beyerdynamic

A Collection of Central American Indigenous Drone Flutes library built for Kontakt

We teamed up with acclaimed sound practitioner René Jenkins to bring you a fantastic catalog of indigenous Central American drone flutes, in the Mayan, Aztec and Zapotec traditions. René performed with six of his favorite 2, 3 and 4-chambered flutes at the giant cathedral-like St Paul’s Church in San Francisco.

We recorded a variety of chromatic articulations and improvised phrases and effects in meticulous detail, including sustains, staccatos, true legato, chirps, swells, trills, flutters, and more. This library is perfect for cinematic compositions, game scoring, atmospheric songwriting, folk music and creative sound design.

The first instrument is the Double Wooden F#4 Drone Flute. It reaches from F#4 to Bb5, with soulful overtones and a wooden, breathy timbre. Next up is the Double Zapotec A4 Clay Flute, spanning from A4 to C6. In the midrange, the Harmony C4 Flute spans C4 to Eb5. The Quad Clay Flute plays D5 to F#6 – the ceramic body gives it a warm, rounded sound for gentle melodies or powerful rhythms. The Triple Snake Flute and Triple Zapotec Clay Flute both span F4 to Ab5. All of these flutes come with a variety of articulations and mic positions so you can mix and match to create your own chamber ensemble. This level of depth and detail lets you craft naturally lush drone flute arrangements, while our advanced sound-shaping and dynamic performance features allow you to explore with complete freedom.

To encapsulate the feel of live drone flutes in the hands of an expert, René also played thousands of beautifully dynamic live performance phrases for each flute, performing a total of over 3,000 distinct melodic elements. The phrases are organized by flute type, tempo (80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 140 bpm), musical key and style. You can trigger them individually with your keyboard or sequence them in the phrase sequencer, with full control over tempo, offset, release, pitch and so much more.

We captured his beautifully haunting sound from three distinct microphone positions: Close, Mid, and Far. The close microphones are a stereo pair of large studio condensers, offering an essentially “dry” sound, with strong tonality, minimal room tail and full presence. The mid position is a wide pair of omnis with a lush, blooming and open quality perfect for orchestral blending. The far mics are a distant pair of studio mics with a wide, cavernous and smoothly cinematic sound with an almost lonely and somber quality.

Features:

• 27 .nki presets made for full retail Kontakt 5.5+
• Six unique flutes articulations and phrases in three microphone positions
• 20 Ambience patches created from the source content
• 24 bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM wav samples
• 20 Custom Sound-Designed FX and Ambient presets
• 5,763 Stereo WAV files
• 9.72 GB installed
• Flexible and intuitive multi-layer user interface controls, with LFO, filter,
• glide, and arpeggiator
• Full FX rack with convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers & FX environments

Eloquent and audacious, Collision FX cinematic scoring tool is a sound design supercharger with everything you need to create cinematic elements that truly express the sonic emotion in your audio productions.

Straight up, out of the box, start with the Collision FX unconventional palette of sounds and use the built in 235 NKIs that are hand crafted, created by expert sound designers, audio engineers and musicians for adding film and AAA game style cinematic elements to your mix or score in moments.

The heart of Collision FX is built on a sonic foundation of cinematic source. Impacts risers, transitions, strikes, drones and tones, all meticulously designed and curated to empower composers, musicians, DJ’s and sound designers with unmatched audacity for creating and shaping breathtaking cinematic dynamics.

With 3100+ audiophile quality cinematics, sound effects and instrument samples at 96k/24bit resolution, Collision FX delivers the power to capture and create an intense collage of sounds that make your music and audio productions truly unique.

Because Collision FX is an NKS-ready plug-in, and it’s derived from Epic Stock Media’s popular, battle tested cinematic sound effects collections; Bane Cinematics, Blockbuster Trailer and Asylum, it’s set up and ready to make use of the production empowering Smart Play features in the KOMPLETE KONTROL and MASCHINE software – including touch strips, scale mapping, chord sets, and the powerful arpeggiator. Collision FX and NKS enable you to perform cinematic elements with your KOMPLETE and MASCHINE hardware like never before.

