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Spectrasonics - Distorded Reality Volume 2

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:55 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Hi,

I just wanted to know if your have it and what do you think about it, many people say JMJ used it for Metamorphoses and S2000 so I wanted to know your reviews.

Regards,
Nicolas

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:46 pm
by Pete
I purchased Distorted Reality 2 back in May 2000, in Audio CD format.
I already knew about the good libraries from Ilio and Spectrasonics, but when I went to the shop to audition DR2 (in short!) I was really amazed.
It is a nice arsenal of loops, noisy synthetic percussive sounds, drones and FX, very well recorded (and mastered, though).

JMJ (and J. Garraud I suppose) used it quite a lot in Meteamorphoses. Actually there is something also from DR1, the TR distorted kick and snare from "miss moon" ("super kick", "super snare", "Turbo 808"). And something from Liquid Grooves (C'est la vie), although not mentioned in the credits.
We know there are some samples also from Cuckooland -the first of the series- but I never heard that Audio CD.

Today DR2 is a nice choice if you like to have "those" sounds, while if you need fresh samples for your creations, you may risk to hear the same sounds in countless records and, worse, in commercial radio and tv spots.

Spectrasonics released than Metamorphosis (is it a coincidence?) which is more or less the sequel of DR1&2, but more focused on loops and than they released Stylus and Stylus RMX, which again follow the guidlines of DR 1&2, but IMHO they lack the originality of the forefather.

Samples from DR1&2 that I spotted are in: Give me a sign, Hey Gagarin, Love Love Love, Miss Moon, Rendez-vous à Paris, Tout est bleu.

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:47 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Thank you for your review Pete ;)
So maybe I'll own it, one day :D

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:54 pm
by jeremy
There are spectrasonics samples on the Roland expansion board called "SFX", but I don't know if they are similar to the ones on distorted reality.

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:38 am
by C-Real
J'ai acheté D.R.1 et D.R.2 au format Akai il y a quelques années....
JMJ (plutot Joachim) a beaucoup pioché dedans pour Metamorphoses !!!
Quelques samples pour Session 2000 mais pas grand chose comparé à Meta.

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:29 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Merci ;)
Je vais faire un petit tour sur eBay :P

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:31 pm
by C-Real
noyau wrote:Merci ;)
Je vais faire un petit tour sur eBay :P
Attention, le transfert de licence ne marche pas !
Tu ne peux pas acheter des CD de sample d'occasion.
Enfin, si tu peux, mais tu n'auras pas le droit de les utiliser, le 1er acheteur conserve les droits.

En fait, ce qu'il faut savoir (très important) :
Tu n'achètes pas le CD lui-même ni les samples (CD audio ou CD-Rom) mais uniquement le droit de l'utiliser, c'est une "nuance" très importante !

Donc méfiance.
Et meme si tu vois des magasins de musique qui proposent des CD d'occasion, le transfert de licence est impossible (ou extremement rare), ils sont dans l'illégalité.
Attention aux arnaques donc :wink:

Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:27 am
by Nico_Noyau
Ah zut, merci ;)
Ils sont pas donnés neuf, c'est dommage :( :cry:

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:53 pm
by C-Real
noyau wrote:Ah zut, merci ;)
Ils sont pas donnés neuf, c'est dommage :( :cry:
Je sais, mais malheureusement, c'est comme ça.... :(

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:36 pm
by dj_epo
Ca déchire franchement distorted reality !!!!!
je viens de tomber amoureux !!!!

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:59 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Woah, I love demos Pete gave me !
It is really a good CD :P

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:18 pm
by Nico_Noyau
:mrgreen:

(clic on Mr Green :D)

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:12 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Check what has been used to make this CD :

(copyrights to Ilio.com)

DISTORTED REALITY 2



Groove Menu

Unlike Groove Controlâ„¢, the Groove menu method is a fairly elaborate system of tuning offsets used to match grooves to one another. The pitch of the grooves does change. However, in a library like Distorted Reality, that's more of a positive than a negative, since unique sounds are the ultimate goal.

