CFA-Sound provides professional sound design and UI design services for synthesizer manufacturers, audio software developers, and sample library producers.
Founded in 2008, CFA-Sound combines years of experience in sound design with a deep understanding of synthesizers, virtual instruments, and music production workflows. From factory preset libraries and sound expansions to custom wavetables, multisamples, and instrument interfaces, each project is tailored to the needs of the product and its intended users.
Custom factory presets, sound banks, and expansion libraries designed to showcase the character and creative potential of your synthesizer or plugin.
Custom wavetables, multisamples, and other sound assets for synthesizers, virtual instruments, and sample-based products.
Custom interfaces and visual assets for synthesizers, virtual instruments, and audio plugins — from complete UI concepts and refinements of existing designs.
Practical testing of synthesizers and audio plugins, with a focus on sound quality, usability, workflow, and the overall user experience. Providing structured feedback to help refine and improve the products.
Every project has its own requirements. Whether you need a complete factory sound library, specialized sound content, or a custom interface, the goal is to create a cohesive product experience that combines sound quality, usability, and creative potential.
Some of the sound design service work I have done for other companies cannot be presented publicly due to NDA (non-disclosure agreements) contracts. This is often normal practice in the industry, many companies attach importance to it, for example so that competitors do not know who created the content. However, I can say that some very well-known tools/plugins contain presets from CFA-Sound, without you perhaps knowing it.
The brand-new Xfer Serum 2 synthesizer also includes factory presets designed by CFA-Sound, just like the first version of Serum. And of course, it's something special for me to be part of the very selective pool of sound designers who contributed sounds to the factory, since Serum is the most widely used and known synthesizer on the market. A short video showcasing some of the presets you can found here - CFA-Sound Youtube channel.
The popular bass drum synthesizer "PunchBox" is a joint cooperation between D16 Group, Sounds of Revolution and CFA-Sound. Started in 2014, designing the concept with all 3 parties, and creating the core content and presets together with SOR, PunchBox is now a highly awarded plugin and creative toolbox for music producers.
CFA-Sound contributed some presets for Steve Duda`s outstanding Xfer Serum synthesizer. A short demo video of several factory presets you can see and hear on my Youtube channel.
One of the first preset packs within Loopmaster`s own exclusive "Patchworx" series. The contributed preset pack contained 64 sounds for Sylenth1 alongside with 64 additional MIDIs, focused on modern trance and EDM music.
As part of the "Artist Presets Vol.2" collection for FXpansion`s D-CAM Synth Squad, CFA-Sound contributed 32 trance and EDM presets for the synthesizer bundle with Strobe, Cypher, and Fusor.
Design of factory samples and presets for the MOTU MachFive V3 sampler/workstation. Some of the presets can also be found in various extensions (e.g. Biosphere) for the UVI Workstation V2.
In addition to presets for the factory content, I also created and contributed sounds to several expansions (Cinematic, Planet Earth, Dance & Trance) for the well-known Alchemy sampler by Camel Audio. Today Alchemy sampler/workstation is now an included instrument within Apple Logic ProX, after the acquisition of Camel Audio by Apple.
32 sounds by CFA-Sound are included in the Factory of Adam Szabo`s JP6K synthesizer, a detailed emulation of the famous JP-8000 supersaw. A short demo of these patches can be found on our Youtube channel. There is also a regular soundset for JP6K by CFA-Sound available: Experience JP6K
A few years ago, I created 2 soundbanks as part of the factory sound content for the Synthmaster 2.0 by KV331 Audio. Each soundbank contained 50 presets. One was focused on sounds for ambient and chillout music, the other for modern trance music.
In 2007, shortly before the launch of CFA-Sound as an independent sound label, I created a sound bank for Sounds of Revolution (SOR) for the Waldorf Q hardware synthesizer, called "Revolution Q". This included 100 presets that also worked for the Waldorf MicroQ and Terratec Complex VST synth.
The first footstep into the world of sound design was the creation of 2 custom soundsets for Vengeance Sound. Way before the launch of CFA-Sound as a label or even thinking about it. The "Vengeance Discovery Pro Vol.2" contained 64 trance and EDM presets, and "Vengeance Digital Atmosphere for Korg Wavestation" over 100 ambient presets for the Korg Wavestation VST synthesizer. Both soundsets are not available anymore.
Dedicated to an iconic vintage analog synth, the DC-Zero instrument for NI Kontakt is so to say a scripted synthesizer within Kontakt`s modular and flexible engine with custom KSP script, quality presets and as to be seen, a dual view UI inspired by vintage synthesizer and outboard gear, with an overall layout similar to typical modular rack systems.
The UI for the GRIP Valve Drive Compressor plugin represents the visual vibe of both core elements: a classic VCA compressor and a German vintage tube drive unit. Combining a modern look and vintage vibes with character in one UI, with a pleasant easy-to-use workflow as result.
The MIMIC package is a collection of presets for the Vanguard 2 by reFX, as well as 15 custom-designed UI themes. Inspired by iconic synthesizers from the past and modern times. Designed for maximal scale and rich on details, they enhance the "look and feel" for many users of this synth plugin.
