tgfoo Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Yellow Tools is giving away a free version of it's Independence sample with 2 GB of sounds. http://www.yellowtools.us/cp21/cms/index.php?id=399&shownews=527 Normally Independence requires a dongle, but the free version doesn't require it, however you do need to download and install Yellow Tools key manager for it to run which you can find here: http://wibu.com/download_user.php?lang=en The sounds in the library are pretty decent to, especially considering that they are free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Had some trouble accessing the site (too many greedy downloaders like me?), but managed to get it downloaded. The stand-alone program doesn't seem to recognize WDM drivers, but I found ASIO drivers for my laptop's integrated soundcard (http://www.asio4all.com/), so now it works, and all my other audio software has the benefit of ASIO, too. So even if the sounds turn out to be garbage, it was worth the download just for that. Also, the Windows version doesn't need the software key. Coolness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analoq Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 anyone else get the website to work? every time i click i just get an error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 anyone else get the website to work? every time i click i just get an error. ditto, must have...free...wips....ug X_x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunahorum Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I am too lazy to do anything. What does the key manager do? Hmm did you actually download this and try this or just find it? I made ana ccount on the stupid webvsite and everyhitng but i castil caln't tdownloadint anything. lazy typing fast as possible sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Yeah, the website's a bit weird. There was some other messageboard I ran across where people were having trouble, too, and their conclusion was that the site was overloaded with traffic because Yellow Tools isn't using any kind of mirror to host their 2 gig download. I finally got the site to work (albeit very slowly) at around 3:30 in the morning (EST), and the download itself seemed to run at full speed. EDIT: Also, for whatever it's worth, the site began working with IE before it stared working for Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Are the samples any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmony Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Just got them a few days ago and I think they are really nice. I wish there were more instruments but I'm just being greedy I guess. Drumkits: Acoustic - The kits are a good replacement for many of the free ones out there, but aren't nearly as expressive or interesting as say the free NS7 kit. Definitely usable though. Electric - meh. nothing special. Guitars: Classical - I love it, and I'm a guitar player! It's fairly expressive and cleanly recorded with a nice rich tone. There are a decent number of velocity layers, although they don't vary very much. I really wanted that characteristic buzzing that nylon strings give with plucked very hard. I have it on a free soundfont I picked up once, and I would have expected it here. Instead, the highest velocity layer gives a 3-4 semitone slide, which is actually pretty nice to have. Electric - Haven't played with it much, but it seems decent if you want to get a jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAH!!! Its also got some nice pinch harmonics, which are always cool. Electric Bass - A keyswitched 4-string tuned to E (no sampled low D!). Got some nice fret noise, slides, and various other bass one shots, but I haven't found it very fun to play with. Good sound though. Acoustic Bass - Plain. Very Plain. Don't see myself using this often. Keys: E. Piano - Classic sound with nice velocity layers that smoothly transition between a soft and very bright tone. Its got that DX7 sound that you've heard so many times before. I like it though. Organ - OK pipe organ that might find some uses here and there. Not much of an organ connoisseur so I can't say how it stacks up against others. Synths: - There are a bunch of choices, each one more terrible than the last. Percussion: Lots of really nice samples, including a pretty extensive sampling of an udu. Unfortunately, all of the samples of hitting the smaller high-pitched hole have a simultaneous shaker sound that limits its use, imo. The cajon is cool too; I'll probably be using that a lot. Other percussion highlights are the bamboo and tambourine. No Djembe There are also a few preset loops for the percussive instruments and drumkits that might be helpful if, for example, you don't know how a cajon is typically played. Some are actually kinda groovtastic. I haven't explored the sampler itself much, but it looks very customizable in terms of being able to layer the sounds, adjust the velocity layer switching and quickly edit individual samples. It comes with a variety of standard FX and a few special ones like cabinet sims for the electric guitars, and Oragami LE, their reverb module. I have no idea why it sounds so nice, but it does. Much richer than the bundled reverb in Sonar 6 (Cakewalk or Sonitus). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Is this still up for grabs? If it is, how do I get it? I don't read german so good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmony Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Is this still up for grabs? If it is, how do I get it? I don't read german so good...If you're too lazy to go learn German (can't imagine why) you could always take the slacker route and click the English button at the top of the page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgfoo Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Sie können nicht Deutsch sprechen? Warum erlernen Sie kein Deutsch sprechen? Sind Sie zu faul? And yes, it's still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 suck mein tiel lol jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 suck mein tiel lol jk you mean " Sauge mein Bratwurst, Nutte" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 you mean " Sauge mein Bradwurst, Nutte" mayhaps lol >:- P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzumebachi Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 if you're stuck in the internet stone-age like me, they've got a DVD of all the same stuff for ~$10 + ~$5 shipping. might be the way to go if you can't/don't want to download 2gb of crap on dialup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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