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Antidrum Machine is the ultimate compendium of alternative instruments, experimental percussive sounds, toys, junk, machines, tools, surfaces and objects and all kinds of other uniquely musical and acoustically interesting sonic sources.

This vibrant palette of musical inspiration contains a vast collection of “found-sounds”, field recordings, prepared objects, surfaces, machines and noisy contraptions, booming bass to tight clicks, clacks, zips, zings, ticks and tocks.

Antidrum Machine includes all of the content from our Antidrum series of libraries (Antidrum 1, Antidrum 2, and Antidrum 3) all well as Cathedral of Junk, Luftballoon, Luminabells, PVC Beatbox Ensemble, and Snow Drums.

We’ve also created a vast new volume of toys, instruments and sound sources exclusively for this compendium.

Antidrum Machine has been built from the ground up for Native Instruments’ free Kontakt Player (VST, AU, AAX) and Komplete Kontrol platforms, including full support for Maschine and all S-Series keyboards. It’s the perfect collection for composers, sound designers and anyone looking for unconventional musical ideas to round out their musical tool chest.

This library contains 3 different preset types that allow users to interact with the content in different ways. The Dual Layer preset type allows every articulation to be played tuned spread across the key range exposing the sonic qualities of all the sounds. There are two fully configurable layers in this preset type, each with sound selection, LFO, filter and sound shaping controls: volume, attack, offset, release, bass, treble, pitch and panning.

The Single Effects preset type gives users access to all the special single-shot effects that didn’t fit into any velocity or round-robin based articulation. Each Single Effects preset has the same sound controls as each layer in the Dual Layer presets. The Ensemble preset types spread all the articulations across the available key range. LFO, filter, and sound shaping controls are available, as well as mapping customization. Users can remap any articulation to any key, and we include a Random button to really let users explore how a midi beat changes when randomly selected percussive sounds are assigned to the keys.

Every preset type includes our integrated ARP arpeggiator system, featuring a suite of options like rhythm, direction, swing and randomization. The easy Glide feature is also included, instantly turning sustaining content into a monophonic legato/portamento instrument with adjustable pitch bend speed control, and adds an adjustable pitch bend to percussive content.

All LFOs are configurable with user-selectable shape and target parameter, as well as free or tempo-synced speed, depth and attack. Every Filter is powerful, letting users select from 12 different filter types and modulation options such as sustain pedal and step sequencer.

A Deep User Interface

• Powerful Custom User Interface with CC and host automation support for all major DAWs and Komplete Kontrol hardware and software.
• Each layer has its own primary controls for Volume, Attack, Release, Offset, Pitch, Pan, Modulation routing and Filter settings.
• Try the Map window “Randomize” button in the Ensemble presets to instantly generate new ensemble mappings for inspiration on the fly.
• Our FX Rack comes equipped with 18 powerful effect modules, each with configurable controls and customizable routing and chain saving/loading.
• 119 integrated custom convolution reverb IR samples in 10 distinct categories (Cathedral, Chamber, Large Room, Small Room, Hallways, Underground, Outdoors, Long FX and Short FX)

Product Specs

• Product Version 1.0
• 21,038 Samples
• 8.1 GB installed (13.6 GB wav source uncompressed)
• 39 nki Kontakt instrument Banks
• Thousands of unique sound source presets.
• 24 bit / 48kHz lossless compressed NCW samples
• Works with the free Kontakt Player (version 5.6.8+), Komplete Kontrol and all S-Series Keyboards

Kontakt Player

This library has been licensed for use in the free Kontakt Player virtual instrument engine. It can be used in Kontakt Player or the full retail version of Kontakt (version 5.6.8 or later) for VST, AU or AAX instrument plugin formats. You can add this product to the Kontakt “Libraries” browser. It requires online serial number registration through the Native Instruments Service Center app. This library is also fully compatible with Komplete Kontrol and all S-Series Keyboard Controllers by Native Instruments.

Important note: This product requires a FULL version of Native Instruments’ KONTAKT 6.5.2. The free Kontakt Player is not sufficient.

NASTRO SOUNDSCAPES 

Ready to enter a realm of analog beauty?

NASTRO is the reel experience for Kontakt 6 Full Version!

NASTRO means “tape” in Italian and Soundscapes is the first release of an exciting new series, dedicated to the long-gone world of tapes and reels, bringing a powerful 4-track tape machine experience right on your computer. 

