TITAN - 200 Synthesizers in One

La plus grosse collection de synthétiseurs hardware de tous les temps!

La collecte des samples et le développement de cette librairie a pris 10 ans! TITAN offre 5500 presets multisamplés des meilleurs sons de 200 (!!!) synthétiseurs. On trouve  des synthés analogiques et systèmes modulaires, des synthés digitaux et des worksations des années 80 et 90 ainsi que des sons provenant d´instruments virtuels plus récents réunis dans un seul plug-in. Cela représente 40 années de d´histoire de la synthèse et de palettes de sons et de styles.
Une exigeance a été dès le début de la production choisie comme ligne conductrice : conserver et capturer le caractère sonore de chaque
instrument. Ainsi, les instruments ont parfois été enregistrés avec leur propres effets et filtres, parce qu´il était quasi impossible de reconstituer leur caractère sonore dans le monde virtuel. Tous les instruments ont été parfaitement samplés et bouclés, puis intégrés à "ENGINE", le player de Best Service.

ENGINE - plus qu´un simple player de samples
ENGINE est né de la collaboration de Best Service et de yellow tools. ENGINE est basé sur le moteur haut de gamme d´Independence Pro qui atteint dans tous les registres du sampling le sommet des performances.

Caractéristiques principales:
- Chargement des sons extrêmement rapide (généralement inférieur à 1 seconde) !
- Exploration facilitée des sons grâce au Soundpool
- Modélisation analogique
- Solo-Mode, Legato-Mode, Glide et décallage de démarrage de sample
- Les nombreux paramètres permettent d´obtenir un énorme éventail de variations
- QuickEdit Page : Interface facilitant l´inspiration et donnant accès immédiat à tous les paramètres importants
- ProEdit Page : fournit tous les paramètres imaginables, un Rack de ... 46 effets, la convolution et bien plus
- Nombre de voix illimité
- MIDI-Routing flexible
- Un formidable arpégiateur incluant un player de Midifile ...
- Un Step Sequencer

Bibliothèque :
- 36 Go de Samples
- 5500 presets multisamplés
- Plus de 100.000 samples individuels
- Enregsitrements de scène naturelles en bonus

Instruments :
- 2327 sons de synthés, répartis en 35 sous-groupes (Lead-Synths, Bells, Sequencers, 5th, 7th, Filter, Accordion, Atmospheric, Basic Waves, Brutal, China & Asia, Chords, Dance, Detuned, Digital, DX & FM, Dramatic, Dreaming, Effects, Harp, Electronica, Gliding, Kraftwerk-Style, Melody, Metallic, Allround, Organic, Phasing, Power, Ringmodulation, Space & Cosmos, Synthpop, Techno, Unisono, Wavetable)
- 1200 Pads & Atmospheres  (répartis en 38 sous-groupes)
- 778 Basses (répartis en 39 sous-groupes)
- 250 sons de Synth-Brass & sons réels de Brass
- 100 Guitares
- 200 Orgues (répartis en 11 sous-groupes)
- 161 Choeurs et Voix
- 227 Pianos
- des centaines de sons FX
- Bonus : 170 presets de String Synths provenant de 20 instruments originaux différents

More information & demos coming soon - be patient!

Plus d'information

Systemrequirements

Best Service ENGINE 2 Sample Player is included in this product!

Mac OS

• Mac OS 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7
• Min. recommended: Intel Mac 1.8GHz, 1GB Ram
• Interfaces: Standalone, AU, VST, RTAS (32bit)

Windows

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 32bit & 64bit
• Min. recommended: Pentium/Athlon XP 3.0GHz, 1GB Ram
• Interfaces: Standalone, VST (32bit and 64bit), RTAS (32bit only)

for all systems

• DVD drive
• Internet connection for product activation required (on any computer)
• Additional hard disc space according to the library size

The latest Engine 2 and a tutorial video can be downloaded here:

Best Service Downloads

Product activation:
An internet connection on any computer is required to authorize / activate the product (Challenge/Response).

Revue de presse

Computer Music (05/2010)

.....Titan won’t dazzle you with reverb-laden one-finger wonders, and it can sound reserved when compared to some ROMplers. However, as thomann a high-quality source of bread-and-butter patches, it fulfils its role admirably, and the Engine interface offers plenty of potential for layering and effecting the sounds yourself.

