Loot Audio

The EKO Stradivarius is one of the rarest and hardest to find string synthesisers from the 1970’s.

It has an incredibly rich and vibrant sound all of its own.

I personally spent a long while hunting one of these synths down and eventually found one, but it was in Italy and had to be shipped here. I could not find one in the UK!

The EKO was released in the 1970’s and used by the likes of Vangelis during his 70’s live shows, the EKO produces beautiful and haunting string sounds of that era. Our version will allow for you to easily create those sounds and go way beyond what the original hardware can do.

Each of the 6 original sections of the EKO stradivarius has been sampled in great detail.

PLEASE NOTE: The FULL version of Kontakt 5.8.1 is required (NOT Kontakt Player)

Deep Effects

The effects section has bus sends for each synth section and allows for you to ‘dial in’ just the right amount of effects for each section.

Effects List:

• Chorus
• Phaser
• Flanger
• Reverb (Convolution – 37 Impulses to choose from)
• Sync Delay

All audio demos and video demos use only the presets from this Kontakt instrument.

Suitable for all kinds of music from abstract electronics, 70’s disco, modern EDM. Would also sound great being used to score a Zombie movie like Romero’s Dawn of the dead or some obscure Italian horrow/zombie movie.

Extra Controls

We have added many, many extra features to allow for greater sounds to be created from the core sound of the EKO Stradivarius. We also added a special set of Ensemble processed samples for a very rich and vibrant sound. Both sample sets can be freely mixed with each other for extra creativity.

How about each section panning independently of each other?

Each section also has independent filter shapes with a huge range of filter types to choose from, vowel filters, phasers filters and each synth section (all 6) has them – lots of scope for sound creation or use the snapshots that come supplied which will give a wide range of sounds that can be tweaked and modified by you.

Easily create beautiful and lush strings, haunting pads, synth leads, special analogue type effects, synth stabs and then pass them through the effects section.

Secure Serial System

This product features its own custom serial system.

You will require the full version of Kontakt to load EKO (Not Kontakt Player).

When you purchase EKO you will be provided with a unique code which is required to unlock the instrument. Please check out the install and unlock video for more information.

Retcon is the natural evolution of the BOCS series. It pulls together all three previous libraries along with a massive amount of new content to bring you the finest collection of ambient inspired sounds.

More than just another sound library, Retcon is a uniquely designed virtual instrument that features a colour coded HEX layout giving you easy access to a wealth of controls. Designed specifically with ambient and synth music in mind. Retcon contains a host of powerful features built specifically for creating atmospheric, lofi, heavily modulated pads, leads, keys and plucks. The centrepiece of Retcon is its custom 16 step chord sequencer that offers unlimited inspiration with it’s unique approach to creating music.

Quickly build long evolving chord progressions up to 4 bars in length or program fast moving and otherwise impossible modern chord sequences. With numerous features including legato/retrigger, latch hold, auto fade and 16 unique patterns all switchable via MIDI keyswitches there is enough power and control to satisfy the needs of even the most demanding user.

The full version of Kontakt is required please – not for Kontakt Player.

Filters Page: The filters page gives you 3 different filters per Voice which can be dynamically changed using various LFOs and envelopes. Each voice can be filtered individually (Parallel) or together (Series)

FX Page: The FX page gives you a huge amount of additional control to shape your sound

Sequencer Page: The sequencer page is an advanced chord generator and pattern creator offering controls over the the Volume, Pitch and Chord of each step. Each patch can hold 12 unique sequences with additional controls for Latch, Fade and Retrigger modes.

Features

• Over 1480 Samples
• 84 Analogue Patches
• Dual engine design for blending two sounds together
• Advanced Chord Sequencer
• Komplete and Maschine Integration
• 130 Snapshot Presets
• Compressed .NCW Files.
• Animated background

Built Upon The Stigmata Engine

The Stigmata Engine incorporates four polyphonic sources that reproduce layering techniques, each with sufficient controls to place them in space, adjust their character and modulate them dynamically and continuously.

The organisation of the instrument is simple: there are five categories of controls. Modulations allow you to determine the strength and speed with which sounds are modified. Variations offer alterations to each source in real time. Modulations and Variations work with Macros, grouped controls, while the middle section houses a set of filters combined around a common control, stereo width adjustment and infinite sustain to hold notes played without the need to keep your hands on the keyboard.

Simple and effective but not simplistic!

Berlin-based Soundtrax and UK sound designers Sub51 have teamed up to create a new, intuitive and inspiring Drag ‘n’ Drop sample-based Kontakt instrument which allows dynamic blending of four imported custom sound sources to create multilayered complex sounds that morph and evolve in an organic way.

XY Morphing

Drop Pad’s XY-Morph movements can be recorded and exported and imported to or from disk, all four samples can be edited and modulated by the onboard Filters and LFOs. Seven of the best Kontakt effects and an optional Arp will give the sound the final touch – and all samples and almost every movement or modulation can be instantly tempo-synced. 
 
Additional features include a Play button (accessible from all windows) for auditioning loops and it is now possible to further modulate the path of the morph cursor using further Warp functions, which open up new  possibilities for modifying rhythms. An Isolate function now allows one or more of the pads to be locked so that its playback level remains constant, for example, when you want your kick and snare patterns to remain steady but still have the toppers assigned to other pads following the Morph path.
 
Drop Pad uses Kontakt’s new MIR technology to automatically detect tonal material during import and adjusts the pitch of the audio file. Sample editing options include individual controls related to the pitch, envelope, pan position, playback direction, loop and sample start. The playback engine can be set to the classic ‘Sampler’ or ‘TM Pro’ Mode (incl. tempo/speed settings) to provide convenient tempo adjustment.

Mod & FX

The Modulation section contains a low-pass filter, a peak filter and a high-pass filter, each to be assigned to one or more of the four sample pads where it is possible to modulate the filter setting via a choice of LFO shapes allowing both the X and Y parameters of each pad’s cursor to be changed during playback — independently for all three filters. Other modulation features include independent Pan and Pitch, both with a choice of waveforms. Complete Mod setups can be quickly stored and recalled with via the 9 FX preset buttons.

The FX section contains seven global effects: Reverb, Choral (Chorus), Flair (Flanger), Phasis (Phaser), Overdrive (Van51), Compression (Supercharger GT) and Replika Delay. A special FX Warp pad allows the X and Y axes each to be assigned to an FX parameter where the rate, modulation shape and tempo-related speed of the FX modulation can be adjusted.
A simple EQ allows further shaping of the sound. Complete FX setups (all FX and EQ settings) can be quickly stored and recalled with via the 9 FX preset buttons

Nine FX setups can be stored and recalled with the MOD preset system.

900 MB Library & Snapshots

Drop Pad (Original Edition) comes with a 850MB library of high quality on-board Snapshots and Samples featuring Cinematic Soundscapes, Bass and Drum Loops, Pads, Raw Textures, Sound Effects and Arps. Users can easily choose different sample combinations of the Factory content to create their own Snapshots as well as bringing in their own samples.

Komplete Kontrol is supported via selected pre-defined parameters

Also included with Drop Pad is an additional 123MB of waveform samples such as basic waveforms, noise, timecode, turntable belt, electrical noise and vinyl crackles.

Blending analog textures with mechanical and electronic actuators.

All-new electro-mechanical bass instruments constructed from a multisampled analog synthesizer, physical actuators, noise artifacts, and amp/cabinet impulses.

Building on the philosophy of mechanical sound, RootBass TANG charts new creative territory by blending all-new analog textures with mechanical and electronic actuators. Rich new sample content re-imagines the sound and feel of classic synthesizers, with a focus on root+fifth variants.

Carefully modeled, velocity-sensitive multisamples from an analog synthesizer are made combinable with keys, switches, old circuitry, percussive strikes, and articulations from analog waveforms and effects. RootBass TANG captures the sound and feel of vintage synthesizers in a fresh, modern style: brilliant arpeggiators, intense leads, deep keys, rich basses, and gorgeous crossover instruments that defy classification.

RootBass demonstrated how noise becomes an essential part of the sound and feel of an instrument. Two types of radio noise are added to the lineup of custom noise textures, which include different tape hiss and flutter styles, amplifier hum, vinyl crackle, VHS tracking, and electromagnetic noise. Routed through classic tape echo, amp/cabinet impulses, and effects, RootBass TANG creates instruments that feel solid, real, and deliciously mechanical.

CLASSIC ARPEGGIATOR

RootBass TANG‘s arpeggiator is bright, and intense, and captures the iconic sound of vintage electronica in a fresh new style. Filtering, noise modeling, effects, and subtle modulation are central to capturing the feel of fluctuating voltages, scratchy pots, failing transistors, and aged circuits. The humanization feature (instrument mode) adds another dimension by shifting note volume, pitch, and filtering.

MECHANICAL BASS

Independently selectable key-down and key-up articulations offer separate decay, filter, tuning, and velocity sensitivity controls, including fine control over their position relative to the bass’s attack and release. Similarly, control the noise type, volume, envelope, filtering, and velocity sensitivity. The instrument offers poly/mono modes and a simple, classic legato mode. Each element can be bypassed.

TAPE ECHO/FX & MIXING

The unique character of tape echo pairs up beautifully with classic rotator, phaser, flanger, and chorus effects to color the bass tones. Three output mix types shape the instrument’s essential style: overdrive + amp/cabinet impulse, classic tube amp, and classic UK guitar amp. Finally, tape saturation and compression give warmth and body while classic mono and modern stereo reverb impulses put space around it.

PUSHING RHYTHM DESIGN

A total of almost 400 convolution impulses include vinyl/radio/tape/digital noise and static, particulate and granular effects, digital and acoustic sound effects, frequency modeling, mic effects and chorusing, stereo imaging, and new, pitch-based impulses for adding harmonic interest to rhythms.

With Rezonator’s totally new sample content, the aim was to pair strong electronic drum sounds with noisy, messy hand percussion, shaped and augmented with convolution impulses. The rhythmic possibilities explode: beats infused with ordered noise jump out of the speakers; delicious rattles and soul-stirring syncopations shake up stale rhythms and give them new dimension.

Packed with this kit builder are 54 essential kits, ranging from big, deep house/downtempo kits to dirty, hyperactive electronic/tribal kits. Now with multi-out capability.

Rezonator’s all-new sample content blends custom electronic kits with acoustic cluster percussion.

Comprising PulTech, Tape, Tube, and Wah pedal kits, tone-based Modular and New Wave synthesis kits, and a swarm of custom hand percussion, striking percussive combinations emerge.

CLEAN OR MESSY?

Control the amount of randomization that is applied to velocity and quantization—separately for each kit slot. Make those snares and hi-hats extra trashy. And with 6 round-robin layers for every articulation, even fully synthetic kits can find a new groove. Let those kits run loose.

CLUSTER CONVOLUTION

Sculpt each kit slot with convolution: almost 400 custom-designed impulses that thicken, echo, warp, and spatialize every nuance. Create rippling thuds, buzzing strikes, scintillating shakers, noisy rattles, and resonant drums. Aquatronic, Glitchbomb, Kludgebase, Chordscape…

FILTER CONTROL

Each of the 7 kit slots has three dedicated, independently selectable lowpass, bandpass, and highpass filters, each with dedicated cutoff and resonance knobs for on-the-fly switching. Filtering offers another way to control how convolution impulses color the sound.

ORDER AND CHAOS

Rezonator’s all-new sample content blends custom electronic kits with acoustic cluster percussion. Comprising PulTech, Tape, Tube, and Wah pedal kits, tone-based Modular and New Wave synthesis kits, and a swarm of custom hand percussion, striking percussive combinations emerge.

PERFORMANCE CONTROL

Adjustments to tuning, sample start points, decay envelopes, and sample width can be used to control how different convolution impulses color an instrument. Rezonator is multi-out capable: kit slots can be routed to separate output channels for automation control and 3rd party plugins.

SMART RANDOMIZATION

A powerful kit-building tool, this feature preserves the kit’s performance controls and offers three randomization modes: sample banks only, convo choices only, or both. With two temporary memory slots for comparing new combos, tailor settings then save a snapshot of your new kit.

FEATURES

• 3,942 Stereo 48kHz/24bit samples
• 372 Instruments
• 394 Custom-designed convolution impulse responses
• 7 Independently controllable drum kit slots
• 6 Round-robin layers for every articulation
• Separate LP/BP/HP filters with dedicated cutoff/resonance controls for each kit slot
• 54 Essential Factory Kits

A new era of FX has arrived. Cy-FX. Unlock the sonic frontier with our cutting-edge FX Kontakt library, created to combat stagnated FX libraries and add spice to your next project.

Inspired by visions for the future, cybernetics, robotics, machinery and futuristic gadgets, Cy-FX works for sound designers and music producers alike. You will get value and uniqueness. Cy-FX comes with 810 sounds in 17 categories. For creativity, 17 single snapshots and 25 main snapshots will make your music/sound stand out. The main snapshots include drum kits, atmospheric sounds, robotics, gadgets etc.

“FX and surprises are what keeps your music interesting – much needed in a world of shortened attention spans” Ergo Kukke. Cy-FX, your new companion for the future.

Features:

• 810 sounds in 32bit/48kHz WAV
• 1.31 GB library
• 8Bit & Game, Alarm & Timer, Creatures & Critters, Data, Device, Downer, Futuristic, FX, Glitch, Hits & Bursts, HUD, Riser, Robotics, Scared, Vehicle & Engine and two extra bonus FX folders.
• Access to WAV files for convenient use and freedom

Cy-FX uses our popular and pwerful ‘Trails’ Kontakt engine to allow you to shape you sound in many different ways. The ‘Trails’ engine contains 4 sound sources which can be manipulated and blended together in creative way along with a unique ‘Movement’ controller which can rhythmically or gradually merge between each of the 4 sources.

Tempus is a dual voice Granular instrument inspired by the audio space where tempo becomes pitch and pitch becomes tempo.

There are 500+ sound sources in Tempus, and you can combine any sound source with any other. It has 3 different play modes: Granular, Hybrid and One-shot

These sound sources were designed around the idea of rapid and repeated playing of short staccato notes, that are played so fast they blur into a single audio stream with an original and unique timbre.

Tempus passes these sound sources through its sophisticated granular engine to produce an original and unique output, useful in a wide range of styles and musical genres.

There’s a wide range of intuitive and easy to use controls to sculpt and manipulate the output and how and where it will be made, as well as sends and voice effects and a unique gate system.

Voice Controls: The Voices page controls overall Volume, Pan and Pitch of each voice and includes our innovative Scene Management tool and holds the overall Sound Drift control. Each sound can be played back in 3 different ways: Granular Mode, Hybrid Mode and One-shot Mode.

5 Pages:  There are 5 pages of controls for the voice settings to explore. Over these 5 pages you can choose the sounds, browse presets, change playback modes, adjust filters and LFOs and much more. It also includes a creative MIX control where you can assign Vol, Pitch and panning settings and morph between them using the Mix control or automate the morph using the Walk button.

You have fine tuning over each granular mode and a full suite of grain length settings to tweak. Also included are 8 Models which add additional harmonics to your sounds. These add new pitched grains up or down 1 or two octaves for a richer sound. Send levels are also controlled here, with 4 sends per voice.

Snapshots

Over 500 Sound Sources – Tempus featuers over 300 snapshots to get you started in the following categories:

• Addition
• Atmos
• Cinematic
• Gated
• Melodica
• Modulation
• One-Shot Playback

Changelog:

• V1.2 Contains new samples and new snapshots/presets

Vektor Essentials Vol 1 is a distinctive and characterful selection of string samples that tell a story.

Recorded and programmed to specifically add character to any track.

Based around the top selling and highly rated Vektor, Vektor Essentials Vol 1: Unique Strings takes the most characterful string patches from Vektor and puts them in a smaller and simpler package. Allowing the user to focus less on sonic exploration and more on composing. But still giving the user a wide range of control over there sound.

Vektor Essentials also provides you with a bonus 24 manipulated string patches from Cinematic Drones to Pulsating Pads, programmed and recorded specifically for Vektor Essentials.

THE INTERFACE

The user interface for Vektor Essentials Vol 1 is simple to use and contains all of the controls on one screen for easy access.

Basic controls include:

• Sound
• ADSR
• EQ
• Filter Delay
• Reverb
• Modulation
• Effects

THE SOUNDS

Vektor Essentials features three main instrument categories, each boasting their own distinct sound. These three categories are as follows:

• Manipulated
• Multis
• Organic

Manipulated

Manipulated instruments are made up of string samples that have been processed through a variety of effects modules, creating a unique, dramatic, and cinematic sound. Importantly, the parameters of each instrument have been painstakingly fine-tuned to produce the most characterful result.

Multis

Multis will load in several instances of Vektor Essentials, each featuring different sounds and parameter values. This generates a huge, layered sound that’s ideal for creating vast, epic-sounding compositions.

Organic

The Organic collection houses the rawest stringed-instrument sounds, this doesn’t mean they’re any less capable or exciting than the other two categories, however. These highly-adaptable instruments can help give your music a powerful, natural quality.

• 10 organic sounds from The famous “Moanful Cello” patch to newly programmed “String Toolkit” patches.
• 24 new bonus manipulated organic patches.
• Over 1GB of beautifully crafted string samples.
• 8 Multi Patches.

Synth Magic Retropolis is a Kontakt instrument (Full version of Kontakt is required 5.8.1 and higher).

A collection of Synthesizers were used in the creation of Retropolis such as: Red Sound Dark Star, Alpha Juno2, Kawai SX240, Arp Odyssey, Moog MG-1.

All samples are placed under the control of a very easy to use interface and are accessed via a menu system.

Retropolis has a full effects section and also comes with an Arpeggiator which can also be used to modulate filter cutoff.

Retropolis comes supplied with over 200 snapshots. All snapshots are placed into folders such as: Bass, Strings/pads, synths etc for easy selection of snaphot presets.

Trails is a huge custom made collection of intense, dark and sometimes beautiful trailer sound effects, featuring the expert sound design skills of Ergo Kukke.

Trails contains thousands of brand new designed sounds, from processed atmospherics and synthetic-based haunting risers, to fully host-synchronized patterns and pulses, to dark and dangerous impacts and boomers.

Each of the 5 carefully categorized banks contains a massive selection of expertly designed sounds, selected to both enhance existing pieces as well as to inspire brand new tracks.

Trails includes our innovative Motion User Interface with a variety of useful controls, including a full suit of effects, 4 Voice Playback, Sample Start Offset Control and Full Randomization – all accessible from the main interface. You can also go much deeper and control everything from Filters, a 3 Band EQ, Stereo Delay, Bit Crusher, Distortion, Convolution Reverb and of course our powerful automated Motion XY pad.

Trails sets a new benchmark with the most modern, creative, impactful and atmospheric cinematic collection of sounds available today.

Trails contains hundreds of snapshot presets. Each preset has been built from the ground up to function as its own performance. For example, in the Atmos category you can hold down a key and the sounds will continue and evolve indefinitely, dial in the Motion XY pad control and apply your own automation to make the sound even more dynamic and ever-changing.

Built from the ground up, this collection of instruments offers you all the necessary tools to perfect the art and workflow of creating truly epic cinematic scores. We made sure to include all the sound categories any composer or sound designer would need, such as a wealth of Deep Impacts and Hits, futuristic Effects and Mechanical Sounds, Risers, rich and evolving Drones and various tempo-based Rhythms to help inspire and add energy and drive into your next composition.

The advanced features included in the library are all easily accessible through the custom user-interface. Quickly adjust or automate the Attack, Release, Speed and or Filter of your chosen set of sounds, letting them perfectly fit within your track.

Trails contains everything you need to create your next cinematic masterpiece.

Features

• Kontakt VST / AU / AAX
• 2239 Hand-crafted Samples
• 276 Snapshots. Each snapshot is a custom performance
• All new banks of epic cinematic sounds split into 5 categories: Atmospheres | FX | Menus | Oneshots | Rhythmic
• Waveform Viewer
• Each Voice is fully editable
• Take the audience on a journey with intense ever-evolving atmospheres and effects
• Fully Tempo synchronized Rhythms categories.
• Product only available as a Direct Download.
• Unique Selectable animations
• Fully Automatable
• Movement control for XY Pad
• Full Retail Version of Kontakt 5.8.1 (or later) Required – Not for Kontakt Player

Hits, whooshes, risers. Hit point syncing and one-key rhythm builder.

AIM provides you a vast collection of cinematic sound effects like hits, whooshes, risers and others with tools simplifying your workflow: hit point syncing, instant sound manglers and one-key rhythm builder.

Features:

Outstanding Sound – Every sound in AIM is unique. Every hit, whoosh, riser or downer has strong sonic identity. Here you can find anything you may need: from soft and soaring textural transitions to aggressive, earth-shaking booms.

Smart Management – AIM provides smart sound management tools. With them you can identify the required samples with their names shown in the GUI, mark liked samples as favorite and find them quickly the next time, not even re-saving the patch. And of course, all samples are labeled with their core tempo and tonality.

Sync In One Click – The core function of AIM is syncing the “hit points” of samples to the host tempo. Enable the AIM function, set the desired time and press a key – and the sample will hit exactly in that time. Super convenient for transition samples. No dragging across the grid.

Instant Effects – AIM provides basic effects like filters, distortion and lo-fi. Besides, you can stretch the last played sample across 6 octaves to use it as a melodic instrument. And one more addition: you can use the Interruption Key to create any rhythmic passage instead of tiresome audio cutting procedures in the DAW.

Specifications:

• Kontakt Ver: Full 5.8
• Samples: 303
• Samples Format: WAV 24 bit 48 kHz
• Size: 1.21 GB

Berlin-based soundtrax and UK sound designers Sub51 have created an intuitive and inspiring Drag ‘n’ Drop sample-based Kontakt instrument which allows dynamic blending of four imported custom sound sources to create multilayered complex sounds that morph and evolve in an organic way. 

This special edition of Drop Pad comes with an alternative sound library focussing exclusively on rhythmic sounds like drums, beats, percussions, toppers, motions, sound fx and arps.

XY Morphing

Drop Pad’s XY-Morph movements can be recorded and exported and imported to or from disk, all four samples can be edited and modulated by the onboard Filters and LFOs. Seven of the best Kontakt effects and an optional Arp will give the sound the final touch – and all samples and almost every movement or modulation can be instantly tempo-synced.

Additional features include a Play button (accessible from all windows) for auditioning loops and it is now possible to further modulate the path of the morph cursor using further Warp functions, which open up new  possibilities for modifying rhythms. An Isolate function now allows one or more of the pads to be locked so that its playback level remains constant, for example, when you want your kick and snare patterns to remain steady but still have the toppers assigned to other pads following the Morph path.

Drop Pad uses Kontakt’s new MIR technology to automatically detect tonal material during import and adjusts the pitch of the audio file. Sample editing options include individual controls related to the pitch, envelope, pan position, playback direction, loop and sample start. The playback engine can be set to the classic ‘Sampler’ or ‘TM Pro’ Mode (incl. tempo/speed settings) to provide convenient tempo adjustment.

Mod & FX

The Modulation section contains a low-pass filter, a peak filter and a high-pass filter, each to be assigned to one or more of the four sample pads where it is possible to modulate the filter setting via a choice of LFO shapes allowing both the X and Y parameters of each pad’s cursor to be changed during playback — independently for all three filters. Other modulation features include independent Pan and Pitch, both with a choice of waveforms. Complete Mod setups can be quickly stored and recalled with via the 9 FX preset buttons.

The FX section contains seven global effects: Reverb, Choral (Chorus), Flair (Flanger), Phasis (Phaser), Overdrive (Van51), Compression (Supercharger GT) and Replika Delay. A special FX Warp pad allows the X and Y axes each to be assigned to an FX parameter where the rate, modulation shape and tempo-related speed of the FX modulation can be adjusted.
A simple EQ allows further shaping of the sound. Complete FX setups (all FX and EQ settings) can be quickly stored and recalled with via the 9 FX preset buttons.

Nine FX setups can be stored and recalled with the MOD preset system.

334MB Library & Snapshots

Drop Pad Rhythmic Edition comes with a 334MB library of high quality on-board Snapshots and Samples featuring drums, beats, percussions, toppers, motions, sound fx and arps.Users can easily choose different sample combinations of the Factory content to create their own Snapshots as well as bringing in their own samples. Komplete Kontrol is supported via selected pre-defined parameters.

Also included with Drop Pad Rhythmic Edition is an additional 123MB of waveform samples such as basic waveforms, noise, timecode, turntable belt, electrical noise and vinyl crackles.

Volt is a 4.6 GB library of high quality synthesizer sounds and comes with 130 snapshots.

Volt ships with a wide variety of sounds ranging from: pads and strings, atmospheric synth textures, bass, leads, arpeggiator synths, abstract fx and textures, MIDI clocked pulsing synths and atmospheres.

Volt is suitable for most types of electronic music production from Ambient, Abstract, Chill-Out and EDM. Volt would also be perfect for writing killer breakdowns in your next EDM club hit.

During the making of the presets we realised just how versatile Volt is. A whole cinematic soundtrack suitable for modern film scoring could easily be created using Volt, it also excels at creating atmospheres and mood.

Volt Meter

Volt has a special Volt Meter dial that is the centre of the action. Most of the controls on the front panel can be controlled by the movement of the Volt Meter.

Simply select from the front panel which controls are to be controlled by Volt Meter and then select the depth/range of the control – Moving the voltmeter will then control those active dials. You can also assign the Volt Meter to your Modwheel or any other external controller dial and control many dials with the Volt Meter.

Most of the included snapshots have already been setup to respond to the Volt Meter – Give it a whirl and experiment.

It is easy to create stunning patches with Volt, and by clicking the Volt symbol in the centre of the interface you can randomise patches and let the chaos of the universe play a hand in the sounds you make.

The Boom Chak is a classic analogue-style percussion synth with six editable drum instruments, a programmable rhythm sequencer, low and hi pass filters and six effects.

Each drum sound has dedicated controls like volume, type, pan, pitch, decay, modulation or additional amount of noise, plus six effect switches. This makes the Boom Chak an extremely flexible electronic percussion tool and a really cool instrument to play with.

The effects (Convolution Reverb, Replika Delay, Chorus, Lo-Fi, Flanger, Overdrive) can be added to any individual drum sound or to all sounds at once. The effects are quickly accessible and all effects are editable.

The Master Control contains two filters (Low Pass Filter with an Envelope Follower and LFO, and a Hi Pass Filter), global Pitch Control (-12 to +12 halftones) and Velocity Sensitivity control.

The Auto Rhythm Editor is a simple but effective pattern creation tool with a total of 12 patterns (each pattern has 2 x 16 steps). The Auto Rhythm patterns can be triggered by a key or with a click. The tempo will be synced automatically to the master of the DAW.

The V2 update contains a new NKI, the BC-2000, a more digital sounding version of the BC-2.

• 2 different Boom Chak Models (BC-2 and BC-2000) in one library
• 6 editable analogue percussion sounds
• 3 different Kick sounds, 3 different basic snares
• 12 programmable rhythms
• 6 on-board effects (including the great new Replika Delay and a second Overdrive mode)
• Low Pass Ladder Filter with LFO, High Pass Filter custom GUI with many controls for all sound parameters and effects

Instruments:

• Kick (3 Types)
• Snare (3 Types)
• Claps
• Toms (Lo, Mid, Hi)
• HHs (closed. open)
• FX

A Journey Into The Analogue World

Inspired by old tapes in the attic, the golden age of analogue synths worn down by the hands of time and a true love of pushing the boundaries of what analogue can do, Blossom by Audiowarp is the result of years of recording, re-recording and twisting countless numbers of vintage synths to produce something truly unique.

Manipulating Sounds

All the sounds within Blossom were recorded and post affected using only vintage outboard analogue equipment.

Divergent Audio Group took vintage analogue synths and using various recording and post-production methods such as tape compression and artefact manipulation then created an entirely new set of amazing, unique sounds. Dusty, ghostly, sombre and distant these sounds can only be created in the analogue world.

It’s What’s Inside that Counts

Blossom features a five-page GUI including an FX, Modulation, Arpeggiator, Presets and main quad sample engine page. 228 sample patches, over 1300 incredible never heard before individual samples.

4 Source XY Pad

Blossom features 4 individual sound sources which can be blended and manipulated in various ways. Using the central XY pad you can dynamically morph between layers. Alternatively use the X and Y dials to constrain to horizontal or vertical axis only. Assign a CC controller to the X or Y dials for instant fun!

Features

• 4850 Samples
• 11.6GB
• 249 Individual patches
• 4 voice mixer with XY Control
• Factory presets
• User presets
• Modulation assign system with 4 x LFOs and 4 x envelopes
• 7 Global Effects
• Intelligent Randomisation
• Individual envelopes and filters per layer
• Arpeggiator

SEQUENCER ONE is a digital recreation of an 8-step CV/Gate sequencer classic: The rare SEQUENCER DRUM, produced by EHX during the early eighties.

It’s a little silver, black and green metal box with only one single square analogue oscillator, eight steps and a few simple controls for pitch, decay and speed rate.

It was originally named SEQUENCER DRUM because it had to be triggered/started with the hit of a drumstick on its trigger pad.

NOTE: The Full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or above is required. Not for Kontakt Player. Will also work with the Full version of Kontakt 6

CLASSIC SOUNDS

At first sight, the SEQUENCER DRUM looked much like a toy instrument, whereas it was in fact capable of producing complex percussive synth patterns, deep bass sounds and wild roaming arpeggios. Its tonal range spread over eight octaves, and it sounded amazing.

Now, over 35 years later, we’re bringing this little box back to life as a soft Kontakt synth. We changed its name to SEQUENCER ONE (because you don’t really need a drumstick anymore) and added some cool and useful features, all the while keeping its original minimalistic approach and iconic sound.

El Dorado: Legato Bowed Guitar is focused on capturing the most lyrical part of the Ebow applied to an electric guitar.

The result is an inspiring, expressive and fun-to-use tool that will give you hyper-realistic results and, thanks to its combination of pads and legato, will make you not want to take your hands off the keyboard.

El Dorado: Legato Bowed Guitar has been sampled with extra care in order to maintain musicality in each sample so you can get the liveliest performance possible, essential for convincing results. This also includes the pads which have been processed in different ways so that they accompany your guitar melodies in the best possible way.

Like the other volumes in this series, El Dorado: Legato Bowed Guitar is the result of the search for a tool that is capable of inspiring you even on bad days. A tool designed for composers who face tight deadlines and need to be fast and also a tool for musicians who just want to enjoy improvising on their keyboard, and all this without losing control over the sound.

With the master patch you can play the pads and the legato/sustains at the same time, letting you choose which ranges of the keyboard you want them to sound at. Once you try it there is no turning back, it is ideal for improvising over a scene or for getting new ideas playing freely with both hands.

If you are one of those who likes to have control down to the last detail, don’t worry, you also have individual patches that will give you more control with almost the same possibilities as in the Master Patch.

Carefully designed to give you as much control as possible with all the options visible so you don’t have to search through different submenus.

The user interface offers numerous possibilities when it comes to tweaking the sound. It allows you to automatically crossfade between the pads using the motion knob so you can enjoy playing with both hands, you can also crossfade traditionally with the CC of your choice, select different types of filters for the pads, modulate the filters with an LFO, apply different effects, and much more.

Key Features:

• An expressive and versatile legato with realistic results.
• Quick results with outstanding quality thanks to the Master Patch.
• An inspiring and fun tool to use.
• Great modulation capabilities for adding movement to the sounds.
• Quick access to a mix of convolution reverbs and delay for making the sounds as ambient as you want.

Technical Specifications:

• 3 dynamic layers.
• Master Patch, legato, sustains and pads patches
• Multiple pads.
• Manual or automatic crossfading between pads
• Integrated effects
• 4,49 GB of disk space.
• Full Kontakt 5.8.1 and above

The creator of The Bandoneon, the film composer Guillermo Guareschi, presents a new and exciting Kontakt Library intended to become a singular tool for composers and musicians.

The Ronroco belongs to the family of the Charangos, a typical South-American instrument. It is like a Charango but bigger in size with a deep and warmer sound. It was brought to the international scene by the two-time Oscar winner, Gustavo Santaolalla. He uses the Ronroco in almost all his projects, such as “The Last of Us”, “Brokeback Mountain”, “Babel” and Michael Mann’s film, “The Insider” among others.

“As a film composer and producer, I created this Ronroco Kontakt Instrument having in mind the needs of musicians and film composers. You can almost score a whole film using this instrument alone. It’s that powerful.” Guillermo Guareschi.

It is more than a simple instrument, it is a Creative Workstation where you can compose and create original and realistic tunes and atmospheric landscapes.

Features

• Recorded in high resolution with Krystalos Audio technology.
• Long notes in round-robin and three dynamics per note.
• Staccato, pull-off, mordente and tremolo notes.
• A special menu with a huge variety of arpeggios patterns conceived to create original and infinite sequences with an unprecedented level of realism.
• Chords and strokes in many tonalities.
• Soundscape menu to create huge idiomatic and cinematic beds and atmospheres.
• Southern Winds is another idiomatic tool for creating realistic tremolos.
• Rontoor is a special sound created by striking the strings of the instrument with a metal wand.
• Effects: this menu offers another spectrum of effects produced by playing the ronroco in unusual ways.
• Check out the videos and sound demos to listen to The Ronroco in action, have fun!
• 9 Articulations with various keyswitches per articulation