Knockout Drums

Voice of Rapture: The Soprano represents the benchmark in solo female vocal sampling. Recorded with operatic soprano Nichole Dechaine, this collection of playable chromatic content and emotionally charged melodic phrase banks gives you creative freedom, expressive power and flexibility. Recorded in a warm studio environment, each articulation has been carefully programmed into our powerful performance system. This virtual solo voice instrument brings together superior programming, brilliant performance sand unrivaled sonic quality.

This carefully curated and optimized edition for Kronos includes a range of fully playable chromatic multi-sampled single-note articulations, including a variety of chromatic vowel sustains, chromatic Latin sustains and staccatos, voice effects and whispers. It also offers a deep collection of key-based dynamic vowel, Latin and French live performance phrases, along with whistling, to give you a stunning, life-like lead and backing vocals to fit almost any arrangement. This library also features an exclusive selection of all-new custom FX presets, with atmospheres, drones, evolving soundscapes, and unique sound-designed vocal pads that you can only find here.

Built from Soundiron’s signature Voices Of Rapture collection, this 1.7 GB library includes 2355 samples, with 48 Chromatic Vocal Articulation Presets, 6 Vocal SFX Presets, 22 Dynamic Vocal Phrase Presets, 16 Custom FX Presets, 28 Sound-Designed Ambient Pads and 4 Wave Sequence FX Presets.

Voice Of Rapture - The Soprano - Korg Kronos Edition

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Voices Of Rapture is our premier operatic solo vocal collection, featuring 4 outstanding singers covering the classical soprano, alto, tenor and bass ranges. It offers extended chromatic articulations like true legato vowel sustains, single and multi-syllable staccatos and Latin chanting sustains, with individual solo and combined ensemble quartet presets. It also comes packed with thousands of beautifully dynamic live performance phrases in various keys and tempos, with your choice of Pure Vowel, French, Latin and even Humming and Whistling categories. The Phrase presets are equipped with real-time step-sequencing, tempo control, phrase editing and other control features for maximum flexibility and intuitive playability. You'll also find dozens of uniquely creative sound-designed atmospheric synths, drones and soundscapes that we've re-synthesized from these voices. They're perfect for underscoring, reinforcement and ambient arrangements. Along with our full FX rack panel, they offer you nearly endless creative possibilities.

Together with Nichole Dechaine (Soprano), Kindra Scharich (Alto), Brian Thorsett (Tenor) and Joseph Trumbo (Bass), we captured a grand total of nearly 50 hours in our studio and carefully distilled it into this extraordinarily playable virtual instrument library for the Kontakt Player and Komplete Kontrol platforms. With a clean and simple interface, pristine fidelity and excellent vocal performances, Voices Of Rapture is your new go-to for classical and cinematic lead vocal arrangements.

Voices of Rapture

experimental music based on custom sampling and instrument design. Some vocals, but mostly instrumental. So far, it's not really been about fully fleshed-out songs. They're just expressions and experiments in texture, aesthetics, rhythm, tone and structure. 

Freewayland (2006 - present)

Official demos for Soundiron's groundbreaking new solo operatic vocal library, "Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano". This is a groundbreaking Soprano library unlike any other, featuring the incredible talents of Nichole Dechaine. This new library is designed for professional composers that need unsurpassed realism and virtuosity in a truly playable multisample library. It includes two true legato vowels (Ah & Oo), 5 vowel sustains (Ah, Eh, Ee, Mm, Oh, Oo) in smooth piano & vibrato forte, 23 piano/forte staccatos, 12 Latin polysustains, whispers, spoken chants and melodic whistling phrases.

But The Soprano goes even farther than that, with an expansive, stunning collection of over 1700 unique melodic phrases in French, Latin and pure vowels with tempo-synching/time-stretching and fluid step sequencing and splicing in the keys of A, B, C, D, E, F and G with major, minor and augmented modal variants. We recorded in a dry studio and provide a full selection of convolution impulses and built-in multi-effects right in the GUI for total freedom. This 2.5 GB library has a flexible GUI with deep customization and control features that go well beyond any other solo vocal library ever released.

Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano

2009. Percussion demo using Tonehammer Antidrum II library. 

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Craig Peters demo is a mix using the sounds from Axe Machina blended with other libraries.

