Infekted

• 4 New Hybrid Kosmos Synths – Each uses 80 single samples, 20 from each collection to create a unique palette for each synth. Using a single sample as opposed to the multi-sampled instruments means that it uses less memory and so more waveforms can be made available to each Kosmos synth. These 4 synths create a whole new world of possible instruments which are easily programmed due to the Kosmos interface or can be randomised and tweaked for more instant gratification. There are also mono versions of these Kosmos Synths as with all others in the collection.
• +1 Octave Preset Category – This category is simply tuned an Octave higher than the Poly category.
• Poly Seq Preset Category – This is the same as the Poly Category but replaces the Mono/Legato script with the unique HGS Sequencer script used in the main Kosmos Synths.
• Bonus Presets per collection – This is a selection of 530 new presets created using the single presets and tweaked using the Kosmos interface.
• Kosmos Presets – 600 new presets created using the full Kosmos engine for a diverse selection of sounds.
• Infekted Lite has also been updated with 50 Kosmos Presets and the Octave and Poly Seq categories.

The specifications for Infekted are now as follows:

• 542 Multi Sampled Instruments
• 6,474 Categorised Presets using a single instrument version of Kosmos for ease of editing
• 12 Polyphonic Kosmos Synths
• 12 Monophonic Kosmos Synths
• 4 Polyphonic Hybrid Kosmos Synths
• 4 Monophonic Hybrid Kosmos Synths
• Installed Size: 2.88 GB
• Download Size: 1.9 GB (Rar)

Infekted is currently available for just $50 until the 6th May as part of a Group Sale. The deadline has been extended by 1 more week to hopefully reach the targets to get the free products. The numbers have also been reduced so that hopefully everyone will get the free stuff which is when 25 is reached Virus Kits will be added and at 35 – Kosmos Vintage Synths will be added for free which is due for release next week. Previously Vintage Synths has only been available for Sampletank and has translated to Kosmos very well.

This update is free of charge to existing users and can be downloaded from the download page.

The group sale is over however it will still be available for a couple of weeks along with the freebies so you get:

• Infekted (usually $110)
• Virus Kits (usually $29)
• Vintage Synths Kosmos Edition ($35)

All for just $50 this is a huge saving and a massive collection especially considering how versatile the Kosmos system is in creating new instruments on the fly. All will be available on your download page immediately after payment.

Kosmos

There is currently a Group Sale for Infekted which also includes Virus Kits and Vintage Synths all just for $50. This is an incredible deal and adds up to a huge collection.

Get Infekted/Virus Kits/Vintage Synths for only $50.

There hasn’t been an HGS group buy for quite a few years and I thought that Infekted for Kontakt would be a great candidate. The way it works is that the more people that sign up the cheaper it gets for everyone until the final target is reached which is just 50 people bringing the price down from $125 to $50 plus the addition of more goodies beyond 40 people.

Here are the details:

• $25 is required to join which will instantly get you access to Starburst so you can use it right away.
• When the target of 50 or end date is reached, an email will be sent with a link to pay the outstanding amount and access will instantly be given to the rest of the GB products.
• There is no obligation to pay the remainder in which case you can get Starburst for just $25.
• If 40 is reached Virus Kits for Battery will be added.
• If 50 is reached a Kosmos version of Vintage Synths will be added.
• If you have already purchased Starburst K you can join the group buy for free, send me an email and I’ll add you.
• End date is: 21-04-2013

Kosmos

GROUP SALE DISCUSSION THREAD

Infekted combines 4 sample releases synthesized with a Virus TI bringing 542 Multi-Sampled Instruments in the form of 4000+ categorized Presets and 24 Kosmos based Synths. The collection supports Kontakt 3 and above.

The Samples

Each Virus preset was designed to be musically useful for the most part, so there is nothing particularly wild. The intention was to build a rompler type collection of base instruments to feed the Kosmos Synths. One thing I like about the virus is that instruments tend to sit well effortlessly with each other in the mix and thankfully this has translated across to Kontakt nicely.

