English | November 5th, 2019 | ISBN: 1621537161 | 264 pages | 2 MB
A Friendly Guide to Launching and Maintaining Your Musical Career
It's tough to make a living from one's love of music, but Sheila E. Anderson shows readers how to do just that in How to Grow as a Musician. This encouraging yet realistic guide covers everything from developing and learning one's craft to managing the business aspects of a musical career. This second edition expands on performance tips, self-promotion tactics, and steps to improve one's networking skills to make fruitful connections.
The free REAKTOR FACTORY SELECTION includes four powerful, unique devices: Lazerbass, a pure and direct modern monosynth; Carbon 2, an updated version of the much loved workhorse synthesiser Carbon; SpaceDrone, 96 parallel voices for endless atmospheric pads; and Newscool, a unique and unpredictable generative sequencer.
BLOCKS BASE runs in REAKTOR PLAYER and contains everything you need to start exploring modular synthesis. Both are included free with KOMPLETE START, so download now and have fun patching.
TRANSFORMATIVE SAMPLE-TRACKING SYNTHESIZER. Discover a powerful new form of expressive sound design. Expand your sonic versatility – create anything from evolving soundscapes and textured pads to earth-shaking basses and searing digital noise. Generate original results quickly and easily with an intuitive interface, or dig deep for detailed tweaking
EXPRESS YOURSELF An innovative phase modulation synth with expressive performance features that bring each note to life.
RAPID RESPONSE KONTOUR is the latest synthesizer from NI founder Stephan Schmitt – an ultra-responsive synth that reacts to even the slightest parameter adjustments. This instrument allows you to create stunningly organic textures from mallets to plucked and bowed strings to distorted, aggressive and noisy sounds – a true performance machine.
REAKTOR PRISM'S KID BROTHER MIKRO PRISM is a new free instrument, based on the successful synthesizer REAKTOR PRISM. Using the same sound engine as its bigger brother and REAKTOR’s dynamic 'Modal Bank' technology, this fully-playable instrument shines with a stunning range of brilliant sounds.
At the vanguard of additive synthesis, RAZOR delivers character like no other. Discover cutting edge sound design with unparalleled dynamics and a precise sound identity suited to tense basses, bristling leads and shifting, sci-fi soundscapes. Created by maverick Berlin producer Errorsmith in partnership with NATIVE INSTRUMENTS, RAZOR’s approach to additive synthesis is pragmatic and musical – providing detailed control without sacrificing usability.
Blocks is a new framework that turns REAKTOR 6 into a fully-equipped, rack-style modular synth. Over 40 Blocks – including oscillators, filters, effects, modulators, and sequencers – come with REAKTOR 6
BLOCKS WIRED is effectively three pre-patched modular synths created with REAKTOR Blocks, featuring all-new modules. From sequenced melodies and basslines to out of the ordinary textures, BLOCKS WIRED gives you the world of modular synthesis in a playful and instantly musical format.