basslines but is also useful for making classic rave stabs.

Features:
-2 oscillators (sine, saw, square, tri, noise)
-ADSR Amp envelope
-ADSR Filter envelope
-LFO Fliter control
-8 presets

Download

9 free 8bit/lo-fi VSTi's worth having!!!

2009-01-29T12:23:00.000-08:00

Being a dub fan, I love anything that makes a cool sound that can be run through heavy delay and 8bit game sounds are a great source for this. So, I listed my favorite 8bit and lo-fi VSTi's.

De la Mancha: basic64

Basic 64 is inspired by the 8 bit sounds of the classic Commodore 64.It's not a straight emulation, but is based around the SID chip with some extras for that 8-bit retro game sound, lofi gritty noises or just plain oddness.

Features:

16, 8 or 6 bit sound quality
3 oscs, each with their own ADSR envelope
oscillators can be sync'd and ring modulated by each other
pitch envelope modulation- pitch wobble option, for subtle instability
2 tempo-sync LFO's to modulate pitch, cut-off and pulse width
LFO's have attack/release curves
tempo-sync arpegiator
flexible routing to state variable filter (LP, HP&BP)
envelopes can be reset or continuous at retrigger
monophonic or polyphonic option- midi learn / midi CC support
128 presets by sinkmusic&WhiskeyPriest

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Hues: 2600

Just turn the "sample" and "hold" dials to change the noises. the red buttons on the left (next to those tan rectangles) control the various wave shapes.

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g200kg: ProtoPSG

8voice poly PSG like synth.

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Siegfried Kullmann: SQ8L

The SQ8L is a software model (VST) of Ensoniq's classic 1980s synth SQ80. The SQ80 features 3 digital wavetable oscillators for each of its 8 voices which are fed through analog 4-pole lowpass filters (-24dB gain) with resonance. Sound parameters can be modulated by 4 envelopes, 3 LFOs and several MIDI sources. The SQ80 also has a predecessor, the ESQ1, which can do most of the same stuff.

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Odo: UNKNOWN64

Unknown 64 is a single oscillator synth designed to recreate the "classic" Commodore 64 sounds.

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De la Mancha: plastique

plastique is a 2 oscillator subtractive synth, using the 31 waveforms from the Casio HT-700 synth and some enhancements to the originals feature set. It does lofi 80s sounds but also so much more, with a configurable filter (up to 16 poles), a pitch envelope for percussion, an arp, tempo sync delay & LFO, chorus and some lofi instability.

Features:

31 Waveforms from the Casio HT-700
2 Oscs with sync and octave / semitone detune
Configurable Resonant Low Pass filter (2-16 poles with cut-off spread)
Volume and Pitch envelopes· Tempo sync LFO with 10 waveforms and note-on sync to modulate filter and pitch
Tempo sync Arp with 6 modes and adjustable octave range, note length
Tempo sync Delay
Adjustable Chorus
Lofi options include reduction in quality, distortion and pitch drift
64 presets from Tim Conrardy, Ouroboros & Sink

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YMCK: Magical 8bit

Magical 8bit Plug is a plug-in style software-synthesizer for producing primitive electronic sounds like the old 8bit game consoles.

Features:

Includes 5 waveforms (square, pulse (2 kinds), pseudo-triangle, low-resolution noise)
ADSR envelope assignment for volume
Supports pitch bending
bend range variable Frequency sweep function

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Odo: 38911 Bytes

38911 Bytes is a synthesizer based on Commodore 64 software but it can do a lot more.

Features:

1 oscillator synth with 4 waveforms (saw, triangle, pulse and pitch noise). Also PulseWidth "noise cutoff" and "noise level" and Octaves from -3 to 4
3 BPM sequencers with 10 rates, 2 to 16 steps and end/loop modes
Sequencer 1 is for notes and octaves. Notes from C to B and octaves -3 to 4
Sequencer 2 is for waveforms Saw, Triangle, Pitched Noise, RM saw, RM triangle, RM pulse
Sequencer 3 is for octaves from -3 to 4
The filter, pitch and PW modulation envelopes have stages from 1 to 8, also 13 curves, a Sustain point from 1 to 7 or even off. The envelopes can also be turned off to save some CPU when not required
3 different filters - low-pass, band-pass and hi-pass. You can activate more than one filter type like on a real c64 and also turn the filters off
2 LFOs with 19 different waveforms with free speed or 14 BPM speeds. The LFOs have only 3 destinations - cutoff, pitch and for PWM
A Ring modulation with a bitcrusher notes from c to b and octaves from -4 to 3
A volume envelope and a full bank of 128 presets.

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E-Phonic: Invader

Video game FX Synth.

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Cosmic Boy: Ice Cream

8-bit/Chip style Mono/Poly synthesizer.

