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Soniccouture Glass-Works

Sounds of Beauty & Wonder

Glass / Works is a Kontakt player instrument which collects together 3 extremely unusual and rare musical instruments which use glass to generate sound : Le Cristal Baschet, The Glass Armonica, and a set of Cloud Chamber Bowls.

Just locating these instruments was a challenge in itself – the third in the collection, Cloud Chamber Bowls, proved so elusive that after a lot of research and enquiries, Soniccouture realised that if they wanted to sample some, they would have to build a set theirselves. The first two instruments – Le Cristal and the Glass Armonica, as strange and beautiful as each other – required them to make a trip to Paris, to the studio of Thomas Bloch.

Cloud Chamber Bowls

Specifications:

•     1.38 GB Library
•     24 bit 44.1khz Stereo sampling
•     Hard and soft mallet articulations
•     10 Velocity Layers, 3 Alternate round robin layers
•     Original & Chromatic pitch mapped instruments (chromatic mapping extends C1 to C5)
•     KSP Jammer – generative arpeggiator tool

Bowed Chamber Bowls

Specifications:

•     300 MB Library
•     24 bit 44.1khz  sampling
•     Harmonics samples with MIDI control by ModWheel
•     5 round robin layers
•     KSP Jammer & Glissando modules
• Le Cristal Baschet

Specifications:

•     2.5 GB sample library
•     24 bit 44.1khz Stereo sampling
•     4 octaves of Cristal Baschet notes
•     Convolution ‘Flame Processor : 4 IRs from the steel flame panel
•     6 different articulations : sustain: soft & hard, Accent, percussion: hard & soft mallet, SFX
•     3  round robin layers per articulation

Glass Armonica

Specifications:

•     800 MB library
•     24 bit 44.1khz Stereo Sampling
•     3 Alternate Round Robin layers
•     Keyoff Samples with level control
•     Hard & Soft articulation crossfade, switchable from velocity to Mod wheel

THOMAS BLOCH : MASTER OF GLASS

One man is ubiquitous when it comes to rare glass instruments ; Thomas Bloch. A classical musician specialising in rare instruments, Thomas is a virtuoso who has worked with many famous names – Radiohead, Gorrilaz, John Cage, Tom Waits, and Milos Foreman to name very few. He is best known for 3 instruments – Ondes Martenot, the Cristal Baschet and the Glass Armonica.

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Requirements
The latest NI Kontakt Player is included in this product!
The minimum Kontakt Player version to use this library is specified in the product description.

Windows

• Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit)
• Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)

Mac

• Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11 oder 10.12 (latest update)
• Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)

for all

•     1GB free disc space for player installation
•     additional hard disc space according to the library size
•     internet connection for product activation required (on any computer)

 SUPPORTED INTERFACES

• Stand-Alone
• Audio Units
• ASIO
• CoreAudio
• WASAPI
• AAX Native (Pro Tools 10 or later)

Product activation:
An internet connection on any computer is required to authorize / activate the product (Challenge/Response).