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OMEN – RITUAL VOICES & WAR CHANTS
Omen is a Kontakt library based on ritual voices and epic war chants. We have recorded many traditional singing styles from different cultures around the world: Tuvan throat and overtone singing (Kaargyra, Khoomei and Szygyt), Sardinian Throat singing (Bassu), Nordic Kulning (high pitch female style), Slavic Singing (white voices), Western baritone, tenor and soprano, guttural voices, ritual chants and even extreme distortion, high-pitch techniques, screams, vocal fry and growls.

The result is a set of 8 different playable Kontakt instruments that combine all these voices together to create a huge variety of sounds: from shamanic low vocal drones to mysterious rhythmic hymns, from ethereal female choirs to aggressive haka-style chants, from monk humming sounds to Viking-reminding vocal ensembles.

The instruments in Omen instantly evoke solemn rituals in a forgotten temple, the screams of the battlefield, the ethereal colors of a nordic landscape, mysterious pagan cults, sorceries and witchcrafts, the whispering of the spirits in the woods.

Omen is for TV, film , game composers and sound designers looking for a one of a kind instrument based on rare and meticulously recorded voices to immediately set a ‘dark age’ mood. It fits particularly well the epic genre, with specific regard to fantasy and dark age movies, but its versatility makes it useful also for post-horror, thriller, electronic and ambient music.

OMEN - Ritual Voices & War Chants - Kontakt Library

HELLEN - Ghostly Voices & Creatures Kontakt Library

MALEVENTUM POMPEII - Horns and Drums of Ancient Rome

Nordic Folk Strings is a Kontakt library based on traditional stringed instrument Tagelharpa, from Scandinavia.

It's a collaborative project with singer and tagelharpa expert Alessandra Cognetta, a.k.a. Psamathes (Omen, Hellen)

Nordic Folk Strings - Tagelharpa - KONTAKT LIBRARY

CARTAGO - Ancient Drums of the Future - with Stefano Maccarelli

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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 committed to faithfully reproduce flutes , whistles and horns made with clay, bringing back sounds from the  Aztec , Maya and Incas civilizations of over 3000 years ago.
We’ve recorded a staggering amount of original Aztec flutes  and whistles, double flutes, war horns (known as ‘Trompeta Moche’, a tiger-headed instrument with a peculiar sound), rare panflutes (Antara Nazca), death whistles and statuettes (Estatuillas), didgeridoos, Tlapitzali ( a typical Andine instrument) 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-esque call. 

The result of this massive work of sampling is a collection of flute phrases,  animal-esque wailings, dissonant trills, hi pitched screams, hunt calls, playable legato 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 is NOT just an expansion of Maleventum 1. It’s a brand new library based on totally different sounds and instruments, which can be used independently from Maleventum 1.

MALEVENTUM 2 - Arcane Flutes - "Oro E Argilla" Demo by G.Caiazzo

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OMEN – RITUAL VOICES & WAR CHANTS
Omen is a Kontakt library based on ritual voices and epic war chants. We have recorded many traditional singing styles from different cultures around the world: Tuvan throat and overtone singing (Kaargyra, Khoomei and Szygyt), Sardinian Throat singing (Bassu), Nordic Kulning (high pitch female style), Slavic Singing (white voices), Western baritone, tenor and soprano, guttural voices, ritual chants and even extreme distortion, high-pitch techniques, screams, vocal fry and growls.

The result is a set of 8 different playable Kontakt instruments that combine all these voices together to create a huge variety of sounds: from shamanic low vocal drones to mysterious rhythmic hymns, from ethereal female choirs to aggressive haka-style chants, from monk humming sounds to Viking-reminding vocal ensembles.

The instruments in Omen instantly evoke solemn rituals in a forgotten temple, the screams of the battlefield, the ethereal colors of a nordic landscape, mysterious pagan cults, sorceries and witchcrafts, the whispering of the spirits in the woods.