Collision FX – KONTAKT Instrument VST Plugin Feature Highlights

• A Complete Toolbox for Cinematic Sound Design
• Massive Library of Sounds – 3,107 Samples @ 96k 24bit Resolution
• 14.72 GB of Cinematic SFX, Samples, Instruments, Audio (uncompressed)
• 235 NKIs for Blazing Fast Workflow and Custom Sound Design
• 19 Trailer Tested Master Themes Inspire Cinematic Composition
• Environments (85 NKIs), Movement (18 NKIs), Stingers (35 NKIs), Textures (17 NKIs), Tempo Sync Sequences (54 NKIs)
• Works with Popular Digital Audio Workstations Ableton, Logic, Cuebase etc.
• Purchase qualifies for special crossgrade pricing from Native Instruments
• Proprietary LFO Design with Matrix Mapping
• Bank of 190 IR Reverbs for Extraordinary Spatial and Ambient Overtones
• 4 Band Premix EQ (Parametric) for Instant Sound Slotting
• Single Click Sidechain Power Mods: Destruction, Shimmer, Depth
• Hits, Risers, Drops, Impacts, Flybys, Textures, Sweeps, Environments, Ambiences, Instruments
• Includes Kontakt 5 Player – Nothing Else to Buy – RTU-OTB
• Native Instruments NKS Ready with KOMPLETE KONTROL & MASCHINE
• Standalone Virtual Instrument Plugin or VST-AU-AAX Plugin

Power on Deck

With a single click, add swank and brazen boldness to epic elements with Collision FX instant sidechain power mods on the main display. Destruction, Shimmer and Depth, the first level of Collision’s custom crafted controls that give composers and designers instantaneous power over expression, timbre, res filter and low end dynamics.

Modify the sidechain input envelope with ADSR controls at hand and gain instant access to modify pitch and reverse waveform direction all from the main tab. Simply dial in the amount of effect to apply you’ll be creating vastly different sounds as you go.

Sculpting Desk

Capturing a cinematic mixing style can be challenging particularly when faced with precisely scoring impacts, hits, sweeps, risers and transitions. Collision FX delivers allowing you to conveniently slot your Collision FX sounds and cinematics into your mix in real-time using the Sculpting Desk that includes ready onboard 4 band parametric EQ.

2-pole legacy filters for HP and LP provide frequency filtering and flexibility to clean up or heighten selected bands, all while the solid state modeled bus compressor helps you stay in control of extreme dynamics. Easily preview and compare all your effects changes with simple toggle controls.

Modulation Mayhem

For every parameter of every effect you’ll enjoy immediate and powerful access to envelope modulation, LFO modulation and step sequencing modulation (often used for mod. and tempo sync). The interactions and variability you create are almost limitless and alone, Collision FX multi assignable modulation schemes could by themselves keep you busy in “ultra-creative mode” for hours and hours.

Totally proprietary linear envelope generators deliver precise control over how effect parameters interact with samples. The custom LFO, also assignable to any effect parameter, features multiple wave shapes including random, and inversion (polarity). For the adventurous, Step Sequencer modulation assigned to multiple effect parameters creates interactions unique, unpredictable and of epic cinematic proportion.

Delicious Dimensions of Space

Quickly add spatial dimension, ambience and sonic secret sauce to your creations with custom convolution impulse response reverbs,190 of them! These exceptional reverbs take you on a journey of dimensions beyond basic auditoriums and rooms, the convolution reverbs contained in Collision FX are powerful for creating spatial and ambient overtones with Collision’s unique sample bank. Every reverb effect is precisely controlled by modifying standard early reflection and late reflection parameters.

It’s one of our favorite approaches to getting a little extra… “Un gros coup de cul à la fin,” (a kick in the arse) pardon our French. Try building your sounds and cinematic elements only to add the convolution reverbs at the last step. You won’t be disappointed as Collision FX comes through with the perfect compliment to your audio arsenal.

The Oktobass is the deepest concert string instrument, with a thunderous, room-shaking growl.

