Scala Creator is a VST plugin for Windows, designed to make creating Microtonal patches in Scala format an easy process. Although it is primarily designed as part of the Astralis pack to make patches for the Astralis synths, the produced .scl files can be used with any application that can load them. Scales can be up to 48 notes which should suit most purposes, and Scales can be created using cents via knobs or text entry boxes, which can also accept ratios.

A Simple plugin that I built for myself and thought I'd tidy it up and make it available to anyone else who may find it useful. It allows adding harmonic distortion at about 10k and 100hz, which is useful for creating presence in dull audio, especially useful for brightening up the top end.

Bass: This adds the distorted Bass to the mix.
Treble: Adds the top end sparkle
Bass Delay: Allows delaying the bass which can help with phase correction
Master: The master volume output.

FX Enable: Switches the Enhancements ON/OFF for comparison purposes.
Dry Enable: Enables switching off the dry signal to herar what the plugin is adding.

There are only a couple of presets, as presets are a bit pointless in a plugin like this.

For a short time, as an introductory offer, you will also get Organic Breakbeats for free.

This is a diverse collection of 800 x 24bit Breakbeats in WAV format, made using the same techniques as Organic Breakbeats, although it has a very different sound. It is a series of loops, each of which has several breakbeat versions. There is a wide range of styles from standard loops to noise loops, dry to highly effected. All ready to drop straight into your mix.

The demo mp3s have a series of loops lined up, so you can hear how the breakbeated versions sound, although this isn't how you would most likely use them.

They weigh in at around 1 GB, and are instantly available after purchase from your private files page.

This deal will purchase all of the following HGS VST Instruments and Samples available now for one low price, click the title to read more.

• Homegrown Sounds now has US Dollars as the default currency, but when logged in you can also select Euros or British Pounds. All transactions will be carried out in the selected currency, and are tied to the current exchange rate.
• The site has been re-organised to hopefully be easier to navigate, with a much cleaner layout.
• The files page has been improved, now the files have information and are organised in a much clearer way
• It is now impossible to add more than one of the same product to the cart

HG Drum Hits is a collection of drum sounds which includes Kits from the Kurzweil K2500 amongst other drum machines. There are some lovely percussion and metal kits in here, as can be heard on the loop demos. The WAVs are compatible with any sampler, and are organised into banks ready for Black Magic. There are just over 1,000 hits organised into 25 folders, weighing in at 420MB, recorded at 24-bit.

Also included is a set of 200 Loops created with these hits in Black Magic, the demos to the right are selections of these loops which amount to 280MB.

All are instantly downloadable upon payment and will be found on your files page.

Loops from beyond is a collection of over 400 24-bit WAV Loops, designed as secondary Loops to drop into an existing rhythm. The sounds were created using Black Magic, and will primarily suit electronic and experimental genres of music. They are mostly drum loops, some effected more than others, most loops have a few alternative versions. The loops range in tempo between 80 and 120BPM and is a total of 550MB in size.

The 3 MP3s demonstrate a few of the loops from the collection.

Downloadable from your Account files Page immediately after payment.

Three of the Astralis Synths have been updated with the following changes:

Orgone updated to 1.06:

• Now Portable, ie; can be installed on a portable drive, see Portable readme for more details.
• Added New course Pitch Destinations to the Modulation Matrix capable of up to 2 octaves - 'X Pitch'
• Added New Quantized Pitch Destinations to the Modulation Matrix, quantized to real notes of up to 2 octaves 'Q Pitch'

Bion updated to 1.01:

• Now Portable, ie; can be installed on a portable drive, see Portable readme for more details.
• Fixed a bug where some controllers didn't work correctly through the Modulation Matrix.
• Added New course Pitch Destinations to the Modulation Matrix capable of up to 2 octaves - 'X Pitch'
• Added New Quantized Pitch Destinations to the Modulation Matrix, quantized to real notes of up to 2 octaves 'Q Pitch'

Updated to V2 which corrects the semitone tuning error - This is a new version, so you will still need V1 for old projects to save re-tuning them.

Baby Bion is lightweight Synth using the Oscillator from the forthcoming Astralis Bion. It was designed primarily with SoundScaper in mind, the free FX plugin from hgsounds which can create Complex Undulating Collages. Baby Bion adds a Synth to create the Sound Source, as well as Flanger/Filter, a complex LFO and a couple of 32 stage Envelopes. Although it specializes in Soundscapes and Atmospheres, it can also be used as a general Lightweight Synth, the uniquely developed Dual Oscillator provides over 3500 different waveforms which can be mixed in many flexible ways including FM.

Black magic is Reviewed in the latest edition of Wusik Magazine, pages 27-28!

"Feel free and download a stripped-down free version (Black Magic lite) and try it for yourself. Making music should be fun, and if your working with this magical instrument and you're not having any... well then I really don't know what else it could be. Perhaps you need counseling or a psychiatrist?"

Read the full review online HERE

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.

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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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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