The electro mechanical piano has been sampled over and over, so why do it again? One reason is because each one has its own specific sound, and this one, the Mark 2, has been overlooked by many other companies, while it has a distinctive sound that especially comes to life in soulful ballads, but also holds its own in more upbeat music styles. Another reason is that, for all the work that’s has been put into recreating this kind of instrument, playing the real thing always tickles us in a way that the sampled counterpart just doesn’t. So what is the big differentiator? We think much lies in the imperfection of a real instrument…and that’s what we tried to capture in this sampled EMP. http://www.sonokinetic.net/products/contemporary/emp/

EMP demo ballad impro spring reverb tremolo by Son Thomsen

www.sonokinetic.net/products/classical/minimal

With Minimal, Sonokinetic delivers the fourth installment in our current range of orchestral instruments. We have listened to our users, and built an entirely new system from the ground up, defining what we think is a revolutionary novel direction in orchestral pattern-based sampling.

Minimal would suggest a particular music style, and many of the patterns available in this instrument are very well suited for that style. However, we’d like to stress that this is indeed a very flexible instrument, capable of enhancing a broad range of musical arrangements and compositions in a wide variety of styles. Where Minimal differs from libraries like Tutti and Vivace is in its section-based approach. All phrases are recorded per orchestral section and can be used separately or together and in any combination, allowing for a great deal of variations at your fingertips.

The first thing that would strike you is the non-apologetic interface style without any gloss. Apart from this being a respectful nod to our Dutch art heritage on the outside, it also very much references the “form follows function” approach that Dutch design is famous for. There are no superfluous elements and we’ve arranged everything in an intuitive way. You have every control in one screen within an uncrowded workspace. You might not suspect it from just looking at it, but there are a lot of complex functionalities at your disposal from this one screen. Discover more about those in the detailed descriptions right here in the user manual and on the tutorial videos available on our website: www.sonokinetic.net.

Recordings for Minimal took place in Zlin, Czech Republic, in the same hall and with the same team responsible for recording Tutti and Vivace. The performances have been edited with the same meticulous attention to detail and quality.

Many innovative functions grace this instrument, mostly under the hood, as we believe that technology is at its best when you don’t notice it. One of the functions that might need a bit more introduction is the harmonic shift function. This element of Minimal can lead to great sounding results and also serve as a very rewarding inspirational tool. So please read and digest the part of this manual dedicated to that function.

More visibly, and in lieu of popular request, we have found a way to greatly improve the score view. Despite the pixel restrictions of the Kontakt window we’ve managed to squeeze in a clear and accurate score view, although you can still order a digital full-scale copy of the score, if you so desire.

We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Minimal to you, and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.

Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

We wish you the best inspiration and creativity.

With warm regards, The Sonokinetic Minimal Production Team

Minimal Demo - "Glimmer Of Hope" By Ivan Torrent

http://www.sonokinetic.net/products/classical/minimal

With Minimal, Sonokinetic BV delivers the fourth installment in our current range of orchestral instruments. We have listened to our users, and built an entirely new system from the ground up, defining what we think is a revolutionary novel direction in orchestral pattern-based sampling. 

Minimal would suggest a particular music style, and many of the patterns available in this instrument are very well suited for that style. However, we’d like to stress that this is indeed a very flexible instrument, capable of enhancing a broad range of musical arrangements and compositions in a wide variety of styles. Where Minimal differs from libraries like Tutti and Vivace is in its section-based approach. All phrases are recorded per orchestral section and can be used separately or together and in any combination, allowing for a great deal of variations at your fingertips.

The first thing that would strike you is the non-apologetic interface style without any gloss.  Apart from this being a respectful nod to our Dutch art heritage on the outside, it also very much references the “form follows function” approach that Dutch design is famous for. There are no superfluous elements and we’ve arranged everything in an intuitive way. You have every control in one screen within an uncrowded workspace. You might not suspect it from just looking at it, but there are a lot of complex functionalities at your disposal from this one screen. Discover more about those in the detailed descriptions right here in the user manual and on the tutorial videos available on our website: www.sonokinetic.net.

Recordings for Minimal took place in Zlin, Czech Republic, in the same hall and with the same team responsible for recording Tutti and Vivace. The performances have been edited with the same meticulous attention to detail and quality.

