Drum Enhancerz Two Released + Drum Enhancerz One Updated!

I’m happy to announce the release of the brand-new effects pack Drum Enhancerz Two, as well as a fresh update to the classic original Drum Enhancerz pack. This update took quite a lot of time and energy, but was quite fun to accomplish.


Drum Enhancerz One: $20.

Drum Enhancerz One (originally released a decade ago) includes updates to style, function, and documentation.

It includes racks which are calibrated for sculpting specific drum elements. Included are:

Enhance Cymbals
Enhance Kicks
Enhance Overheads
Enhance Snares
Enhance Toms


Each rack includes 8 macro controls for sculpting your drum sounds with ease.
A few of the capabilities are…
-plush control for smooth cymbals.
-smack control to add top attack to kicks.
-smash: go-to overhead compression.
-pitch-matched resonance for boomy toms.

The new version for Live 12 includes updates to style, documentation, and function.

Functional updates include two new devices: 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐠𝐞𝐧 and 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫; woohoo!

Kick Subgen is, frankly, badass, and i’ve used it a ton on mixes whilst behind the scenes in development. The official description: “An easy and tasteful method to generate sub content based on the input signal to reinforce and solidify your low end. It down-shifts and overdrives a parallel lowpass resonance.”

Kick Varifier is a niche thing which is only expected to be used occasionally. It came from my organic music background, being somewhat turned off by stale, repetitive kicks in some electronic music. It allows you to add a touch of subtle variation to individual kick hits (or any audio element) in rhythmically timed intervals.

Other inclusions to the update are Macro Variations, frequency values adjusted to more optimal values based on recent years’ intensive research, cpu streamlined where possible, loudness and tone re-balanced for relative all-purpose usability, and — for Push users, X & Y Controls given default assignments.

Purchase Links:
Drum Enhancerz One at Isotonik.
Drum Enhancerz One at Gumroad.


Drum Enhancerz Two: $20.

Drum Enhancerz Two is the brand-new pack that i’ve been working on. It includes seven Tuned Enhancer effect racks fine-tuned for specific drum instruments and also implementing all the latest Live 12 quality-of-life features. It includes:

Tuned Kick Enhancer. 
Tuned Tom (Floor) Enhancer. 
Tuned Tom (Low) Enhancer. 
Tuned Tom (Mid) Enhancer. 
Tuned Tom (High) Enhancer. 
Tuned Snare Enhancer.
Tuned Cymbal Enhancer.


Each provides the ability to tonally sculpt standard drum types with enhancement points carefully chosen based on deep research into optimal drum element frequency curves.

For example, the Tuned Snare Enhancer will provide boost points perfect for a satisfying wallop and thwack typical of nicer-sounding snare drums. Etc…

Artist-Based Macro Variations.

Each of the Tuned Drum Enhancer racks includes some macro variations that are mimicking the tonal focus points of choice drummers in select songs.  As one quick example, you might move your snare sound more closely towards the tasty low-end thump of Al Jackson’s snare from Al Green’s timeless piece Let’s Stay Together.

Purchase Links:
Drum Enhancerz Two at Isotonik.
Drum Enhancerz Two at Gumroad.


Drum Enhancerz Bundle: $30.

The Drum Enhancerz Bundle is also available, to grab both packs for ten bucks off!
Drum Enhancerz Bundle at Isotonik.
Drum Enhancerz Bundle at Gumroad.

Many thanks to Push Patterns for the new video about the packs!


ᴏɴʟy ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙʟᴏɢ ᴩᴏꜱᴛ.
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Bussification Pack Update!

 Hi, i’m happy to report that the 𝓑𝓾𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 pack update for Live 12.3 has dropped!

Brian Funk tries out the bussification effects on a mix.

  This is the first of planned updates to every PerforModule pack in order to implement the latest Live 12 features. Continue reading to see the User Manual, the Changelog, and D&D-style Effect Rack Statblocks.

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DeathStalker Released!

Finally.
After 2+ years since the conception of the idea thru research and development, the DeathStalker Audio Effect Rack for Ableton Live is finally here!

What is DeathStalker?

Quite simply, DeathStalker is an Audio Effect Rack that makes guitars sound better.

It’s optimized for heavier distorted guitar tones, but can also sound amazing on clean or modulated electric guitars, acoustic stringed instruments, or just about any instrument.


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Tempo Dynamics

When applying dynamic effects, we are rarely going to need the entire timing ranges available, depending on the tempo, right? The new Tempo Dynamics pack provides go-to racks with minimum and maximum values hard-wired to ranges most potentially useful, given the chosen tempo — avoiding values that are likely too fast or too slow to be helpful.

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Live 11 Updates for PerforModule Packs.

[Almost] all of the PerforModule sale packs (and some of the freebie packs) have been updated for Ableton Live 11 (finally)!

Primarily, this means that racks which had less than eight mapped macros (resulting in some blank controls) have been tidied up to make use of Live 11’s ability to customize the number of macros shown.

