Vir2 Instruments’ “Fractured: Prepared Acoustic Guitar” is now shipping!
Fractured: Prepared Acoustic Guitar is an innovative new collection of instruments
featuring creative and esoteric samples and manipulations of various acoustic guitars.
Following the tradition begun by Violence, Vir2’s virtual dismembering of a solo violin,
Fractured features 2.3GB of compressed samples and more than one hundred new
instruments with numerous variations and effects built into each. Each patch
features the organic goodness of the acoustic guitar, but stretches its timbre in new
directions to create previously unheard musical effects. Drum kits were made from such
varied techniques as hitting the guitar with a mallet, scraping strings with
fingernails, cardboard, or copper, and for one patch, rice was poured over the guitar.
Long evolving pads were built from acoustic guitar samples that blur the line between
electronic and acoustic. Fractured also features playable and dynamic rhythmic loops
and patterns, multitimbral arpeggiated creations, huge cinematic impacts, gritty electronic
drums, gnarly and etherial melodic instruments, and more innovative sonic goodness.
Depending on the instrument loaded, appropriate knobs for tweaking the instrument appear
in the interface, such as:
– Quantization
– Envelope controls (attack and release)
– Stereo spread
– Lopass and hipass filters
– Layer blend controls
– Effects (reverb, delay, drive, flanger, vibrato, rotator, wobble, and others)
– Autopan control
– Repeater
What an amazing year of releases for Big Fish Audio! 2011 has been a busy and successful year of loop library and virtual instrument releases. We’ve picked the top ten products based on sales, reviews and customer feedback. Here is a look at the top products for 2011.
1. Electri6ity – The ultimate virtual electric guitar instrument.
2. Rig: Urban Workstation – A complete rig of Instruments, Loops and Sound FX for Urban Production.
3. MOJO: Horn Section – The heart and soul, of funk, pop, jazz, and big band horn sections.
4. Q – Instruments and sound design for the big screen.
5. The Crate: Ultimate Urban Samples – Nearly 7GB’s of pure and raw urban samples.
6. Ambient Skyline – An inspiring and unique collection of moody and atmospheric loops and sounds
7. Modern Country – Modern Country construction kits.
8. Pop Rocks – Rock, Pop Soul, and Adult Contemporary.
9. Epic Drums II – Bigger…badder…cinematic percussion.
10. Pop n’ Soul Guitars – An exhaustive collection of R&B, Soul and Pop Guitar loops.
Hello everyone! Hope you all have an awesome weekend as we continually push closer to Christmas and New Years. As always, here’s a bunch of new products that you should take a listen to.
Gypsy Jazzy by Ultimate Sound Bank is great for those looking for the gypsy roots style of music all the way to electro-swing.
Ueberschall releases 2 new products sure to inspire musical genius. Synth Pop is your VIP access to a full range of modern chart music with a new release through their “Inspire Series” called Rock.
MVP Loops is constantly able to crank out tons of Good Muzic (pun intended) while keeping their inspiration on fire with Blaze Vol. 2 (two for two).
Last but not least, Big Fish Audio keeps it real fresh with three new libraries. Dancetronic is sure to keep em’ on the dance floor and Hook’d Dirty Pop is here to make Lady Gaga jealous. Rock Cinema is a beast on its own, great for cinema as well as your own rock productions.
Have a safe weekend and be sure to keep an eye on our 25 days of Christmas sale!
Once again, we would like to thank all the producers that submitted some really great tracks using RiG: Urban Workstation. We had a tough time just choosing three tracks, but after all the votes were tallied our winners rose to the top.
*Our three winning tracks can be heard on the RiG product page in the demos section.
1st place: Grand Prize
Our winner of $1000 of Big Fish Audio products was Reginald Foy with his track “J.A’s Groove”. This R&B style track had a great sense musicality and set the mood for a clean cut and sultry groove that Robin Thicke, Ne-Yo, or Mary J would be a perfect fit for. Between the slow and evolving synths to the live drum groove mixed with some smooth and laid back guitar parts, this track shined with a blend of a catchy groove, overall arrangement, and a clean sound.
We wanted to know a little more about Reginald so we asked him just a few questions.
1. How long have you been producing music?
I’ve been producing music for five years.
2. Who are your musical influences?
I have so many musical influences, but producers like Dr.Dre, Bryan Michael Cox, Tim & Bob, Pharrell, Battlecat, and Kanye West have influenced my music the most.
3. Where do you live?
I live in Los Angeles, CA
4. How long have you been a Big Fish Audio Customer?
I’ve been using Big Fish Audio products for about two years now.
5. Do you work in music full time, part time, or just casually as a hobby?
Full time.
6.What are your favorite things about RiG: Urban Workstation?
The sounds, period. With all the kits that Big Fish has produced, we’ve all wanted to get our hands on the sounds itself. Being able to play the keyboard sounds with using MIDI has been the best. Being able to edit, chop, and add FX to each sound within the RIG makes it so simple to make tracks.
2nd Place
Our second place entry came from Michael Youssef with his track “Ice Cream” Michael’s track immediately hit us with his radio-ready sound. The drums were tight and punchy, and his use of the synth arpeggiator were spot on. This track felt ready for an A-list artist to come in and lay down some vocals to make a top charting song.
3rd Place
Our 3rd place entry came from Malik Al-Badri with his track “Kanzler Lensen”. Malik’s track had a really great electronica feel and really showcased how RiG can be used to create many different styles of music. We were really impressed with his blend of instruments used and effects added to create a mix that was super pro and an outstanding demonstration of the capabilities of RiG.
Thanks once again to all who participated in this contest.
Guitar Soundscapes jumped one spot to the top loop sellar in November with its brilliant collection of cinematic and ambient guitar loops. Pop Rocks and Epic Drums II also held ground following closely behind. One newcomer to the top ten was Rock Cinema. Produced by Majorn9ne for Big Fish Audio (Indie Rock Addiction and Indie Rock Collection Vol. 1) Rock Cinema is an intense collection packed with epic guitars, driving drums, emotional piano hooks and more, perfectly suited for any film score, tv show, commercial or any edgy rock production. With nearly 8GB (4.2GB of original WAV file content) of loops and 16 loaded construction kits full of multiple song sections and variations, this collection is worth its weight!
RiG: Urban Workstation made its way back to the top of the instruments charts followed by MOJO: Horn Section and Electri6ity for the month of November.
Announcing the Big Fish Audio 25 Days of Christmas Sale. Starting December 1st on each day before Christmas, Big Fish Audio will have four products priced to spread holiday cheer!
Savings up to 30%
You’ll find discounts all the way up to 30% off the manufacturer’s retail price. No coupon needed, these are some of the best discounts for the whole year.
Loops, Instruments, Downloads and DVDs
The 25 Days of Christmas Sale is pulled from our entire range of products. Look for amazing savings on premium virtual instruments and the freshest loop products on our site. Each set of four products will be on sale for only 24 hours and then we roll out a new set of specials. So check back often and Happy Holidays!