Panorama Guitars

Create unique soundscapes

Sonora Cinematic Panorama Guitars is a Kontakt Player virtual instrument born from a love of the guitar textures of post-rock and shoegaze acts, sounds that have inspired a plethora of music for media in the last three decades.

Encapsulating these iconic sounds ready for you shape using the bespoke Aria engine, this versatile and cinematic modern post-rock guitar instrument is capable of fitting seamlessly into pop, rock, lo-fi hip-hop, and any project that requires pristine clean or crunch guitar tones. Panorama Guitars offers a captivating tapestry of evocative and atmospheric guitar textures and soundscapes. From haunting riffs and moving melancholy melodies to warm and soulful tones, these instruments add layers of cinematic depth to enrich your compositions and mesmerise your listeners.

Best of all, this virtual instrument knows no bounds; import your own samples and utilise the Aria engine’s extensive controls and effects to create your own vast and distinct palette of sounds.

Features

• Full NKS Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol and Maschine hardware.

• Massive Content Library: Over 5GB of meticulously sampled content

• Diverse Sound Sources: A collection of 40 sound sources crafted from five classic electric guitars, a baritone, and an electric bass, all played through four premium amplifiers and a wide array of pedals.

• High-End Capture: Recorded in a top-tier studio with several high-end microphones and preamps to ensure impeccable sound quality.

• Expansive Preset Library: Comes with 100 expertly crafted presets to kickstart your creativity.

• Powered by the Aria Engine: Hosted in the powerful and flexible Aria engine, providing you with intuitive controls and endless sound-shaping possibilities.

The Recordings

Sonora Cinematic meticulously deep-sampled five classic electric guitar models, a beautiful baritone guitar, and a stunning electric bass. Each instrument was played through a curated selection of guitar amps and pedals and captured with high-end microphones and preamplifiers to ensure the highest fidelity. They also collaborated with experimental ambient artist Elif Yalvac whose unique approach has infused Panorama Guitars with avant-garde textures and ambient soundscapes, providing you with a diverse palette of sounds to explore.

The Aria Engine

At the heart of Panorama Guitars lies the bespoke Aria Engine which is full of modulation possibilities and expressive effects as well as ways to mangle your own samples. Get started by browsing a diverse array of sounds from ‘Ambient Trem’, ‘Huge Wash’ and ‘Shimmer Pulse’ to ‘Post Rock Fuss’, ‘Crusty Ambience’, ‘Lo-Fi Junky’ and many more. Pick one for each of the two available slots and create ever evolving textures and soundscapes using the intuitive integrated XY pad. Go further by layering or crossfading articulations, add two independent filters and assign any parameter to be controlled by either the X or Y axis: the limit is your creativity.

Despite the sleek and simple interface, the creative options don’t end there! Panorama Guitars offers additional depth with two step sequencers for the filters and per-layer LFOs empowering you to infuse rhythmic movement and modulation into your compositions.

Shape your audio further with three effects slots and an impressive FX panel which adjusts according to the effect selected – experiment with different combinations and fine-tune your sounds with ease.

Import Your Own Sounds

Capture your unique artistic expression by recording your own XY motions, store them as presets and adjust their playback speed. What’s more, you can even import your own samples for limitless creativity!

Requires Kontakt Player 7.7+

This product requires the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player, the latest version can be downloaded through Native Access, Native Instrument’s download manager!

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

System Requirements:

Mac:

• macOS 11, 12, 13
• 64 bit
• Intel Core i5 or Apple Chip
• RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Windows:

• Windows 10 or 11
• 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.