Many innovative functions grace this instrument, mostly under the hood, as we believe that technology is at its best when you don’t notice it. One of the functions that might need a bit more introduction is the harmonic shift function. This element of Minimal can lead to great sounding results and also serve as a very rewarding inspirational tool.  So please read and digest the part of this manual dedicated to that function. 

More visibly, and in lieu of popular request, we have found a way to greatly improve the score view. Despite the pixel restrictions of the Kontakt window we’ve managed to squeeze in a clear and accurate score view, although you can still order a digital full-scale copy of the score, if you so desire.

We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Minimal to you, and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.

Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

We wish you the best inspiration and creativity. 

With warm regards, The Sonokinetic Minimal Production Team

Minimal demo "Glimmer of Hope" by Ivan Torrent

The Strings that work for you
https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/classical/orchestral-strings/
We are very proud to present our take on Orchestral Strings to you.
We have spent the best part of five years working on this project and have left no stone unturned to create a product that, as a multisampled String Orchestra alone, will satisfy even the most demanding users. But this collection is so much more than that. Orchestral Strings is the culmination of all of our efforts and experience to this point. It melds together everything that we've learned about multisampling over the years, combined with our knowledge of orchestral phrases.
At its core, Orchestral Strings is a hugely capable full-divisi full-size Strings section, recorded with the fantastic Capellen Orchestra in Zlin, Czech Republic. It is edited with the utmost care to preserve all the details and character of the performances.
We covered all of the most-used articulations in up to four velocities, and we devised a 'shared tail' system for the shorts that provides you with a greater variety of round robins without unnecessarily increasing the memory load.
Poly-Legato and Auto Divisi ensure the most realistic sound imaginable. No corners were cut in making this product, and it will evolve for many years to come. In fact, we still have some surprises up our sleeves that will enhance your user experience and provide tools that are useful and fun in equal measure.
Included within the instrument are some powerful midi engines with midi import, real-time midi manipulation, a piano roll editor and midi export. The possibilities are near endless once you scratch the surface, yet very easily accessible if you just want to compose quickly.
The Runs engine will trigger and play silky smooth runs whilst you hold chord notes. Just play a start and end key and these runs will adhere to your chosen chords and transition between all the applicable notes automatically.
The Phrases engine at its core works as a sketchpad for Patterns, with the core 12 patterns auto-saved with your instrument or DAW session. Going further, a potential 12 x 12 x 12 phrases can be saved away to be shared between your instruments and projects.
These phrases are then playable in a fashion very similar to the way our Phrase-Based instruments work. You can even drag in phrases from the Phrase-Based products you already own, edit them and tweak them to your liking, vastly boosting the flexibility of this Strings instrument. You can even drag out the midi for entire played passages including any chord changes, added Harmony etc. for use in third-party instruments or for instance to add a synth layer for a hybrid sound!
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Sonokinetic Orchestral Strings to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers, and with this product, we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing model and high-quality sampling.
We wish you the best of inspiration and creativity. With warm regards,
The Sonokinetic Orchestral Strings Production Team

This music is Dedicated to:

Farokh Patel  1944 * 2021 & Willie Patel 1954 * 2020

Orchestral Strings Demo - In Loving Memory - By Kaizad & Firoze Patel

https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/80
Orchestra VS Oscillators

