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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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    _una conga SSS107





      _una conga is one creatively sampled conga made into a highly expressive instrument for Ableton 12 Suite. With over 328 samples, 67 conga articulations, and 32 MIDI loops, you’ll be the conguero conqueror in no time. 


      Cuba in a computer? Not really, but it is a conga. There are already too many sampled congas out there, so we’ve taken a different approach with this release. We sampled the usual ways that a conga is hit with fingers, palms, and mallets, but we also captured a whole library of unusual, but highly useful articulations to make this the tastiest tumbadora ever.


      We set out to capture a “quinto” sized conga tuned to an E, with some subtle warmth, sheen and extra detail. We captured it through our most open sounding microphone preamplifier, our favourite ribbon mic, and then some API EQ and light vintage LA-2A compression to get our ‘perfect’ sound. We pushed the limits of normal expression with just a single “lead” conga by recording so many different types of hits, with up to 3 velocity layers, and 6 random round robins for each velocity, 


      After listening to the thousands of hits captured, we narrowed our selection down to 328 samples. Next we tweaked the playing feel we wanted for each key to make things sound right. We needed a sampler instrument that was easy to play, and as real feeling in the dynamics as it was in the succession of hits. Luckily, the new “round robin” feature in Ableton 12’s updated sampler instrument allowed us to realize the conga for Ableton we wanted to make (which is why this release is an Ableton 12 Suite only release). We ended up with 4 Ableton 12 sampler instruments running in parallel to facilitate the expression of the conga. With the drag strokes, you’re able to control the length of your drag and release by holding down the note/hit for a longer period of time. 


      Use the 10 macro conga controls to tune it, soften it , shorten it, drive it, room it, spread it, bend it, and filter it as you see fit.  We’ve included 32 sound presets with these controls to get you started, but you can crate your own, or automate them in your productions for even more expression. If that’s still not enough, feel free to use or abuse the 32 MIDI loops and a demo song session we included to get things started.


      Some of the included articulations:


      • Finger & fingers taps, mutes + drags (centre, edge, rim & shell).

      • Palm hits, mutes + drags (centre, edge, rim & shell).

      • Mallet (felt & wool) hits + drags) (centre, edge, rim & shell).

      • Finger nail strokes.

      • Pencil taps + drags (centre, edge, rim & shell).

      • Pliers taps + drags (centre, edge, rim). 

      • Clave taps + drags (centre, edge, rim).

      • Metal brush taps, mutes + drags (centre, edge).

      • Paint brush drags.

      • Latex glove mutes.

      • Guitar pick drops.

      • Plastic stir stick taps.

      • Paper drops.

      • Teabag drops.

      • Linen cloth drops.

      • Plastic drops.

      • Cable whip hits.

      • Wooden spoons hits.

      • Cowbell hits.

      • Battery drops.

      • Tape roll drops.

      • Tape rips (skin).

      • Wet palm/skin hits.

      • Pen skin bends.

      • Metal plate drops.

      • Magnets drops.

      • Plastic mallet bends.

      • Ceramic mug warbles.

      • Cymbal hits.


      “If you want to do the conga, you've got to listen to the beat.”


      • 328 conga samples. (110MB)

      • 67 different conga articulations.

      • Up to 3 velocity layers per articulation.

      • Up to 6 random round robin samples per velocity layer.

      • 32 MIDI conga pattern loops. (.MID)

      • 1 Ableton 12 Suite demo song set with demo audio tracks. (215MB)

      • 1 Ableton 12 Suite Sampler Instrument. (.ADG)

      • 32 Macro variation sound presets.

      • 10 Instrument macro controls.

      • 96k/24bit .wav sources.

      • 100% Royalty-Free.

      • Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Subsocial Studios.


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      _kick chemist SSS102




        _kick chemist is a kick drum designer for Ableton with a twist, with 127 kick samples to seamlessly blend beaters + bodies + tails, then reshape and saturate your concoction.


        With 127 Subsocial kick drum samples, and over 2 million possible combinations of beater + body + tail, your kicks will literally never be the same again. By allowing you to blend the components of individual kick samples together into a new hybrid kick, you’ll have total control over a vast array of bass drum formulas as new catalysts for creativity. Go full indie normcore, or totally hardcore  - the choice yours.


        Use any of the 128 kick presets provided, or blend your own kick elements together. Feel free to add a little more shape and contour to your creation to distill things further. Add some custom drum drive we created in Ableton 12 Suite’s new saturator by blending your way through 6 Roar presets, going from doughy drive, to supersonic superabundance. 


        Take further control of this kick designer as an instrument with 12 simple device macro knobs to dial in your perfect kick. You can play any kick chromatically and use your kicks as other unique percussion elements, or even morph your kick into other kicks over time with simple automation.


        Can you kick it? Yes you can.


        • Minimum requirements: Ableton Suite 12.0+

        • 1 Ableton instrument rack device with 12 macro controls. (ADG file)

        • 128 macro sound presets.

        • 127 kick drum WAV samples (64MB)

        • 96k/24bit .wav sources.

        • 100% Royalty-Free.

        • Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Subsocial Studios.


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