Cinematic Tension (formerly Rich Douglas Music) has released Claved, a Kontakt library sampled from Claves.
The claves recorded were the heaviest and loudest set the company could find and mangled to make this simple rhythm instrument a fully realized playable tension suite. Everything from a basic clave patch with three different recordings mapped to three keys (each with up to 4 velocity layers) in a room setting, to a fully playable and tuned ethnic sounding patch, to a "stealth" patch with extreme low end attitude is represented for a grand total of 10 Kontakt instruments. Some patches utilize a tempo synced delay and arpeggiator for additional tension.
Features:
- 3 to 5 Velocity Layers for most samples (be sure to try different velocities!).
- Controllable reverb. A reverb On / Off button is right on the GUI (starts in the ON position).
- 10 Kontakt instruments.
- Sample base is unlocked.
- Varying degrees of reverb pre-added for added depth (room, stage, hall, and cave).
- Built in Kontakt arpeggiator and delay sequencer, both tempo sync to your host sequencer.
- Mod wheel controls the attack to get even more dynamic control.
Price: $20 Requires the full version of Kontakt 4.2.3+.