It’s hard to believe that the 1980s are now more than a generation in the rearview mirror, yet those bright neons and inspiring synths are ever-present in our cultural landscape. From Wonder Woman to Stranger Things, the 80s never really went away… although we’re glad the hairstyles did!
Growing up in that era, the team at Sonokinetic have always held the work of television and film composers of the 1980s in high regard. Movie soundtracks from legends John Carpenter, Jerry Goldsmith and Alan Silvestri went on to inspire lesser known TV musicians such as Mike Post (Magnum PI / The A-Team) and Stu Phillips (Knight Rider). Technological advances in music-making energized these genius composers to experiment by combining synth sounds and orchestral instruments. The results scored our childhood, with memorable themes ringing out from cathode rays and sticky-floored cinemas around the world. From Total Recall to Tron, vintage sounds are an important piece of soundtrack history, with as much relevance today as in our misspent youth. With this firmly in mind, we present “80”, a full orchestral neo-80s toolkit…
For those already acquainted with our other orchestral phrase libraries, 80 will be both familiar and shockingly different. From the retro digital interface to the electronic performances, we’ve landed squarely in this decadent decade. Embracing the vintage tech of the era, orchestral phrases are doubled with FM synth lines, recorded on location in our concert hall for effortless blending. Strings, woodwinds, brass and synths collide in an effervescent eruption, sure to hit the right nostalgic notes 
Of course, all the features you know and love are present, including major and minor phrases playable in any root key, a suite of randomization options, 4 mic positions and comprehensive playback controls. Our new “Retrofier” faders make it easy to introduce analog synth flavor to many performances. Producing 80 was an experience that rekindled our love of vintage synths and we hope that when you hear it, you’ll feel the same way.

We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce 80 to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

80 Demo - NineteenEighty2 - By Firoze And Kaizad Patel

https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/vivace-legacy
The legend returns... 
When we released the original Vivace, over a decade ago, we had no idea how this legacy of orchestral scoring would develop and shape Sonokinetic in the years that followed. Growing steadily as a developer, we’ve taken the fledgling concepts of Vivace and expanded them beyond anything we dreamed possible. Over the past ten years our orchestral libraries have straddled genres and emotions. However, we’ve always had a yearning to go back to the previously-discontinued Vivace recordings and breathe new life into them. So we spruced up the interface, tightened up the programming and polished the samples to present to you... Vivace Legacy. 
Music is magical. It knows a way to express every human feeling and emotion. There’s no language that compares to the communicative power of a swirling orchestral motif. Vivace Legacy speaks the tongue of Fables, Myths and Sagas. Fire up the sounds of Vivace Legacy and enrich your sound palette with exclusive musical colours. Vivace Legacy leads you by the hand, through a world of magic and mystery, full of inspired symphonic cinematic orchestral effects, patterns, atmospheres and moods. 
Tempo-synced tonal cues abound, most recorded in all 12 keys utilising our ITM (Intelligent Tempo Mapping) system so that every sample is automatically integrated perfectly into any arrangement. The pressure of tight turnarounds always interferes with the creative process, so we believe Vivace Legacy is an essential tool to keep orchestrating craftsmanship high in production schedules with demanding deadlines and tough client expectations. 
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Vivace Legacy to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it. 
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product, we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality

Vivace Legacy Demo - La Maledetto Del Cocco - By JL Fix

www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/fantasy
Introducing Fantasy, a Full Orchestral Phrase Based Sample Library with a breathtaking collection of phrases, inspired by the magical and fantastical movie scores of Disney’s classics, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings.
This immensely playable library is a feast for the ears, capturing the essence of fantasy themes with its full orchestral strings section, woodwind section, brass section, melodic percussion, concert harp, and grand piano. Get ready to delve into a world of enchantment as you bring your musical visions to life with the lush, soaring melodies and dynamic, orchestral sounds of this extraordinary sample library. Whether you're composing for film, video games, or just for your own creative expression, the Full Orchestral Phrase Based Sample Library is an essential tool for any composer, producer, or musician. So why wait? Start your journey into the realm of fantasy today!
Fantasy is not just a collection of sounds, but a musical journey that takes you to the heart of the fantastical world of magic and wonder. From the soaring strings and brass to the delicate melodies of the harp and piano, each instrument has been recorded with the utmost care to capture the essence of classic movie scores and bring a touch of enchantment to your compositions.
Whether you're creating a whimsical score for a fairy tale animation or composing a rousing theme for a grand adventure, Fantasy has everything you need to bring your musical visions to life. With its wealth of expressive phrases, you'll find it easy to create fully orchestrated pieces that are rich, detailed, and imbued with the spirit of magic.
And the best part? The library is designed to be user-friendly, making it easy for you to find the perfect phrase for your project. With its intuitive navigation and search functionality, you'll be able to quickly access the sounds you need and start composing in no time. Whether you're a seasoned composer or just starting out, Fantasy is the ideal tool for anyone looking to create music that is both enchanting and inspiring.

And, if you're looking for even more convenience and ease of use, Fantasy is fully programmed for Komplete Kontrol, making it a breeze to integrate into your workflow. With seamless integration into your Komplete Kontrol system, you'll be able to quickly and easily access all of the phrases in the library, and control them directly from your keyboard.
In addition to its compatibility with Komplete Kontrol, Fantasy also ships with the free Kontakt Player 7, providing you with a powerful platform for playing and controlling your sounds. With the included Kontakt Player 7, you'll have access to a range of advanced features, such as advanced sample scripting, multi-sampled instruments, and more. So whether you're a seasoned producer or just starting out, you'll find everything you need to create amazing music with the Full Orchestral Phrase Based Sample Library.
So why wait? Start your musical journey into the realm of fantasy today and discover the magic of Sonokinetic!

Fantasy Demo - Revealing Enchantment - By Marie - Anne Fischer

Fantasy Demo - Fortune Teller By Ian Peter Fisher

Fantasy Demo - Magicae By Firoze And Kaizad Patel

Fantasy Demo - The River Mountains by Kaizad and Firoze Patel

Fantasy Demo - The River Mountains by Kaizad and Firoze Patel - Lib Only

Fantasy Demo - Aurelian - By JL Fix

https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/classical/idiophones/
Presenting Idiophones, a collection of tuned percussion that complements our expansive range of orchestral libraries. These instruments are captured in expressive detail and with meticulous attention to sound quality and performance, offering new recording and interface concepts that open up a new world of creative possibilities. 
In order for the scripted tremolo and sequencer articulations to sound completely natural, we have captured an obscene amount of attack round robins, up to 20 per note per velocity layer! 
Featuring meticulously captured xylophone, glockenspiel, crotales and marimba, this versatile collection offers unparalleled realism and a highly-flexible sound. Every nuance and subtlety of these instruments has been captured with the utmost precision, preserving their organic charm and character. From the delicate yet captivating tones of the xylophone, to the warmth and resonance of the marimba, these idiophones offer a sonic palette that will complement your cues in unexpected ways.
Microphone mixing options are completely overhauled, allowing you to customise and shape the soundstage with precision. With 7 stereo microphone positions on offer, you have complete control over the spatial characteristics and tonal balance. Tailor the sound to your liking, from an intimate studio timbre to a more traditional orchestral setting. Idiophones mic and soundstage options empower you to create a signature sound, immersing your listeners along the way. We’ve also provided bespoke preset mix options for speedy plug-and-play.
The performance engine utilizes the dynamic key-switching system found in our orchestral woodwind and string libraries. The scripting deftly reproduces clusters, bounces, sequences and tremolo, all with different beater materials. Intelligent playback of sticking and tremolo means less time choosing articulations and more time composing.

Idiophones Demo - Spokes - By JL Fix

Idiophones Demo - Fantastic Voyage - By Kaizad & Firoze Patel

Tutti Free Demo - Meurtre Ambiance By Kaizad & Firoze Patel - Full Mix

www.sonokinetic.net

Intimate Textures

Indie has been one of our most popular products, inspiring everyone, from film and game composers looking for that intimate quirky sound, to pop and rock musicians wanting to add an orchestral flavour to their tracks. For this first sequel to Indie we chose to expand on the String quartet aspect of it. We are big fans of the directness and big sound of a small ensemble, and the added level of expression the players are allowed by being just one of four. 

Whether you're composing for film, television, video games, or anything really, Indie II String Quartet is an invaluable bank of inspired performances you can tap into.

As introduced in Fantasy, Indie II String Quartet inherits the phrase performance options and captured complementary variations that can be triggered by hot keys on the fly. With a single keypress, you can substitute a currently playing phrase with an inspirational variation, after which the engine will automatically revert back to the original phrase.

Also carried over from Fantasy are the enhanced microphone mixing options. Soundstaging now has a dedicated interface page with the ability to combine all 4 microphone positions to create an optimal environment. Match the ambience of almost any other orchestral library with ease.

We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Indie II String Quartet and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.

Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

Indie II String Quartet Demo - Mediterranean Dream - Full Mix - By Kaizad & Firoze Patel

ttps://www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/ostinato-quartet

Powerful Emotive Ostinatos
Ostinato Quartet plays rhythmic Ostinato chordal patterns for a string quartet consisting of a Cello, Viola and
two Violins.
If you’re familiar with the sister Ostinato libraries and our approach to ostinato recording then you’ll feel right at
home with Ostinato Quartet. The entire approach is different from our regular phrase instruments in that we
recorded separate Ostinato patterns for various rhythmic building blocks. After careful editing we combine
these through an intelligent script that builds them into chords in 5 different voicings and 4 inversions. The new
inversion arpeggio controls create inversion patterns at the press of a key… a fast and easy way to build
interesting sequences.
Ostinato Quartet recognises and plays 12 different chord types, handling not only major and minor chords but
also diminished, half-diminished, augmented chords and many more. There’s a full list documented within the
user manual.
Not only does the engine build the chords based on the inversion you play in the chord area, but when you play
in the harmonic shift area it will judge which inversion it plays based on the chord that came before it, the chord
quality on the key you're in and the position of the chord you're triggering in that key. This ensures that
transitions are smooth and harmonically correct, especially important to creating evolving motifs.
We have returned to the superb concert hall we employed for other Sonokinetic orchestral libraries and
gathered a selection of some of the greatest (and most precise) players to perform for us. Although on the
surface the interface looks the same as its sister libraries, Ostinato Quartet has been completely rebuilt in the
back-end to work more smoothly.
This library coexists alongside both our Orchestral Series and our Phrase-Based libraries, being recorded in
the same hall, with identical mic positions and even utilising some of the same players. Our orchestral libraries
blend seamlessly together.
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Ostinato Quartet to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing
things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product
we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

Ostinato Quartet - Sunday Night Drive- By Fabian Mussnig

Ostinato Quartet - Sunday Night Drive- By Fabian Mussnig- Lib Only

Ostinato Quartet - Shine A Light- By Lashman

Ostinato Quartet - Shine A Light- By Lashman- Lib Only

Ostinato Quartet - Past Time- By Jether Garotti

Ostinato Quartet - Friends Forever - by Kaizad & Firoze Patel - Lib Only

Ostinato Quartet - Friends Forever - By Kaizad & Firoze Patel

Ostinato Quartet - Festive Lore- By Marie - Anne Fischer

Ostinato Quartet - Festive Lore - By Marie - Anne Fischer - Lib Only

Ostinato Quartet - Cinematic - By Kaizad & Firoze Patel

Ostinato Quartet - Cinematic - By Kaizad & Firoze Patel - LibOnly

http://www.sonokinetic.net/hurdygurdy
Step into our time machine and explore musical heritage like never before. For over 500 years this instrument has been an essential musical ingredient in music styles across Europe, Eurasia and large parts of the Middle East. Forming a base of harmony and rhythm and a solid musical environment for melody instruments to perform in, spreading its sound from the early medieval inns, taverns in the Golden Age to the festive Hobbit scenes of the Lord Of The Rings movies. This versatile and distinctive sound instantly triggers the imagination and lingers on to colour the musical picture the composer tries to paint.

The sound is unique and has never been sampled like this before. The automated violin sound, with its constant drone and pivoting melody string lines, is an essential tool for the composer that needs access to a large pallet of instruments and music styles. Hurdy Gurdy is the Cinnamon of the musical instruments family. It doesn’t fit as a generic ingredient but apply it well and in the correct ‘dish’ it’ll create something you’ll never forget. 

We’ve been working on a concept for this instrument for a while and we’ve been told over and over again that it couldn’t be converted to the keyboard in a sensible way, because of the unique way the Hurdy Gurdy creates drones, rhythms and legato melody all at once. But we persisted and feel like we prevailed.
It’s been a struggle to search for realism, user comfort, efficiency and playability. But the “Sonokinetic-Hurdy-Gurdy-formula” we came up with is quite intuitive. It pushes the limits of samplers but still works within the safe boundaries of those dedicated sampling platforms.