We’ve sampled this bone-rattling beast to build a massive virtual instrument offering 30+ articulations and over 12GB of content. You’ll find a variety of sustains, shorts, dynamic expressions, true legato, creative effects and hundreds of aleatoric melodic phrases. As part of our Hyperion symphonic series, it provides a suite of intuitive options, flexible tools and inspiring performance features, from intelligent arpeggiation and articulation switching, to flexible tempo-synching and sound-shaping DSP effects, all at your fingertips to make it easy to craft brilliantly life-like arrangements.

The first Oktobass (also spelled “Octobass”) was built in 1849 by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, but it drifted into legend by the end of the 1800s, lost but not forgotten for over a century. Then in 1996, double bass player Nicola Moneta, luthier Pierre Bohr and bow-maker Piero Cavalazzi constructed the first modern Octobass. Moneta has gone on to play it in nearly 150 concerts around the world over the last 25 years, though it still remains one of only a handful in existence today.

This 3.48 meter (11.5 ft) mammoth is played from a raised platform, using a row of mechanical levers to control the fingerboard. The cavernous instrument body produces a surprisingly nuanced character, with intense stereo movement and subtle mechanical ornamentation.

We worked with Giorgio Riolo and Daniele Bertinelli to capture the Octobass at Moneta’s private gallery in Milan, Italy. It was recorded using a close pair of large-diaphragm mics at the F holes to achieve a dry and intimate sound, and a wide-spaced pair of omnis at 2 meters for a bright and vivid chamber quality. The mics can be blended in real-time, and the instrument can be freely positioned on our virtual stage, featuring a huge menu of our custom environments, so it’s easy to mix into any arrangement you desire. Your creative options are endless with the Hyperion Solo Strings Oktobass!

Contents

This library includes one epic Oktobass with Master and Phrases nki presets. The Master presets include a wide selection of articulations, each with their own range of customizable real-time performance options, key-switch and mapping options and performance tools. The master preset allow you to blend and switch effortlessly between sustains, a variety of shorts and naturally dynamic tempo-based expressions.

The Sustain articulations give you a plethora of sustain types with p, mf, F, tremolo p & F, sforzando, swell, flautando, and true legato.

The Short articulations include staccato p & F, spiccato p & F, pizzicato p & F, pizzicato F mute, col legno, bartok pizzicato, and more! Each short articulation provides 4 round-robin variations per note, making it easy to humanize your arrangements and find the perfect emotive expression for any musical moment.

The Expressions allow real-time dynamically-aware release sample triggering, tempo-synching and time-stretching. We’ve included Crescendo, Decrescendo, Sforzando, Swell, and Swell Tremolo articulations. When combined with the Offset and Attack controls, you can carve out just about any dynamic shape you could ever need. There are also a variety of wild bass SFX like chord staccatos, harmonic sustains, percussion, rolls, scrapes, and more.

The phrase presets feature a massive collection of live phrases, organized intuitively by root key. Tempo-synching, time-stretching, and pitch transposition give you complete freedom to customize. You can also shape, blend and sequence phrases with our phrase-legato, step sequencer, speed-control, and live waveform editing.

Features:

• Multi-sampled Oktobass articulations and improvised phrases in two microphone positions
• True Legato, Sustains, Shorts, Phrases, Expressions, SFX
• 2 Powerful Kontakt .nki instrument presets made for the full retail Kontakt 6.2.2+
• 5,558 stereo samples in unlocked WAV format
• 24 bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM wav samples
• 12.6 GB installed
• A flexible, intuitive user interface with pro features, deep customizability, and simple workflow
• Sound stage positioning in dozens of custom rooms, halls, chambers & FX environments

David Oliver’s Drum Kit is a deeply sampled red 1980’s Pearl DLX drumset, handpicked and performed by British instrumentalist and media composer David Oliver.

The Pearl DLX was originally played and endorsed by the legendary Jazz drummer Art Blakey although it has a very versatile sound suitable for multiple genres of music. We put it through it’s paces sampling it with a number of different stick types for maximum scope of expressive drumming techniques from ultra loud to ultra soft. The compact 18 inch kick is super punchy with a 12 inch rack tom and 14 inch floor tom. We recorded this kit extensively at The Whitehouse Studios in UK.

