Some years ago, an old friend of mine - Dan McCullough (not to be confused with Dan, Dan, the Novachord man) - sent me some samples from a brightly coloured, 8-voice analogue polysynth, made in Japan and named after a planet (sorry to be vague but although it's perfectly kosher to sample an analogue synth, one has to be be very careful with regard to manufacturer and products names - I am sure you get the gist though!). I call it JayPea...
Anyway...
I had a play with them in Kontakt and they sounded pretty good (I thought) so decided to put them out at a silly price to commemorate my best friend's birthday ... which is today ... August 1st ... and so that others could enjoy the sounds... and it beats me having to buy a card!
I've used the Freepacks' GUI because it's nice and simple but alarmingly flexible and there are some great sounds to be had here as I hope the audio demo proves (which used nothing but JayPea with no external processing). The GUI has two LFOs (one hardwired for vibrato, the other presented on the panel - means you can have vibrato AND slow filter sweeps), 12/24dB Octave LP / BP / HP filters, two envelopes and a modest but useful chain of multiFX comprising (as should be clear from the screen shot) chorus > phaser / flanger > mono/stereo echo and out to a convolution reverb with custom impulses.
It can do big strings and smooth pads and massive polysynth sounds with ease as well as more delicate plucky sounds - it's no slouch for basses and deep, filmic drones either. Useful in any number of musical genres.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Kontakt 4.2.4 full version
Windows® XP (SP2, 32bit) / Vista® (32/64 Bit), Windows 7® (32/64 Bit), Pentium® or Athlon XP 1.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM
Mac OS® X 10.5 or higher, Intel® Core™ Duo 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM
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| Samples |
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Dan McCullough |
| Scriptmeister |
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Mario Krušelj |
| Programming |
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Mario Krušelj / Hollow Sun |
| GUI design |
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Hollow Sun |
| Graphics |
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Hollow Sun |
| Audio Demo |
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Hollow Sun |
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NOTE : It will work with the Kontakt Player but only in 'demo' mode and the session will be time limited.
The full version of Kontakt 4.2.4 or higher is required and recommended |
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1 guinea ... nearly fell over at that!
I fear my addiction may be worsening, having started to purchase your samplesets without listening to the demos I now find my self buying without reading the full post!
don1thedon - KVR
Fantastic! Thanks for the great sounds...and wishing your friend a very happy birthday as well.
GO - KVR
Bought. Thanks!
Audientronic - KVR
Awesome, thanks!
Panphobia - KVR
one more hollowsun product to the collection!
waltercruz - KVR
This is gorgeous Steve.
Colin
Awesome, Steve! What a nice gift
Rich
U dun it again, Steve, Brilliant as always.
Jood
The quality and the price of your amazing work never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for everything you do.
Liz
Saw it, bought it. sounds great. Thanks
Chaz
Great product, great GUI, great price. Thanks.
Mike
Thanks for this. Happy birthday to your friend.
Suzo
I just bought your JayPea instrument, and am utterly impressed with your work - impressed enough to send you this email to let you know in person :)
Needless to say, I can see me being a regular customer....
Scott
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