Axe Machina is a powerful multi-sampled virtual electric guitar library designed for unleashing pure metal destruction. Craig Peters sampled his custom Kiesel Aries multi-scaled 7 string guitar, tuned to A Standard. This instrument features 24 frets, a swamp ash body, birdseye maple neck, Guitarmory Polaris pickups with D'Addario XL 10-64 gauge strings. The swamp ash body has a unique style and flavor, along with a robust natural tone and resonance.

Craig Peters - She Speaks Through Pale Eyes - Soundiron Axe Machina

Navene Koperweis's demo only uses the sounds from Knockout Drums, guitar and bass.

Knockout Drums is a hard-hitting drumkit sample library created in collaboration with metal drummer extraordinaire Navene Koperweis (Entheos, Animosity, Animals As Leaders) and seasoned mixing engineer/producer Zack Ohren (Machine Head, All Shall Perish, Aborted). Whether you're looking for a gigantic live room feel or a super-focused and tight studio sound, this kit crushes it.

Navene Koperweis - Trailer Promo - Soundiron Knockout Drums

Craig Peters's demo is a dressed mixed using the sounds from Knockout Drums blended with other libraries.

Knockout Drums is a hard-hitting drumkit sample library created in collaboration with metal drummer extraordinaire Navene Koperweis (Entheos, Animosity, Animals As Leaders) and seasoned mixing engineer/producer Zack Ohren (Machine Head, All Shall Perish, Aborted). Whether you're looking for a gigantic live room feel or a super-focused and tight studio sound, this kit crushes it.

Craig Peters - Thunder & Lightning - Soundiron Knockout Drums

Just a sketch for now. This is all made from the Tonehammer Solo Dhol percussion library, including the "synth" sounds. Those were made by harmonizing and stretching some of the bass bend strikes and processing the hell out of them. 

Freewayland - dholup

Another work in progress. Just a sad rhythmic piano piece using the Tonehammer Emotional Piano and Tonehammer Clack instrument libraries

Freewayland - tides out

Adam Ford's demo using our Voices of Rapture library combined with other virtual instruments.

Voices Of Rapture is our premier solo operatic vocal collection, featuring 4 outstanding singers from the classical soprano to bass ranges. It includes true legato vowel sustains, single and multi-syllable staccatos, Latin chanting sustains, phrases and more.

Adam Ford - Last Day Of Autumn - Soundiron Voices of Rapture

Thawing into motion, ever rising to the breaking point

Spanner (Instrumental)

The ever pressure of time, not running out, just running. Momentum forces expression. Time is all that lets us speak. 

This is a song made with the Korg Module version of Soundiron Voice Of Rapture - The Soprano, using only the chromatic articulations and effects. The drums are from Soundiron's Knockout Drum. The bass line is Fab Filter Twin. No other sounds or instruments used.

Speaks (demo for Voice Of Rapture Soprano)

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Voices of Rapture is a single combined Kontakt Player library with the soprano, alto, tenor and bass all together, and with some new content and features. It's easier to use, more streamlined and refined all around.

Blake Ewing - Abendlied- Soundiron Voices Of Rapture

Paul Amos - The Gallows Walk (Dressed) - Soundiron Voices Of Rapture

Benedict Nichols - Rapture's Edge - Soundiron Voices Of Rapture

Tino Danielzik - Fields Of Rapture - Soundiron Voices Of Rapture

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Ryan Scully's official demo for Soundiron's groundbreaking new solo operatic vocal library, "Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano". This is a groundbreaking Soprano library unlike any other, featuring the incredible talents of Nichole Dechaine. This new library is designed for professional composers that need unsurpassed realism and virtuosity in a truly playable multisample library. It includes two true legato vowels (Ah & Oo), 5 vowel sustains (Ah, Eh, Ee, Mm, Oh, Oo) in smooth piano & vibrato forte, 23 piano/forte staccatos, 12 Latin polysustains, whispers, spoken chants and melodic whistling phrases.

But The Soprano goes even farther than that, with an expansive, stunning collection of over 1700 unique melodic phrases in French, Latin and pure vowels with tempo-synching/time-stretching and fluid step sequencing and splicing in the keys of A, B, C, D, E, F and G with major, minor and augmented modal variants. We recorded in a dry studio and provide a full selection of convolution impulses and built-in multi-effects right in the GUI for total freedom.

Ryan Scully - A Chill On The Lower East Side

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Marie-Anne Fischer's official demo for Soundiron's groundbreaking new solo operatic vocal library, "Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano". This is a groundbreaking Soprano library unlike any other, featuring the incredible talents of Nichole Dechaine. This new library is designed for professional composers that need unsurpassed realism and virtuosity in a truly playable multisample library. It includes two true legato vowels (Ah & Oo), 5 vowel sustains (Ah, Eh, Ee, Mm, Oh, Oo) in smooth piano & vibrato forte, 23 piano/forte staccatos, 12 Latin polysustains, whispers, spoken chants and melodic whistling phrases.

But The Soprano goes even farther than that, with an expansive, stunning collection of over 1700 unique melodic phrases in French, Latin and pure vowels with tempo-synching/time-stretching and fluid step sequencing and splicing in the keys of A, B, C, D, E, F and G with major, minor and augmented modal variants. We recorded in a dry studio and provide a full selection of convolution impulses and built-in multi-effects right in the GUI for total freedom.

Marie-Anne Fischer - Simple Splendour

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Xiaotian Shi's official demo for Soundiron's groundbreaking new solo operatic vocal library, "Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano". This is a groundbreaking Soprano library unlike any other, featuring the incredible talents of Nichole Dechaine. This new library is designed for professional composers that need unsurpassed realism and virtuosity in a truly playable multisample library. It includes two true legato vowels (Ah & Oo), 5 vowel sustains (Ah, Eh, Ee, Mm, Oh, Oo) in smooth piano & vibrato forte, 23 piano/forte staccatos, 12 Latin polysustains, whispers, spoken chants and melodic whistling phrases.

But The Soprano goes even farther than that, with an expansive, stunning collection of over 1700 unique melodic phrases in French, Latin and pure vowels with tempo-synching/time-stretching and fluid step sequencing and splicing in the keys of A, B, C, D, E, F and G with major, minor and augmented modal variants. We recorded in a dry studio and provide a full selection of convolution impulses and built-in multi-effects right in the GUI for total freedom.

Xiaotian Shi - Snow Solitude

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Sascha's Knorr's demo for Soundiron's Voice of Rapture: The Soprano solo vocal library. This demo features no pre-recorded phrases, using only the true-legato and breath sfx from the library.

Official demos for Soundiron's groundbreaking new solo operatic vocal library, "Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano". This is a groundbreaking Soprano library unlike any other, featuring the incredible talents of Nichole Dechaine. This new library is designed for professional composers that need unsurpassed realism and virtuosity in a truly playable multisample library. It includes two true legato vowels (Ah & Oo), 5 vowel sustains (Ah, Eh, Ee, Mm, Oh, Oo) in smooth piano & vibrato forte, 23 piano/forte staccatos, 12 Latin polysustains, whispers, spoken chants and melodic whistling phrases.

But The Soprano goes even farther than that, with an expansive, stunning collection of over 1700 unique melodic phrases in French, Latin and pure vowels with tempo-synching/time-stretching and fluid step sequencing and splicing in the keys of A, B, C, D, E, F and G with major, minor and augmented modal variants. We recorded in a dry studio and provide a full selection of convolution impulses and built-in multi-effects right in the GUI for total freedom. This 2.5 GB library has a flexible GUI with deep customization and control features that go well beyond any other solo vocal library ever released.

Sascha Knorr - Song for L.

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Official demos for Soundiron's groundbreaking new solo operatic vocal library, "Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano". This is a groundbreaking Soprano library unlike any other, featuring the incredible talents of Nichole Dechaine. This new library is designed for professional composers that need unsurpassed realism and virtuosity in a truly playable multisample library. It includes two true legato vowels (Ah & Oo), 5 vowel sustains (Ah, Eh, Ee, Mm, Oh, Oo) in smooth piano & vibrato forte, 23 piano/forte staccatos, 12 Latin polysustains, whispers, spoken chants and melodic whistling phrases.

But The Soprano goes even farther than that, with an expansive, stunning collection of over 1700 unique melodic phrases in French, Latin and pure vowels with tempo-synching/time-stretching and fluid step sequencing and splicing in the keys of A, B, C, D, E, F and G with major, minor and augmented modal variants. We recorded in a dry studio and provide a full selection of convolution impulses and built-in multi-effects right in the GUI for total freedom.

Chris Cutting - The Fallen

Johnny Knittle - French Kissed

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Ian Dorsch - First Light

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Max Zhdanov's official demo for Soundiron's Voice Of Rapture: The Soprano, primarily focusing on some of the Latin melodic phrases.