We recorded an extensive array of cymbals which were mostly Zildjians with a few Sabian, a few Paiste and Wuhan. We included a variety of hi hats with combinations of top and bottom, custom jazz and rock rides selected for their rich character and expressive crashes and splashes. We also sampled some effects cymbals, a few of which I customised myself with a grinder and rivets. The Sabian custom 20in crash ride was customised from a minibell dry ride by artisan cymbal maker Dave Collingwood in Bristol UK working to my specifications to create a uniquely rich and tonally exotic cymbal especially for this project.

The toms were double headed using Evans Level 360 Heads for the batter side which are great for sound control and fidelity and Evans 56 Calftone drum head for the Mapex Peace Snare Drum, with Remo Coated Ambassador head on the vintage Pearl Super Gripper Brass Shell Snare Drum and Evans 56 Calftone and Gope Goatskin on Custom 22 inch Concert bass drum. This concert bass drum was hand built by an artisan drum maker in UK to my specifications for sound control recording purposes. The 18 inch kick was sampled with a Remo Powerstroke batter head and Evans Level 360 resonant front head. The mics we used were a stereo pair of Blue Dragonfly for overhead mics, Stereo Neumann TLM 103s for close up, an M-S front pair, figure 8 (Microtech-Geffell UM70s and cardioid TLM103). Overall, this powerhouse is ready for jazz, rock, pop, or any genre that requires drums with amazing realism and customization. With the multiple mic positions, you can quickly dial in your own perfect drum kit and be on your way to your best sound yet.

The library:

Create modern scoring sounds, blending traditional orchestration with contemporary electronics and morphing, musical sound-design-driven textures, and built-in creative sound manipulation effects. Isobelle Austin Cello features and utilizes musical gestures, breaking the boundaries of performable sounds with endless possibilities; you can create new sounds from this instrument which you cannot achieve in a concert hall, by combining sounds of 20 different playing techniques, and even adding your own sounds.

Create a blend of up to 4 playing techniques at a time (including your own sounds) via an XY pad. Apply various global sound manipulation effects (see full list below) to your blend of sounds and go even more into detail in our user interface’s secondary effects processing page.

Isobelle Austin Cello’s secondary effects processing page allows for extremely detailed musical sound design. There you can apply and shape a large collection of sound manipulation tools (please see full list below). All of these tools can be applied per individual playing technique which gives you ultimate creative flexibility.

About Isobelle:

​​​​Isobelle is an award-winning cellist and featured recording artist. She plays acoustic and electric cello. Isobelle is a performer as well as a session recording musician and is regularly involved in recording sessions, recording different styles of playing – ranging from Classical, to video games and films, to cello lines for singers, bands and songwriters.

Isobelle’s playing reflects her passion for and enjoyment of the cello in all its diversity.

Playing Techniques

• Double Stop | 5th
• Arco | Flautando
• Arco | Senza Vib
• Arco | Molto Vib
• Arco | Molto Vib | slow fast
• Arco | Senza Vibrato | con sord
• Arco | Sul Pont Sul Tasto
• Circular Bowing 1
• Circular Bowing 2
• Circular Bowing Harmonics
• Col Legno Battuto
• Sul Pont | Poco Vibrato
• Sul Tasto | Poco Vibrato
• Tremolo | Harmonics Octave
• Tremolo | pizz
• Tremolo | Senza Vib
• Tremolo | Sul Pont Sul Tasto
• Trills | Min 2nd & Maj 2nd
• Ext. 1 | Paper Clip
• Ext. 2 | L.h. Trem Pizz R.h. Col Legno Battuto
• Load Your Own

Features:

Main Page:

• XY pad (blend up to 4 sounds together, including your own)
• Envelope (ADSR)
• 12 reverbs (Auditorium, Concert Hall, Chamber, Digital Hall, Plate I, Plate II, Tubes, Warm Room, Medium Room, Warehouse, Reflections, Cave)
• EQ
• Saturation (Tape)
• Filter
• Pitch Shifter
• LFO

Secondary page (per individual playing technique editing)

• Envelope (ADSR)
• EQ
• Spreader
• Rotation
• Space (reverb wet/dry knob)
• Granular Engine
• LFO
• Filter
• Pitch Shifter
• PAN
• Volume

Rock Your Score. Control Your room.