Kosmos

Kosmos is a unique and powerful synth engine created using Kontakt scripting which works by using Kontakt groups to treat sampled instruments as selectable oscillators. It has 2 oscillators each with it’s own selectable filter and selectable AMP envelope. It has a powerful randomization engine which has been tuned to come out with a high percentage of usable sounds. In practice Kosmos can take the base sampled instruments much much further than the traditionally preset approach and results in unique sounds being used in your music. Download Infekted Lite and give it a go from here

Each of the single instrument presets also uses a special single instrument version of Kosmos which makes tweaking the preset very easy.

This video demonstrates some Kosmos noodling, I apologise for the glitchy sound in places..

More Kosmos information is available on the Kosmos tab of this page or you can read the online version of the manual here.

The Presets

There are 8 categories of presets to give a starting point for each instrument, although it can be easily tweaked using the single sample version of Kosmos which is utilised by all presets.

• Legato
• Mono
• Poly Delay
• Poly Dry
• Reverb
• Slow
• Stab
• Unison

Infekted Lite

Infekted Lite is a free version using 20 instruments from the collection which includes the Kosmos Synth and all related presets. You can download it from here.

Starburst K Page | Kosmos Manual

More Info

Also included is a custom built gate sequencer with many play modes and some live triggers for real-time manipulation.

Features

• 2 Oscillators using a large selection of WAV based instruments
• Each Oscillator has:
• a distinct selectable filter type
• 26 different AMP Envelopes to choose from
• 9 different Mix Modes
• 1 LFO mapped to Filter Cutoff
• 21 shapes to choose from
• Tempo synced Frequency
• Retrigger Enable
• 19 different Randomize modes mapped to a randomize button
• Reverb with selectable amount and Time
• Delay with selectable amount tempo synced time
• Modulator selectable between Flanger, Phaser and Chorus at various rates
• Gate Sequencer with 15 Play Modes
• Efficient Scripting - elements not in use are disabled to minimise CPU usage
• Uses Disk Streaming to minimise memory usage

WAV Based Oscillators

Each Kosmos based synth uses a selection of internal Waveforms as its sound source which are selectable via the Wave A and Wave B knobs.

The AMP envelope for each Wave is selected from the list above the knobs from the following selection:

• Full – No Attack, Sustain 100%
• Pad – No Attack, lower Sustain
• Pad Fade – No Attack, long Decay, lower Sustain
• Slow 1 – Slow Attack, Slow Decay
• Slow 2 – Slow Attack, Faster Decay
• Stab – Short Decay to no Sustain
• Pluck 1 – Shorter Decay to no Sustain
• Pluck 2 – Very short Decay to no Sustain
• Swell 1 – Slow Attack, short Decay
• Swell 2 – Slower Attack, short Decay
• Bridge 1 – Equal slow Attack/Decay
• Bridge 2 – Equal slower Attack/Decay
• SH Rel 1 – Very short Release
• SH Rel 2 – Slight Attack/Hold Decay – Very short Release
• SH Rel 3 – Moderate Attack/Hold Decay – Very short Release
• Pulse 1 – No Attack/short Hold/very short Decay
• Pulse 2 – No Attack/shorter Hold/very short Decay
• Pulse 3 – No Attack/shorter Hold/very short Decay
• Long Rel – some Hold/Decay and long release
• FULL LR – Sustain 100% – long Release
• Piano 1 – moderate Decay to nothing
• Piano 2 – longer Decay to nothing
• Piano 3 – long Decay to nothing
• Fadein 1 – Slow Attack to Full
• Fadein 2 – Slower Attack to Full
• Fadein 3 – very Slow Attack to Full

The Wave Mode determines mainly different tuning properties for Wave B:

• Wave A Only – Uses only Wave A Oscillator
• Wave A+B Modes – The Waveforms are mixed and Wave B is detuned by the described value, 1O = 1 Octave, +5 = plus 5 semitones etc..
• Random – Probably not very useful but each note trigger will use a different waveform.

Filters

Each Oscillator can have an individual Filter, although both share the same Cutoff, Resonance and Envelope values. This can be very interesting for example when using a Low Pass and a Hi Pass.

• VEL - This determines the amount of Velocity to the filter cutoff. NOTE: 50% is no effect, anything above is has a postive effect ie; the harder a note is played the higher the cutoff. Below 50% has the opposite effect so a setting of zero means the harder a note is played the lower the filter cutoff.
• ENV – The amount of effect the Filter Envelope has on the the filter cutoff. This is the same as VEL in that 50% means no effect.
• Filter Attack – The amount of time for the Attack stage of the Filter Envelope.
• Filter Decay – The amount of time for the Decay stage of the Filter Envelope.

