Sounds and Presets: 50 Great Patches for Waldorf Quantum/Iridium, opsix and More.
Grab yourself a bargain at the Synth Blade closing down sale
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This week’s Sounds and Presets covers new sounds from Jamie Morden at GEOSynths with his Flux Vol. 1 for the Waldorf Quantum and Iridium. There are also new sounds for KORG’s opsix!
A nice bit of variety this week with some superb new sounds from Jamie Morden for your Waldorf Quantum or Iridium. We’ve got some new sounds for KORG’s opsix from Synth Morph, and Synth Blade is having a fire sale as they are sadly closing down.
Sounds and Presets
GEOSynths Flux Vol.1 for Waldorf Quantum and Iridium
Waldorf has been quite busy these past few years, churning out quality hardware synth after quality hardware synth. At the top of this list has been the Waldorf Quantum, closely followed by the Iridium. With the Mk.2 Quantum, Waldorf introduced polyphonic aftertouch which, when combined with its powerful synth engine, delivers amazing expressive capabilities.
Jamie Morden, Blackpool-based sound designer, has recently rediscovered the Quantum and has now developed a bank of 50 new sounds for it and the Iridium. Flux Vol.1 explores all of the Quantum’s synth engines including wavetables, granular and FM.
The bank contains a raft of Jamie’s own samples too, gleaned from his collection of hardware synths and including sounds from the Moog One, Sub 37, Matriarch, the Arturia Polybrute and many more besides. He’s sampled raw oscillators on every key to create some pretty amazing patches.
Because of these multi-samples, you’re going to need 300MB of space on your Quantum to accommodate them. And don’t worry if you struggle with installing such banks. Jamie has created a specific installation video for this bank.
Buy Flux Vol.1 for Waldorf Quantum and Iridium direct from GEOSynths for $20
Synth Morph Arctic Shimmer for KORG opsix
KORG’s opsix introduced FM synthesis to a new generation when it was released in 2020. Since then it has been given the Mk.2 treatment, squeezed into a desktop/rackmount module and given room to breathe with the SE and SE Platinum versions.
As more people discover how awesome FM synthesis is, we are seeing more and more patch packs being made available and this new one from Synth Morph is pretty darned cool. Entitled ‘Arctic Shimmer’, we’re left in no doubt as to the sonic direction of this pack.
The pack includes 80 presets that will work across all of the opsix versions and come supplied in both voice formats for maximum compatibility. The pack also includes 15 morphing sequences in both MIDI and WAV format. Synth Morph tells us that using aftertouch and the mod wheel really expands the sounds in this bank!
Buy opsix Arctic Summer direct from Synth Morph for just $20
Synth Blade Closing Down Sale
It’s never great to report on another music technology company closing down but this is the fate of Synth Blade who are closing their doors in September. The individual behind the brand is moving on to pastures new and says that the retail outlet won’t be part of that, moving forward.
I hope that this means their skills will be put to great use elsewhere but in the meantime, we can help them on their way by taking advantage of their closing-down sale. All content is discounted, with some items having as much as 40% slashed from their prices.
Synth Blade has presets for Serum, Diva, Pigments and Vital software synthesizers. There are individual packs up for grabs as well as bundles that save you even more money. So go and grab yourself a bargain and we at Gearnews wish Synth Blade well for the future!
Check out the closing down sale deals at Synth Blade here.
Tom Wolfe Summer of Sound Sale – Omnisphere
To finish us off this week, we’re revisiting Tom Wolfe and his amazing sound design. We looked at his work before in this column and now he’s having a summer sale where there are time-limited discounts on many of his brilliant sound libraries.
Right now, all of Tom’s presets for Spectrasonics Omnisphere are on sale. That’s 19, count ’em, NINETEEN banks all with money off. Titles include Binaural Soundscapes, Cinematic Collection, Fractal, Tapes, Atmos, Lunnen, Solus, Halcyon and more.
And if you can’t make your mind up, why not consider one of Tom’s Omnisphere Collections? The standard collection is down from £289.99 to just £144.99. However, we recommend the Ultimate Collection. This gives you everything in the standard collection plus all new Omnisphere soundbanks from Tom for a whole year!
And Tom offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on all his products! But hurry, these Omnisphere offers are ending on Sunday 25th August. After that, on the 26th, Tom will be discounting his U-He Diva presets.
Grab the Omnisphere Sounds on sale now for a limited time at Tom Wolfe’s site.
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