Big Fish Pro VI Digital Audio Software Bundle

Big FIsh Audio Pro VI Digital Audio Software Bundle contains thousands of great sounds and loops all conveniently packaged in one box. This includes 3 soft synths XLN's Addictive Drums, and VI.ONE and BASiS from Vir2 Instruments. The 3 combine to give you an incredible array of virtual keyboards, drums, basses, guitars, horns, and ethnic instruments. Add to that 4 top-selling loop and hit packages”Neo Soul 2 (Hip-Hop, jazz, and R&B construction kits), Rush (progressive house and trance construction kits), Blister Pak (over 4,000 electronic drums in audio/WAV format), Notorious (Hip-Hop and R&B samples)”and that's over 2,000 instruments, 30GB of sounds, 2,000 loops, and 1,000 hits. Big Fish Pro VI software covers a wide swath of popular genres, all in 1 convenient package. Save money by getting this enormous bundle today.

Addictive Drums
Craving a quality drum kit but don't think you can afford one? Think again. With XLN's Addictive Drums production toolkit you get 3 uber-realistic sounding virtual kits for the price of less than one traditional setup, plus plenty of extras, and not have to worry about floor space or your neighbors. This formidable music software is compatible with all major plug-in formats. Addictive Drums gives you instant and easy access to every parameter, so you can program completely realistic drum tracks in any style or genre.

Big Fish Audio Addictive Drums is built on 3 essential components of a world-class drum studio: superior multi-mic samples of a wide variety of premium drums, full production tools to tweak the sonic qualities of the kit (including envelopes, tuning, insert effects, reverbs, overhead, and room mic control), and a full suite of more than 3,000 built-in beats and grooves.

The toolkit's default sounds are extremely realistic, producing true acoustic drums, but you can also manipulate them into machine-like kits or weird rhythmic effects. Addictive Drums is unique in its ability to deliver such a wide array of production styles.

Whether you're an experienced drum programmer or an aspiring experimenter, with Big Fish Audio Addictive Drums you'll be able to re-create the "James Brown" beat or create your own distinctive sounds quicker than a Travis Barker snare solo.

BASiS
Become master of the low end with the BASiS virtual instrument from Big Fish Audio. Featuring a comprehensively sampled collection of electric, upright, fretless, and synth basses, BASiS offers incredible attention to detail in the depth and breadth of bass samples: 24-bit sampling, DI, and amp blending control, multiple velocity layers, seamless humanizing, custom legato and vibrato tools, release layers, harmonics, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, slaps, rakes, falls, and more.

BASiS software includes a diverse sample collection of basses”7 gigabytes' worth”in one virtual instrument: classics like the Jazz Bass, P-Bass, Rickenbacker, and Musicman basses are presented alongside personality and genre traits such as a classic Motown bass, a gospel bass, Jaco's Fretless, and Macca's Hofner. One upright bass and three slap basses are also included. In the synth bass category, more than a hundred patches are provided, ranging from thumping vintage synth basses to techno basses, as well as esoteric, fresh creations for spicing up your tracks. Each virtual instrument has been meticulously mastered and programmed for maximum musicality when placed in a mix.

All electric basses have been sampled from both a direct input (DI) and amped perspective. A knob on the interface allows phase-aligned blending of the two, or the selection of one or the other. For the upright bass, the same knob allows mixing of the direct input and a phase-aligned tube mic output capture of the same sessions. Other onscreen controls allow pitch bend range adjustment, pick noise and fret noise controls, release layer controls, adjustable velocity curve, and instant and detailed control over EQ. A comprehensive selection of effects is included, including an octaver, compression, saturation, lo-fi, distortion, limiter, phaser, flanger, chorus, reverb, and delay.

Performance features include an innovative legato tool designed for true finger-smooth playing, and a customizable vibrato engine with control over vibrato types, speeds, and depths. Rather than opting for traditional LFO-based vibrato, BASiS uses a sophisticated character vibrato modeled after real bass players, completely controllable from the keyboard and onscreen interface. Randomized pick noises, release samples, and fret noises add to the realism of each instrument.

