Sonic Cat announces "Calliope - Universal Sound Module" for Kontakt Player with Pre-order Offer
Sonic Cat has announced Calliope - Universal Sound Module, a new virtual instrument for Kontakt Player.
Calliope - Universal Sound Module contains many instruments for all musical genres like a hardware sound module, ROMpler or music workstation. There are over 1,000 preset sounds in these categories: Keyboard, Bass, Guitar, Lead, Brass, Wind, String, Pad, Synth, Percussion and Drum.
It will be released in the 1st week of September, 2014. You can purchase at special pre-order pricing until 31st August, 2014:
- Normal Price: $99.
- Pre-order: $64.
- Existing Customer: $49.
Features:
- Universal Sound Module.
- All genres; all round player.
- Powered by the Kontakt Engine - Free Kontakt Player available.
- Low sample size / High quality sounds by Natural Harmonic Crossfade Loop (NHCL) technology.
- Hybrid Natural Sounds for mixing.
- Over 1,000 preset sounds.
- Two separate modules.
- Synth module by Independent Quad Engine / Mixing system.
- Drum module by 18 Pads / Instruments system.
- Double combine main Kicks & Snares.
- Can easily make unique user sounds.
- Easy to use GUI.
Tech Specs:
- 1,002 preset sounds.
- About 850 MB installed.
- 189 sound sources.
- 194 percussive sources.
- 1,354 mapping samples.
- Various velocity layers in each instrument.
Here's what they say:
Why you need Sound Module's sounds
Real instruments and strong personality synth alone would not mix easily and naturally in music. Well-made Sound Module PCM sounds will be mixed well in places or in total sounds. Moreover, can be used like as music workstation on the mobile environment because can play all-round player role.
Achieve Low size hybrid sound by NHCL
Natural Harmonic Crossfade Loop (NHCL) technology is to adjust accurate looping point on the recorded samples for natural harmonic. We applied this NHCL technology, Calliope can be played natural and real sounds although its sample size is smaller than other tens of GB size products.
Hybrid Sound?
We claim to support Hybrid Natural Sound. This has taken all the good point of real instruments and sound module, so Calliope will be mixed well naturally in entire sounds of your project. Along with good point of this sound, small size virtual instrument by NHCL accomplished to load preset sound more quickly and has become convenient.