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_the accountant SSS133



    _the accountant makes early and mid 20th century accounting machines playable in Ableton Live 12, with 177 samples + 2 custom Drum Racks. It’s 100% mechanical for when you’re feeling mathematical.  It’s money for sound design, or whatever type beat you’re making paper with.


    Using an adding machine from 1923, and a cheque stamper from 1953, we meticulously sampled every button, lever, tear, ding, dong, latch, guide, and paper feed sound we could. Capturing the intricate sounds with an array of different stereo microphone setups was the plan. Placing tiny spot microphones into the machines gave a very hyper-real sort of sound, while microphones overhead and around the machines brought out a more balanced aural overview. 


    Having a sound designer like, Paul Boechler helping setup, perform, and record these sounds with us, was key in capturing what we have in this release. This sample pack is a perfect companion to our previous release, _the typist.


    There are 177 samples in total, including:


    • Buttons

    • Paper Feeder

    • Paper Guides

    • Levers

    • Sliders

    • Paper Stamps

    • Combinations


    These WAV samples can be used in any software or hardware you like, or you can use the included Ableton 12.2+ Drum Racks to starting playing like a bookkeeper right away. 


    There are 2 different Ableton Drum Racks:


    • Adding Machine

      • Use to play the adding machine samples.


    • Cheque Stamper

      • Use to play the cheque stamper samples.


    Music is math.


    The Controls

    level

    • controls the overall volume of the instrument

    scoop

    • cuts different ranges of frequencies from the sound

    • lower values thin out the sound

    • higher values dull the sound

    spool

    • adds a startup pitch effect

    • increase for a longer startup time

    speed

    • change the playback speed of the samples

    • pitch is proportional to speed

    size

    • creates a larger stereo image

    • increase to widen the sound

    space

    • adds a reflective room reverb 


    • Minimum Ableton requirements: Ableton 12.2 Intro

    • 177 Vintage Accounting Machines Stereo Samples (180MB)

    • 2 Ableton 12.2 Drum Rack Devices (.ADG)

    • 6 Device Macro Controls

    • 16 Sound Presets

    • 96k/24bit .wav sources

    • 100% Royalty Free


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    _the typist SSS132



      _the typist makes an early 20th century typewriter playable in Ableton Live 12, with 293 samples + 4 custom Drum Racks. Marvellously mechanical for sound design, or whatever type beat you’re writing.


      Using a classic Underwood typewriter from around 1920, we meticulously sampled every key, lever, ribbon, bell, carriage, latch, guide, and paper feed sound we could. Capturing the intricate sounds with an array of different stereo microphone setups was the plan. Placing tiny spot microphones into the typewriter itself gave a very hyper-real sort of sound, while microphones overhead and around the machine brought out a more balanced aural overview. 


      Having sound designer, Paul Boechler helping setup, perform, and record these sounds with us, was key in capturing what we have in this release. Absolutely nobody asked for a playable typewriter in Ableton Live, but here it is.


      There are 293 samples in total, including:


      • Carriage Movements

      • Bell Sounds

      • QWERTY Key Strikes (Finger On & Off)

      • Special Key Strikes

      • Margin Guides

      • Paper Feeds

      • Ink Ribbon Feeds

      • Switches, Latches, & Handling

      • Random Typing Performance Loops


      These WAV samples can be used in any software or hardware you like, or you can use the included Ableton 12.2+ Drum Racks to starting playing like a novelist right away. 


      There are 4 different Ableton Drum Racks:

      • Keys

        • Use to play the standard and special keys like you would a percussive instrument.

      • Carriage & Bell Sequences

        • Use to trigger longer textures, rhythms, and sequences.

      • Actions

        • Use to play the typewriter paper, ribbon, and other actions, or general handling sounds, switches, and latches.

      • Typing Sequences

        • Use to trigger and chain up longer random typing sequences.



      The Controls

      level

      • controls the overall volume of the instrument

      scoop

      • cuts different ranges of frequencies from the sound

      • lower values thin out the sound

      • higher values dull the sound

      spool

      • adds a startup pitch effect

      • increase for a longer startup time

      speed

      • change the playback speed of the samples

      • pitch is proportional to speed

      size

      • creates a larger stereo image

      • increase to widen the sound

      space

      • adds a reflective room reverb 


      At the typewriter you find out who you are.


      • Minimum Ableton requirements: Ableton 12.2 Intro

      • 293 Vintage Typewriter Stereo Samples (560MB)

      • 4 Ableton 12.2 Drum Rack Devices (.ADG)

      • 6 Device Macro Controls

      • 16 Sound Presets

      • 96k/24bit .wav sources

      • 100% Royalty Free

      • Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Subsocial Studios.


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      _moveable feast with Paul Boechler




        _moveable feast brings a buffet of mouthwatering movements to Ableton with 20 instruments made with over 350 artfully captured samples.


        Watch a demo walkthrough of what's inside here:


        Paul Boechler and Subsocial Studios present a sample pack and set of Ableton instruments that lets you effortlessly create a feeling of foley that’s hyper-focused on everything that moves. Blurring the lines between foley, sound effects, and music production, this truly is a celebration of all things kinetic.


        This release was a long time in the making, and began with a large concrete loading bay filled with different materials, machines, and moving parts. From cloth, plastic, wood, metal, and concrete, to wheels, blades, tools, furniture, and ladders, we buzzed, whooshed, shook, slammed, droned, scraped, thumped, latched, rang, rolled, and spun whatever we could, in as many different ways as we could.


        Using 4 different microphone arrays, we were able to record with 4 different sound perspectives, from overhead mono to super wide stereo, to a moving mic setup that followed the movements through the space. We ended up with hours of captures under the guidance of Paul, and it took some time to sort through things and end up with a total of 389 unique sound samples that we felt represented the best moments of movement. Without Paul’s sound capture hardware setups, and his deep experience in the field of sound design for games, these sounds and this celebration of movement would have never happened.


        Bringing the sounds into Ableton was no easy task. How would we create something useful that embodied all the different rhythms, textures, pitches, and modulations that real movements bring? We tested out many different approaches, but there was no single creation that could make our aural vision a reality. The answer was the “feast.” Putting our samples into categories of movement types, and then creating 20 different simple-to-use sound design tools was the only way we could bring this amount of unique sound variety and expression of movement that the samples deserved.


        Paul Boechler is a longtime senior sound designer at Electronic Arts here in Vancouver, BC, and a good friend of our studios. Paul began his audio journey in the music business, mostly making cool records, but then decided to pursue game audio some time ago. Paul is currently working on the next iteration of the Skate game franchise, but he’s also worked on the FIFA, and the Need For Speed franchises before that. When he’s not tweaking sounds, he enjoys his dog Teddy, coffee, and modular synthesis. In that particular order.


        You like to move-it, move-it. Move it.


        • Minimum requirements for Ableton devices: Ableton Suite 11.3+

        • 389 captured audio samples (680MB)

        • 20 Ableton instrument devices with macro controls + effects. (ADG files)

        • 200 Ableton device macro presets.

        • 1 Ableton 11.3+ Session.

        • 96k/24bit .wav sources.

        • 100% Royalty-Free.

        • Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Paul Boechler & Subsocial Studios.



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