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Hyper Birds 'Macro' Presets for Purchase

May 19, 2024

For those who follow my YouTube videos as of late, I’m excited to announce my new ‘Macro‘ sound preset pack, ‘Hyper Birds’! I am very pleased to sell my first preset pack on my website. For those that are new, these are a collection of Native Instruments Absynth 5 bird sound presets. With a variety of customizable parameters, each of the 6 bird sounds can be further enhanced depending on media application - to suit the dynamic movie scene or game environment.

Notably, I have received a lot of requests for bird sounds and demos. Here I will outline why I created these and what the journey has been like.

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In Analysis, Research, Synthesis Tags bird sounds, sound design, videogames, absynth, wavetable, harmonics
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Space and Jupiter Themed Ambient [Ambient Online]

May 17, 2020

For those of you who enjoy electronic music, you probably know of Radical Realm or have listened on one of the platforms. I compose with a variety of synthesized textures and sometimes field recordings. I released 2 10-track albums a few years ago, in June 2017, after my debut E.P. in 2016.

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In Electronic Music, Events Tags ambient music, radical realm, music
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The Sidebands of Ring Modulation (and Amplitude Modulation)

December 7, 2019

Here we will do a basic walkthrough of both Ring Modulation and Amplitude Modulation. They have given us special fx sounds, alien voices, bell sounds, sub oscilators and other weird tonal sounds, but how do these effects come about? By breaking down the basic operation of this modulation, hopefully we can further understand, predict and design specific sounds.

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In Analysis, Research, Synthesis Tags modulation, spectra, synthesis, absynth, sound design, spectrum, ringmod, harmonics, dsp, audio
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A New Dimension in Sound - [Cosine Sound has arrived!]

December 9, 2017

After a few challenging but thrilling months of polishing off my sound design brand, I'm relieved to announce the new name and website is here: Cosine Sound

Here is a short recount of some of the design stages of Cosine Sound.

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In Sonic Branding, Events Tags sound design, synthesis, branding, sonic branding, sound branding, website, web, update
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Torrents & Energy - New Albums by Radical Realm

July 9, 2017

After years of chipping away at various sound and music experiments, I'm pleased to announce the arrival of these two diversely themed albums from Radical Realm, an ambient experimental music project.

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In Electronic Music, Synthesis, Events Tags ambient music, absynth, wavetable, native instruments, timbre, tone colour, synthesis, fm synthesis, sound design, music, radical realm, physical modelling
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What makes Powerful Synth Bass?

June 21, 2017

Enhancing the perception of bass sound and its timbre can sometimes be a fine process to look at. This article will present some general principles to consider, not only in sound design and electronic music production, in mixing music also.

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In Electronic Music, Synthesis, Psychoacoustics Tags absynth, sound design, superimposition, spectra, modulation, tone colour, timbre, iZotope Insight, music, harmonics
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The Practice of Sound Design

March 14, 2017

Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a research project undertaken by PH.D. Student Alison Walker, who is from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

With permission, below is our interview conducted for (In)Habiting Sound: Cinesomatic Narratives and Sonic Embodiments.

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In Research, Sonic Branding, Psychoacoustics Tags sound design, synthesis, practice
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The Cricket Chirp Report - Synth Techniques

December 28, 2016

In this comprehensive tutorial we will cover various methods of Cricket Chirp synthesis, and the three stages leading to the Hybrid Synthesis Cricket Chirp Tool (CCT): Background theory, Analysis and Synth Techniques.

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In Synthesis, Analysis, Resynthesis Tags cricket tool, cricket chirp, cct, spectra, spectrogram, spectrum, harmonics, native instruments, ringmod, fm synthesis, absynth, alchemy, massive
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Stridulate your Wings - Cricket Chirp Tool Released!

December 4, 2016

We all know the sound of Crickets - whether it's for the sound of a summer night, a tropical rainforest or just an awkward silence, but what if you had the convenience of 900 Chirps in One at your fingertips? Well now you can play it - all with pure synthesis. It's official.

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In Analysis, Synthesis Tags spectrum, spectrogram, absynth, timbre, cricket chirp, cricket tool, cct, native instruments, sound design
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1st Anniversary! - YouTube

October 27, 2016

As of October 20th, it's now been one year since my channel introduction video, where I introduced my niche synth channel on Youtube! It's been a fantastic year producing nerdy videos on the nitty gritty of synthesis, and can only expect things to get more interesting.

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In Analysis, Electronic Music, Synthesis Tags sound design, synth patches, absynth, youtube, timbre
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Mirror Ritual wins Best Game! - Game Jam Sydney 2016

February 27, 2016

To my surprise Michael Chu's game that I'd sound designed for, The Mirror Ritual, was announced an award for Best Game. Although I was not informed of any such reward, indeed I did anticipate some recognition for the amount of conversation sparked at Game Jam. 

