Bowed Glass Clouds

Bowed Glass Clouds

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Cinematic Morphing Pad Instrument based on Resonant Glass Bowls & Jars

Bowed Glass Clouds is a cinematic morphing pad instrument running in Kontakt 5.8 and above. It is based on recordings of bowed resonant glass bowls and jars, as well as a few selected sound design sources including a household hoover, and an Ebow-driven resonator guitar.

Bowed Glass Clouds makes use of Kontakt’s AET Filter technology to seamlessly morph between layers of sound, both tonal and non-tonal. The instrument has a simple GUI allowing for controls for the morphing within each layer (A and B) as well as adjustment of balance between these layers. Other controls include distortion, BP filter, delay and reverb as well as three-band parametric EQ.

Kontakt Instrument

Bowed Glass Clouds is a one-page Kontakt instrument designed for ease of use and immediate results.

Layers

Much of the appeal of our CLOUDS engine derives from how it generates movement between different sample sources and groups. It contains two layers, A and B, each of which in turn contains a base sublayer and a target sublayer, i.e. four layers in total.

  • Morphing: This section controls the morphing parameters of the engine. The engine is configured to modulate from the base sublayers of layer A and layer B to their target sublayers over time.

  • Amount: This controls how much the base layers morph into the target layers. This can be controlled for A and B separately.

  • Speed: Controls the speed of the morphing from the base layers to the target layers. Low settings equal speeds of ~300ms, while higher settings result in a morphing speed of around 9 seconds.

  • Octaves: Each layer (A, B) contains three octaves, each within their own Kontakt group and with subtle individual differences, such as different recording takes, pitch shift variations etc. This section allows for volume control of each of the octave groups. Choose one group only for a simple, thin sound, or dial them all in for a full, organ-like multi-octave spread.

  • X-Fade: This fader allows you to transition between the main layers A and B. We recommend automating this or controlling it via MIDI CC (modwheel etc) as this gives you maximum expressivity during playing.

Bowed Glass GUI

FX

The effects section contains controls for Distortion, BP (Bandpass) Filter, Delay and Reverb.

  • Distortion toggle button: Turns Tape distortion/saturation on and off.

  • Distortion: Regulates the amount of saturation/distortion. At the higher end of the control you will hear tape compression kicking in – this stops the levels going all out of proportion.

  • BP Filter Freq(uency): Controls the centre of the Bandpass filter. We’ve opted for a fairly wide BP filter with smooth curves for a natural, warm sound. Nevertheless, you can use it to sweep through the frequency spectrum up to a very narrow high band.

  • Delay: Controls the amount of delay return.

  • Time: Controls the time of the delay intervals. The delay is tempo-synced, with 8ths/quavers as the base unit. The possible range is from 1 8th to 12 8ths.

  • Reverb: Controls the amount of reverb return. The reverb is a modelled Lexicon 480 digital reverb unit with a long hall setting (9.0s).

  • Length: Controls the size of the reverb – both early reflections (ER) and late reflections (LR) are adjusted with this control.

EQ - Low, Mid and High

Controls gain of low, mid and high bands of a parametric EQ. The EQs have wide Qs for a musical, soft attenuation or enhancement effect.

Features

  • 12 patches: Atmospheric Whiteout, Frozen Air, Ground and Ionosphere, Harvest Sunset, Horizon, Jetstream Organ, Lone Whisp, Nebulae, Solo Puff, Stratosphere, Sudden Squall, Warm Haze

  • Samples include bowed large bowl, bowed small jar, bowed medium bowl, Ebow resonator guitar, household hoover

  • 12 layers of sound in total: A/B layers with two sublayers each and a 3 octave spread

  • Lexicon Reverb Modelling

  • Based on Riot Audio’s proprietary CLOUDS engine using Kontakts AET Filter morphing capabilities

Requires Kontakt version 5.8 or higher (full version).

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The following reviews have been placed by customers who also bought this product from us. All reviews are provided through eKomi, Europe’s largest independent customer review company.

3.0 of 5
11.06.2020 Language: englisch

A bit more on the glitchy side than what I expected. The demos seemed like it was more ambient. To get that sound, you're going to have to do some tweaking on many of the presets. Overall, the samples are useful and interesting. Watch out for clipping inside the instrument.

 Requirements

Requires full version of Native Instruments Kontakt

Please notice: This library can not be used with the free Kontakt Player! To use this "Open Kontakt" format, you need a full version of Kontakt, which is included in products such as Komplete or Komplete Ultimate.

The minimum required Kontakt version number for this product is stated in the product description or can be found on the developer's website.

System Requirements:

Mac:

  • macOS 10.14 or higher
  • 64 bit
  • Intel Core i5 or Apple M1 (native)
  • RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Windows:

  • Windows 10 or higher
  • 64 bit
  • Intel Core i5 or similar CPU
  • RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Supported Interfaces:

  • Mac (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
  • Windows (64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, VST3,  AAX

Legacy Versions:

If you require legacy installers of Kontakt Player please refer to this Knowledge Base Article.

Required Registration:

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For your own protection this library is provided as individual personalized files including a Digital Water Mark - DWM!