AMBIENT & LOFI SONIC PLAYGROUNDS
HOLIDAY GIFT! - Buy the Experimental Lo-Fi bundle or any other Sonora Cinematic NKS product between 13th December 2024 and 31st January 2025 and get our new Panorama Hybrid instrument for FREE. (The free product will automatically add to cart with eligible title/s).
The Experimental Lo-Fi Bundle combines our Verticale heartwarming upright piano with its unique cassette signal for inspiring lo-fi sounds, and Harmonic Bloom - the super creative sound design environment that allows you to import your own sounds for unlimited originality and creative potential. You'll also get our new Fieldworks Vol 1 sound collection - an inspiring expansion pack for Harmonic Bloom.
The Experimental Lo-Fi Bundle includes...
Verticale
“Verticale” is what the Italians call an upright piano, and that’s exactly what this virtual instrument captures in detail: a beautiful, intimate upright meticulously recorded both natural and felted.
Developed for the free Kontakt Player 7, Verticale was recorded with four layers of felt – to our knowledge this is the only quadruple felt piano available today! The natural patch is pure and warm, the felt is rich and mellow, and, combined with the onboard features and effects, Verticale will take your music to new heights of cinematic emotion and lo-fi nostalgia.
Verticale includes a unique “Cassette” signal, created by passing the samples to cassette through an old 4-track cassette recorder set to record at high speed and then playing back the tape at minimum speed. The result is a pitch-shifted and warped sound: a great way to add a lo-fi patina to your music.
"It provides sonority, colour and pianistic personality in a perfect little package, which is a rare commodity in a sample suite. You can never have enough piano samples to call upon, and Verticale will deliver a perfect addition for any producer who regularly requires uprights." 9/10 and Value Award - Computer Music magazine
Harmonic Bloom
Start with chaos, end with order... Turn noise into unique and distinctive musical material that can be used in your compositions with harmonic Bloom Creative Sound Design Environment.
From calm and reflective organic soundscapes to dark and imposing mechanical pads and textures, Harmonic Bloom offers an awe-inspiring array of sound design possibilities – and that’s just with the built-in noises and sound sources! Import your own samples into the easy to use interface to craft rich, complex and captivating instruments like no other.
"The combination of the Main samples and the harmonics coaxed from the Noise section can make for some hauntingly beautiful sounds, from ethereal pianos and plucks to warm and washy pads. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first encountered Harmonic Bloom but I’ve quickly grown to like it very much and I suspect that musicians into ambient styles of composition will find it especially attractive. 5/5" Paul White, Sound on Sound
Fieldworks Vol 1
Experience the extraordinary with Fieldworks Volume 1 – a diverse and versatile collection of raw and processed royalty free experimental field recordings that you can drag and drop in to Harmonic Bloom.
From the mesmerizing sound of bath bombs dissolving in water meticulously captured through a pair of high quality hydrophones to earth movements captured via a geophone (an acoustic detector designed to respond to ground vibrations generated by seismic waves and adjust for field recording purposes), Fieldworks Vol 1 is packed with extraordinary sonic textures to add interest to your music.