BASiS is powered by the popular KONTAKT Player 2 engine, offering total integration into all major sequencers via its AudioUnit, VST, and RTAS plug-ins, as well as standalone operation. It also works perfectly within both KONTAKT 2 and KOTAKT 3.

BASiS includes an impressive number of features and custom engines designed specifically for this library tailored to the unique characteristics of the basses.

Amp/DI Control
Each electric bass includes an Amp/DI balance knob, allowing full blending control between phase-accurate samples of the direct bass signal and an amped recording of the same take. The user can turn the knob to output 100% of one or the other, or blend the two seamlessly, resulting in a vast amount of tonal variety to help the bass fit into any mix. For convenience, the knob can also be controlled via external MIDI continuous controllers. A similar control is available in the upright bass, but it blends the direct signal with a miced signal.

Realism Engines
A number of custom engines are designed to contribute to the realism of the sound. A breakthrough intelligent legato mode allows for real finger legato playing, and the engine automatically responds to the playing style to interpret a realistic legato. Adjustable pick noise, fret noise, and finger releases (the sound of the finger lifting off the string at the end of each note played) help recreate the basses with complete authenticity. A Humanize engine further extends the realism by introducing slight variations in each note played, avoiding the dreaded machine-gun effect. Fret noise is added, not by a random routine, but by an artificial intelligence engine that watches for where the player is moving on the virtual fretboard.

Modes and articulations
An onscreen display gives real-time information on the currently selected articulations, playing mode (polyphonic, monophonic, and legato), and release layers. Varying articulations were recorded for each bass, including long notes, harmonics, mutes, slides, slaps, pulloffs, falls, releases, noises, and more. Both traditional keyswitching and forced keyswitching (hold down the keyswitch trigger to affect the note(s) currently being played but return to the previous mode as soon as the keyswitch trigger is released) have been designed for maximum ease of use, and all are displayed on the onscreen display in real time. The end result is that BASiS is able to interpret any style of incoming MIDI playing and render a completely realistic bass part with a minimum of manual-reading.

Character Vibrato
Full vibrato control, painstakingly modeled after vibrato made by real bass players, is available, including seven different characters of vibrato.

Dynamic Response
An adjustable velocity curve allows for fine-tuning of the dynamic response of the basses.

Effects
A full suite of effects is included in BASiS, including a custom-written Octaver, and full EQ controls. Each of these effects offers a full page of tweakable settings that can be adjusted.

Remote Control
Every parameter in the onscreen BASiS engine (including its subpages) can be controlled remotely via MIDI continuous controllers (CC's), and can be adjusted in real time.

VI.ONE Virtual Instrument Software
Consider Big Fish Audio VI.ONE Virtual Instrument Software a major upgrade to your studio. Vir2 Instruments' VI.ONE is a massive multi-disc sample library encompassing over 2000 instruments, kits, and other sound effects, and is designed to be of maximum usability to musicians across a wide span of musical genres. The digital sound library is packed to the brim with drums including hundreds of different kits, and drum loops; basses including acoustic, upright, and electric; plus world and ethnic instruments organized by geographic regions; sound effects; acoustic and electric guitars; keyboards; a full collection of orchestral instruments; screaming B3 organs; world-class acoustic pianos, prepared pianos, electric/synth pianos; pop horns and brass, a bank of vintage synths, and cutting-edge synth patches. Covering every musical style in the world, Big Fish Audio VI.ONE is a premium, versatile, and gigantic sound palette.

VI.ONE virtual instrument library is powered by the KONTAKT Player 2 engine. You get instant access to the sounds via the standalone application, as well as having access within sequencers via every major plug-in format: AudioUnit, VST, RTAS, and DXi.

