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Sound and Synth Patches by Richard Lichten
   
               
    While the production of "frost" relied on some outboard equipment and an array of DSP-Systemes like UAD, Powercore and Scope, all sounds were produced by PC-based synthesisers building on Steinbergs revolutionary VST - Virtual Studio Technology , which basically allows every talented synth designer to code and produce the synth of his dreams and explore sound routes yet unexplored. On "frost", many synths of less known designers have been used; since a specific sound idea was the base of the tracks, all sounds have been programmed. In the course of doing this aural basic work, some banks of sounds have been programmed (which is always a good exercise for tuning hearing perception and production skills). Most of these sounds are to be found here; some others are distributed with synths i had the joy of betatesting (Whitenoise Audios virus-alike ZeroVector, Nusoftings very cool Microrock). Enjoy, come back often for new banks (actually planned: Synth 1, Korg MS 20, Linplug Delta 3) and feel free to use and download (or the other way around, if you prefer :-)).

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Soundbank List
 
(download: right-click on underlined (number + patches); "save as")
 
           
 

Richard Lichten - gothique (Nusofting Mothership): 128 Patches for darker styles of music for this beauty. Including pads, choirs, plucked sounds and some wierdness.

 

Richard Lichten - aftermath (Nusofting Fat Machine): 77 Patches, designed for postmodern to apocalyptic musical themes. Electronic, and sometimes abrasive sounds, including basses, leads and some modular-style madness fx.

 

Richard Lichten - pearl game (RGC Audio Pentagon I): 128 Patches. More a wild collection of sounds - Pads, FM, Stabs, Leads, plucked sounds - than a concept-driven bank for this beautiful oberheim-ish sounding softsynth.

 

Richard Lichten - glass strings (Dash Abstract Guitar): 64 results of experiments to build imaginary guitars and basses with strings of glass, amber, crystal and rusty wire.

 

Richard Lichten - witching hour (Concrete FX Vocal): Four banks of Patches, meaning 128 sounds - pads, leads, choirs and keys, including a bank for those in need of horror-film style spooky sounds.

 

Richard Lichten - this machinery(Concrete FX Micron): A full bank of 64 presets for this underestimated powerfull raw sounding instrument; with sections dedicated to leads, pads, moving sounds, plucked synths and fx.

 

Richard Lichten - just asynth (Antti Asynth): A full bank of various noises for this analogue-sounding synth from Smartelectronix Member Antti.

 

Richard Lichten - smoking mirror (Maxx Claster EJ): 50 Patches - pads, leads, keys - for sounddesigners interested in those ethereal, spookey or demonic soundscapes that were part of the 80ies digital synth repertoire.


Richard Lichten - the ugly, the good, and the restless (Stefan Kuhn Vivaldi MX): 70 Patches for this freeware fm gem, divided between noisy and evil sounding fm goodness, key-like, pads and brassy sounds and some moving themes for those in need of another sonic colour. .