Omen is for TV, film , game composers and sound designers looking for a one of a kind instrument based on rare and meticulously recorded voices to immediately set a ‘dark age’ mood. It fits particularly well the epic genre, with specific regard to fantasy and dark age movies, but its versatility makes it useful also for post-horror, thriller, electronic and ambient music.

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OMEN Kontakt library - Ambush In The Woods - Demo by Giuseppe Caiazzo

Valkyria Ritual - G. Caiazzo

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OMEN – RITUAL VOICES & WAR CHANTS
Omen is a Kontakt library based on ritual voices and epic war chants. We have recorded many traditional singing styles from different cultures around the world: Tuvan throat and overtone singing (Kaargyra, Khoomei and Szygyt), Sardinian Throat singing (Bassu), Nordic Kulning (high pitch female style), Slavic Singing (white voices), Western baritone, tenor and soprano, guttural voices, ritual chants and even extreme distortion, high-pitch techniques, screams, vocal fry and growls.

The result is a set of 8 different playable Kontakt instruments that combine all these voices together to create a huge variety of sounds: from shamanic low vocal drones to mysterious rhythmic hymns, from ethereal female choirs to aggressive haka-style chants, from monk humming sounds to Viking-reminding vocal ensembles.

The instruments in Omen instantly evoke solemn rituals in a forgotten temple, the screams of the battlefield, the ethereal colors of a nordic landscape, mysterious pagan cults, sorceries and witchcrafts, the whispering of the spirits in the woods.

Omen is for TV, film , game composers and sound designers looking for a one of a kind instrument based on rare and meticulously recorded voices to immediately set a ‘dark age’ mood. It fits particularly well the epic genre, with specific regard to fantasy and dark age movies, but its versatility makes it useful also for post-horror, thriller, electronic and ambient music.

Omen Brother - G. Caiazzo

Where You Want, When You Want - G.Caiazzo

HELLEN Kontakt library - Dear Hellen - Demo by G.Caiazzo

Arena - G.Caiazzo

Symposium - G.Caiazzo

Barbarians coming - G.Caiazzo

Horns Of The Volcano - G. Caiazzo

Nordic Folk Strings DEMO 03 - Polyphonic Mode - Giuseppe Caiazzo

Nordic Folk Strings DEMO 02 (TAGELHARPA ONLY) - Espen Haagensli

Nordic Folk Strings DEMO 02 - Espen Haagensli

Nordic Folk Strings DEMO 01 - Joshua Sohn

Acoustic Percussions Sequencer - SEQUENCED Presets

Designed Drums Kit

Acoustic Percussions Sequencer - MANUAL Presets

Cartago demo by Stefano Maccarelli

Son Of Annibale

A collection of dark, spine-chilling sounds ranging from hard hitting trailer impacts to adrenalinic tension builders, from dodgy glitches and distortions to disturbing, scene-setting atmospheres and scapes.

WHAT’S INSIDE:
- 94 horror/thriller sound effects files (96 kHz/24 bit .wav)
- 4 categories of sounds: impacts, risers & transitions, distorted 
  glitches, atmospheres & scapes
- 3 Kontakt Instruments* to individually control and mangle each 
   category of sounds
All the .wav sounds in Relict are compatible with any DAW or audio software.

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RELICT - Sounds Showreel

TRANSFER is a collection of futuristic sound effects: it includes massive cinematic impacts, hi tech blasts, adrenalinic risers, articulated transitions and whoosh, matter morphs, robotic stutters and sidereal outer space atmospheres.
TRANSFER is a library about detail and complexity, evoking images of bio-robotic droid mutations, particle swirls, dematerializing objects, hi tech engines shutdowns and pushing the boundaries of futuristic sound design.
The dynamic, motion-oriented character of the sounds make them versatile both for composition as post-production and game sound to add a truly unique, unmistakable sound identity to your projects.
All the sounds in TRANSFER have been created from complex design techniques (spectral processing, grain resynthesis etc.) applied to recordings of common objects and synthetic sounds. 
Transfer comes in two editions: SoundPro and Lite 
FEATURES
- 7 folders of high resolution sounds
- Hi Tech cinematic impacts
- Aggressive hits and low tones
- Extreme risers and tension builders
- Complex transition effects and whoosh
- Matter morphs and energy blasts
- Robotic glitches and stutters
- Atmospheres and vocal morphs

SOUND PRO
Transfer SoundPro includes 300+ sounds plus 36 Kontakt Instruments with a custom UI to creatively manipulate the original sounds and make them fit perfectly in your projects. The best choice for composers and sound designers. Customers of TRANSFER SoundPro will receive a 10% discount coupon applicable to ALL OUR FUTURE RELEASES.

LITE EDITION
Transfer Lite includes 200 sounds ready to be dragged on you video editing software timeline of uploaded in your game engine. Thought for people in post-production and game development.

TRANSFER - Complexity of the Future - Sounds showreel

Stringache is a modern horror library of mangled string noises. We've used close
microphone techniques to record a huge deal of violin stabs and screeches, pizzicatos,
cello staccatos, double bass jetè, crescendos, strident string gestures, bowed noises: all
of them have been heavily processed and transformed in unsettling, hair-raising cinematic
horror effects.
Stringache is for the contemporary composer of horror cinematic music: whenever you
need a subtle violin effect to create tension, a rising cluster effects to grab the audience
attention or a screaming, ear piercing string screech stab, Stringache will be your
weapon.
Stringache also comes with a large set of original recordings of double bass, cello, viola
and violin (270+ .wavs 96 kHz 24 bit). These sounds have been treated with a very
transparent process of EQ and de-noising and you can use them as construction elements
to create your own sound effects.
Stringache comes with a custom Kontakt UI (14 Instruments) to further manipulate the
sounds.

CONTENT:
– 6 folders of high resolution and ROYALTY FREE sounds
– 570+ sounds in total (96 kHz 24 bit .wav)
– Dark cellos and double bass jetè
– Crescendos and mangled rising clusters (cello, viola, violin)
– Twisted string gestures
– Piercing high note screeches and jump scares
– Rhythms and clocks
– Construction kit of 270+ source recordings (double bass, cello, viola and violin)

Thank you to Gigi Castiello & Stella Manfredi from Kamaak for playing all the instruments recorded for this library

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STRINGACHE - Dark Jetès Showreel

STRINGACHE - Mal Di Corda - Sounds Showreel

STRINGACHE - Six Strings Under

Freaktion is a collection of sounds from tortured metallic objects. We've experimented with friction mallets, superballs, bows and multiple stiff and sharp objects on a large variety of metals, such as large aluminium plates,  tension coils,  elastic springs, buckets and even custom-made stringed instruments. The result is a finely designed cinematic library of unsettling strident noises, horrifying squeals, sinister squeaks and other effects that you won't find anywhere else.

Freaktion is for sound designers and composers of horror cinematic music looking for new, unique sounds: whenever you're looking to add a disturbing, 'freaky' character to your productions, Freaktion will offer you a wide choice among long pitch bends, scratchy rising elements, ear piercing screeches and even deep organic tones and vocal effects.

Freaktion also comes with a set of original source recordings (130+ .wavs 96 kHz 24 bit). These sounds have been treated with a very transparent process of EQ and de-noising , plus adding some light sweeteners to create more presence along the spectrum. You can use these sounds as building blocks to create your own sound effects.

Freaktion comes with a custom Kontakt UI (11 Instruments) to further manipulate the sounds.

