House Generator by Ohm Lab
Today we review the wickedly popular House Generator sample and preset pack produced specifically for Ableton Live by ModeAudio!
Logic Pro X is the current DAW of choice here in The Lab, so it takes something truly worthwhile for us to leave it behind and launch another program, regardless of how awesome it may be. But when we were asked to take a look at the House Generator collection from ModeAudio, it was a no-brainer. We would have to download the latest version of Ableton Live and get started. This kit was specially designed for Ableton Live 9, taking advantage of many of the new features. It was like having a private tour of the new features, discovering bells and whistles I never realized were even options. The drum racks that they have put together for Live are pretty great. But the House Generator pack has a lot more going on!
Twelve full Ableton projects are induced, with arrangements, automaton, routing, effects, etc in place. This gives us a perfect view of the how these sounds can be used in many different situations. Each of the racks, clips and presets were all carefully designed with production and creative inspiration in mind. This left us free to explore and create, rather than having to manage all of the sounds, organize and group them to make workflows efficient, etc. So House Geneator is a superb value on many levels!
The sounds themselves are amazing! We were really blown away by the overall quality, clarity and definition each sample boasts. Very current and modern, the amount of precision and edgy character on display throughout this collection is enough to make any producer salivate at the opportunity to use them in their own tracks. It should be no surprise to any of use at this point, what kind of quality Mode Audio continues to deliver, in their sounds and their overall approach and understanding of the trends and needs of the music. The House Generator collection is a serious accomplishment on many fronts. It will help speed up your workflows, spark more creative inspiration and open new doors to innovative opportunities in your own music.
Chasing trends in music is like chasing dandelion wishes in a spring breeze. You never know which direction you'll be running in from one moment to the next, just like none of us know what the next influential force will be to alter its course. We just know that we want to find out where its going to land and what happens when it does. And I like to think that releases like the House Generator set are kind of like a little world all unto themselves, with all of those countless options and tangents just waiting got be discovered. The fact that it exists inside of this seemingly infinite universe called Ableton Live means that the options and opportunities do not end where the sounds do, because there are countless new directions you can explore every day in a DAW like this.
In every sound design project we work on, creating future-proof or evergreen content is incredibly important to us. We deliver quality sounds and music that our customers can enjoy using for many, many more years to come, not just through the duration of a trend. House Generator provides you with a ton of quality sounds, ideas and tools that will continue to benefit you, your music and your fans for many years to come. And that's hugely important in a number of ways. ModeAudio understand this and obviously strives to include sounds that are on the emerging edges of the trends, as well as their own interpretations of time-tested elements they know will be relevant even after a trend may pass.
House Generator gets our full endorsement and we highly recommend it to anyone who uses Ableton Live. Heck, we even recommend it to those who use other DAWs (Like me!). It's a powerhouse of sonic excellence and the fact that it offers so much in the way of productivity and creative assistance Well, let's just say that it now ranks up near the top of the packs we've seen come through the studio on 2015. The ModeAudio crew has done it again! Big props to this team of auditory wizards from across the pond. We anxiously await your next release.
Here is what you get in the House Generator collection from ModeAudio:
- 10 Chord Synth Racks
- 10 Lead Synth Racks
- 10 Bass Racks
- 4 Melody Synth Racks
- 5 Pad Synth Racks
- 5 Pluck Synth Racks
- 6 Atmospheric Synth Racks
- 10 Drum Racks
- 5 Percussion Racks
- 5 SFX Racks
- 40 Kick Samples
- 30 Snare Samples
- 30 Hi Hat Samples (Open & Closed)
- 20 Clap Samples
- 120 Percussion Samples (Toms, Rims, Shakers, Cymbals & Abstract Percussion)
- 80 SFX Samples (Risers, Falls, Explosions, Subs, Bleeps & Impacts)
- 160 Live Clips (Key & Tempo-Labelled)
- 160 MIDI Loops
- 15 Audio Effect Racks
- 12 Demo Projects (Live 9 Sessions Containing Clips, Arrangements & Automation)
- 1.61GB Total size (unzipped)