e-instruments has announced the release of an innovative instrument library for NI Kontakt Player that offers music producers and composers a unique sonic experience brimming with new sounds and analog textures. SLOWER captures high-end sample content recorded on 4 distinct tape machines, each played back at half speed resulting in all sounds being one octave lower to create rich and evocative tones.
Designed for those seeking emotional, analogue-inspired textures, SLOWER delves into the world of half-speed tape to deliver an extraordinary range of sounds. The library features an eclectic mix of keys, guitars, strings, woodwinds, brass, and rarities such as the dulcimer and harmonium.
These sounds are transformed by the half-speed tape process, resulting in everything being one octave lower to produce deep, warm, and nostalgically rich tones, available across four distinct types of tape machines: Studio, Portable, Cassette, and Dictaphone.
SLOWER features
- Analog authenticity: Experience genuine, pitched-down tape sounds that bring rich, organic layers to your music.
- 4 tape machines: Explore a variety of tones with Studer, Uher, Tascam, and Sony tape machines, each offering distinctive audio qualities.
- Diverse instruments: Access 65 sound sources, including keys, synths, guitars, strings, woodwinds, brass, and rare instruments, all recorded on 4 tape machines.
- Preset library: 230 presets from top sound designers, offering a wide range of sounds to inspire creativity.
- 27 effects: Unlock extensive sound processing with curated delays, distortions, reverbs, and filters, all customizable in a 5-slot FX chain.
- Modulation matrix: Dive deep into sound design with assignable LFOs, modulation envelopes, a step modulator, aftertouch, and more.
- Macro controls: Transform sounds in real-time with 3 single-slider macros, enabling dynamic and expressive performances.
- Additional tape FX: Add extra wobble, noise, and flutter to enhance the tape characteristics as needed.
- Reverse samples: Create ethereal, slow-attack sounds with the reverse parameter.
SLOWER is compatible with Native Instruments Kontakt 7.10.2 or the free Kontakt player, with full NKS integration. Available to purchase at Plugin Boutique, Native Instruments, and from the e-instruments store, the instrument library is on sale for the intro price of 99 USD/EUR until October 10th, 2024 (regular 149 USD/EUR).
