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My new accordions sound library with some fancy arp and bass features

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Hey guys, this is Kalin from ITB-Music.Online, and I just want to introduce my latest sound library for Montage (M) and MODX (M) - Italian Accordions. A lot of players argue that one thing that hasn't been improved and is lacking in the modern generation of synths is naturally sounding accordion, so here we are.

Check the demo and tutorial video here, it explains what's the unique in the way I am handling the bass accompaniment and push><pull sounds in this library:
https://youtu.be/JVJiEl-jIFc?t=7

And you can find some more demoes here:
https://soundcloud.com/itb-music-online/sets/italian-accordions

Let me know what you think 🙂 


 
Posted : 13/04/2026 5:10 pm
 Pete
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Thanks for posting - looks interesting. 

I have the same questions one of the online responders ask. 

The video shows velocity being used 0-84 to get one bass sound and 85-127 to get a different bass sound. Is it possible to use a different mechanism to do the switch? Maybe XA control in combo with an assign switch? Or use 2 scenes?

Also - you mention superknob being used to switch from push to pull sounds. Is it a blended switch or just a binary push or pull?

 


 
Posted : 13/04/2026 6:36 pm
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Posted by: Pete

Thanks for posting - looks interesting. 

I have the same questions one of the online responders ask. 

The video shows velocity being used 0-84 to get one bass sound and 85-127 to get a different bass sound. Is it possible to use a different mechanism to do the switch? Maybe XA control in combo with an assign switch? Or use 2 scenes?

Also - you mention superknob being used to switch from push to pull sounds. Is it a blended switch or just a binary push or pull?

Technically, everything within the synth engine capabilities is possible to be changed, but I think velocity is the easiest way to swap bass and chords in your left hand, really.
The Assign Switches are used to change the right-hand register (sound) on all performances for Accordion 1 and some of Accordion 2, and scenes are used to change patterns on the Arp performances or change the right-hand register on the rest of Accordion 2 performances, so that functionality is already occupied and I tried to keep the controllers consistent among all of the performances.
Also, all of the Arpeggio auto-accompaniment is based on velocity switching.
And more, using velocity allows you to actually hold a chord and play a bass line at the same time with your left hand only 🙂 
What I can suggest, is to tailor the velocity response to your taste by changing the part velocity curve.

About the Super knob - it is indeed blending the two samples, for what I could do as the most naturally sounding effect. The video has a dedicated part showing this effect. 

 


 
Posted : 13/04/2026 7:30 pm
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