4 folders of high resolution and ROYALTY FREE sounds 
330+ sounds in total (96 kHz 24 bit .wav)
Rubbed metallic elements and surfaces (friction mallets, super-ball)
Bowed coils and springs
Horrifying squeaks and squeals
Eerie SFXs from stringed instruments built ad hoc
Cinematic tones and vocal effects
Construction kit of 130+ source recordings (friction mallets, bows plus any sort of sharp objects applied to surfaces, plates, strings, coils, metallic wires, springs, buckets and resonators)

FREAKTION - Strident Lullaby - (G.Caiazzo) - Demo

ithergeist is a  Kontakt library based on unconventional stringed instruments recorded in unconventional ways. 
We have meticulously sampled note by note a number of atypical  instruments like miniharps, mandolin of unknown origins and even an Apulian zither, known as 'pasta-cutting guitar', a guitar-resembling tool from the Southern province of Apulia (Italy), traditionally used to extrude pasta filaments from raw dough.

The recorded instruments feature multiple articulations, from finger plucks to hammered and muted effects, obtained experimenting with a variety of metallic objects applied to the strings.  Moreover, each individual note can be mixed with 4 different layers of cinematic  sound effects, derived from the same instrument and 'tuned' to the corresponding note.  The result is an highly detailed, versatile instrument (up to 13 velocity levels per note/articulation and 4 round robins);  you can play it as a realistic emulation of acoustic instruments and use it at the same time as a powerful, variegated  tool to design your own sound effects.

Zithergeist is a unique instrument for cinematic composition: whether you want to create  minimal dark melodies or heavenly arpeggios, piercing high frequency tones or emotional chord progressions , cinematic droning effects, eastern-reminiscent melodies  or adrenalinic rhythmical sequences, Zithergeist offers you an arsenal of instruments and editing possibilities.

Zithergeist comes  with an arpeggiator, a string editor, a sound effects editor and a convolution reverb with hundreds of impulse responses (IRs) to further colour and sculpt the sound: with dozens of presets for each instrument, you can take instant inspiration and make your own presets on the fly. 

Zithergeist also features 3 Kontakt instruments based on synthetic string sounds, created with a variety of physical modelling techniques , to blur the line between the acoustic and digital realm and offer further creative possibilities. 

Zithergeist includes a separate set of Kontakt instruments purely focused on cinematic sound effects obtained by experimenting on the source instruments with bows and self-built mallets (500+ SFX 96 kHz - 24 bit)

CONTENT

Acoustic Mini Harp (3 multi-sampled articulations, plucked, hammered and muted - 4 layers of tuned sfx - 30  presets )
Acoustic Unknown Mandolin (3 multi-sampled articulations, plucked, hammered and muted - 4 layers of tuned sfx - 24  presets)
Acoustic Apulian zither (bowed sound fxs -  hammered sound fxs – percussive fxs)
3 synthetic string instruments (2 multi-sampled articulations, pluck and hammer -  4 layers of tuned sfx - 30+ presets  )
Up to 13 velocity levels and 4 round robins per note
String editor containing unison effects, note detuning and transient master
SFX editor containing Octave switcher and LFO
Arpeggiator
Convolution Reverb containing 120+ IRs
8 separate SFX dedicated Kontakt instruments with individual control on each sample
A total of 600+ High Resolution SFX (96 kHz – 24 bit – ROYALTY FREE)
200+ source sound effects (96 kHz – 24 bit – ROYALTY FREE)

ZITHERGEIST - Kontakt Instrument DEMO - SFX Showreel

ZITHERGEIST - Kontakt Instrument DEMO - Muted March by G.Caiazzo

PAIN PIANO: PREPARED PIANO STABS
Pain Piano is a sound design Kontakt library based on prepared piano experiments. We have recorded a large collection of pianos including Mornington & Weston, a Collard piano from the 19th century, an old saloon-piano and even a piano harmonium, a one of a kind instrument combining a traditional piano with an harmonium apparatus.

All of these instruments have been meticulously recorded by experimenting with a variety of objects on the strings to explore the endless sonic possibilities of the piano: snare tails, metallic sticks, screws, aluminium sheets, large cardboard panels have been used to carve out an unique horror SFX instrument that will set your cinematic productions apart. Horrific timbres, eerie atonal tones, stinging notes and hair-raising stabs are only a small part of the sounds you will find in Pain Piano.