MAD – RockScore expands the MAD collection with a library designed to easily blend within Orchestral or Hybrid Scores. HHS recorded 3 iconic drum kits in a large scoring room and developed a unique set of features for maximum control over tonal balance and ambience.

It’s now possible to fully control how the direct sound interacts with the room, making the drums easily fit any arrangement. With so much control over signal flow, the sound can be dramatically shaped without compromising the drums’ unprocessed raw character.

The Highlights

• Iconic and vintage Rock drum kits – HHS picked vintage and well sought after drums and antique cymbals. These drum kits feature a heavyweight sound with lots of sustain that redefines what ‘bigger than life’ sounds like!

• Extended microphone blending – Recording in a big scoring room was just the beginning. HHS developed an expanded mixing engine that goes beyond traditional signal flow with total control over microphone bleed. The size and impact of the room sound can be easily controlled to fit any size ensemble.

• Dynamic Expression – MAD RockScore features a wide dynamic range that retains all the nuances you’d expect from percussion instruments. This allows for customization of velocity curves to fit your playing style and the ability for real-time crescendo/diminuendo performances using the new Velocity Offset feature.

• New level of playability – The drums feature extended articulations including extensive left/right hand samples. The symmetrical MIDI note mapping makes it easy to play and quickly create realistic patterns. With the acclaimed Hi-Hat engine, velocity shaping tools, and along with legato Snare grace notes and multi-sampled Cymbal chokes, you have immediate access to every bit of nuance.

• Flexible in any production – MAD RockScore brings total control over signal flow and therefore can fit nicely with non Orchestral genres as well. With total control over room sound and microphone bleed, you are in control of the raw sound and tonal balance for your arrangement.

• Dedicated Groove Engine – Includes over 500 grooves systematically organized with Core patterns and respective Alternates and Fills. All grooves can be dropped to your DAW as 2 bar MIDI clips.

The Instruments

Imagine a classic Drum sound that’s wrapped around the Orchestra and fills the score with impact and a thick stereo image. Each of the 3 kits feature a similar signal path while having a distinct sonic signature.

The spot microphone channels are expanded with a comprehensive mic bleed matrix and stereo Room and Outriggers microphone perspectives. The result is a dynamic drums tone that will fit any size score!

• Piper – Ludwig butcher block wrap finish, 1972
• Haze / Haze Brooms – WFL marine pearl wrap, late 1950’s
• Umber – Mayer Bros. Drums champagne sparkle lacquer finish, 2003

Cymbals – Cymbals are shared between the kits.

Miscellaneous

• Sticks – Cooperman Persimmon signature series / Promark Broomsticks
• Bass Drum beater – Medium and soft beaters (Haze kit only)
• Skins – All skins by Remo

Grooves

• 500+ patterns – Core groove patterns
• Core patterns – 5 groove alternates per core pattern
• Alternates / Fills – 5 Fills per core pattern

Synthesizer Haven for Professionals

Sparkling ambiences. Dystopian landscapes. Vintage synth beds.

This is all Polyscape Pro, a new synthesizer pad instrument inspired by 90s liquid electronic underground electronic music, synthwave artists and classic 80s film scores such as Blade Runner by Vangelis or Terminator by Brad Fiedel.

Pro version comes with the Analog Blur expansion with 50 new artist presets to create lush, deep and subtle soundscapes for your music production and 4 additional organ sounds inspired by Oberheim PCM organs from the 80s.

The library contains carefully handcrafted patches from 9 analogue synths such as Moogs, Oberheims, Sequential Circuits and Nord Lead.

MAIN FEATURES

• Handcrafted patches from 9 analogue synths: Sequential Prophet 5, Rev2, Nord Lead 2x, Oberheim Matrix 6, 1000, OB32, OB6 and Moog Subsequent37.
• 130 full-scale Kontakt presets.
• 40 Synth Modules with Karanyisound’s Layer Designer Engine with more than 80+ adjustable control options.
• Exceptional audio quality: recorded with analogue gear, 24bit / 48kHz sample rate.
• 24bit / 48kHz sample rate.

