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Sonic Reality Sound Licensing Background

In addition to our own products Sonic Reality creates sounds and licenses them to other hardware and software companies. You may have heard or played Sonic Reality sounds for years and not even known it! Here’s some background on Sonic Reality sounds that have been created for other company’s products. If you are a software developer, video game producer or musical instrument manufacturer and are interested in licensing Sonic Reality sounds feel free to contact us.

Since the early 90’s Dave Kerzner, founder of Sonic Reality, has been creating sounds for the top keyboard and sound module manufacturers such as Alesis, Roland and Yamaha. He contributed sounds to the popular Roland Vintage Synths and Keyboards of the 60’s & 70’s Expansion Boards for the JV series as well as numerous sounds for Alesis Q Series such as factory sounds for the QS keyboards, Vintage Synth & Keyboard Q-Cards, Sanctuary & Latin Q-Cards, NanoBass, DM Pro and more!

After providing sounds for some of the very first CD-ROM sample libraries for Akai and other hardware samplers with products such as Classic Keyboards & Vintage Synths and having programmed sounds for other sound development companies, Dave set out on his own in 1996 to create Sonic Reality, a sound development company whose motto is “Sample Everything” and since then it literally has. Sonic Reality has become one of the most diverse sound solution companies offering the widest variety of high quality drum, percussion, vintage keyboard, synth, guitar, bass, vocal, world and orchestral instrument multisamples and loops.

The following chart shows some of various sound licensing and co-creation of products with Sonic Reality partners over the years:

1997-2000

• Ilio: Sample Libraries for every sampler, Vintage Timetraveler, Interactive Drum Kits, Concert Grand Pianos, Interactive String Section, American Heartland, Modern Songwriter & World Traveler

2000-2008     

• Bitheadz: Tubes, Tines & Resisters
• Digidesign: OmniSoundz for SoftSampleCell
• IK Multimedia: Sonic Synth 1 & SampleTank Expansion Libraries
• Emagic: Sounds for the factory bank of EXS24
• Yamaha: Sounds for Yamaha EX-5 & A4000
• IK Multimedia: Sounds for the factory bank of SampleTank 2XL
• IK Multimedia: Expansion Tank sounds for SampleTank (6 titles)
• IK Multimedia: Created all of the sounds of Sonik Synth 2
• Yamaha: Programmed factory sounds for S90 & Motif
• Propellerheads: Sounds for the factory bank of Reason 3
• Camel Audio: Sounds for the factory bank of Cameleon CA5000
• Miroslav: Acquired the orchestral/choir samples of Miroslav Vitous
• IK Multimedia: Programmed the sounds for Miroslav Philharmonik
• Native Instruments: Sounds for the factory bank of Kontakt 2
• M-Audio: Provided Premium Grand & Acoustic Guitar ProSessions
• Propellerheads: Sonic Refills become official for the PropShop
• Cakewalk: Sounds for the factory bank of Project 5 & Dimension Pro
• Native Instruments: Sounds for the factory bank of BandStand
• M-Audio: Provided grand piano, strings & bass for ProKeys 88…
• Mackie: Sounds for the factory bank of Tracktion 2
• Digidesign: Sounds for the Ignition Pack that comes with ProTools
• Clavia: Sounds for the factory bank of Nord Wave
• IK Multimedia & Moog: All of the samples for SampleMoog
• Submersible: Studio ProFiles Drummer Packs for DrumCore
• Steinberg: OneSoundz Silver Edition for Cubase 4/HALion One
• IK Multimedia: Sampled & programmed the sounds for SampleTron
• IK Multimedia: Sampled & programmed the sounds for Studiophonik