New Pack from the Operators!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:35 pm

Hello friends,

The Covert Operators are delighted to present:

constructs:sampler expansion pack

Constructs is a groundbreaking Live Pack from The Covert Operators - The first company in the world to leverage the exciting new .AMS file technology for Ableton Live. Now Sampler users can have even more!

Constructs Sampler Expansion Pack
* Over 200 Brand New Stunning Presets: Making use of the many features that Sampler and Live 6 have to offer, we have created a pack that shows the coolest stuff *you* can do to make new sounds.
Using Racks to layer Samplers, using LFOs and FX to destroy and warp sound, using MIDI plugins to trigger various modulations within Sampler and more - we let our imaginations run wild and created a fresh selection of sounds that compliments the main Constructs waveforms collection.
Together with the Simpler presets, you will have over 500 gorgeous presets at your disposal - that can sound different by just changing the waveforms within the presets.

Get the expansion pack now for 24.99€ from our webshop

About Constructs
* Over 3300 Waveforms In sets of single cycle looping waveforms, each set containing multiple waveforms with different harmonics and totally different sounds.
* Over 200 Presets With sounds ranging from simple clicks to massively complex pads, this pack will satisfy you for a long time. All the presets in this pack can be used as building blocks for your own collection of presets or simply used out-of-the-box – a macro-assignment-laden resource of sounds, ready to be explored!
* Over 100 Initialized Presets These building block presets will allow you to quickly get started with using the thousands of available waveforms to make your own presets.

Get it it now for 39€ from our webshop

Get them both!
You can get a consolidated bundle of these two packs
from our store for 63.99€ - and as always we can't wait to help you out.

We love you all,
Andreas - "Operator A" - The Covert Operators
ps: insert something cool about Logic here... hehe

Actuel · Post by **Actuel** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:20 pm

the weak US dollar make these hurt my pockets. i usually jump on these kinda pack but i dunno...

maybe some demo, examples, maybe even a example we can try out?

/a

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:27 pm

Samples coming *really soon*, hopefully tomorrow. We will also be adding some of the sounds to our free demo download.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:27 pm

congrats!! You guys keep rockin'!!!!!!!!!

if this is half as good (and I'd anticipate it's way better than that) as any of your other genius products, it's soooooooooo worth it!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:40 am

nebulae wrote:congrats!! You guys keep rockin'!!!!!!!!!

if this is half as good (and I'd anticipate it's way better than that) as any of your other genius products, it's soooooooooo worth it!

Thanks, Neb!

I'm really proud of this one - it shows all the little tricks we're so fond of @ Cov Ops, and the sound is very crisp ang luverly, due to the .AMS format - really cool!
'As stated earlier, we will do our best to have samples up real soon, and hopefully some of the early adopters here will be sharing their experiences, too.

Cheers,
Andreas.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:45 am

There are so many times I'm at a creative standstill, and all I have to do is grab a covert-op preset or clip, and suddenly, the ideas are flowin' and gushin'! Not sure how you guys do it, but if there was an Ableton muse, it would be a Covert Operator.

Gullyverse · Post by **Gullyverse** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:20 am

nebulae wrote:There are so many times I'm at a creative standstill, and all I have to do is grab a covert-op preset or clip, and suddenly, the ideas are flowin' and gushin'! Not sure how you guys do it, but if there was an Ableton muse, it would be a Covert Operator.

I agree - me to...

Groooove on,

G

tricil · Post by **tricil** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:49 am

yes, the covert operators would be happy to know that i used some of their presets when playing live with haujobb here in atlanta this weekend.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:19 pm

tricil wrote:yes, the covert operators would be happy to know that i used some of their presets when playing live with haujobb here in atlanta this weekend.

That's awesome!

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:25 am

Just tried the new pack, and OMG what a gem!!!!!!!!!!!!! The samples are gorgeous, and the ams format creates pristine waveforms. You guys have absolutely outdone yourselves.

If any of you don't have Sampler yet, this is one hell of a reason to get it. Immediate modern and futuristic-sounding content at your fingetips!!!!!!!!!!

resonatorman · Post by **resonatorman** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:41 pm

I'd like to say well done Cov Ops, for this pack as well. Also big thanx for your Constructs + Muses Packs, outsanding stuff as we have come to expect from your products. I have found these constructs packs to be very inspiring & I have already written a new song using a patch from this recent release. Cheers

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:04 pm

Thanks guys. Its great to hear that so many people are being inspired and are enjoying our sounds.
We've really worked hard and took a risk with this pack. AMS files are a relatively new Sound Format and not so easy to create in sets of 128.

If you installed the Sampler pack, you'll find some additional "initialized presets" in the Sampler Building Blocks folder.
The presets are "Reversed Sampler presets". This means instead of having the rootkey follow the basekey, G8 will start where C-2 should be and its done all te way up/down.
If you play these presets, you'll hear virtually no aliasing in the higher tones.
Thats to illustrate how you can make sounds free of aliasing: use waveforms with a low rootkey!

Given the modularity of Constructs and the add-on, this is probably the most flexible content we've ever made. We're glad you're enjoying it and we hope it will inspire you for a long time to come.
Its not just presets... Its presets made from scratch, supplied with the original "scratch" to make your own presets or alter ours.

The sound examples should be up by tonight for those people who have yet to hear the magic of Sampler combined with AMS files.

Cheers everybody,

- Bjorn & Andreas

lerky · Post by **lerky** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:08 pm

nebulae wrote:Just tried the new pack, and OMG what a gem!!!!!!!!!!!!! The samples are gorgeous, and the ams format creates pristine waveforms. You guys have absolutely outdone yourselves.

If any of you don't have Sampler yet, this is one hell of a reason to get it. Immediate modern and futuristic-sounding content at your fingetips!!!!!!!!!!

aaaarrrgghhh, first the jp8080, now you just about have me convinced to get sampler.. you evil man
£108 with the cov op pack, hmmmm payday in 8 days...

andrewbrewer · Post by **andrewbrewer** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:16 pm

just chiming in to say i love the new expansion.

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:12 pm

I've been avoiding buying anything new but these look great. Mostly because I can't afford to get sucked into creating right now! I agree with Nebulae's statement. The quality of plugs from trackteam, puremagnetik and covert operators are all inspiring and valuable. I would have to say that each have their strengths, and in particular the creative intelligence from the operators' work transcend traditional workflow patterns and simply optimize the capabilities of abletons features/inventiveness in entirely unique and powerful ways.

Buying a covert operators pack is what people should do rather than pay for a class in ableton live. Unless they are paying me.