Things afoot at Hollow Sun
Some new and interesting developments over at Hollow Sun recently.
First up, Steve has started a blog. Now, if you know Steve as I know Steve, this is certainly not his “thing”. He views blogs, much like Twitter and any other form of Social Networking, as a lame and vacuous, self serving waste of time! Personally, I don’t agree, but that old Welsh git, purveyor of fine sampling products though he is, can be an old stick in the mud at times. So, for him to do this must mean something bigger lays behind it. And I can confirm that it does, although I can’t say what it is, but it will be good, I can guarantee you that!
Next is the Reaktor Korner, a small but perfectly formed repository of Reaktor ensembles, created over the years by Steve. Recreations of an ARP Axxe, ARP Odyssey and an emulation of classic string synths await you, all free of charge!
The following two new libraries I know VERY well! When I first met Steve, all those years ago, it was these samples that were my foot in the door, so to speak. Being a complete Fairlight whore, I wanted as many top notch samples as I could get, and Steve had loads of ’em. It’s these samples that now feature, along with a big bunch of samples that also made me salivate uncontrollably, the Emulator EII, in his new release, Vintage Samplers.
Here’s the instrument list…
EII Arco Strings
EII Blown Bottle
EII Choir
EII Orch Chords
EII Shakuhachi
EII Strings
EII Waterphone
IIx ARR1
IIx ArrBass
IIx Bar
IIx BasClear
IIx Basso
IIx BassRick
IIx BobStrin
IIx BowdBass
IIx Drums
IIx ElBass
IIx FltCf
IIx Glock
IIx Kalim
IIx MarBlock
IIX Orch 5
IIx Piztwang
IIx Quartet
IIx Shatter
IIx StlBell
IIx Swanee
IIx V3Sus
IIx VibMid
IIx ViolHi
IIx ViolSus
IIx Wineglas
String Synths is a small, yet prefectly formed library featuring samples of such classics as a Moog Opus, Eminent 310, ARP String Ensemble, RS202 and a Roland VP330.
01 ARP String Ens
02 ARP String Ens Phaser
03 Eminent 310 Strings
04 Eminent 310 Phaser
05 Moog Opus 4′
06 Moog Opus 8′
07 Moog Opus 8+4′
08 Moog Opus 4′ Phaser
09 Moog Opus 8′ Phaser
10 Moog Opus 8+4′ Phaser
11 RS202 Strings I
12 RS202 Strings I+II
13 VP330 Choir
Finally, the Freepacks section of the Hollow Sun site now features, courtesy of Joeri Peters, the awesome PolyMoog Vox Humana patch, as well as the PolyMoog Strings I & II patches, all available in Akai, Alesis Fusion & Kontakt formats.
Oooh! Looks like I need to go spend some time over at Hollow Sun! I haven’t been there in MONTHS. Thanks!
This is a rip. I went to hollowsun to download and sure enough none of the “freepacks!” or any free sounds are available to download!!!. This is a load of crap. I really wanted to fiddle around with the samples from that site but NOOOOO it has to be unavailable on server!
“Disturbed”,
First of all, calm the fuck down, you’ll give yourself an aneurysm!
I spoke to Steve at Hollow Sun the other day and the poor guy is pulling his hair out. He has been severely let down by his web host and certain parts of the site, as you have found out, are failing. Trouble is, because of the problems he’s having, he’s finding it almost impossible to put anything onto the site to warn customers of the problems.
May I suggest a modicum of patience and that in future, a calm, polite email to the Hollow Sun inbox might be a better way of finding out what is going on?
Remember, the stuff you want to download is free. Be grateful for that. There is no obligation to provide this to anyone.
Right, my little impatient friend.
I have just spoken to Steve again and the only Freepack that is currently not working is the Novation BassStation pack. Everything else is fine. The BassStation will be sorted out shortly.
Trust that suffices to appease your enthusiasm.