Hurdy Gurdy demo "Estampie"

Step into our time machine and explore musical heritage like never before. For over 500 years this instrument has been an essential musical ingredient in music styles across Europe, Eurasia and large parts of the Middle East. Forming a base of harmony and rhythm and a solid musical environment for melody instruments to perform in, spreading its sound from the early medieval inns, taverns in the Golden Age to the festive Hobbit scenes of the Lord Of The Rings movies. This versatile and distinctive sound instantly triggers the imagination and lingers on to colour the musical picture the composer tries to paint.

The sound is unique and has never been sampled like this before. The automated violin sound, with its constant drone and pivoting melody string lines, is an essential tool for the composer that needs access to a large pallet of instruments and music styles. Hurdy Gurdy is the Cinnamon of the musical instruments family. It doesn’t fit as a generic ingredient but apply it well and in the correct ‘dish’ it’ll create something you’ll never forget. 

We’ve been working on a concept for this instrument for a while and we’ve been told over and over again that it couldn’t be converted to the keyboard in a sensible way, because of the unique way the Hurdy Gurdy creates drones, rhythms and legato melody all at once. But we persisted and feel like we prevailed.
It’s been a struggle to search for realism, user comfort, efficiency and playability. But the “Sonokinetic-Hurdy-Gurdy-formula” we came up with is quite intuitive. It pushes the limits of samplers but still works within the safe boundaries of those dedicated sampling platforms.

Hurdy Gurdy demo "Medieval Inn"

Hurdy Gurdy demo "Diatonica"

Hurdy Gurdy deme  "Saint Patrick"

http://www.sonokinetic.net/products/classical/capriccio/
Capriccio is our biggest Orchestral collection yet, both in terms of physical size and in terms of sound, which is just...BIG!
We had conductor Petr Pololanik approach the limits of his Capellen orchestra for these recording sessions, and the resulting energy, drive and power really comes across in each and every sample. Each phrase has been carefully treated from conception through production to implementation in the final instrument, to make sure it would work as a whole, and be as widely usable as possible.
We say it is big, and the sound is big, but as you can hear from the demos the sound has a diverse range of uses and is only limited by your own imagination. You can use Capriccio as a base for your composition, or to complement your existing piece, using only bits and pieces. It can be really loud and awe-inspiring, or gently set the mood.
If you are familiar with our previous orchestral instrument 'Grosso', Capriccio's user interface should look quite familiar. The basic structure of the instrument is the same, using 4 presets each divided in 3 layers, but there are many innovations within Capriccio that will make working with this library even more intuitive and flexible. Highlights include the 'phrase offset' slider, separate volume setting for release tails and MIDI drag/drop from the score view in the interface, straight into your DAW.
With Capriccio we’ve brought phrase-based sampling bang up to date. Throw away your preconceptions of stiff one-shot samples and use the power of the Capriccio interface to harmonise, syncopate, offset and blend every one of the 38,000 samples. We’ve wrung every bit of creativity and flexibility out of these phrases and built a bespoke interface that will allow you to do the same.
Despite advancements in sampling technology, you simply can't beat the realism of live played phrases and orchestral patterns so our goal is to make these as playable as possible, like a real instrument, with the minimum of end-user programming. These instruments are meant to stimulate your creativity, and based on the feedback we are getting, that is exactly what they do.
Please watch our range of videos if you want to know more about Capriccio’s inner workings. There are many 'hidden' features that will enhance your user experience a great deal if you know how to use them. For example, with Grosso we added 'bar sync' but for Capriccio we also added 'phrase offset’. These things are very complicated in terms of under-the-hood programming but we’re sure that the intuitive interface makes it easy to realize the potential of features like this.
All phrases for Capriccio are composed in 4/4, with straight 8th and 16th notes.
We have also included a 'runs' instrument with strings and woodwinds runs, a gorgeous and eminently playable multisampled percussion patch and a melodic percussion instrument containing Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells and Piano phrases.
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Capriccio to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.
We wish you the best inspiration and creativity. 

Capriccio Demo - Creation - By Piotr Musial

As promised, for all you loyal Sonokinetic followers, here's a first glimp of Tutti Vox with this demo composed by Dirk Ehlert.  Enjoy this one over the weekend and join us on Monday 14:00 (CET) (13:00 GMT - 08:00 EDT - 05:00 PDT) for the big release of all Cinematics, Tutorials, DAWcasts, demos and Lib-only demos.

Tutti Vox - Cinematic Choir  'Angel Of Agony' By Dirk Ehlert

https://sonokinetic.net/products/classical/sotto
Orchestral sampled instrument for delicate moments and deafening silence. 
We have covered a lot of ground in our orchestral series already; there’s the scary Tutti, the uplifting Vivace, the understated Minimal, the driving Grosso and the majestic Capriccio. We’ve always had a yearning to capture something more delicate, and now we’ve done it… presenting “Sotto”.
As a composer there are certain musical rules that you have to obey, and one of them is that there always has to be contrast. A loud passage will not sound really loud unless it’s contrasted by a softer counterpart, and a climax cannot arrive without a journey to get you there. 
We have always been fascinated by the sound of a majestic orchestra hitting the brake pedal and laying down soft beds and patterns, and that is what we’ve achieved with this library.
Anyone who has ever attempted to capture a live orchestra will be able to tell you that very quiet playing is a tricky thing to record. The softer you try to go, the closer you get to the breakpoint between sound and no sound. The starts of phrases in brass and woodwinds become increasingly hard to align for the players, resulting in beautiful imperfection. The balance of sound to mechanical noise tips slightly in favour of the mechanical noise, but to us it all sounds very much alive.
There are a lot of beautiful beds with different playing techniques, like sul tasto, sul ponticello and harmonics for strings, frullato for woods and different mutes for brass. For Sotto we further expanded our voice leading concept to get even smoother transitions between chords. The combinations of different phrases and sections sound absolutely stunning, with a very warm and rich timbre. We’re so excited to add this product to our range as it stands proud alone and also complements other Sonokinetic orchestral products. 
To add intimacy we have included a breath slider for woodwinds and brass that will add ‘air’ to the phrases, further blurring the line between sound and no sound, and musical sound versus human sound. We really wanted this to be a living breathing instrument that can add life to your compositions and feel we have succeeded in doing just that. We hope you agree.
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Sotto to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.


Sotto Demo -Interception- By Valentin Boomes

https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/ostinato-strings/?ref=scl
Ostinato Strings: The phrase library for complex chords
Ever since we started developing phrase libraries (and we've done quite a few now), we've been wanting to expand the harmonic material these libraries could output. We've never really been able to go beyond standard major and minor chords with our recorded phrases. There are many reasons for this; because our phrases are recorded live as a whole rather than constructed from smaller pieces, because there are hardware limitations to user's computers and because there are limits to the recording time we can allocate to a specific product while still keeping it affordable. Some of our products do contain different material, and with the harmonic shift function there are ways to approach things like 7th chords and sus chords, but until now we didn't have a way to play all the chords we wanted and also offer different inversions of these chords.
At the heart of the Ostinato series there is an entirely new process that we've been developing for quite some time now. From the recording stage, the entire approach is different from our regular phrase instruments in that we recorded separate intervals for various rhythm building blocks. After careful editing we combine these intervals through an intelligent script that builds them into chords in 5 different voicings and up to 4 inversions (the fourth only for 7th chords).
Not only does the engine build the chords based on the inversion you play in the chord area, but when you play in the harmonic shift area it will judge which inversion it plays based on the chord that came before it, the chord quality on the key you're in and the position of the chord you're triggering in that key. This ensures that transitions are smooth and harmonically correct. 
Ostinato recognises and plays 12 different chord types, it is our first instrument that can handle diminished, half-diminished, augmented chords and many more. For a full list check the user manual.
This is the first product in this new line of instruments that will coexist alongside both our Orchestral Series and our Phrase-Based libraries, bridging the gap by doing on specific thing exceptionally well... ostinato chords.
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Ostinato Strings to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

Ostinato Strings Demo - Volodia - by Franck Barré

https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/thewatchmaker/
We’ve got time...
The sounds of ticking clocks and watches have always been associated with suspense, drama and edge-of-the-seat movie moments. In typical Sonokinetic fashion we couldn’t let this cinematic trend pass us by without jumping in with both feet and sampling an exhaustive collection of pocket watches, wristwatches and small clocks. The extremely quiet sounds that these mechanisms produce had us using all the tricks in our recording book to capture clean and precise samples without extraneous noise. After much experimentation we think that we’ve managed to capture intimately nuanced watch sounds without sacrificing any of the character of these unique timepieces.
Of course, we couldn’t resist presenting these samples in a fun and functional interface. It has a special steampunk twist with multiple cogs and gears that can be clicked to access deeper parameters of the performance. Within the GUI it’s easy to combine sounds, add effects and trigger exactly the rhythmic patterns that you want to play.
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce The Watchmaker to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We undercut our pricing module and then some and still offer the high quality sampling you have come to expect from us.

