PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: Having worked hard to make MSoundFactory quite possibly the most powerful modular virtual instrument platform out there today, with over 4,000 instruments and presets to its notable name bolstered by regularly released premium instrument add-ons like Meldway Grand (generated from a beautiful Steinway Model D concert grand piano perfectly positioned in the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts’ purpose-built sound studio facility in Prague), PowerStrings (tailored towards quickly crafting symphonic strings suited to the fast-paced production world of modern pop or cinematic music), and PowerBrass (bringing the majestic sounds of a full brass orchestra to anyone’s fingertips), music production and audio processing advanced tools-maker MeldaProduction is proud to announce availability of Analog Empire: Pads & Strings — musically moving into classic analogue synthesizer sounds as the inaugural entry in its Analog Empire... series of premium instrument add-ons for MSoundFactory, this time allowing users to choose from 32 carefully crafted pad and string sounds with warmth and depth courtesy of high-quality multi-samples meticulously captured across multiple notes per octave with five velocity layers to ensure expressive and dynamic playability that truly captures the magic of analogue sound — as of December 9...
Expressive elevation
MeldaProduction’s MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) compatible Analog Empire: Pads & Strings premium instrument add-on for its MSoundFactory modular virtual instrument platform is all about delivering very high-quality, expressive sounds that are a joy to play. Put it this way: its intuitive design ensures users spend less time tweaking and more time creating, making it simple and fast to get a sound that fits perfectly into their track. It is fair to say, therefore, that Analog Empire: Pads & Strings provides the tools and sounds to elevate anyone’s music — whether crafting ambient soundscapes, cinematic textures, or lush pads.
All about analogue
Analog Empire: Pads & Strings users can quickly choose from 32 pad and string sounds carefully crafted by pro sound designers to ensure each and every one is imbued with the warmth and depth of analogue synths. But better still, they can combine any two of those sounds as layers — labelled SOUND A and SOUND B — with freedom for independent sculpting, thanks to analogue-style TONE, PITCH, analogue-style DRIFT, UNISON, and SPREAD (stereo voice panning) controls.
MIX for a better blend
Blend between those SOUND A and SOUND B layers using the main MIX knob, and also add movement by modulating that blend with FLOW and FADE controls.
Advanced analogue-style sound sculpting
Sound sculpting is advanced still further with an analogue-style MULTIMODE FILTER — featuring HIGH-PASS, LOW-PASS, BAND-PASS, and NOTCH settings, as well as an ENV (envelope) control for modulating the filter itself — for filtering both the SOUND A and SOUND B layers together.
Sound enhancement
Sound enhancement comes courtesy of four modulation effect types — namely, TREMOLO, PHASER, FLANGER, and CHORUS — working in perfect harmony with a lush-sounding shimmer REVERB and a vintage-inspired LO-FI TAPE effect.
Master and Servant
Analog Empire: Pads & Strings sounds can easily be made to fit into any mix with its inbuilt MASTER section serving up further controls, including additional — HP (High-Pass) and LP (Low-Pass) — filtering, Compress (compression), Saturate (saturation), Maximize (maximisation), and more.
Vintage sound and nostalgic vibes
Vintage sound and nostalgic vibes are a beautiful combination — there for the taking with MeldaProduction’s Analog Empire: Pads & Strings, making a musical move into classic analogue synthesizer sounds as the inaugural entry in its Analog Empire... series of premium instrument add-ons for MSoundFactory.
- 32 carefully crafted pad and string sounds, each imbued with the warmth and depth of analogue synths
- Combine any two sounds as layers with freedom for independent sculpting
- Four modulation effect types
- Inbuilt MASTER section
- 70 professionally programmed presets
- Intuitive design — less time spent tweaking and more time creating
- High-quality multi-samples meticulously captured across multiple notes per octave with five velocity layers
- Expressive and dynamic playability truly captures the magic of analogue sound
Analogue Empire: Pads & Strings is available to purchase as an AAX-, AU-, VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-in supporting all major hosts on macOS (64-bit only) and Windows (64-bit only) via its dedicated webpage (https://www.meldaproduction.com/AnalogEmpirePadsStrings) for a time-limited introductory promo price of only €9.00 EUR until January  5, 2025 — rising thereafter to its regular price of €69.00 EUR — and can be used in MeldaProduction’s free MSoundFactory Player (downloadable from here: https://www.meldaproduction.com/MSoundFactoryPlayer); owners of MSoundFactory or MSoundFactory LE can get Analogue Empire: Pads & Strings as an add-on for free. (It is worth noting that MSoundFactory is also included in Image Line’s FL Cloud subscription: https://www.image-line.com/fl-cloud/whats-included/)