The following Filters are available to choose from the Kontakt selection:

• Pro53 Low Pass
• 6 Pole Low Pass
• 4 Pole High Pass
• Moog Low Pass
• Vowel
• Phaser

LFO

 The LFO is dedicated to the filter:

• Retrigger – Whether the LFO Retriggers with each note played.
• LFO Shape – Selects which shape is used, all the usual shapes are there plus a series of custom more complex shapes.
• LFO Frequency – This knob determines the speed of the LFO in tempo synced steps.
• LFO → Filter Cutoff – The amount of effect the LFO has on the Filter.

Effects Section

The effects section contains a Reverb, a tempo synced Delay and a selectable Modulator:

• Time – How long the Reverb tail is
• Reverb – The Amount of Reverb.
• Delay Time – The tempo synced time of the delay.
• Delay – The amount of Delay
• Modulator Type – This selects between Flanger, Phaser and Chorus, x denotes the speed in 10% steps.
• Modulate – The amount of Flanger/Phaser/Chorus

Randomize

• Random Mode – Here you can select how the random button behaves, there are 19 modes to choose from which should be fairly self explanatory. This menu also gives access to some one-shot commands such as set all to Default which re-initializes the synth, as well as a few specific random triggers. When using the latter, the mode will resort back to it’s previous setting.

Gate Sequencer

The polyphonic Gate Sequencer re-triggers notes to the specified rhythmic pattern at the selected clock division using the current selected mode. It can use up to 32 steps.

• Play Sequence – The top row determines the rhythmic pattern to be played. This row should really be though of as on/off buttons but KSL only provides the slider table. Any slider above the centre line will play.
• Velocity – This determines the Velocity each note played. Note: Kosmos only uses a slight amount of AMP Velocity as it is designed to be more of a pad machine than a Piano, however this means that when velocity is assigned to the Filter Cutoff you can get some nice Filter Cutoff Patterns.
• Note Length – This slider table controls the length of each note as a percentage of the current tempo step size.
• Randomizers – On the right there are randomizer buttons for each of the slider tables as well as a global randomizer which will randomize all 3.
• Tempo – This determines the clock division of the host clock used for playback.
• Number of Steps – How many steps are used by the sequence.
• Mode – The Mode determines how the sequencer will play back:
• OFF – This switches off the sequencer.
• FWD – The Sequence plays forwards.
• REV – The sequence is played in Reverse.
• ALT1 – Plays forwards then backwards
• ALT2 – Plays backwards then forwards
• RND 1 – Each note is random
• RND ST – A random sequence is generated when the first note is played and will be used for all subsequent sequences until no keys are held.
• ADV x1, x2, x3, x4 – The 1^st sequence will play forwards normally, the next triggered key will advance by the x number. This is great for syncopating chords.
• BAR – All sequences will wait for the next bar start to begin playing.
• S ALT 1, 2, 3, 4 – Various modes which will use different play modes via a flip-flop for each subsequent sequence, for example switching between FWD and REV with each subsequent triggered sequence.

The trigger Octave – This is located on your keyboard at C1, and each key in this octave will cause the following:

• C – Adds an octave to the sequence
• C# – Adds 5 semitones
• D – Adds an Octave (useful for adding 2 octaves when combine with C
• D# – Adds 7 Semitones
• E – Stutter – This prevents the sequence from progressing causing a stutter effect.
• F – Open – Makes all notes full length
• F# – Adds 3 semitones
• G – halves the tempo
• G# Removes 2 semitones
• A – doubles the tempo
• A# – Adds 1 Semitone
• B – Sets all note Lengths to the minimum.
• All Pitches are accumulative so they can be added together!

The Sampletank Edition features:

• 175 Parent Presets.
• Each Preset has 6 Child Presets:
• A – Alternative version with Delay
• DEL – A duller version with delay
• LEAD – Mono Lead version
• REV – Reverb version.
• SLOW – Slow filter Attack
• STAB – Short Filter Decay, good for arps.

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