Features:

Dual Osc’s
4 Octave per OSC
Osc2 Finetune
Step Sequencer Pitch/Filter
Bitcrusher 8bit,16bit, 24bit, 32bit
Filter Section
Amp/Filter ADSR
Harmonics Switch
Reverb/Delay
X/Y Pad.
Glide and Glide Rate

Homemade Instruments

2009-01-19T10:59:00.000-08:00

A while back I bought a digital audio recorder and wanted to record my own precussion sounds. So I started making my own instruments and the following is list of sites I found for making instruments such as cabasas, rain sticks, drums, shakers, jingle sticks ect...
Drum Journey
Homemade Percussion
Make Your Own Instruments
Songs for Teaching
Homemade Instruments!
Crafty Music Teachers
More Homemade Instruments

Lithium Sound: Rastabox and Blaster

2009-01-13T12:38:00.000-08:00

RastaBox:
An emulation of the classic dub siren. KVR Developer Challenge 2007 entery.

It features:
-1 oscillator (sine, saw, square, tri)
-ADSR
-LFO pitch control (sin, square, square2, saw, tri, halfsine, ellipse, trisaw)
-32 presets

Download

Blaster:
A simple raygun noise maker.

It features:
-1 oscillator (sine, square, saw, tri, noise, halfsine, trisaw)
-ADSR Amp envelope
-LFO speed and depth controls
-Onboard ping-pong delay
-16 presets

Download

FREE SOFTWARE AND MUSIC RESOURCE LIST

2009-01-10T16:11:00.000-08:00

LITHIUM’S HUGE FREE SOFTWARE AND MUSIC RESOURCE LIST
Updated: 3/25/10

USEFUL TOOLS's:
Acid Express
Audacity
Wavosaur
SayIt
ReBirth
Scratch
Wave Knife
Zs-Amen
sfxr

Samples:
Vintage Drum Machine Samples
The Busty Dozen Scrambled Vol.1
Goldbaby Productions Samples
Illuminated Sounds
SampleRadar

VST's:
Lithium Sound
xoxos
Green Oak Crystal
Tweakbench
UGO
Synth1
da Hornet (serial number:TMKMKIHGNNKJFMKMKIHGNNKJF)
Angular Momentum
Interruptor's VST's
SUPERWAVE P8
Izotope Vinyl
Stumm PG-23P
ProtoGSP
Dream Vortex
SIR
DSKMusic
MeatalMickey
Softrave
Oatmeal
GVST
DiscoDSP Highlife
DBlue Glitch
diM plugins
Camelcrusher
Plugsound Free
Old School
TAL-Plug-ins
Frettedsynth
Jeroen Baart
MeldaProduction VST Plugins
Vacuumsound Plugins
Luxonix LFX-1310
AcmeBarGig
Independence Free
Kjaerhus Classic Series
MDA
Room Machine 844
UVI Workstation
Short Circuit

VST LISTS/DATABASES:
KVR Audio
List of Free VST FX
GERSIC VST Database
Madtracker Plugin List
SoundEditor
Don't Crack
Kubton Plug-in List
VST 4 FREE
The List- The Best Free Synths

VST PATCHES:
Crystal Patches
Crystal Patches
Synth1 Patches
DaHornet Patches
Rekkerd Patches
Ann Preset Bank

IMPULSE RESPONSES:
Voxengo
Club Simulation Impulses
Waves Impulse Responses
Noisevault
Fokke’s Impulses

PRODUCTION TUTORIALS & ARTICELS:
Computer Music Tutorial PDF's
DnB Breaks
Psytrance Tutorial
Dub Tutorials
Breakbeat Guide
Electronic Production
Berklee Shares
Music Lessons
SimonV’s Tutorial Page
Rap Production Videos
Sonic Transfer
Jungle Tutorial A
Jungle Tutorial B
EQ Primer
Audioforce Tutorials
Mastering Tutorial
EQing
The Whipping Post
EQ Frequencies
Interactive Frequency Chart
DNBWiki
BeatClinic
20 dance production tips
Zircon Studios Tutorials
SAE Audio Reference Material
Samplecraze Tutorials
Tenth Egg Tutorials
Tunetorials
Prime Loops Production Tutorials
Musicradar Tutorials
Music Technology - PC Guide
Boy in a Band Tutorials
Synth Student
Audio Tuts+

FORUMS:
Internet DJ
Recording Project
IsraTrance
Future Producers
Drum&Bass Arena
Trance.nu
Trance Addict
Serious Sounds
Drum’n’Bass Secrets
Drum’n’Bass.be
TWEAKHEADZ
AudioPoineers.net
Dubstep Forum
DNB Forum
Back to the OldSkool Forum
Ragga Jungle
IDM Forums

PRODUCTION SITES:
Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music
Audiomastermind
Analogik
Internet DJ
Know the Music Biz
Future-dnb
Musicradar.com

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