The Watchmaker Demo - The Blind Watchmaker - Petteri Sainio

Sound of Shadows
https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/noir/
We've always loved the sound of jazz-influenced film scores. The orchestral approach to jazz harmony has a romantic flair that is irresistible and has easily stood the test of time. We just can't get enough of sweeping string passages, the sound of a trumpet's harmon mute, a big band sax section, flugelhorn and trombones with french horns. For many years we've felt the urge to create a product encompassing this style of music and now we have:
Noir is our first foray into what hopefully will turn out to be a new line in the Sonokinetic range. As always we have added some twists to our existing engine, but in this case it was more of a rewrite. For those familiar with our other orchestral libraries, Noir is different! Because of the nature of the musical content we decided to deviate from our usual four high-mid-low presets and go more in the vein of the atonal Espressivo, with 12 preset keys that each hold a single performance. This makes it even easier to combine different presets and experiment with intertwining melodies and harmonies, which achieves a more horizontal composing process. A lot of thought when into how to translate this concept into a useable interface and we hope you like what we've come up with and encourage this new direction.
In Noir we put all three recorded orchestral sections in a single Section instrument, which makes combining different instrument groups super easy, and of course we have our trusted randomize button that will serve up twelve fresh phrases with every press.
There are two instruments in Noir, the solos come separately. Solos are a collection of improvisations on Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet (with harmon mute), Flugelhorn, Clarinet and Piano that are recorded in the same hall as the main instrument. The performances blend perfectly with the phrase material in the Sections instrument, or can stand perfectly well on their own with a gorgeous sound and intuitive no-fuss interfacing.
Producing Noir was a massive effort, and we consider it a new milestone. We hope you feel the same way!
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Noir to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

Noir Demo - Overture - By Sascha Knorr

https://www.sonokinetic.net/products/instruments/indie/?ref=scl
Exquisite Intimacy; Many people assume that Sonokinetic’s signature sound is grand and statuesque, as we fill our recording space with many talented players and layer phrases together in our bespoke Kontakt engines. However, sometimes it’s great to dial things down for a more personal feel, and that’s just what we’ve done with Indie. The style of these intimate ensemble phrases take their lead from modern TV drama, boutique film and independent video games with a naked and personal sound.
Recording smaller versions of our string, woodwind and brass ensembles just wasn’t enough this time around, so we’ve also supplemented them with a huge selection of melodic percussion phrases. For the first time ever, string quartet phrases have been included, perfect for layering with the other ensembles to bring the focus back to your compositions. The overall emphasis here is on the lightest of touches, from delicate violin duos and solo clarinet to harp glissandi and gently played mallets. 
In fact, the melodic percussion deserves a special mention as we made sure to catch all the subtly and wonder of these instruments, including the seldom-sampled concert cimbalom, a dulcimer-like instrument with a unique sound. The dreamy melodic textures we composed for Indie were delicately played by our performers in the same space as the other ensembles. Marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone, crotales, upright piano, celesta and concert harp bring an intense personal feel to the whole collection.
We felt that the Indie recordings were well suited to the playback engine which we originally debuted with ‘Noir’, our jazz-drenched section library. That means that the 12 preset keys each hold a single performance. Mapping phrases like this makes it easy to combine melodies and harmonies and hear real-time performances intertwine with one another. 
The randomize feature also makes a welcome return, which conjures twelve complimentary phrases with every press. There’s also the option to randomize per orchestral section, either string quartet, string ensemble, woodwinds, brass quintet or melodic percussion
Producing Indie was a experience like no other and we hope that when you hear it, you’ll feel the same way.
We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Indie to you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.
Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

Indie Demo - Unsolved Mystery - By Kaizad And Firoze Patel

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