Arturia has announced the release of Noise Essentials, a new Spark expansion pack that focuses on unconventional drums and rhythms.

It was produced by Keith Hillebrandt, known for his work as a sound-designer, remixer and programmer for many music legends of the industry such as Stevie Wonder and Nine Inch Nails, etc.

This expansion pack sends you deep in the most unconventional territories of sound design, field recording and analog drum synthesis. Create your beats with samples from an old 2600 synthesizer driven through a vintage preamp or maybe analog drums run through circuit bent synths and speakers, acoustic kits mangled and recorded in various ways and then processed with an incredible list of unique processors.

Industrial, organic, robotic, … This expansion pack will be inspiring for any musical genre. Use it as a sound source for your own creations or select from the huge list of included patterns as a starting point.

Spark Noise Essentials features

  • 30 different kits organised in three categories: Analog, FX and Live kits. Suited for any type of music with a rough, industrial edge.
  • 480 new instruments to add to your Spark library of sounds.
  • 960 pre-programmed patterns that can be customized.
  • Requires Spark2 software.

The Noise Essentials pack is available for purchase for 29 EUR.

More information: Arturia / Noise Essentials