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“Egoist” is a jamming unit, giving you a handy toolkit to sketch out your next track within a few minutes. And it’s fun!
The onboard bassline, a drum machine and the multi-effect sequencer make this the perfect track sketching tool in the studio and on the road. You’ll soon fall in love with it’s distinct features and concept!
“Egoist” combines a SLICER with a BEAT and BASS section and comes with a whole bunch of tools and factory sounds to get your creativity up and running quickly:
The simplicity and limitations of “Egoist” will focus your creativity, your ear will know when it’s good – if you’re not happy, keep playing!
“Egoist” easily does what would take considerable effort in a traditional sampler. In record time, it can rearrange even the most predictable of samples to some great-sounding chops.
Each slice has separate controls of pitch, direction, attack, decay and volume. So, let’s assume you play the same snippet over and over again – each step would sound completely different from the one before.
The factory library packs 760MB of sonic material, from acoustic beats, piano- & percussion loops, synths, vocals to FX, so you can go for hours before using external audio.
Want to use your own sounds? Via “Load Sample“, you can import your own in the formats .wav, .aiff and mp3!
Having made a slice sequence, you might wanna grab inspiration by it’s tail and move on with the structure of your idea. Therefore Sugarbytes added the Bassline and the Beat, and it’s this trinity of Sample, Beat and Bass that really provides the most minimal setup to craft an idea in one go.
The Bass Tab lets you create classic bass lines (á la TB303 or SH101). Run the oscillator in saw or pulse and tune essential parameters like resonance, decay & cutoff modulation.
The drum module is straight and to the point, just like it’s neighbour. More than 1,000 sampled kick, snare and hi-hats (open and closed) neatly organised in 15 kits. You can control pitch, loudness and velocity options. 96 samples per drum kit and a “Mix and Match” option leave you with endless combinations.
Rather than being a static add-on, the effects can be varied on a per-step basis. Of course, being able to treat effects as one-shot moments is much more dynamic than using overall global effects. A familiar concept to anyone who knows Effectrix.
There are 7 processors in total, a small but well-formed array: Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Filter, Lo-Fi, Tape Stop and Looper – to be applied to Slicer, Beat and Bass.
These con artists of sound are all quite beautifully depicted in their respective icons. Each offers a couple of parameters that can be edited via sliders, while the Filter section begins by offering 7 types and an equal amount of cutoff modulation sources from across the instrument.
Slice Key Mode: Triggers patterns or slices per MIDI
Much like a traditional hardware sequencer, Egoist uses a pattern-based method for chaining patterns into a song. Each pattern can contain a different sample, slicing setup, individual bass, beat and effects setups…
If you’d rather use your DAW’s sequencer instead, the small piano keys button at the bottom left lets you trigger the patterns or the individual slices. On the setup page you can select whether the sequencer’s clock source is internal or via your host, and choose if DAW/host will start the sequencer on playback.
The patterns themselves are triggered by pressing C1 through D#2, and the individual sequencer slices by pressing C3 through D#4.
For any electronic producer looking for inspirational song-starting ideas and a fast, easy workflow, “Egoist” is a joy to use as a means of quickly generating electronic music ideas.
With an easy to use interface “Egoist” brings inspiration and creativity to your fingertips from the first launch. The factory sample library contains over 400 sounds in 16 folders filed according to their origin (Drums, Guitar, Modular, SFX, etc.). The drum machine comes with more than 1,000 sampled drum sounds.
There are more than 200 excellent pre-produced presets, including a number from Detroit legend Mike Huckaby.
"A brilliant music sketchpad and a fun and intuitive groove builder, Egoist is a unique instrument for any electronic producer looking for inspirational song-starting ideas and a fast, easy workflow, it comes highly recommended."
Music Industry Blog
"Egoist is a joy to use and, as a means of quickly generating electronic music ideas, is a very cool little tool at a very competitive price. If you like building your electronic music from loops and grooves, and you like to be able to work quickly, Egoist is most certainly going to appeal."
Music Industry Blog
"As a sketch board for throwing ideas together, this plug-in is hugely entertaining. So if you're after a fun plug-in for jamming ideas with audio and onboard sequencing while also inspiring leftfield creativity, Egoist has a lot to offer."
Music Industry Blog
"A sample slicer, TB-303 emulation, drum module, and effects sequencer... all in one plug-in! Egoist packs a lot of functionality and does it in true Sugar Bytes style. This highly recommended instrument easily does what would take considerable effort with a traditional sampler."
Music Industry Blog
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