Brent Kallmer walks us through the scarily complex jungle of the Reaktor factory library ensemble Krypt in this video.
Also, check out this post where I demonstrate adding MIDI out to the Krypt sequencer
Here is a tutorial from peakssound on creating a basic but effective reverb in Reaktor using diffuser delay units.
Here’s another great video from Brent Kallmer on Reaktor, this time around discussing the ins and outs of the factory library ensemble Fast FX.
This isn’t directly Reaktor related but if you use Reaktor you’ll certainly find uses for it in your effects chain, to add everything from subtle warmth to screeching insanity.
“Single Mault SE is a powerful distortion and tone-shaping plugin by FXpansion. A streamlined version of the Maul 3-band distortion plugin, Single Mault SE features 7 modelled distortion algorithms with additional tone filtering, saturation, soft-limiting and transient-shaping circuits. Single Mault SE also includes a wet/dry mix control and full MIDI Learn functionality. It is provided in VST, AU and RTAS formats. “
Get it here free until July 31st! You have to create an FXPansion account to get a serial and authorize – well worth the effort, I think. Pretty much everything FXpansion releases is worthy of your consideration. I’m a huge fan of their Tremor and Synth Squad plugins.
If you have my Loupe, Mirage and Frame granular samplers you are probably, like me, a relentless hunter of sample material to transform. Here are a few resources I discovered while browsing the WATMM (We Are The Music Makers) forums.
First off, the OLPC free sound samples page is several months’ worth of downloading, sifting and listening. And all of it, as far as I can tell, is licensed Creative Commons – attribution, allowing commercial use.
Next, the Prelinger archive at archive.org offers an embarrassment of riches for creative sampling – want some voices saying strange out of context things, and oddball scratchy soundtracks? Here’s your source. All public domain. Download the mp2 or mp4 files and open them in, say, Reaper to import and use the audio segments of the files. Reaper is also a fantastic way to cut up and export chunks of large files.
Speaking of cutting up large files – from that same WATMM thread, this great post from Zoe B. links to a Python script to split large files with various size and threshold parameters.
Another trick I like to use is to browse Freesound by license. There’s a lot of stuff licensed public domain or CC-attribution. For example, here is a search for field recordings with Creative Commons 0 licensing (no rights reserved).
Happy exploring, and if you have your own favorite free or CC sample sources, please link us up in the comments!