Orchestral Tools has introduced Sångara, a new collection of cinematic Southeast Asian instruments, performed by expert local musicians, on location in Thailand.
What they say about it:
“Discover the musical pulse of an expansive geographical region distilled into a curated collection of instruments. Sångara—a library of over 70 percussion, wind, and stringed instruments from various parts of Southeast Asia—was made in collaboration with the inimitable composer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey. It brings new colors to your composing palette, perfect for scoring, eliciting vivid mental images, or fabricating rich and cinematic worlds of sound.”
Features:
Includes instruments never sampled before
Up to 6 mixable mic positions, including vintage spot mics
Instruments recorded chromatically for maximum versatility
Plucked strings, bowed strings, winds, and percussion
Features a one of a kind, custom-made kong wong yai
Authentic representation of the instruments in their natural ranges
Sångara is available now, with an intro price of €249 (regularly €399).
Waldorf has introduced Largo 2, a major update to its software synthesizer for Mac + Windows.
Highlights of Largo 2 include:
The UI has been redesigned and now enables continuous scalability, whether you use a laptop or a 5k monitor.
3 fat oscillators per voice (two of them with sub oscillators), with classic waveforms and 68 wavetables, taken from the Microwave, Wave, Q and Blofeld
2 independent multimode filters – up to 4 layers per sound and 4 stereo outputs.
Native 64-bit support for macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel) and Windows.
Fully compatible with all existing soundsets and patches.
Largo 2 installs as a separate plug-in. This ensures that all existing Largo projects continue to run as they are.
Features:
Oscillators
2 Wavetable Oscillators
capable of Wavetable and Waveform (VA) Synthesis
68 Waldorf Wavetables offering a selector of waves from the PPG and Waldorf Wave
With an included sub oscillator
1 VA Waveform oscillator
Noise Generator
OSC FM
Hard Sync
Ring Modulation
Filters per Voice
2 digital filters with independent modes:
12/24 dB LP/BP/HP/Notch
2 Comb Filter
3 Formant Filter
Filter FM
Serial or parallel filter routing
modulatable panning and levels
Modulators
4 Envelopes
Single /multi trigger
5 different modes
3 LFO (on of them with a step editor)
4 Complex Modifier
Mathematical operations (+ /- /* /OR /XOR /AND /Min /Max) to combine multiple sources for complex modulations
Mod Matrix
16 slots
Large variety of modulation sources/destinations
Identical sources and destinations can be used multiple time
Effects
Per layer:
2 effect slots
Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Drive
EQ
Bass Boost
Performance features
Flexible 16 step arpeggiator
4 Stereo outputs (alternatively 1 stereo sum)
Host automation of almost all parameters
MIDI Controller automation of the most important parameters
Voices
Up to 256 voice polyphony
4 individual parts
Mono, Legato and Unison Modes
Patches
Integrated File Browser
Program Manager for easy reorganization of bank content
16 banks from various sound designers included
Category filter pro patch list
Compatible with Largo1 patches
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows – 7/10/11, Intel- or AMD-based PC (64 Bit only)
MacOS – 10.14x or higher, Inter or Apple Silicon-based Mac (64 Bit only)
Supported Formats:
VST2/ VST3/ AU/ AAX
NKS support
Audio Demos:
Largo 2 is available now, with an intro price of €99 (normally €162). Upgrade pricing is also available.
Soniccouture has introduced Waterphone, a virtual instrument for Kontakt that captures the sound of the unique sculptural instrument, invented by Richard Waters in the ’60s.
The virtual instrument features hundreds of samples that can be played chromatically across the keyboard, sound effects, the ability to tune your sound by controlling mic position and synthesis options, unique body resonance control and more.
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