Waterphone

A Deep Dive Exploration

Tuned + Phrases Instruments | Dynamic Harmonics | Water + Resonance Modelling

The Waterphone is an endlessly enduring instrument with a limitless capacity for otherworldly effects. But can it play a tune you can whistle? Well now it can, thanks to Soniccouture's unique collection.

• Waterphone Unwrapped: Featuring a chromatically tuned and playable set of tines - a sampling feat never achieved before.  Tines are played with bows and mallets.

• Waterphone Phrases: A huge set of 366 performances, each of which can be mapped, reversed and played chromatically at the click of a button using FOCUS mode.

In Detail

Waterphone Phrases

• 3.1 GB Library (compressed)
• 24 Bit, 48khz Stereo Sampling
• 366 Individual Peformance Samples
• Sympathetic Resonance Modelling
• Stereo Mic Channel, Stereo Contact Mic Channel
• FOCUS Mapping Mode
• Reverse Mode
• Sound Design Presets

Waterphone Unwrapped

• 3GB Library (compressed)
• 24 Bit, 48khz Stereo Sampling
• Up to 5 Harmonic Layers w/Modulation
• Stereo Mic Channel, Stereo Contact Mic Channel
• Sympathetic Resonance Modelling
• Water Modulation Control
• Articulations: Bowed sustain, Bowed Accent, Tune Bowed Sustain, Tuned Bowed Accent, Wood Mallet, Ruber Mallet
• KSP Strum Control
• Sound Design Presets

WaterphonePhrases 

Focus Mode

The key to the Waterphone: Phrases instrument is the Focus tool, whcih allows you to instantly create your own instruments from the huge library of 366 phrases.

• Play individual phrases on the keyboard, and navigate 6 different sets in the Wave browser
• Hit 'Focus' on one, and it's instantly mapped across the whole key range chromatically.

Requires KONTAKT 7 or KONTAKT 7 PLAYER version 7.6 or later.