SSS132

the typist

Name: the typist
Brand: Subsocial Studios
SKU: SSS132
Price: 12.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

the typist makes an early 20th century typewriter playable in Ableton Live 12 with 293 samples + 4 custom Drum Racks. Marvellously mechanical for sound design, or whatever type beat you’re writing. It's a perfect companion sample pack to our other release, the accountant.

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What's inside.

Using a classic Underwood typewriter from around 1920, we meticulously sampled every key, lever, ribbon, bell, carriage, latch, guide, and paper feed sound we could. Capturing the intricate sounds with an array of different stereo microphone setups was the plan. Placing tiny spot microphones into the typewriter itself gave a very hyper-real sort of sound, while microphones overhead and around the machine brought out a more balanced aural overview.

Having sound designer, Paul Boechler helping setup, perform, and record these sounds with us, was key in capturing what we have in this release. Absolutely nobody asked for a playable typewriter in Ableton Live, but here it is.

There are 293 samples in total, including:

Carriage Movements
Bell Sounds
QWERTY Key Strikes (Finger On & Off)
Special Key Strikes
Margin Guides
Paper Feeds
Ink Ribbon Feeds
Switches, Latches, & Handling
Random Typing Performance Loops

These WAV samples can be used in any software or hardware you like, or you can use the included Ableton 12.2+ Drum Racks to starting playing like a novelist right away.