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Patreon Exclusive: Solar Waves Sample Library

Added 2024-04-08 13:26:37 +0000 UTC

Last month, I made a video about the Solar 42, a highly cinematic synthesizer from Elta Music. Now I've sampled it!

Last month, I made a video about the Solar 42, a highly cinematic synthesizer from Elta Music. Ever since making that video, I've wanted to have some of the Solar's sounds in Decent Sampler format. Well, I finally sampled it! The result is this library of classic analog sounds with 17 presets.

Here's a quick rundown of what's inside:

Presets 1 - 5: These first five presets were directly recorded from the lead voices of the Solar 42. The reverb you hear on those patches is that actual reverb from the unit itself.These should use very little CPU.
Presets 6 - 17: The remaining patches were built using patch 17. Because these patches use a lot of Decent Sampler's bells and whistles, you may see higher CPU usage on these.
Patch 17 is a full fledged subtractive synthesizer using the Solar 42's waveforms.

Of course, it would be impossible to recreate the actual experience of using a Solar 42 within a sample library. Even so, I think this library is a lot of fun and offers a nice range of useful analog sounds.

The best way to download this preset is directly within Decent Sampler. This will only work if your Decent Samples account uses the same email address as you use on Patreon. If you are unable to do that, you can download it here.

– Dave

PS: A quick reminder to folks not to share the Patreon Exclusive instruments with anyone. These are for Patrons only. :)