Emerson answers tech questions from fans and discusses topics ranging from his orchestral work, sampling, and vintage keyboards to recording the album love beach and his collaboration with. Here you can get a glimpse backstage with sonic reality at live concerts. There has been the development of vst, or virtual synth technology, that is integrated with sound recording software such as steinberg cubase, roland cakewalk, or. In 1996, he founded the sound development company sonic reality which. Join facebook to connect with dave kerzner and others you may know. But for those you who cant make it to the show, heres another treat. Prog rocker dave kerzner miamihal the smart move in. Simon collins, who sings and plays drums in the band, uses a custom ddrum kit with single head concert toms. Sonic reality has announced a new expandable studio instrument plugin called the infinite player, which is powered by native instruments kontakt player. Watch as dave kerzner and sonic reality team programmers conduct a.
Sonic reality is a sound development music software company that makes products musicians use on albums, tours, scoring and more. We ve got some exciting new products coming in the new year including new groove libraries from legendary drummers neil peart rush and carmine appice vanilla fudge, bass libraries with the likes of guy pratt pink floyd and colin edwin porcupine tree and more. Sonic reality incorporated is an american sound development and music software company founded in 1996 by keyboardist and music producer dave kerzner. We re also expanding our formats and focus on high. This process is called sampling and since the early days of sampling dave kerzner, founder of sonic reality, has sampled sounds for popular touring and recording artists as well as the biggest keyboard manufacturers and music software partners in the world such as ik multimedia, propellerheads, yamaha, steinberg, roland, cakewalk, mackie, digidesign, nord, arturia, alesis, maudio and more. Recording electronic music on the computer has become the way of life for musicians, both professionals and amateurs. Produced by dave kerzner for sonic reality mixed and mastered at sonic reality studios, miami. The drum kit samples are contained in neil peart drums volume 1. Sonic realitys new dl editions have all or at least part of the product available via download from the new sonic digital delivery service, having dl versions of our products allows us to create more up to date products in native formats for our dealers says sonic reality ceo dave kerzner if we want to add new patches for every new version of the. In 2006 simon met dave kerzner, owner of the music software company sonic reality and former member of kevin gilberts bands thud and giraffe. Acclaimed california keysman erik norlander has some 40 album credits, and the fact hes the md of sonic reality, dave kerzners music software company, will tell you where were headed on his seventh solo album. Sonic reality ocean way drums gold edition sample software. Years ago, with my company sonic reality, i made a sample library called.
Simon collins tribute to genesis using ik multimedia. Dave kerzner uses sonic reality and ik multimedia music software as well as the clavia nord stage 2, yamaha motif xf7 and an array of vintage keyboards such as mellotron, yamaha cp70, wurlitzer, prophet 5 and more. This new powerhouse plugin and standalone music software is made to be infinitely expandable with fresh new sample content from sonic reality including the highly anticipated studio profiles series multitrack drum kit and groove. Dave kerzner aka squids is a songwriter, producer, keyboardist and vocalist who is best known for cowriting and coproducing sound of contacts awardwinning concept album dimensionaut and he is also well known as the founder of the sound production company sonic reality. Sonic reality has teamed up with producer nick raskulinecz rush, foo fighters to record samples of neils drum kit and musical performances. With the assistance of don lombardi and, every detail of the kit was captured both in highresolution audio and documented on video with a thorough explanation by dave kerzner of sonic reality on how the drums were sampled. David nathaniel kerzner is an american musician, songwriter, producer, and sound designer as well as founder of the sound sampling development company sonic reality inc. Script error sonic reality incorporated is an american sound development and music software company founded in 1996 by keyboardist and music producer dave kerzner. Alan parsons sample project announced by sonic reality. Sound of contact progressive rock band interview audioholics. Drums, loops and sound effects aplenty video sonic realitys dave kerzner shows us how their new infinite player plugs into a multitude of sounds.
Nick mason of pink floyd sonic reality interview with dave. Dave kerzner, cofounder of the progressive rock group sound of contact, has embarked on his second solo album called static. Sonic reality releases sonic refill 4 gold download. Sonic reality ceo dave kerzner, had this to say, after talking to many guitarists and other musicians over the years who were perhaps great players but not necessarily up to date on the latest computer music toolsi thought that offering a more accessible version of our sampled drummer products that was easy enough for anyone to use would have. Bands like coldplay and eminem and manufacturers including yamaha, roland, ik multimedia and alesis and even. For south floridas dave kerzner that dream has now become reality, but only after a long and winding road. Fast forward to the present time, and dave is now a. Over the years sonic reality aka sr has created some of the most popular multisampled and loop sounds heard in music via hardware keyboards, sound modules. Sonic reality sonicwbii wiki fandom powered by wikia. Along with simon collins, kerzner is the cofounder of the band sound of contact. Sonic reality sr creates virtual musical instruments and production tools that can be used with todays digital samplers and macpc software samplers, sequencers, and digital recorders. Kerzner soon opened a business programming sounds into keyboards called sonic reality. Daves work with sonic reality includes coproductions. They were both in new york at genesis rehearsals for their final turn it on again tour.
