Void And Vista has introduced Strands, a virtual instrument for Native Instruments Kontakt that they say combines expressive, characterful and unique sampling with powerful sound design features and an inspiring interface.
Featuring 32 sound sources, based on the concept of bowed textures both real and imagined, it’s designed to be ideal for contemporary media composers, writers of production music and sound designers.
What they say about it:
“Built around an original set of bowed sound sources (including: acoustic and electric guitar, bass, viola, vibraphone), Strands also features a collection of Effects sounds (such as a bowed cymbals, wine glasses and synthetically deconstructed and processed sounds using eurorack modular and pedal FX) and sampled synth waveforms from a collection of analog hardware.”
Features:
Nearly a thousand presets
5gb of samples
32 Sound Sources
Layered sound design engine
UI with over 150 controls
2 Morph Layers
Expressive Dynamics
2 LFOs & 6 Envelopes
2 Multi-Mode Filters
A customizable Lofi effect
3-stage parallel multi-FX
Convolution with user impulse response import
Dedicated Send FX
Custom MIDI mapping page
Download & install via Native Access
Compatibility:
NKS / Kontakt Player Compatible – (Available in VST, VST3, AAX & AU)
Compatible with all major DAWs
Kontakt 6.7.0 or higher
macOS 10.14 or above – Natively compatible w/ Apple Silicon
Windows 10 & 11
Strands is available now for £99 until March 25th, 2023 (will be £129).
Native Instruments has announced an end-of-year deal, blowing out Komplete 13 on a hard drive for $299, half of its normal price.
What they say about it:
“Last chance to get a KOMPLETE 13 hard drive with GUITAR RIG 6 PRO, KONTAKT 6, NOIRE, MASSIVE, REPLIKA, and much more, as well as an array of Play Series instruments and Expansions, all at a huge discount.
This special offer is only valid from December 12, 2022, until December 31, 2022, at the Native Instruments Online Shop, while stocks last”.
*Note that this deal is for Komplete 13, not the recently introduced Komplete 14. Grab it while you still can.
Native Instruments is getting into the spirit of the season by offering you a free plugin. Download it now and it could grow on you.
This year, it is a free ‘acoustic-electric’ hybrid instrument known as Hydra that you can download. Running inside the free Kontakt 7 Player, this comes with 156 “inspired by nature” presets and plenty of sound-sculpting options, including eight effects, randomisation features and a mod wheel-powered performance mode that enables you to generate a chord progression from a single keypress, and Multiple tuning systems are supported.
As a further bonus, both new and existing Native Instruments customers can get a £22/€25 discount e-voucher that can be spent on instruments, effects and expansions at the NI online shop.
Additionally, you can also save 50% on a selection of iZotope products via the iZotope website. Among the plugins on offer are Nectar 3 Plus, VocalSynth 2 and the full range of Elements products, including the Elements Suite.
Finally, you also have the chance to win a prize bundle from NI and its Soundwide siblings iZotope and Plugin Alliance. If you want to get involved, all you have to do is you need to download Hypha, use it to create a new track and then upload it to the competition page at Metapop. NI will select three winning tracks, and if yours is one of them, you’ll take home a prize.
Find out more and download Hypha for PC and Mac on the Native Instruments website. Hypha is free until 16 January.
