Inspired by his work in a wide array of genres over the last 12 years, Deadbeat's Sounds from BLKRTZ is a collection of 100 presets for Ultra Analog VA-1 which truly push the instrument to its earth shaking low and shimmering high extremes. It will come as no surprise to those familiar to his unmistakable dubwise style that subs and bass play a central role here, but you'll also find an inspiring array of evolving chords and stabs, ambient clouds, and slowly evolving sequences.

“When I set to work on the bank I really wanted to showcase some of the ways I use the synth on a day to day basis. It's been one of my go-to tools for bass lines for years but it's also a fantastic choice as a vocoder carrier signal, vintage sounding pads, and properly tweaked out acid lines and effects. It's a very deep instrument and I hope that this collection inspires people to explore it further in their own work.” —Deadbeat

For those looking for inspiration in the realm of dubstep, ambient, or the deepest and dubbiest of house and techno, Sounds from BLKRTZ is certain provide hours of creative inspiration for your productions.

Who is Deadbeat?

Deadbeat is one Scott Monteith, a Canadian musician living in Berlin who has been releasing his own special blend dub influenced electronic music since 1999, for labels such as Scape, Wagon Repair, and his own newly founded BLKRTZ imprint from which this collection takes its name. His work has been met with consistent critical acclaim from the industry's leading publications and websites, and drawn regular performance invitations from the world's most respected clubs and festivals. Whether charting new courses in impossibly heavy dub reggae, snap clap digital dancehall, or thundering late night house and techno, his unique blend of advanced sound design and hypnotic grooves have earned him legions of fans the world over.

The 100 presets of Sounds from BLKRTZ

Bass and Subs

Acid Pig
Black Metal
Bow Wow
Brostep
Buzz Saw
Chain Saw
Driven Sines
Dropping Razor
Drunken Mumbler
Elephantitus
Flanged Subs
High Low
Laser Lash
Metal Beast
Mod Ripper
Paint Stripper
Poppers
Punchy Sub
Sand Blaster
Sat Nav
Sleng Square
Soft Earth Shaker
Soft Rez Sweep
Sub and Static
Sub Slapback
Sub Snarl
Tectonic Shake
Unison Squares
Water Wobble
Wonk Wonk

Chords and Stabs

Analog Soft
Brassy Sequence
Clean Driver
Dark Wave
Detroit Classic
Drain Pipe
Driven Bubblers
Driven Pipes
Far East Radio
Fat Noise
Future Organ
HAM Radio Defect
High Metal Bells
Hopeful Phase
Ice Scraper
Noisey Notch
Power Steam
Punchy Analog
Scatter Shot
Short Circuit
Sizzle and Stab
Soft and Shakey
Soft Moving Dub
Soft Skank
Stereo Dub Saw
Tough Little Saws
Warm and Low
Weedy Transistor
Wide Wave
Wind Tunnel

Drones and Carriers

Broken Leslie
Ebow Swells
Falling In
Flange Blaster
Heavy Saw
Metal Tides
Noisey Squares
Siren Bomb
Static Charge
Stereo Rage

Seqs and Acid

Clack and Crack
Clipped 101
Crazy Maker
Dive Bomber
Drippy Acid
Ghost Notes
K Hole
Kinda Tuned
Kooky Scientist
Low Soul
Mean and Clean
Mellow Poppers
Midnight Chorus
Noise and Pops
Pop and Slide
Rolled Corners
Simple Organ
Sines of an Issue
Small Stone Acid
Soft Plucks
Sonar Pings
Squash and Peas
Steam Power
Tanked
The Nine
Things Fall Apart
Toothy Saw
Wide and Raw
Wiggle and Hats
Woody

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS