New Gear Alert: 1,000 Free Artist Patches from Novation, BOSS’ RC-10R Loop Station, Harmadillo for Eventide’s H9 & More

Novation releases 1,000 free artist patches for Peak and Summit.

Take advantage of 1,000 artist patches for Peak and Summit, free from Novation through October.

To celebrate the launch of Summit, throughout August, September and October, Novation has released 1,000 presets suitable for both Peak and their new flagship synth from artists including Legowelt, Craig Williams, Lightbath, Hinako Omori, Emily Sprague, and Shawn Rudiman, amongst many others.

These 1,000 artist presets comprise a vast and diverse library of basses, leads, pads, arps, FX, and more that showcases the synth itself, as well as the skill and talent of some incredible sound designers—and again, they’re free.

In addition, Novation has also completely redesigned the Components application from the ground up, so that you can really take advantage of the library and the variety of presets offered by all these inspiring artists.

These 1,000 presets will be released in weekly sets via the new-look Components, between the end of July and the end of October.

BOSS unveils the RC-10R Rhythm Loop Station.

BOSS’ rich lineage of loop pedals welcomes its latest edition, the RC-10R.

The RC-10R Rhythm Loop Station is the latest addition to BOSS’ long-running family of Loop Station products. Combining song-based looping, organic rhythms, and class-leading sound in a compact package, the RC-10R gives musicians an expressive new tool for developing ideas and making stage performances more dynamic and compelling.

Designed for in-the-moment music creation, the RC-10R brings loops and rhythms together in a powerful, interactive way. The rhythms feature song structures with separate parts, and the two-track loop engine works in a serial fashion that’s perfectly synced to the rhythm.

The RC-10R features interactive displays and multi-function controls for standalone operation, plus 99 phrase memories for storing loop/rhythm combinations. And with the RC-10R’s configurable dual outputs, you can send loops and rhythms to separate amp systems if desired.

Equipped with over 280 built-in rhythms, the RC-10R supports nearly any musical style. You can also import your own SMF rhythms and store them in 50 onboard locations. With 16 different kits, any groove can be instantly transformed from heavy rock to light percussion, and everything in-between.

The BOSS RC-10R Rhythm Loop Station is priced at $299.99.

Eventide introduces “Harmadillo” for the H9 Harmonizer pedal.

Eventide adds the “Harmadillo” algorithm to their expansive  patch collection for the H9 platform.

Harmadillo is Eventide’s 51st algorithm for the popular H9 Harmonizer pedal for guitar, bass, and keyboard players. It is a flexible harmonic tremolo algorithm, offering everything from lush, soulful tremolos to psychedelic, mind-bending weirdness. Complete with a player-centric feature set that allows musicians to sculpt sound in powerful ways, the Harmadillo algorithm offers a wide variety of LFO shapes, drive and tone, and three controls that respond to your playing dynamics.

Harmadillo for H9 features three ENV (envelope follower) controls that use your dynamics to affect the tremolo’s rate, depth, and crossover frequency to create psychedelic and stimulating sounds. Harmadillo also features a drive control so you can add a little extra warmth, as well as a tone control to shape the low or high end.

Harmadillo is available now as a free update for H9 Max users, and for $19.99 as an in-app purchase for H9 and H9 Core users on iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC, and Android. This update also includes new presets for H9’s SpaceTime, Sculpt, PitchFuzz, and HotSawz algorithms.

Celestion gives a nod to the 70s with the G10 Greenback impulse responses.

Celestion throws it back to the 70s with the G10 Greenback impulse response collection.

Celestion has added the very popular G10 Greenback guitar speaker to its celebrated family of impulse responses. Developed to recapture the legendary rock sound of Celestion’s 1970s 10-inch guitar speakers, the G10 Greenback offers a complex, enthralling mid-range and smooth, vintage top-end, with a ceramic magnet that provides that instantly familiar classic rock sound. It has always been a 10-inch guitar speaker that thinks it’s a 12. Delivering a warm-bodied character and distinctive throaty growl reminiscent of its 12-inch counterpart, the G10 Greenback adds real class in small cabs and gives rise to a raunchy, full-bodied tone, rich in low-end thump in a 4×10 formation.

The new G10 Greenback collection is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus, priced at $29.99 for the entire collection, and $11.99 for individual IRs.

Mixed In Key releases Captain Melody 3.0.

No melody? No problem. Call upon Captain Melody 3.0 to conjure up some fresh inspiration or get out of that sticky writer’s rut.

The new Captain Melody 3.0 is a powerful melody creation tool that elevates your songs to greater heights, giving you the ability to express your own ideas and write great melodies. You can create, edit, and re-shape your own melodies to make them as memorable as possible.

In addition, Captain Plugins’ on-board sound bank just got bigger. A range of brand new sounds designed by their team of experts will add even more magic to your compositions.

Mixed In Key is offering the Captain Plugins Bundle for $79, which includes Captain Melody, Captain Chords, Captain Play, and Captain Deep for Mac and Windows.

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