Ultimate Sound Bank has finally released X-treme FX, a UVI-Engine based virtual instrument plug-in for Mac OS X (VST/AU/RTAS) and Windows (VST/RTAS/DXI) dedicated to sound effects, foleys and atmospheric sounds.
X-treme FX puts thousands of creative sound effects at your fingertips: the soundset occupies over 8 GB of disc space. Scenes are provided: one preset loads up an ensemble of related sounds, perfect for live mixing or creating a virtual soundscape. A complete preset list is available here.
Included sound categories are, Atmospheres, Scenes, Unreal, Science-Fiction, Sub & Drones, Natural, Urban, Foleys and Musical.
Features:
- Based on the "Turbocharged" UVI-Engine:
- Preset management allowing you to reorganize the presets directly on your hard drive.
- Preset selection: enter the preset number for direct access.
- Next/previous program selection arrows.
- All 4 LFOs sync to your sequencer's tempo.
- Every LFO features a waveform selection menu (7 waveforms included).
- Comprehensive multimode filter with a new overdrive section.
- The overdrive is included in the augmented list of modulation destinations.
- Effects section that can be synced to the sequencer's tempo.
- Over 5000 included presets.
- New presets every month, free to all registered users.
- 8 GB of sounds.
- Powerful dual layer architecture.
- Full MIDI implementation.
- Comprehensive multi-effect section with 29 high quality algorithms.
- Zone-Edit allows powerful edition of individual keygroups (Multimode filter, envelopes, timbre, etc. can be edited individually).
- Audition Presets: next to the preset selection menu, a small speaker icon can be clicked to listen to the preset, tuning is user-selectable.
X-treme FX has an MSRP of 399 EUR and audio demos are available.