Occasional effect racks have also had some macro variations (aka presets) added to them.

Live 11 versions of MasterBuss Cassette Tape and MasterBuss Vinyl Record from the Bussification pack.

The following PerforModule packs have all been updated for Live 11. If you own any of the sale packs, you can download the updated versions from your account at Isotonik Studios, either now or at any later date when you acquire Live 11.

Everyone is welcome to grab the free packs!

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FREE PACKS UPDATED FOR LIVE 11
Emphasizers
ParallAux
Sweetie Pies
Turboencabulation
Utilification

SALE PACKS UPDATED FOR LIVE 11
Advanced Splytterz
Amplitude Operands
Bussification
Dephaultz
Drum Enhancerz
DynaMixing Ultimate
Empathy
Guitaritis
Harmonicality
Note Range Setters
One Knob Wonders
PMX FX
Testful Mastering
Uno Plus

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DankVerb

Hi. Reporting that the new pack of Reverb Impulse Responses for any DAW, DankVerb, is now available.

It includes 150 dank, lush, and dystopian Impulse Responses suitable for post-apocalyptic sound design, recorded at 192kHz. They were crafted by carefully combining multiple reverbs together, mad scientist style.

Place elements in mysterious and foreboding physical spaces suitable for fantasy, science fiction, or horror settings.

DankVerb is a perfect companion to Ableton Live 11’s new Hybrid Reverb device. Drop in DankVerb IRs to augment Hybrid Reverb’s built-in algorithmic section. If you’re still on Live 9 or 10, on the other hand, they work great with the Max for Live Convolution Reverb device. Don’t even use Ableton Live? Need a Convolution Engine plugin? No problem. This article by Bedroom Producers Blog has got you covered with some sweet free options.

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DankVerb

Bolster your library with the full collection of one hundred and fifty fresh and steaming IRs!

More details can be had by perusing the PDF user manual, which you can view in browser or download if you like.

Acquire the full version of DankVerb at Isotonik Studios:
DANKVERB.

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That’s all for today. Don’t be jerks to each other, ok?

New series of Single-Purpose Racks for Ableton Live 11: “Zinglez”

𝒁𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒛 is a new series of individual one-dollar racks for Ableton Live 11 by PerforModule.

Simple and straightforward.
Just grab what the ones that entice you the most.
Ignore everything else!

Read about them below.

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New PerforModule Pack: “Empathy”

EMPATHY is a pack for Ableton Live 10+ Suite containing a handful of high-end effect racks designed to consistently improve a wide possible range of audio sources passing through them. Each rack is suited to a particular purpose, with easy-to-dial-in controls. Together they provide a robust toolkit for general mixing and mastering.


Contains:

Ultimatum: “The ultimate” audio effect rack designed by PerforModule, it’s a 10-step algorithm to magically improve both the tone and dynamics of any audio source in realtime.

The One’: One-stop shop for suave, go-to tonal adjustment of tracks in a mix, with low & high cut focus, “light shine” focus, surgical slice, l-r twist, and M vs S intensity.

Auditory Miximizer: The PerforModule twist on the infamous sonic maximizer, with tastefully optimized frequency contours and dynamic reactivity. Comes in 3 versions: stereo, L-R, and M-S.

Dilation Warder: Combination gate and expander for when you want to increase the dynamic range, tighten things up, emphasize punch, and add more of a percussive, staccato feel.

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Skip to the bottom of this post to check out a video overview of Empathy by Brian Funk, or read on for a more detailed overview of each the included devices and what makes them special.

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Brian Funk’s Live Pack Archive — Powered Up!

Packification
So i recently helped our mutual friend Brian Funk reorganize his Live Pack Archive, a $10 massive grab bag of Ableton Live goodies assembled from the freebies that he’s been steadily churning out over the years, all the way from the very first pack in 2011 to the contemporary 200th. It’s a lot of stuff! Judging by the plethora of 5-star reviews of the product on gumroad, it seems like people dig it.

Ah, Convenience
Sure, you could go download all this stuff one at a time methodically blog post by post. However it’s much easier to just pay the convenience charge and get all the stuff in one bulk download. This collection has been on offer for a while now, but they were basically presented in a big pile of folders. Fun to scout around for sure, but not exactly optimal when it comes to workflow convenience.

Power Up!

Aha! See, now the collection is even more splendid, as all the devices come consolidated in two mega-packs with similar categories of sounds, effects, and clips sorted logistically for quick perusal and easy implementation directly from the Live browser (including signal previews). Find, grab, and use the stuff you want instantly. It’s very handy and nice. But… the price is still the same? What!? Crazy, i tell you!

Partake
Sound intriguing? Well then why don’t you pull up a chair, situate your ass real comfy, and grab yourself some.

Brian Funk’s Live Pack Archive 1-200.
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[Pack 1 works with Live 9 or later, pack 2 with Live 10 or later.]

Synchronistically, this happens to be my 100th PerforModule blog post. Neato.

Peace, y’all! 😎