Pain Piano is for the composer of music for pictures looking for unique sounds to enrich his composition and drive the audience attention in an easy and intuitive way. Whether you’re looking for dark, low atonal slams, tonal elements, old detuned piano notes, bowed piano strings or obsessive rhythms, the sounds and the multifunctional Kontakt instruments in Pain Piano got you covered.

The easy and intuitive GUI allows you to quickly manipulate the sounds (Low Pass Filter, High Pass, LFOs, AHDSR), tune them to a specific key both individually as globally.

PIANO SMASHER FUNCTIONALITY
Pain Piano also features a Piano Smasher functionality that allows you to create endless new sounds by randomizing the original samples: you can create cluster and tonal elements, transitions, dark impacts and many other useful cinematic effects.

You can even choose a weapon to virtually smash the piano (hammer, katana and dynamite) and experiment with the different sound signatures corresponding to each one!

TEMPO SYNCHED LOOPS

This library features also a large set of tempo synched loops (130+), that can be individually or globally tuned to a specific root key, and a Convolution Reverb module featuring 120+ IRs (Impulse Responses) to further sculpt the sound and create your own, unique effects. Pain Piano includes a total of 530+ high resolution, royalty-free sounds (.wav 96 kHz, 24 bit) plus 8 Kontakt instruments.

PAIN PIANO Kontakt Library - The Piano Surgeon - Giuseppe Caiazzo

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Maleventum is a Kontakt library inspired by medieval and Viking  horns. We have committed to a deep research in the cinematic sound of  epic war horns from ancient nordic and celtic cultures, from the carnyx to gjallahorn and bukkehorn (goat horn). We’ve recorded a huge amount of original medieval horn instruments, classical orchestral trombone and tuba, traditional flutes, horn instruments from the pastoral tradition across Europe and even self built blowing horns and pipes. All of them have been processed and layered to create a collection of epic braams, hunt horn calls, war horns, low tone brass sounds, high pitched screaming trumpets, animal-esque wailing sounds and much else.

Each sound and instrument contained in Maleventum instantly evokes scenes of forgotten dark ages,  Viking armies and warriors, epic ancient battles, vast frozen landscapes, mystical pagan cults and supernatural presences hovering in the wind of the nordic woods.

Maleventum 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 Kontakt library - Southern Viking - Giuseppe Caiazzo

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Maleventum is a Kontakt library inspired by medieval and Viking  horns. We have committed to a deep research in the cinematic sound of  epic war horns from ancient nordic and celtic cultures, from the carnyx to gjallahorn and bukkehorn (goat horn). We’ve recorded a huge amount of original medieval horn instruments, classical orchestral trombone and tuba, traditional flutes, horn instruments from the pastoral tradition across Europe and even self built blowing horns and pipes. All of them have been processed and layered to create a collection of epic braams, hunt horn calls, war horns, low tone brass sounds, high pitched screaming trumpets, animal-esque wailing sounds and much else.

Each sound and instrument contained in Maleventum instantly evokes scenes of forgotten dark ages,  Viking armies and warriors, epic ancient battles, vast frozen landscapes, mystical pagan cults and supernatural presences hovering in the wind of the nordic woods.

MALEVENTUM Kontakt library - War Horns/Braams/Viking Horns - SOUNDS DEMO

Silence+Other Sounds is a boutique sound design & plug-ins developer by sound designer & producer Giuseppe Caiazzo. Started as a personal musical outlet of experimental electronic music, S+OS evolved as a sound design company oriented to modern, finely crafted sound assets and tools.
We aim to create evoking, vivid, unmistakable sound design and serve the wide community of composers, filmmakers, game developers and editors.
When words fail, our sounds won’t.
giuseppe@silenceandothersounds.com for inquiries and infos.

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