Kontakt library review how to#

Producing Noir was a massive effort, and we consider it a new milestone.

The performances blend perfectly with the phrase material in the Sections instrument, or can stand perfectly well on their own with a gorgeous sound and intuitive no-fuss interfacing. Solos are a collection of improvisations on Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet (with harmon mute), Flugelhorn, Clarinet and Piano that are recorded in the same hall as the main instrument. There are two instruments in Noir, the solos come separately. In Noir we put all three recorded orchestral sections in a single Section instrument, which makes combining different instrument groups super easy, and of course we have our trusted randomize button that will serve up twelve fresh phrases with every press.

Kontakt library review how to#

A lot of thought when into how to translate this concept into a useable interface and we hope you like what we've come up with and encourage this new direction. This makes it even easier to combine different presets and experiment with intertwining melodies and harmonies, which achieves a more horizontal composing process. For those familiar with our other orchestral libraries, Noir is different! Because of the nature of the musical content we decided to deviate from our usual four high-mid-low presets and go more in the vein of the atonal Espressivo, with 12 preset keys that each hold a single performance. As always we have added some twists to our existing engine, but in this case it was more of a rewrite. Noir is our first foray into what hopefully will turn out to be a new line in the Sonokinetic range. For many years we've felt the urge to create a product encompassing this style of music and now we have:

We just can't get enough of sweeping string passages, the sound of a trumpet's harmon mute, a big band sax section, flugelhorn and trombones with french horns. The orchestral approach to jazz harmony has a romantic flair that is irresistible and has easily stood the test of time. We've always loved the sound of jazz-influenced film scores.