Neo Soul 2 Audio Loops
Veteran producer and composer Josquin des Pres teams up with multitalented newcomer Brett Michael Wiesman to deliver the second installment of the critically acclaimed bestseller "Neo Soul." Reminiscent of Old School R&B and 70s funk, combined with today's hottest grooves, Neo Soul 2 reunites a host of topnotch players: Carl Evans on keyboards (Stevie Wonder, Barry White), David Stark on guitar (Rick James, Teena Marie), Tommy Aros on percussion (Luis Miguel), Chris Klich on horns and flutes, Josquin des Pres on bass and Michael Evans on drums. Whether you're a DJ, remixer, producer, songwriter, sound designer, rapper or singer, Neo Soul 2 is a rich musical palette of compositions that goes far beyond just basic beats, it's a comprehensive work tool that will enhance the sound libraries of music creators at any level. With plenty of material in AIFF/Apple Loops/REX/WAV, this follow-up is sure to inspire some serious hits.

Rush Progressive House + Trance Audio Loops
If you're looking for a subconscious state of electronic, hypnotic rhythms and sounds, then what you want is progressive house and trance, and what you need is Rush! Get ready to experience the blood-pulsing, heart-racing rhythms and melodies of trance like you've never heard it before. From ethereal synths to driving bass, all the material you need to get your tracks into the biggest clubs is right here. These construction kits offer you the full mix, breakouts and drum hits from each kit in REX2, WAV and Apple Loops format. Over 1.3 gigs of pure adrenaline, plus a bonus folder of 420 extra drum hits and loops. You need Rush.

Disclaimer from Big Fish Audio:
"Rush: Progressive House + Trance" has no affiliation with the band Rush and does not contain material from the band Rush of any kind.

Blister Pak Electronic Hits
Blister Pak has over 4000 electronic drum hits in WAV and audio format, created by some of the biggest sound designers/recording artists in electronic music, including atomª, Jamie Myerson, Matt Wand, and Matt Haines. This whole Pak is divided into easy-to-use categories (kicks, snares, hats, etc.) as well as huge collections of related sounds that bear no resemblance to their origin. It has over 600 kicks, 500 snares, 350 percussion hits to build your songs around. There's also a section of electronic percussion phrases and tonal hits that are sure to melt your gear. So put away your run-of-the-mill collection and get inspired by one from name brand producers who drive the industry.

Notorious: Hip-Hop and R&B Sample Library
Notorious: Hip Hop and R&B is an incredible collection of hip hop and R&B construction kits, this set is simply on another level. Producer/Writer Marcus "DL" Siskind (Backstreet Boys, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah) has grabbed some top-shelf talent including producer/mixer Chad Elliot (Destiny's Child, DMX) and three-time Grammy Award winner Warren Riker (The Fugees, Santana, Kid Rock) to lay down some of the juiciest tracks you've ever heard, featuring tight beats, slammin' strings and bass, and ridiculous guitars. On this DVD are 55 kits of top-notch material just begging to be made into hits. This material will make its way onto Billboards' R&B and hip hop charts; the question is whether or not your name will be attached to it.

Notorious: Hip Hop and R&B contains:

¢4 GB of content (1.76 GB of 24-bit WAV content)

¢2,218 loops and hits (1,164 in WAV format)

¢55 construction kits with BPM from 80 to 105 in various keys. Each kit contains a main mix, each looping element broken out individually and a folder of drum hits and one-shots

¢Bonus Drum Samples: In the WAV and Apple Loop folders you will find a folder of bonus drum samples

¢REX Hit Menus: REX hit menus are Rex2 files that contain the hits from each kit. The number at the beginning of each file indicates which kit number they came from. These rex files are provided for REX users to playback and record the hits via midi using either Reason's Dr:REX, Logic's EXS24 or Stylus RMX. Each REX hit menu has the same mapping so that it is easy to play them going from menu to menu. Note that each REX menu does not necessarily fill the entire range given to each section.