Customer Review from Marc JB (of Bimbo Jones)

Titan is an incredibly useful tool to have in your sonic pallet, in fact it is amazing to have every decent patch from 200 famous, analogue synths recorded beautifully and at your fingertips for instant recall. The strings are really lush and edgy, there are some great bass sounds and the synths are very usable, it sounds great in the mix. It brings a smile to flick through the patches and hear the sounds from all the classic 70s and 80s electro records like Depeche Mode and Gary Numan! If you are looking for a comprehensive library of analogue sounds and inspiring patches, Titan is the synth plugin of choice.

Marc JB (of Bimbo Jones)

MusicTech Magazine December 2009

Titan brings together more than 5000 sounds from the last 20 years of synthesis history. Mark Cousins weights it up.
Sampling 200 synthesizers and creating more than 5500 accompanying patches is certainly a gargantuan task by anyone`s standards, so it’s no surprise that Best Service’s latest virtual instrument has been given the rather apt title of Titan. As well as offering an impressive amount of patch and sample data (36GB at the last count), Titan is also notable in the fact that it utilizes a sample engine developed in conjunction with Yellow Tools. Not surprisingly, therefore, Best Service’s “ENGINE” shares many similarities with Yellow Tools’ Independence Pro, as well as having a series of dedicated controls and features that relate specifically to the Titan library.
Setting up Titan requires installing Best Service’s ENGINE, followed by the Titan installer for all the various preset files. You then have to manually install Titan’s Image files into the corresponding Image folder in the ENGINE root folder. It’s worth noting that the ENGINE root folder can be installed on any available drive, enabling you to store the 36 GBs of sample data separate from your main system drive. Copy protection is via Yellow Tools’ E-License system, a challenge-and-response solution.
 

Combustion engine

Given that this is the first ENGINE-based product from Best Service, we were eager to see how the instrument performed. If you’re familiar with independence Pro, ENGINE won’t come as a great surprise. New users, though, will be pleased to note how efficient and easy to use it is, with its clear performance layering system accessible to the left of the interface and a large QuickEdit page providing immediate control over elements such as filtering, envelopes and effects. Delving deeper into the architecture, it’s also possible to use the Pro Edit page to gain more detailed control over each layer.
The organization of Titan’s patches follows a functional and ordered approach. Patches are listed by instrument type (synths, basses, pads and so on), with futher sub-categories. Given the range of synths used to source many of these sounds, it might have been good to see some indication of their origins, although those who are acquainted with ‘classic’ synths will recognize many of the sounds.

Sample this

Overall, the quality of the multi-sampling is excellent, with the patches playable over a large range and many of the original details seemingly intact. The additional programming (beyond the basic sounds captured in the samples) seems to be sensitively light – adding small amounts of ENGINE’s filters, for example, rather than smothering the samples with multiple layers and effects. The step sequencer and arpeggiator also add to many of the sounds, providing a suitably contemporary twist on the basic patches.
Hard not to be impressed by the range and number of instrument patches on offer. Although there are plenty of great-sounding basses and analogue pads, some of the piano and keyboard sounds have a distinctly 90s feel to them. Still, given the amount of raw material and the features available in ENGINE for modifying the basic samples, there’s still plenty of creative potential.
Clash of the Titans
Titan is an impressive first outing for Best Service’s ENGINE system and an exciting indicator of things to come. If you’re new to the world of recording and music production, then an instrument like Titan certainly represents a cost-effective way of acquiring a large number of key synth and keyboard sounds, especially given Omnisphere’s fondness for ‘unusual’ sounds and textures rather than conventional pianos, pads, organs and so on. Those of a more creative persuasion, though, may prefer the sonic possibilities of a good contemporary software synth, even if the palette of sounds might be slightly less extensive.

Summary

Why buy?
· An exhaustive collection of synth sounds
· Powerful playback engine
· Clear patch organization

Walk on by
 

· Source instruments aren’t identified
· Some patches sound dated

Verdict
 

Titan represents an impressive collection of sounds for your money, as well as featuring one of the most finely tuned playback engines to date. Some of the sounds are slightly dated, but there’s still plenty to explore.