Analog Blur Expansion Additional Contents:

• 4 brand new sample instruments created with vintage organ module.
• 40 Cinematic soundscapes & moving pads created by sound designers and film composers.

Continuo Collection – Featuring 2 Cinematic Kontakt Instruments

Coming off the release of Continuo and Continuo 2, Karanyi Sounds now combines both cinematic Kontakt instruments to form the Continuo Collection, in collaboration with the multi-instrumentalist composer and sound designer iamyank.

Continuo is a complex-sounding cinematic texture designer tool based on electric guitars for creating endless pads, unusual soundscapes, characteristic atmospheres and experimental sublayers especially for film, video games and electronic music.

This is the first release of our cinematic series with our brand new, easy-to-use Layer Designer Engine where you can edit, modulate and mix up to 4 individual Instrument Modules at the same time.

Continuo is created in collaboration with the multi-instrumentalist, electronic music producer & composer IAMYANK.

Your continuous journey starts now.

Main Features:

• 18 extra long guitar sample modules with rare sound setups: raw sounding Fender guitar textures with a lot of fortuitousness
• Bowed, tremolos, vibratos, beaten (with a wooden stick) techniques and a 300x stretched guitar patch
• Super large reverbs recorded through Eventide & Strymon effect processors
• Equipment used: UA1176, Roland Dimension D, Studer A800, Pultec EQP-1, UAD RAW, Strymon Deco / BigSky, Eventide Blackhole
• New Layer Designer Engine with inspiring, super clean interface
• 60+ Factory & Artist presets
• Over 80 controls on a simplified GUI
• Run up to 4 Sound Modules at the same time
• 8 LFO Modulation presets / Module
• 4 EQ presets / Module
• 2 effects / Module
• 2 Send effects
• Master EQ, Compressor & Limiter
• 24bit / 48kHz sample rate
• 2.5 GB lossless compressed size (3.5 GB original size)
• Full version of Kontakt 5.7.3+ required

CONTINUO 2

CINEMATIC TEXTURE DESIGNER

A complex-sounding cinematic piano texture Kontakt instrument for creating massive modulations, ethernal soundscapes and hybrid keyboard themes. Continuo 2 follows the concept of its ancestor with a fresh new look, exciting features on a super intuitive interface.

This Kontakt instrument collection focuses on complex-sounding cinematic textures: build massive modulations, ethereal soundscapes, hybrid keyboard themes from super quiet scores to enormous trailer tracks and electronic music. Continuo 2 is based on exceptional quality piano recordings, analog synths and various sound design tools. Created in collaboration with the multi-instrumentalist composer and sound designer iamyank.

MAIN FEATURES

• 500 Pulse Instruments for instant playability
• A massive array of content
• 40GB including analog synths, digital synths and organic instruments
• Up to 4 separate pulses at one time
• All pulses lock to tempo
• Rhythms: Looper, Step Sequencers, Arpeggiators, LFOs
• 4 central MACRO sliders unique to each of the 500 Pulse Instruments
• Important Note: The Full Version of Kontakt 5 is required in order to run this software.

Character Design. Creative Morphing.
Simple controls, complex sounds: meet our brand new Continuo 2 engine with a futuristic organic look! Blend between 4 heavily sound designed instruments, browse our artist presets to get inspired or create your very own hybrid sounds from scratch.

More tools. Polyrhythmic Modulation.
There are no bad choices! Twist, blend, squash, tousle, filter, sharpen, dim, wow, blur, echo, overdrive… with over 40+ new controls and special effects to play with. Now with an additional transient layer control, Prophet 5 style filters, dual pulse control and extended master chain tools.

Woods. Metals. Oscillators. – The sound sources
We sampled iamyank piano with different unconventional mic setups and playing techniques. The library contains a traditional piano, a prepared and a hand picked instruments. We enhanced the recordings with various synths such as Sequential Circuits Rev2 and Moog modular modules to give bite, depth and real analog low end to the instrument patches. 

Samples are recorded with analog gear and ran through cassettes and tapes to give a more organic feel. We also processed some of our patches with digital granular effects & distortion stompboxes. Also included are 80+ Artist presets from music composers and sound designers.