Grooves (different BPMs) are assigned to each key in the menu. The partial/keygroup tuning is offset for each sample so that all the Grooves are tuned to the same BPM. The partials on the right side of the Keyboard are copies of the left side partials and are + one octave (double speed). Then, that Patch is copied multiple times with Patch tuning offsets in 5 BPM increments. If you want to get additional tempos (like 68 BPM) simply tune the nearest menu patch up or down and all the grooves in that patch will follow. Numerous libraries have Pitch to BPM tuning charts, or you can use a handy utility like the Production Calculator freeware program on the Mac.

Not all samplers have this capability due to their structure for handling samples/keygroups.
The ones that work:
Akai (1000-6000)
Roland 700 series and beyond
Unity
SampleCell
Ensoniq ASR series


Gear

Here's a list of some of the toys that were abused in the process of making DR2:

MISCELLANEOUS
Hohner Clavinet with screwdriver
Space Phone
Ham Radio set
Korg Wavedrum
Water Tanks
Radiators
Prepared Piano
Bowed Cymbals & Gongs
Various bells
M'biras
Industrial Insulation blower
Hair Drums
SAMPLERS
Roland S-760/S-770 and new stuff :)
SIGNAL PROCESSORS
AMS RMX reverb
API-5502 Equalizer
Boss GL-100 Guitar Driver
Boss SE-70 Super Effects Processor
Dimension Beamâ„¢
Euphonics Mixing console
Eventide DSP-4000 & H-3500 Harmonizers
GML Stereo Parametric EQ
Innovonics Compressors
Langevin Passive Equalizers
Lexicon PCM-70/80/480 reverbs
MXR Distortion Plus
Quest Custom Mixers
Roland Dimension D & Dimension C
Roland RSP-550 Multi-Effects processor
Roland RSS-10 3-dimensional FX processing
Roland SDE-330 Dimensional Space delay
Roland SDX-330 Dimensional Space Chorus
Roland SRV-330 Dimensional Space reverb
Roland SVC-330 Vocoder
Roland VS-880 FX board
T.C. Electronics Fireworx
Summit Tube Mic Pre-Amps
Yamaha 02R digital console
SYNTHESIZERS/DRUM BOXES
Access Virus
Doeffler Modular
Emu Modular (Custom)
Moog Minimoog (modified by Studio Electronics)
Custom Moog Modular
(World's Largest working Modular Moog)
Nord Lead
Oberheim S.E.Ms
Polyfusion Modular Synth (Custom)
Roland JP-8000 prototypes & production units
Roland JP-8080
Roland JD-800/990
Roland Jupiter 8
Roland JV-1080/2080
Roland MKS-50 Alpha Juno
Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter
Roland System 700 & 100m cust. Modular synths
Roland MC-303
Roland MC-505
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-909
Korg EX-8000
Korg M1REX
Korg Monopoly
Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
Waldorf Wave, Microwave & Microwave XT
Yamaha CS-80
SOFTWARE PROCESSORS
Metasynthâ„¢
Bias Peakâ„¢
Bias SFX machineâ„¢
Arboretum Hyperprism 68k & Hyperprism 2â„¢
GRM Toolsâ„¢
ReBirthâ„¢ 1.5 & 2.0
Rebeatâ„¢
Antares Infinityâ„¢
Alchemyâ„¢
Fireballâ„¢
HyperEngineâ„¢
Ionizerâ„¢
Ray Gunâ„¢
Magnetoâ„¢
Saturatorâ„¢
Opcode Vinyl, Vocode & Filter plug-insâ„¢
Emagic Logic Audio Platinumâ„¢
Thonkâ„¢
ReCycleâ„¢
RAIFFâ„¢
Region Munger
Transfer Stationâ„¢
Samplifierâ„¢
|SonicWORX Artistâ„¢
Sound Morph
Sound Hackâ„¢
Sound Diverâ„¢
Steinberg VST plug-ins
Unisynâ„¢
Wave-boy Voderâ„¢
...and some custom proprietary stuff too!

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 4:00 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Ahem : http://forum.nk.free.fr/dr/jmj%20alive% ... ourges.mp3
Damn, actually this CD really rowkz !
But do you know which sampler I can buy to use them ?

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 4:17 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Some samples JMJ used and may have used :
http://forum.nk.free.fr/dr/dr2CD1.mp3

@5:53, it reminds me of something, but I can't remember what :|