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- Sample CD free downloads now restored again
When I upgraded the site I somehow forgot to put the demo files for all the sample CDs back in place, oops :) Sorry about that they should all be ok again now.
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:25:20 +0100 - Astralis C Sample Based Microtonal VSTi Synthesizer for PC Released
NOTICE: It has just come to my attention that Astralis C is not working in Sonar or Sonar based Sequencers, I'm hoping to resolve this asap... It works fine in Cubase SX and I haven't had any other negative reports so far
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Astralis C is the 3rd Synth from the Astralis VSTi synth pack and uses either 16 or 24 bit Mono/Stereo Samples as it's sound source. The Samples are stored in banks of around 50 in a custom samples folder which can be installed anywhere on your PC. Each folder in the main samples folder becomes a Bank of selectable samples from within Astralis. Astralis C also comes with 2 banks of High quality samples and a bank of 128 presets. All Astralis Synths are based on the same system and the shared synth features are listed here. Additionally Astralis C has the following features:
NOTE: Astralis C is not currently shareware, it is available to license holders only and is available for download immediately after payment
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:04:29 +0100 - Astralis A Reviewed in Sound on Sound by John Walden
In the current edition (August 2007), here are a couple of excerpts:
"Astralis includes an excellent combination of effect options, including Drive, Reverb, Delay, Ring Modulation, and Organic (a further delay based effect). For me, however, the highlights are the Arpeggiator, Modulation Sequencer and Envelope Gate Sequencer. Whether you want disco style arpeggios or Trance style rhythmic gated effects, Astralis has plenty of potential...
...The presets do an excellent job of demonstrating what Astralis is capabale of. There is some truly wonderful stuff amongst this lot, from scary sci-fi pads and soundscapes through to trance-friendly, mod sequenced, analogue style beeps. The presets also demonstrate that Astralis can do both subtlety and in your face aggression."
Sound on Sound Astralis Review
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:24:20 +0100 - New Astralis Review on KVR
Another great review on KVR by user jodejo:
"Currently Astralis is compose by three synths: Astralis A, B and C (still in beta version at this time). Astralis A and B are waveforms based synths with various possibilities (see main features) concerning effects, modulations options, routing and to handle waveforms. It's simple you can do all you want with waveforms and create your own sound easily (bass, rythmic sounds, pads, athmospheres). All these sounds are moving wich is perfect for soundscapes. Astralis B is the same but with reduced cpu. That's great with Astralis A to produce sounds with more space.
Astralis C is a sample based synth. It's a beta version at this time but works very well and increase greatly the possibilities. To summarize, the Astralis pack is a real quality sound factory : almost all sounds can be created and give a total control on these sounds. And in this point of view it offer me more that I expected."
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:07:13 +0100 - Astralis Reviewed on French Site : Inspira Sons
I'm Pleased to announce that Astralis 1.1 has been favorably reviewed:
Inspira Sons (English Translation)
"si vous aimez créer des sonorités d'orientation électro-acoustique expérimentale, c'est le prototype du programme qui vous vaudra des nuits blanches. Et un son s'y transforme vite, après quelques modifications mineures, en une variante fort différente, donc quand vous l'aurez bien en main, votre sonothèque s'accroîtra rapidement."
Tom very kindly translated the conclusion for me:
"Astralis introduces itself as an instrument dedicated to textures creation and other spatial explorations. This allows you to expect the usual bath of flabby reverbs and spongy echoes that this kind of lyricism generally promises. Surprise : such is not the dominant colour. Astralis's deep nature proves to be more muscular than the one of your average "space synth", sometimes with a well-tempered aggressivity, without turning into FSU/destroy mash. Its armada of effects and its many features make it very versatile, but of course, buying it to program standard basses and classical leads will not be the most logical use. On the other hand, if you like to create experimental electro-acoustic oriented sounds, this is the perfect example of a software that will keep you awake at night. And a few minor variations are enough to transform a preset into a very different variant, so once that you will master the software, your patches library is bound to grow quickly."
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:26:33 +0100 - New track submitted by Hodje using Astralis
New beautiful atmospheric track submitted by Hodje which makes good use of Astralis, many thanks Johan :)
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:55:42 +0100 - Astralis 1.1.1 Update Minor Fixes
A few fixes, enhancements and 1 new feature :)
28.06.07 v1.1.1
- Changed C1 to CC (Custom Clock).
- Improved Visibility of Envelopes.
- Fixed a crash which could occur in certain situations when changing presets.
- Removed Manual Mode from MS1 as it was not possible in poly mode, MS2 still has Manual Mode.
- Fixed a bug where 4 x tempos were not working as expected.
- Added Fine Pitch to the modulation matrix.
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:38:57 +0100 - Astralis C Beta Released
Astralis C is now available to licence holders in the private section. It has all the features of Astralis A but uses 16/24 bit samples as the sound source. It is still in beta testing, the only area which may not work correctly is the custom sample locations.
Samples are stored in banks of up to 50 samples. This all depends on how long the names of the samples are due to a 1000 character limit on text synthedit pins, so the shorter your names the more samples will be seen. There is no limit to how many banks you can create however.
Please let me know of any bugs you find on the forums and have fun :)
take care
Andy
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:22:17 +0100 - Astralis C Beta 0.91
Ok well here is the first beta, please post any problems in the forum, hopefully there won't be any. Please don't give Astralis C to anyone, it isn't shareware it is just for you registered users only :)
The patches are not finished and still need work plus there is only 40 something of them so far.
Notes:
Samples are stored in subfolders in a set location which is chosen when you install the samples (deafult is C:\HGSounds\Samples\). You can create a folder in here and put your own samples in it, you use the directory button to select the directory and then the first 40-50 of the samples are available as a Bank and can be selected from the sample menu. The sample limit is dictated by a 1000 character limit in Synthedit and so the shorter your names the more you will see. I'll write a help file later this week but for now I am having a few days off.
Andy
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:33:19 +0100 - New Website Launched
Finally launched the new website. main features/differences:
- Private Astralis area for license holders. Once you pay for Astralis you get instant access. Some free samples\banks for Astralis C will be added in the next week.
- I now only accept Paypal and no longer store address information on the website.
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:21:58 +0100