Dave kerzner, cofounder of the progressive rock group sound of contact. Dave kerzner turns rock star dreams into reality miamis. Sonic reality is a music software and sound development company that records the sounds of musical instruments and makes them digitally playable from a midi keyboard or other midi controller via modern music software for the mac and pc. He is also the ceofounder of the popular sound development company sonic reality that creates music software products used worldwide by top artists in the music industry. Dave kerzner of the music software company sonic reality has headed up a unique virtual fantasy rock band called sonic elements combining the sounds and performances captured in sonic reality music software and sound library products such as neil peart drums with performances of guest musicians like rik emmett on classic covers like. Dave kerzner, of sonic reality and ik multimedia, has been producing sample and sound design libraries for titles like sonik synth 2 and sampletank 2 for quite some time. Rik emmett of triumph plays rush song red barchetta with. For more than two decades, keyboardist and sound designer dave kerzner has been. Dave s sonic elements project uses sounds from his company sonic reality and features iconic guests like steve hackett genesis, keith emerson elp, billy sherwood yes, francis dunnery it bites, with sr drums. Back in 1996, he founded the sound development company sonic reality which has provided sound design for popular keyboard manufacturers, and software instruments for some of the biggest names in music. Neil is considered by many to be one of the greatest drummers in rock history. Dave kerzner from sonicreality demonstrates using sampletank2 with xpansiontank2. Back in 1996, he founded the sound development company sonic reality which has provided sound design for popular keyboard manufacturers, software instruments and some of the biggest names in music. Collins and kerzner produced this modernized and futuristic version of the early 1980s offbeat genesis single from the ground up using music software from ik multimedia and sonic reality.
Sunrise, fl june, 2007simon collins, phil collins son, has just released a genesis cover, keep it dark, from the album abacab, coproduced by dave kerzner of sonic reality. The project entails plans to release various pieces of music with various guests, some covers including. Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, it seemed everyone wanted to be a rock star. Sonic reality is a sound development company founded by producer dave kerzner in the mid90s.
While sonic reality may not be a company youre familiar with, bands like coldplay and eminem, manufacturers including yamaha, roland, ik multimedia and alesis and even the legendary producerengineer alan parsons certainly are. Dave kerzner is a songwriter, producer, keyboardist and vocalist from miami, florida. Kerzner soon opened his own company, sonic reality, to much success. He transformed his passion into creating samples and software tools that he. During a chance behind the scenes at a 2006 new york genesis concert, simon collins met dave kerzner, founder of software company sonic reality. His debut solo album, new world, was released in december 2014.
You agree to take all reasonable steps to protect this. An interview with dave kerzner, ceo and founder of sonic reality. Program nurse at lifeskills south florida, deerfield beach fl. Dave kerzner announces new album static dave kerzner.
Heres part 1 of a multipart interview with nick mason, drummer of the band pink floyd with producer dave kerzner of sonic reality. Sonic reality releases infinite player kvr audio plugins. The song, keep it dark from the album abacab, was chosen by simon and coproducer dave kerzner of sonic reality. The album has just been released digitally and the physical cd version will be available midoctober. Simon collins tribute to genesis with ik and sonic reality. Simon collins genesis tribute produced with ik and sonic. Sonic reality is a sound developmentmusic software company that makes products musicians use on albums, tours, scoring and more. He also has been producing sounds for other companies on both the hardware and software side. The company has provided sampled sounds for many popular keyboards from manufacturers such as yamaha, roland, maudio and alesis, as well as for popular software instruments from companies such as ik multimedia, propellerheads, cakewalk, mackie, ni. Keith emerson talks shop with sonic realitys dave kerzner. Though he rose to prominence as a member of sound of contact, keyboardist, songwriter and now vocalist kerzner has kept body and soul together since the mid90s with sonic reality. This process is called sampling and since the early days of sampling dave kerzner, founder of sonic reality.
View dave kerzners profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Ik multimedia and sonic reality are pleased to announce the release of a new single from simon collins featuring, for the first time in his career a cover of a genesis song paying tribute to his father phil collins work with the band. With a little help from dave kerzner, ceo and founder of sonic reality, rik emmett of canadian rock power trio triumph recently sang and played guitar on a cover of a rush song. Nick mason drums from sonic reality captures the iconic drum sound of legendary drummer nick mason of pink floyd. For the first time in 40 years, drummer nick mason of pink floyd and recording engineerproducer alan parsons are reunited in the studio with producer dave kerzner of sonic reality to capture and preserve a classic drum sound. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover daves. Since then he founded a keyboard software company called sonic reality and has been able to play along with a massive amount of high profile musicians many of which fit squarely in the prog community. Surreal comes precisely 19 years after his debut solo work threshold. Simon collins launches new progressive rock band, sound of. Dave kerzner miami he is best known for his debut solo album new world and for cocreating the awardwinning album dimensionaut with sound of contact as well as being the head of the popular music software and sound development company sonic reality. On a visit to sweetwater, sonic realitys dave kerzner ceo and. Daves sonic elements project uses sounds from his company sonic reality and features iconic guests like steve hackett genesis, keith emerson elp, billy sherwood yes, francis dunnery it bites, with sr drums. Dave kerzner is a producersongwriter and keyboardist who has worked with a variety of artists ranging from kevin gilbert to steve hackett, steven wilson, francis dunnery and many more. An interview with sonic realitys dave kerzner andrew olson.
This process is called sampling and since the early days of sampling dave kerzner, founder of sonic. Sonic reality is a sound developmentmusic software company founded in 1996 by producer dave kerzner. Sr has been partner to many keyboard and software instrument manufacturers providing sounds for some of the most popular products used in music. New sample libraries from sonic reality sweetwaterexclusive. Sherwood is working with the sonic reality music software development company, founded by dave kerzner working with steven wilson, worked with jon anderson, including with sonic elements, a.
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