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Tonalic adds the smooth grooves of upright bassist Paul Kleber to its library
Celemony‘s Tonalic plugin turns performances by legendary players – from Foo Fighters, Evanescence and Dizzee Rascal – into DAW-ready creative palettes. Now, a new player has stepped on stage and into the programme: upright bassist Paul Kleber.
Kleber has been well known in the Berlin jazz scene since the mid-1990s. He’s played with Jazzanova Live and the Moka Efti Orchestra, Emilíana Torrini, Fink, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Nina Hagen. His performances for Tonalic were recorded at LowSing Studio in Berlin.
“People book me for studio sessions for several styles, because they know I love several kinds of music. I’m not specialised in only jazz. I love to play jazz but pop and funk and electronic music as well,” Kleber says. “We had several sessions with DJs in a famous club in Berlin called ‘Club der Visionare.’ There were guys like Ricardo Villalobos, and we jammed the whole night.”
Now Kleber’s grooves are ready to be spliced into any digital project. This update to Tonalic also greatly expands the options for bowed upright bass. Where there was only one option before, now Kleber brings in his expertise on the instrument for smooth, flowing basslines, but he’s also a master of other styles.
“Paul Kleber is not just sought out for his bowing. The tone that he gets from plucked upright bass makes this content expansion that much better,” says musician, producer and composer Ryan Harlin.
Celemony, the company behind the popular pitch correction software, Melodyne, introduced Tonalic at the beginning of this year. There are currently over 30 musicians in the program, including drummers, bassists, guitarists, and percussionists who have recorded over 7,000 performances.
Tonalic is available for monthly or annual subscriptions. This new drop comes with a $1/€1 offer for the first month. Prepaid licenses without subscription commitments can be purchased through music dealers.
Learn more at Tonalic.
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