Not a cheap package but still a bargain bundle when you consider the included content.
I figured that included instruments/libraries/plugins in the Ultimate12 Update worked out to be $9-10 each, whether it was a simple Massive expansion or VST processor or Symphony Strings2 Pro or Kontakt6 or MassiveX. I may wait for the 50% sales but, in true NI fashion, the updates are a bargain. You’ll find 3 main ambient presets, each with a number of different ambiences to choose from.Of course the big NI news is the release of Komplete12 with platform updates to Kontakt and Massive. Finally, we contorted the source recordings into a broad selection of 60 different ambiences, drones, atmospheres and special FX instruments. The comprehensive FX Rack panel provides multi-effects, compression, EQ, amp/speaker simulation and convolution reverb, featuring dozens of our most popular custom recorded rooms, halls, cathedrals and otherworldly fx impulses, all easily available through the control interface. And if you need it closer to bone dry, you can use the Release control to simply tighten up the room release.
You can selectively load and mix the close and far microphones to conserve ram and dial in just the right mix. The Far position has a distant, wet quality with more air and environmental influence. The close position has a full, present sound with greatly diminished hall reverberation.
The space offers a lush, full sound that blends naturally with orchestral sections. We captured a variety of articulation types for each instrument in a large hall, at both close and far distances in widely spaced stereo pairs. Ambient tonal, atmospheric and droning instruments: 60 mystery, sci-fi and horror ambiences and soundscapes.
The "Spectral Moaner" is a droning wind instrument swung in an overhead arc to produce a harmonic series as speed increases. The Conjuring Bell is a beautifully melodious pair of chimes with a sound hole at the base to allow the thumb to create “wah-wah” effects as they ring. The "Channeling Tube" is a classic spring-powered “Thunder Tube”, played both percussively and semi-chromatically by plucking the string at differing lengths. We recorded chromatic sustains, staccatos and effects. The "Astral Dirge Pipe" is a custom contraptions sonically resembling a multi-key tuned didgeridoo. It features 5 acoustic instrument sets, recorded in a bright chamber with adjustable close and far mic positions. It’s also perfect if you just want fresh, unique musical sounds with an unconventional character and organic playability.
It also includes an extensive collection of evolving tonal ambient pads, atmospheric soundscapes, harmonic clouds and menacing drones. Sick Volume 5 is the fifth entry in our annual Sick series, exploring melodic and exotic tuned plucked strings and mallets, unique winds and musical effects designed for sci-fi, horror and mystery genres.