Starting off the cycles series is sustained encounters, created by Ron MacLeod. Comprised of long evolving aural environments and unfolding atmospheres, it is culled from MacLeod's private reserve, an accumulation of years of film sound design and sonic exploration. These textures were individually 'composed' utilizing bleeding edge psychoacoustic processing, designed specifically to be intricately interesting and immersive without being obtrusive to the users additional content. This first release presents a collection of surreal stylings that will add a cinematic feel to any production.

Content categories include

• Other Realms: longer (30 sec - 2 min) 'otherworldly' compositions that take you on evolving journeys.
• Atmospheres: big and spacious loops designed to provide an endless immersive field.
• Environs: loops that are more actively involved, suggesting a 'place' rather than space.
• Lifeforms: 'walla' loops comprised of non-existent life forms.
• Textural: an extreme variety of textural loops to supply endless beds of scenic ambience.
• Sub divided into groups:
  • Complex: multi layered, covering a wide spectrum of sound
  • High: high pitched orientation (some to the point of pain ;-)
  • Low: big bottom end designed to PUSH AIR (subwoofer recommended)
  • Events: incidents, fx and transmutations
  • Immersion: a select collection of undulating 5.1 multi-channel versions.

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The Cycles series are packaged as a dual-disc release created with the audio post-professional in mind - a high capacity DVD-ROM, along with a standard audio CD for an easy auditioning alternative. Supplied as 24bit/48kHz .wav files for ease of use in Film, DV and multimedia productions, as well as 44.1kHz versions for direct compatibility with music composition tools. The files are seamlessly looped end to end for laying down beds imported directly to DAW, playback in loop sequencers (such as radiaL, Live, Acid) or manipulation by any sampler, vintage to virtual.