The arrangement forgoes some of the usual zircon whizzbang electronic trickery so that can fully shine. This mix is pretty DABASS, and that WAS a typo, because it's actually pretty badass. You can pick up the samples yourself at for only $49 (not a typo)!" mainly because until now, I've never had the tools to do it myself.Īnyway, "Desertion" is definitely over-the-top synth/prog metal but I think it shows how powerful Shreddage is. So, it's definitely like nothing I've done before. I modeled the arrangement and production after such awesome metal ReMixers as SnappleMan, Danimal Cannon, norg and of course Sixto himself. It was a long and difficult road to produce, but in the end I think I achieved our goal! This FF6 battle/boss theme mix uses Shreddage run through virtual amps. The result of our efforts is " SHREDDAGE: Electric Rhythm Guitar", a Kontakt-format sample library. Ultimately, he recorded all of the actual guitar sounds for the library while I programmed and edited them. So, I started working with Sixto Sounds on figuring out what made the existing libraries sound weak, and improving on those weak areas. I didn't just want it to sound "good", but to actually fool the average listener completely. The goal of this new project was to create a completely flexible guitar library for rock and metal where you can play any notes or riffs and customize your own tone. I started researching and designing the library about two years ago, after using a number of guitar sample libraries and finding all of them to be unrealistic, hard to use, or loop-based. "I've spent the last 6 months working almost exclusively on a new sample library through Impact Soundworks, the company I co-founded with bustatunez (Will Roget). And yeah, in case you didn't see the product tie-in a mile away, IT USES THE SHREDDAGE LIBRARY.
It's from that game, Final Fantasy 6, with all the awesome music.
I'm djpretzel, and I endorse this productīut hey, if plentiful audio demos illustrating the awesomeness of the library plus a drool-worthy trailer from J the BR for some reason aren't enough to seal the deal, Andy's got this here mix. Sexy trailer by - who else? - Da Bronx Rican You get the power of Juan Medrano ON YOUR COMPUTER!.Let me summarize Shreddage, in a nutshell:ĭesigned to be used with common amp-modeling plugins, but sounds pretty darn good by itself UNTIL NOW!!! Teaming up with the man, the legend, the Juanderful Sixto Sounds, ISW recently released Shreddage. Not so with electric rhythm guitar libraries - something about quick, meaty, satisfying chugs has proven rather elusive to the sound designers of the world. Well, drums are one thing, and while I think Groove Bias is a great library well worth your hard-earned dinero, there are admittedly a lot of great drum libraries out there to choose from. You may recall Andy's sexcellent Phantasy Star Online ReMix back in 2009, coinciding with the release of their Groove Bias drum library while also employing it to great effect. For SOME of us here at OCR, using other people's sample libraries just isn't good enough - we've got to make (and, heck, sell) our own! I refer of course to the joint enterprise of Mr.