Silence+Other Sounds have reduced the price of MALEVENTUM 2 – Arcane Flutes for a limited time, now only $/€49.00 (usually $/€59.00). The offer ends August 25th.
Maleventum 2 is a Kontakt library inspired by ethnic flutes from ancient native American pre-Hispanic cultures. Following the popularly acclaimed Maleventum 1 based on Viking war horns, we’ve collaborated with Nomada Ceramica, a collective of musicians and instrument makers from Argentina, committed to faithfully reproduce flutes from the Aztec, Maya and Incas civilizations of over 3000 years ago.
Silence+Other Sounds recorded a staggering amount of original Aztec flutes and whistles, double flutes, rare panflutes (Antara Nazca), death whistles and statuettes (Estatuillas), Tlapitzali (a typical Andine Insteument), didgeridoos, war trumpets (known as ‘Trompeta Moche’, a tiger-headed instrument with a peculiar sound), and a one of a kind whistle called Vasija Silbadora (‘Whispering Vessel’), which uses an hydraulic system made of two vessels to create an eerie, evocative, creature-esue call.
All these instruments are literally unique pieces based on the archeological finds in Quimivil, a region in Argentina which hosts one of the most significant sites of the old Incas civilization.
The collection also includes samples from Kaval, a shepherd flute typical of Romania and Turkey, with an unique sounds that fits the epic genre very well.
The result of this massive work of sampling is a collection of flute phrases, animal-esque flute wailings, dissonant flute trills, hi pitched whistle screams, hunt calls, playable legato flute instruments, textures and pads and much more.
Each sound and instrument contained in Maleventum 2 instantly evokes scenes of forgotten ages, aboriginal armies and warriors, arcane shamanic rituals, epic battles, uncontaminated landscapes, and legendary spirits evoked by mystical cults.
Maleventum 2 is for TV, film and game composers and sound designers looking for unique, carefully crafted sounds to enrich their compositions. It fits particularly well the epic genre, with specific regard to fantasy and dark age movies. It will be a very useful tool to provide plenty of inspiration for horror and thriller composers as to producers of dark electronic music and ambient.
Maleventum 2 features a total of 20 Kontakt instruments: they’re organised in 2 different kind of .nki with different look and functionalities.
Features include:
PHRASES & SFX INSTRUMENTS
- 16 Kontakt instruments
- 250+ Snapshots
- 85 Multis
- 290+ phrases and one-shots sampled from unique Native American flutes
- MPE compatible
- Polyphonic multitouch control of a variety of sound shaping parameters
- Intuitive custom MIDI mapping
- ‘Extend’ functionality to extend the range of an individual sample to 4 octaves
- ‘Loop’ functionality to loop arbitrarily selectable regions within each sample
- Textural layer with a choice of 67 samples
- Individual control of each phrase and SFX sample
- Global Tuning function (tune all the samples to the same root key with one knob)
- Control of Volume, Pitch, LPF, HPF, Volume envelope and filter LFO per sample
- Intuitive MIDI Mapping Screen
- Convolution module with experimental IRs (Impulse Responses)
LEGATO FLUTE INSTRUMENTS
- 4 Kontakt instruments instruments
- Tlapitzali (Incas Flute)
- Antara Nazca (panflute)
- Flauta Globular
- Kaval (Turkish/Romanian/Moldavian flute)
- Selectable additional tonal textures
- Tonal drone background layer
- Legato ornaments functionality
- Convolution Reverb
MALEVENTUM 2 – Arcane Flutes requires a full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or later.
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