Lowest playable octaves captured from a real string orchestra, heavily processed through modern and vintage gear. Combine and blend between four instrument layers for hard-hitting depth. Explore super-low hybrid strings, rumbling basses, and deep, modern organic pads
The Giant – a new piano virtual instrument: Sampled in amazing detail, THE GIANT is a unique instrument with an extremely strong low end, crystalline highs, rich overtones, plenty of punch, and a colossal sonic spectrum – from the devastating to the sublime. World’s biggest upright piano to deliver something even bigger: An intense, dynamic playing experience with a sound that’s nothing short of inspiring. From urban pop, film score pathos, soft piano ballads, driving rock riffs or dim jazzy timbres, the untreated sound of THE GIANT instantly satisfies – straight out of the box. Add detailed control options and a dark, cinematic version of the instrument, and THE GIANT’s distinctiveness is matched only by its versatility. Meet your new go-to piano for virtually any style.
Volume 2 of the Emulator II OMI Universe of Sounds library follows on from Volume 1, adding well over 500 further instruments and expanding the sound palette of the first library hugely. The emphasis this time is a little different from before, with a wide range of classic analogue and digital synths represented, while brass, string and orchestral sounds are characterised by smaller selections but greater fidelity, rather than the sheer breadth of sounds covered in Volume 1.
Propelling you into the heart of cyberpunk with 120 UNIQUE Kontakt instruments and over 9,576 WAV files for composers and producers seeking to define the sonic frontier of music, games, and film.
Rather than using traditional digital oscillators, Polygrade uses waveforms recorded from hardware synthesizers. These are then recorded and degraded via tape cassette machines, before being housed within Polygrade. Presets use a variety of input samples, designed to further enhance the tape sound. Every sound on Polygrade is run-through a range of analog equipment. The final touch comes from vintage tape cassette – giving it an edge of rare unpredictability within software instruments. Note that an update is due in the next week which will increase the total number of presets to over 100, and introductory pricing will end. Those who purchased Polygrade prior to the update will receive it for free!
Various patches can also be used as regular instruments, and the vowel sounds are useful as general choral fodder, so long as you bear in mind that these samples are intended to be dramatic and intense. The percussive consonants also offer creative potential, and many extra patches are provided with non-pitched shouts, fierce staccato ‘ahs’, and cluster crescendos that are just crying out to be used in a horror score.
String sounds from the dusty past • Unique single-dial “Vintage” control for simple but powerful timewarping • Combined acoustic string section and electric string synth for a wide sound palette • Vintage “Icon” reverb to add gloss and shimmer • Clean, soaring strings or crusty, erratic warbles… you choose!, Strings have a unique ability to bring warmth and richness to music: there’s something about dozens of individual players melding into one sweeping soundscape that just seems to lift the hearts of the listeners. Of course, not every rock star is in the position to hire the London Philharmonic to score their album; hence the rise of the string synth – which replaces dozens of individual players with dozens of detuned oscillators to approximate the same richness of result. String synths are one of our favourite musical machines – and Vintage Strings is a homage to them.