For NASTRO Soundscapes, Have Audio sampled some of their favorite instruments and designed synthetic lead sounds, loops, textures, noises and arpeggios using some of the best analog synthesizers out there. Then, they re-processed all material through lots of vintage tape devices, walkmans, boomboxes, VHS and rare cassette players to get that authentic, noisy tape sound.

4 independent tracks to channel your creativity, a selection of 64 sound sources, 4 playback modes, adjustable speed, 80 factory presets, 58 unique IR effects created from vintage devices and 4 additional FX macros to control panning, EQ, compression and distortion. Reel up and feed your nostalgia! 

SOUND SOURCES

64 sound sources, slightly different on each track and for each playback mode, just like in the analog world! Just do your maths and here you got 1024 unique-flavored sources and you still can adjust playback speed for each of the 4 tracks to slow down, accelerate and stretch the reel, deteriorate the sounds and customize the quality of the artifacts.

The 64 sound sources are organized in 6 thematic categories:

• SYNTHETIC TONES

Have Audio used a wide array of Synths to create these playable patches. From warm vintage analog to modern, cutting edge digital machines, everything was carefully captured, manipulated and re-processed into different tape machines to catch the magic artifacts of the long gone, golden era of
tape recording. 

• SYNTHETIC CHORDS

A tonal set with one-chord-per-key synth sounds, delivering a great starting point for pad and droney stuff. You can choose between minor, major, maj7, min7, sus2, sus4 and augmented. Load chords, engage looping and start composing! 

• SYNTHETIC TEXTURES

Richly detailed layers of synth textures crafted by using rare and obscure pieces of equipment, often mixed with sounds of nature to add an organic touch. Add a pinch of built- in FX and turn textures into lush washes. 

• ARPEGGIATION

Let Arpeggiation take the creative strain out of your patches. Multi-note blocks have been sampled into beaming cascading melodies, bringing a luminous and vibrant life to static chords.

• HYBRID 

These sound sources were created with super creative phrases performed on electro-acoustic instruments such as sax, electric guitar, bouzouki, saz baglama and persian santoor, subsequently heavily-processed through tape machines in order to get that out of tune, wobbling and nostalgic
tone. 

• REEL NOISE 

A set of noises carefully sampled directly from various vintage tape machines with no input: cassette walkmans, dictaphones and big reel to reel units. Add magic to your patches, tones of hiss, wobble and crackling motor sound. Have Audio also added a peculiar synth patch made out of a pitched hiss! 

58 UNIQUE IR EFFECTS

NASTRO’s Send FXs are a big part of the game. So many hours were spent creating and fine-tuning unique convolution reverbs and IR effects to push even further Nastro’s capability. Have Audio sampled both real environment responses for organic results, and vintage pedals and devices for extremely unrealistically huge/small halos. There’s also plenty of tuned resonating IRs to enrich your patches with pedal notes of your choice. 

Back in the days, iffy frequency response, distortion, tape hiss and noise were unwanted side-effects for everyone recording music on tape. Nowadays, all these artifacts are long gone and often badly missed. For this reason, Have Audio decided to develop a Kontakt instrument capable of bringing all the possibilities and “limitations” of their most beloved tape machines. Those that once were limitations can finally become enhancements in this new engine. 

You will find synthetic and hybrid samples painstakingly processed through legendary devices like R2R Akai GX210-D, Sony TC630, Philips 4307, and rare cassette players such as National RQ210-S and boombox Grundig RR1140 just to name a few. 

• 4 playback modes (normal / reverse / loop normal / loop reverse)
• 3 playback speeds for each track in sync mode: normal speed half / double
• Control speed manually with the free mode 
• 58 unique IR effects created from analog equipment and tape devices
• Built in FX Macros: Pan / EQ / Comp / Sat 

80 factory presets/snapshots organized into 8 categories: 

• Arp
• Atmosphere
• Chords
• FX noise 
• Motion
• Perc
• Synthetic 
• Textures 

64 SOUND SOURCES/PATCHES organized into 6 thematic categories:

• 15 SYNTHETIC TONES Patches 
• 21 SYNTHETIC CHORDS Patches 
• 4 SYNTHETIC TEXTURES Patches 
• 7 ARPEGGIATION Patches 
• 11 HYBRID Patches
• 6 REEL NOISE Patches