Wednesday – No one but geeks like hump day. Every week the SBR posse embraces our nerd soul and talks shop. Last week it was about the loudness war in music. This week it is about some of our fave 1′s and 0′s.
Last year around this time I stumbled onto a company I had never heard of called D16. They were being touted as having stellar emulations of Roland’s classic 303, 808, and 909 series. After testing them out I signed up and scored a great deal. I originally thought we would use them sparingly – but since then they have worked their way into nearly every song we have written since (wait for the acid remix we did for the next WGL single). They sound far better than samples of the boxes and are infinitely more tweakable. D16 has maintained the classic sound of each – including the massive sine boom everyone wants – as well as adding fun features that actually expand the possibilities.
Now of course TRUE music nerds like James Murphy and Juan Maclean will tell you that your music sucks because you are using emulators – and your music maybe does suck – but it would suck even if you dropped the $1000 for each physical box so… deal with it nerds.
D16 is in the holiday spirit and this year they are having another mega-sale… wait for it… 50% OFF! Considering these are already some of the best sounding and most affordable plug ins around this is a REAL DEAL. It ends on December 1st so you better get to robbing mailboxes for X-Mas cards. In fact I had just been demoing their Silverline effects collection and looks like I need to hustle up 86 euros right fast…
Hop over to D16 and check out these awesome VSTs
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