Introduction – Precisionsound Jetstream 2 User Manual
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Introduction
By Iain Morland
Jetstream 2 brings new and imaginative content to the interface and signal flow introduced in the
original Jetstream library.
My goal with Jetstream was to make a flexible and inspiring sound design tool that recreates my own
workflow for designing sounds. I wanted to make a sound library that blends the convenience of
premade loops with the creative possibilities of custom layering and modulation.
Being able to change the volume, pitch, panning, and start position of up to four simultaneous loops
– or even the same loop treated in four different ways – opens a world of sound design. Adding the
abilities to modulate each mixer strip, and to feed the results into four banks of independently
modulated filters, enables you to create thousands of unique sounds.
The fifty loops in Jetstream 2 are an entirely new selection of environmental, electronic and
mechanical material – from abstract synthesis to realistic Foley, animal recordings to hybrid
vocalisations, glitchy digital textures to old tape crackles.
The loops have been pre-processed for sonic interest but remain simple enough to layer without
becoming cluttered. I included some noise and triangle waveforms that are useful building blocks for
wind-like textures and even chromatic synths.
I love using unusual impulse responses to colour sound, so have created thirty-two new impulses for
Jetstream 2. They can add a subtle atmosphere or tail when mixed with a sound, or can entirely
transform the sound when used 100% wet.
In response to customer feedback, Jetstream 2 also brings per-sound on/off buttons to the Mixer
page.
I hope you create many wonderful sounds with Jetstream 2!