BLUR
A one-hit wonder?
DESCRIPTION
BLUR is a set of four stereo samplers that playback simultaneously via a midi keyboard. Each sampler is loaded with thirty two un-duplicated samples that can be arranged in over a million possible combinations to produce interesting textural sounds suited to atmospheric work. A million? Work out 32 x 32 x 32 x 32 and you get 1048576…
Each sampler is capable of playing forwards or reverse, has movable start and end points for playback, loop start and end points, loop fade parameters and loop in release.
The samples are visually rendered as mono waveforms, the colour of which can be changed by the user utilising the hue, brightness and saturation dials to the lower right of each sample display. If you insist on vivid green and lurid purple it is achievable with minimal effort!
Amongst other obvious controls, the samplers each have a dedicated 3 band-eq, pan and mute.
BLUR has two SFX plus an LFO. The LFO is routable to six different parameters.
BLUR’s main feature is an XY pad arranged along the top of the samplers that can be used to:
1.Shift focus between the different samples during live playback. This is also routed to CC 1 or the mod slider on a midi keyboard.
2. Change reverb level or pitch during playback.
BLUR is good at producing stabs, pads, sound fx and intriguing ambience. BLUR is not designed to be a faithful reproduction of an orchestra, for example, nor is it any use as a synth. Treat it as a one-hit wonder (remember the “Fairlight Stab?”) or a provider of slow-moving atmosphere tracks and you will be rewarded with some surprisingly creative combinations.
BLUR is monophonic. All samples are in stereo.
Manual included in the zip
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