9 Soundware Releases 1.316 Seconds Channel Strip Settings For Sculpture

Titled after the Guinness

World Record for the shortest song ever recorded ("You Suffer" by

Napalm Death), 1.316 Seconds by 9 Soundware is a collection of

Sculpture-based Channel Strip setting files for Apple Logic Pro

inspired by extreme music. Combining the string/exciter paradigm of

Sculpture with the signal-contorting resources of Logic Pro, the sound

set is composed of simulations and abstractions of instrumentation

associated with stupendously aggressive, challenging works.

1.316 Seconds is composed of 5 categories, "Down-tuned Guitar",

"Down-tuned Bass", "Blast Beat", "Death Growl", and "Microsong", each

of which consists of 10 Channel Strip settings. Featuring .cst files

designed to simulate machine gun-like mechanical riffs, as well as

sustained chords, central to the sound set is "Down-tuned Guitar".

When sequenced with consecutive fifths and parallel octaves, using

palm mute and sustaining sounds in conjunction, these Channel Strip

settings allow for mockups of simple phrases. "Down-tuned Bass" is

based on the timbres of grotesquely distorted, droning bass guitars.

Similarly, parallel octaves allow for the balance between tonality and

cacophony when using these .cst files. The "Blast Beat" Channel Strip

settings are abstractions of the blistering noise associated with the

drumming technique. While the sound design behind this category is

largely conceptual (; not emblematic of drum kits), snare drums can be

modeled by layering multiple Channel Strip settings (in particular

Blast Beat 08.cst and Down-tuned Bass 09.cst). Comparably

nonfigurative, the "Death Growl" noise instruments impressionistically

portray guttural vocals. These .cst files are designed for performance

in tandem with the modulation wheel. Finally, the "Microsong" Channel

Strip settings produce bursts of rhythmic and randomly shifting

timbres driven by LFO modulation.

The 1 MB download includes 50 .cst files.

1.316 Seconds is available now for $14.99 at www.9soundware.com.

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