Introducing the first Homegrown Sounds non-Synthedit plugin for Windows and additionally the first for Intel Mac. It is currently a beta version, but seems fine in tests so far. Please report any bugs/suggestions if you give it a try.

SoundScaper is versatile and great for comb effects, reverbs and endless delays. It is has been included in most of my synths over the last couple of years.

There are only a few presets at the moment, please feel free to send me some if you come up with any good ones. There are lots of randomizers as usual to make using SoundScaper a fun and creative experience! It is not advisable to use the plug in any active projects yet as it may change before official release, but I'd love to hear some feedback especially from Mac users.

This time last year I offered a special site raid deal, basically get all releases on the site for a single price, So here we go again. The full price for buying all of this individually would be £395, so this is undoubtedly the best deal I have ever offered! It is limited to 15 people, first come first serve. Here is what you will get:

* Homegrown Complete - 10.5GB of samples
* Astralis VST Pack - 5 Microtonal Synths +FX for windows (includes Bion, Orgone and Bionic)
* Black Magic - Sophisticated Drum loop workstation VSTi for windows
* Introjector - Loop Re-Sequencer VSTi for Windows
* HG Electric Sitar - VSTi for windows

HG Electric Sitar is based on a multisampled Jerry Jones Electric Sitar, the modern day equivalent of the 60's Dan Electro, used by the Beatles and the Stones. There are 7 different sample sets, each containing at least 4 octaves of samples, one for each note. Any two sample sets can be used simultaneously to give plenty of flexibility for creating interesting Sitar based sounds and atmospheres.

The plugin is based on the HG Piano, and so also includes soundscaper, an effect capable of combs, delays and reverbs which is very good for producing experimental atmospheres. As well as SoundScaper there is also a Flanger swappable for a filter, and a delay. The effects can be routed in 3 different ways, SoundScaper->Flanger->Delay, Flanger->SoundScaper->Delay or in parallel.

Free plugin developed for the KVR developers challenge. Designed to emulate Steve Reich's tape loop phasing technique, yet also expanded to a synth to further explorer this concept. More info and download from here:

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Andy

Astralis Bion is the most powerful synth in the Astralis range, has a custom built Oscillator with 3500+ possible Waveforms, and many Filters types including Low Passes, Hi Passes, Band Shelf and Comb. The Astralis range of synths are primarily designed for easily creating atmospheric and Ambient landscapes, though Bion is useful for any style of music due to the huge array of features.

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Introjector and Introjector Lite are extremely lightweight VST Instruments for Windows, designed as a sidekick to Black Magic. The simplest use is to load an existing Loop, and then Re-Sequence it using the onboard Sequencers. This can then automatically be recorded out ready to import into any other application which uses Loops. The Recordings are named by time created and stored in folders by BPM.

Black Magic:

* New set of kits & samples thanks to Nielzie - Many Thanks!
* Requested Feature - Sequencer Step Sizes are now automatable via midi
using CC 70-79, this is experimental though.
* CC 80 assigned to Stereo Width
* Master Section LED section corrected, lists were in the wrong order.
* Many Manual additions/corrections.
* A bank of presets added created by Lotuzia of LeLotusBleu. Many Thanks!
* PDF version of the manual added created by Jens available on the files
page. Thanks Jens!
* Default Bank updated for compatibility with v1.04

Black Magic Lite:

* Requested Feature - Sequencer Step Sizes are now automatable via midi
using CC 70-79, this is experimental though.
* CC 80 assigned to Stereo Width
* Many Manual additions/corrections.
* PDF version of the manual added created by Jens available on the files
page.

Available on your Files page.

Andy

"Black Magic is a really unique approach to rhythm and while it may share some characteristics with other "drum" vsts, I can't think of one that really does what it does. It is awesome for creating mountains of loops to feed into other apps (for slicing etc) while at the same time functioning as a highly controllable live drum machine\groovebox.
Highly recommended! "

thanks MusikMachine !

"Conclusion: The Black Magic Loop Generator from Homegrown Sounds is really awesome. It's huge fun to create loops and tinker around to this. I have as yet no comparable experience Plugin."

Google Translated version

"Fazit: Der Black Magic Loop Generator von Homegrown Sounds ist wirklich genial. Es macht riesigen Spaß damit Loops zu erzeugen und an diesen herum zu basteln. Ich habe bis jetzt noch kein vergleichbares Plugin erlebt."

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"Black Magic is a really unique approach to rhythm and while it may share some characteristics with other "drum" vsts, I can't think of one that really does what it does. It is awesome for creating mountains of loops to feed into other apps (for slicing etc) while at the same time functioning as a highly controllable live drum machine\groovebox.
Highly recommended! "

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"Overall, BM is an extremely deep and versatile instrument and it’s very deserving of the high marks I’m giving it."

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Black Magic Lite is the free little sister of Black Magic, a loop generating VSTi plugin for windows. With the ability to quickly randomize and save out looped WAVs, the Black Magic machines make building a unique sample collection easy and quick. Even though Lite has fewer features than the big version, all of the important ones have been retained, so it is a fully functional synth in it's own right. Upgrading to the big version will get a large collection of included samples, the ability to use your own and a hard compressor amongst other things.

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"Amazing plugin! Love it! I'm using it in my live PA this weekend :) " - Pheek

Black Magic is a unique loop workstation with the ability to generate diverse loops with a single mouse click. Furthermore a loop can instantly be recorded out to WAV, automatically named by BPM and timestamp. The idea developed to make sample based loops an easy and fun process, as loop creation is generally a time consuming process. Black Magic can also be used as a standard midi drum machine and also has the ability to jam with the individual sequences in real time. It has 10 Samplers each with its own sequencer and many adjustable parameters. It uses standard WAV files and ships with a large library of samples, but users can easily add their own. There is also a solid FX section which includes a Compressor/Limiter, Delay, SoundScaper, Flanger/Filter and Drive as well as many Modulation options including randomizers, a Modulation sequencer and an LFO.

This is the entire collection of Homegrown Sample CDs in downloadable format. Buying this product saves half the price of buying all titles individually! It is the equivalent of buying both 'Homegrown Loop Collection' and 'Homegrown Atmospheric Collection.' It includes the following 14 sample CD/DVD titles which amounts to around 10GB of samples: