Orfeo Accordion is a Multisampled Italian accordion from the 1950s with 5 registers and a separate noise program.
All registers have been sampled with belly in/out for all notes, and with release samples.
The library contains in total 610 24bit WAV files.
Programs:
1 program for NI Kontakt 3, 4 & 5 with scripted GUI
7 programs for NI Kontakt 2 and all versions above
6 programs for NI Kontakt 1 and all versions above
6 programs for HALion
7 programs for EXS24
9 SoundFont program with the release samples in a separate program is available for you who are using other sample formats.
Registers:
Bassoon
Bandoneon
Master
Celeste
Clarinet
The full version of Kontakt 3 4 or 5 is required for the scripted version.
Orfeo Accordion not work with the free Kontakt Player#!
All formats are included when you buy Orfeo Accordion.
Orfeo Accordion costs $49 (+$11 if you want it on DVD).
The Knutby Church Organ was built in 1995 by Johannes Menzel, based upon a previous
Gustav Andersson organ from 1867.
All pipes for each Stop combination were recorded with note and release tail, close
miked.
In postproduction some pipes were excluded, others retuned and the noisefloor of the
fan system was removed from the recordings with the latest restoration tools. All
notes have been seamlessly looped and the length of notes is long so in most
circumstances you will never reach the loop points while playing.
The Knutby Church Organ contains 1502 stereo 24bit wav samples
15 programs for HALion 1-3 and EXS24.
24 programs for Kontakt 3 and 4 with KSP script and GUI
15 programs for Kontakt 1 and 2
5 Impulse response files that can be used in any IR reverb plug-in of your choice.
These IRs are also implemented in the Kontakt 3 & 4 scripted programs.
Knutby Church Organ costs $69 (+$11 if you want it on DVD) and all formats are
included.
Get more information about the Knutby Church Organ samplelibrary and listen to demo
songs at the Precisionsound site.
The Santoor/Santur is a flat shaped instrument in the form of a trapezoid that means it is wider at one end and short at the other end.
It is a wooden box that is broader in size low pitch notes and is tapered at the other side for the high pitched notes. The Indian Santoor used in this SampleSet was hand crafted in Delhi, India. It has 31 notes in units of 3, resulting in a total of 93 strings.
The Indian Santoor is 3 octaves from C2 to C5, with four velocity layers and four round robin hits (Kontakt and EXS24 format only) for a very sensitive and natural playability. The Indian Santoor contains 573 stereo 24bit wav samples 8 programs for HALion 1-3 8 programs for EXS24. 9 programs for NI Kontakt v1-2 1 multi program for Kontakt 3 and 4 with KSP script and GUI, (NI Kontakt 3 and 4 format requires the full version of NI Kontakt 3 or 4 and does not work fully with the free Kontakt player!)
Price: Indian Santoor costs $69 (+$11 if you want it on DVD) and all formats are included.
For more information and Demos, visit www.precisionsound.net
Precisionsound has released Biosphere and Mechosphere, two libraries of soundscapes for film, game, and multimedia sound design and music production.
Biosphere:
Biosphere is a collection of 50 looped soundscapes that evoke environmental and biological processes, supernatural atmospheres, and living organisms. Synthesising original material from field recordings, Foley performances, and human voices, Biosphere is a toolkit for film, game, and multimedia sound design, as well as for producers of ambient music.
Each soundscape is over one minute in length, edited to loop seamlessly without obviously repeating. The loops are production-ready out of the box, but can also be used as source material for mangling and resynthesizing.
Biosphere contains: 50 stereo 48khz 24-bit WAV files (890Mb total) 1 program for all versions of Steinberg HALion 1 program for NI Kontakt 1 and 2 1 program with scripted GUI for NI Kontakt 3 and 4 (not compatible with free Kontakt Player)
The files in Biosphere are intended primarily to be placed directly on the timeline of a DAW or video editor, such as Cubase/Nuendo, Sonar, Vegas, Pro Tools, Logic, etc. The included sampler programs are for auditioning of sounds. Each file has a unique descriptive name, and the programs for Kontakt 3 and 4 display the name of the played file on the GUI when you press a key, so it is easy to find the file you want.
Price: Biosphere costs $29 (+$11 if you want it on DVD) and all formats are included.
Mechosphere:
Mechosphere is a collection of 50 looped soundscapes that evoke electronic and mechanical devices, industrial spaces, and robotic creatures. Synthesising original material from field recordings, Foley performances, and generated noises, Mechosphere is a toolkit for film, game, and multimedia sound design, as well as for producers of electronic music.
Each soundscape is over one minute in length, edited to loop seamlessly without obviously repeating. The loops are production-ready out of the box, but can also be used as source material for mangling and resynthesizing.
Mechosphere contains: 50 stereo 48khz 24-bit WAV files (903Mb total) 1 program for all versions of Steinberg HALion 1 program for NI Kontakt 1 and 2 1 program with scripted GUI for NI Kontakt 3 and 4 (not compatible with free Kontakt Player)
The files in Mechosphere are intended primarily to be placed directly on the timeline of a DAW or video editor, such as Cubase/Nuendo, Sonar, Vegas, Pro Tools, Logic, etc. The included sampler programs are for auditioning of sounds. Each file has a unique descriptive name, and the programs for Kontakt 3 and 4 display the name of the played file on the GUI when you press a key, so it is easy to find the file you want.
Price: Mechosphere costs $29 (+$11 if you want it on DVD) and all formats are included.
For more information and Demos, visit www.precisionsound.net
Precisionsound has released Sonic Laboratory, a toolkit of 500 sound effects, from brutal hits to evolving soundscapes, atonal clusters to retro electronica.
Audio designer Iain Morland took some of the strangest plucks, scrapes, thumps and noises from Precisionsound's huge library of sampled acoustic instruments, then subjected them to bizarre processing to create evocative textures and effects.
Sonic Laboratory contains: 500 stereo 44.1khz 24-bit WAV files 10 programs for all versions of Steinberg HALion 10 programs for NI Kontakt 1 and 2 10 programs with scripted GUI for NI Kontakt 3 and 4 (not compatible with free Kontakt Player)
The total size of Sonic Laboratory is 1.28 GB. The audio files are sorted into 9 folders by category, and each file has a unique descriptive name. The categories are: hits, mechanical hybrid, organic hybrid, pads and textures, retro electronics, reversed, stings, tonal - dark, and tonal - light.
The Sonic Laboratory files are intended primarily to be placed on the audio timeline of a music sequencer or video editor. The included sampler programs are for easy auditioning of sounds, with one program for each category of sounds (two in the case of the largest category). The programs for Kontakt 3 and 4 (Full version needed) display the name of the played file on the GUI when you press a key:
Precisionsound founder Lars Westin, says: 'If you are an audio designer for movies or games, Sonic Laboratory complements traditional Foley collections by providing production-ready sounds that add instant drama and interest. For composers working in genres such as IDM and ambient, Sonic Laboratory brings moments of contrast and depth when layered with musical content. Users of sample-based synthesisers can also load the sounds as oscillators for further mangling and exploration.'
Price: Sonic Laboratory costs $69 (+$11 if you want it on DVD) and all formats are included.
The Skinny Organ Collection - Eminent 275
The Eminent Solina P275 Series 9 with a price tag of aprox $2500 from 1985 was made in Holland and uses the same stringsynth section as the legendary 310 model used by Jean Michel Jarre. The P275 is completely analog and has a unique sounding drum machine built in (Syncopator 355).
Precisionsound teamed up with Skinny Hastrup and started a new line of SampleSets titled "The Skinny Organ Collection".
"The Skinny Organ Collection - Eminent 275" contains:
451 mono 24bit wav sound samples
35 mono 24bit wav rhythm loops.
35 mono 24bit Rx2 loops.
38 + 28 NI Kontakt v1 and v2 programs divided into "Basic" and "Advanced".
38 + 37 NI Kontakt v3 and v4 programs divided into "Basic" and "Advanced".
38 + 20 HALion (all versions) programs divided into "Basic" and "Advanced".
38 + 25 EXS24 programs divided into "Basic" and "Advanced".
38 SoundFont (Sf2) programs (16bit).
All formats are included when you buy the SampleSet.
"The Skinny Organ Collection - Eminent 275" costs $39 (+$11 if you want it on DVD).
"Surmandal" also known as "Swarmandal" is a small Indian harp.
It is generally used to accompany vocalists playing arpeggios and notes with the right thumb in Hindustani Classical music. The Surmandal was used in The Beatles songs "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," and "Within You Without You", plucked with a guitar pick like we have done here with the "Indian Surmandal" SampleSet.
The SampleSet contains 867 24-bit WAV files
16 programs for all versions of Steinberg HALion
16 programs for Logic EXS24
16 programs for NI Kontakt v1 and v2
2 program for NI Kontakt v3 and v4
Surmandal Plectrum
The "Surmandal" programs are the plectrum picked Surmandal from C1 to G4 with all notes and half notes sampled. The mappings are E2 to G5, the G5 is stretched to C6 and E2 is stretched down to C2.
Every note has been sampled in 4 velocity layers and has 4 samples for every layer, these have been programmed as "round robin" for the Kontakt and EXS24 programs. The HALion programs have all samples mapped as velocity layers instead, a total of 16 velocity layers
Surmandal Thaats
A Thaat is a musical mode in Hindustani music which always has seven notes (excluding the repeated tonic) and is considered the basis for the system of organizing and classifying ragas in North Indian classical music
Each thaat contains a different combination of altered and natural notes. The flattening or sharpening of pitches always occurs with reference to the interval pattern in Bilawal Thaat (the major scale). It is important to note that, as in the Western church modes, each Thaat is a series of intervals, not a series of notes. That is, one can arbitrarily designate any pitch as C (the tonic) and build the series from there. Many different ragas can originate from each Thaat (also called father raga)
There are ten generally accepted Thaats, all included in the Indian Surmandal SampleSet:
Bilawal, Khamaj, Kafi, Asavari, Bhairavi, Bhairav, Kalyan, Marwa, Purvi & Todi. These are strummed up/down in different speeds and also clusters of notes for each Thaat.
"Indian Surmandal" costs $69 (+$11 if you want it on DVD) and all formats are included.
For more details about "Indian Surmandal" visit www.precisionsound.net.
Precisionsound Russian Balalaika SampleSet is a very detailed sampled Balalaika for NI Kontakt, EXS24, HALion and SoundFont.
The recording was made in the "Usachevsky" studio at the University of Utah, and the instrument was played by Igor Iachimciuc and edited by Lars Westin, KSP script programming was made by Iain Morland.
The Russian 3 stringed (2 E strings and 1 A string) Balalaika SampleSet contains 1 250 24bit mono WAV files and has been recorded in many articulations separately for both the E and A string. Articulations available for all formats are; Up, Down, Thumb, Flam, Mute, Unison EA, Unison EE, Tremolo (3 variations but same speed), Harmonics, FX1, FX2 and Fretnoises.
The SampleSet contains of 2 types of programs; "Solo" and "Group" (NI Kontakt, EXS24 & HALion versions only). The "Solo" programs are one single Balalaika and the "Group" programs are a mix of 3 different notes and articulations played at the same time to build a unison feel of 3 (6 in NI Kontakt 3 and 4 if the String mix is set to 50% using the KSP script programs) unique Balalaika players. Speed control of the tremolos is only available in the NI Kontakt 3 & 4 programs.
"Russian Balalaika" costs $69 (+$11 if you want it on DVD) and all formats are included.
For more details about Russian Balalaika visit http://www.precisionsound.net