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In Synthesis, Events Tags sound design, music, videogames
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Radical Realm E.P. Released!

February 22, 2016

Very pleased to announce my debut E.P. album Radical Realm. A mesmerising 4 ambient-experimental tracks are now available for purchase, spanning about half an hour of music.

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In Electronic Music, Synthesis Tags ambient music, music, harmonics, sound design, radical realm
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Monstergotchi & Mirror Ritual - Global Game Jam 2016

February 10, 2016

On the last Friday of January I attended Global Game Jam 2016 at North Sydney Tafe, St. Leonards. Having produced audio for Psyco-Path in 2014, I was excited again to give it a shot. At this time, myself and over a hundred other game enthusiasts and seasoned pro's would create a playable videogame over the weekend. 

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In Electronic Music, Synthesis, Events Tags sound design, music, videogames
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Absynth Presets: Ambient Soundscapes Out Now!

November 19, 2015

I'm stoked to announce that the synth pack I have been working on for the past few months has been released with the electronica giant at Loopmasters! Absynth Ambient Soundscapes is now available for purchase here.

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In Electronic Music, Synthesis Tags synth patches, sound design, native instruments, absynth, presets
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Synthesis: Pulse Width Modulation and Staircase Waves

November 1, 2015

In this article we will demonstrate how to 1.Create a Pulse-Wave, 2. Create a Staircase Wave, 3. Modulate Pulse Width (PWM).

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In Synthesis, Analysis Tags pulse width, pwm, modulation, staircase, sawstep, wavetable, superimposition, square wave, harmonics
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The Sound of Timbre: Sound Synthesis and Analysis

October 22, 2015

We now have a new Introduction video to our Youtube Channel! It's been tough to produce but top quality videos are the goal. What are the topics to be?! Synthesis, Pscychoacoustics, Sound Effects, Acoustics, Sonic Branding, Analysis and more...!

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In Psychoacoustics, Synthesis, Analysis Tags timbre, music, tone colour, iZotope Insight, spectra, spectrum, spectrogram
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Sonoport - Sonic Branding Competition

September 24, 2015

Recently I participated in a challenging Sonic Branding competition for the Singapore audio company - Sonoport. They have offered a new chance for creatives to utilize their new Sound Animator - a tool that shares audio-visual sound elements on the internet.

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In Sonic Branding Tags sonoport, sound design, web, audio
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  • May 2024 1
    • May 19, 2024 Hyper Birds 'Macro' Presets for Purchase May 19, 2024
  • May 2020 1
    • May 17, 2020 Space and Jupiter Themed Ambient [Ambient Online] May 17, 2020
  • December 2019 1
    • Dec 7, 2019 The Sidebands of Ring Modulation (and Amplitude Modulation) Dec 7, 2019
  • December 2017 1
    • Dec 9, 2017 A New Dimension in Sound - [Cosine Sound has arrived!] Dec 9, 2017
  • July 2017 1
    • Jul 9, 2017 Torrents & Energy - New Albums by Radical Realm Jul 9, 2017
  • June 2017 1
    • Jun 21, 2017 What makes Powerful Synth Bass? Jun 21, 2017
  • March 2017 1
    • Mar 14, 2017 The Practice of Sound Design Mar 14, 2017
  • December 2016 2
    • Dec 28, 2016 The Cricket Chirp Report - Synth Techniques Dec 28, 2016
    • Dec 4, 2016 Stridulate your Wings - Cricket Chirp Tool Released! Dec 4, 2016
  • October 2016 1
    • Oct 27, 2016 1st Anniversary! - YouTube Oct 27, 2016
  • February 2016 3
    • Feb 27, 2016 Mirror Ritual wins Best Game! - Game Jam Sydney 2016 Feb 27, 2016
    • Feb 22, 2016 Radical Realm E.P. Released! Feb 22, 2016
    • Feb 10, 2016 Monstergotchi & Mirror Ritual - Global Game Jam 2016 Feb 10, 2016
  • November 2015 2
    • Nov 19, 2015 Absynth Presets: Ambient Soundscapes Out Now! Nov 19, 2015
    • Nov 1, 2015 Synthesis: Pulse Width Modulation and Staircase Waves Nov 1, 2015
  • October 2015 1
    • Oct 22, 2015 The Sound of Timbre: Sound Synthesis and Analysis Oct 22, 2015
  • September 2015 1
    • Sep 24, 2015 Sonoport - Sonic Branding Competition Sep 24, 2015
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