Category: News
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The Future of Storage
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom fiction to reality and new tech integration. Will Project Silica from Microsoft make the final cut?!
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Mellotron: A Tale of Two Countries
Reading Time: 3 minutesMellotron: a cool tape keyboard that sounds like a mini orchestra! Born from a Chamberlin, loved by rock stars, and now available as a Force-ful plugin.
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Hollow sun: High Noon
Reading Time: 3 minutesStephen Howell, after exploring his love of synthesis during his teens, worked on classic releases like the AKAI Headrush and Alesis Fusion in his early twenties due to a fortunate encounter with an AKAI executive. However, exhausted from business dealings and frequent travel, he chose to strike out independently.
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Reverb? Choose!
Reading Time: 2 minutesChoose between a 600lb decommissioned bomb turned drinks cabinet and the first plate reverb unit, EMT140: a German-made, vintage, sonic wonder. Your call: impress guests or mesmerize audiences?
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de-complex
Reading Time: < 1 minuteExperience a musical revolution with the de-complex sample pack, featuring 24 modal nonlinear sounds with spatial components. Available in December 2023 for only £18.99!
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SampleNerd.com is 6 months old today!
Reading Time: 2 minutesSampleNerd.com, dedicated to specialist articles on sounds, celebrates six months of sharing insightful content on philosophy, psychology, history, technology, and culture.
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Hollow Sun: AKAI Years
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is part two of a series on Stephen Howell, founder of Hollow Sun. A chance meeting with an AKAI executive, led to a long-term collaboration and the development of an innovative sound library!
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SAMPLE PACK!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSampleNerd.com introduces its first Sample Pack, creatively using VST Triggering for interesting sonic experiences. It includes 100 different sounds designed for creative sound layering, priced at £12.99.
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Hollow Sun: The Dawn
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe life and career of sample maestro Stephen Howell, who transitioned from singing for the Royal family to becoming a luminary in music sampling, is being chronicled in a six-part series on SampleNerd.com.
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Library remasters
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSampleNerd.com announces the first release of library remasters in early 2024, upholding the rich tradition of remastered albums that enhance audio quality and musical experience.
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The Art of Discovery
Reading Time: 4 minutesPurchasing the complete Emulator II Factory library today would cost $8,638.21, a massive investment considering the average US income in 1984 was $15,215.03. The extensive time and cost required made sound libraries valuable and treasured possessions back then, unlike quickly obtained and often overlooked sounds of today.
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Just sound different.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSampleNerd.com reviews ZenDaw’s “Blue Swells” sound pack, largely praising its exceptional quality and realism. ZenDaw, a French sound pack producer, has extended their specialization to UI software for music production, steadily enhancing their market presence.
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