Boomwhackers
Sample library for Kontakt that features a set of colour-coded plastic tubes that produce pitched sounds when struck together or in a hard surface.
Fun to play with a distinctive percussive attack.
Colour-coded, tuned percussion tubes
Lightweight, hollow, color-coded, plastic tubes tuned to musical pitches by length. They produce musical tones when struck together or against nearly any surface. Used by performance artists to add an element of spectacle. Also used by educators to teach fundamental concepts in rhythm, harmony and melody.
Sampled 3 octaves of boomwhackers struck on a rubber surface, from C2 to C5. Recorded in stereo in a dry studio environment using high-end mics, preamps and converters. 5 velocity layers and 5 round robins (repetitions per note). All samples denoised and normalized to 0dB for more natural feel without intensity jumps.
Why you'll love Boomwhackers
I see Boomwhackers as the real-life version of the famous synth pluck sound.
Boomwhackers are fun!
Widely used in music therapy with children and adults. They can be played by a group of people, each person gets a set of notes and together we can create music!
Solo and ensemble
With a simple turn of a knob in the main page you can select the number of players, since Boomwhackers are mostly played in group. An ensemble makes them sound fuller.
Included effects
With the addition of our effects script that lets you add any DSP effect that you want to the sound, you can turn Boomwhackers to a complete tool for sound design.
Audio demos
In action
See how Boomwhackers sound in the context of a song and in solo without any effects.
Credits
Tracks by Jesús Ginard.
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Effects
Effects
In the effects page you can add any effect you want in any order.
Including EQ, compressors, modulation effects, distortion, saturation, tape machine, reverbs, amp simulators and more.
This script boosts the sonic capabilities of the library exponentially. Easy to use in a simple and intuitive design.
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Settings
Settings
From the settings page you can set any parameter that you might ever need.
With round robin selection, dynamic range and velocity curve form controlling the incoming MIDI velocities.
Select the randomness and spread of the different players. With start offset and envelope controls.
Size:
129 MB
Round robin:
5
Samples
549
Works with
Kontakt 5.7.3 and newer versions.
Full version of Kontakt required.
Kontakt Player will run in demo mode.
Octaves
3 (5 with pitch shifting)
Velocity layers
5
Get Boomwhackers now!
And start using it in your tracks today. Buy now, download anytime. For the full version of Kontakt only.