Dixonbeats and ErrorTheProducer have released Midnight, a Phonk-inspired plugin and loop kit for macOS and Windows. Dixonbeats also kindly provided two FREE copies for two lucky BPB readers – read on to learn more about the giveaway.
If you’re asking yourself, “What the funk is phonk?” you’re probably not alone.
I’m a pretty big hip-hop/rap fan, which extends to many of the seemingly endless sub-genres, and that’s what Phonk is.
Phonk is a sub-genre heavily inspired by 1990s hip-hop that utilizes chopped vocals and loops, and there is no shortage of samples.
Before I go on, I’m no music snob, and I think that’s evident enough in my posts, but the sub-genre I refuse to embrace is mumble rap. Are we seriously being asked to pay to hear people mumble over a beat?
I mean, I get that you can almost understand what most of them say, but it’s a stretch; I’m calling BS on mumble rap!
Now that my barely-in-context rant is over, Midnight is phonk-inspired but not exclusively useful to phonk producers.
The plugin has 39 presets split across four banks: Cowbells, Keys, Bass, and All Presets.
With a preset selected, you’ll see the playable sample on the right and the reverb type on the left. If the included presets aren’t enough, you can add external sounds.
To add your own sounds, click the sample on the right of the GUI, and the plugin will switch to OneShot Mode, where you can assign your one-shot a key to make it playable.
Watching a really slick but dark and gritty trailer that uses hip-hop as a soundtrack is powerful because the overriding emotion is raw. That’s what Midnight sounds like, for lack of a better description, and I mean it as a compliment.
It’s not generic, it’s versatile, and it depends on what you play, of course, but some of the presets sound great whether you’re producing something for the club, social clips, or feature films.
The plugin features some tweakable parameters, including a filter section (HP/LP), an ADSR envelope, saturation, and delay.
Although you can use Midnight for all sorts of productions if you’re new to phonk and want to try it, the included loop kit will help you get started. The kit features fifteen loops with lovely melodies in various keys and BPMs.
If you like any variation of hip-hop or just dark and gritty sounds in general, give Midnight a shot.
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Midnight is available in AU and VST formats for macOS and Windows (tested on all major DAWs).
The Giveaway
Dixonbeats kindly provided two FREE copies of Midnight for two lucky BPB readers.
To enter the giveaway, please answer the following question in the comments below: What is your favorite hip-hop track?
We will randomly pick two winners and announce them on this page on May 30th.
Good luck, everyone, and thank you for reading BPB!
Download: Midnight (FREE)
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Last Updated on May 24, 2024 by Tomislav Zlatic.
