Price: €14

Features:

• A fully multi-sampled Doumbek hand drum for the Kontakt sampler.
• 5 round robins & velocity layers for the major: Doum, tek, ka articulations.
• Flam speed control
• Filter Cutoff control

Download the Doumbek Manual for further instructions, key mappings etc. here.

Doumbek sample library

I bought my Doumbek hand drum in Turkey a few years back and instantly fell in love with the unique and versatile sound of this drum. After playing the Doumbek for several years, and using it in many game scores, I can finally share this wonderful gem with you in this Doumbek Kontakt Instrument!

The Doumbek is sampled with 5 round-robin variations and deep-sampled velocity layers for the Doum, Tek and Ka articulations. You also get extra articulations like slaps, flams, sweeps and rolls to enhance your performance.

Flam Speed control knob

With the Kontakt version you also get a FLAM SPEED knob to control the speed of the flams and sweeps which is very handy when programming realistic performances. FLAM SPEED is linked to Mod Wheel (MW) by default for quick access to this handy control.

Furthermore, you also get access to a 2Pole Low Pass filter cutoff control from the custom Kontakt interface. This is helpful if you want to dial the instrument back in the mix. The pitch control is set to +-12 semitones which is useful when you want to tune the drum to your music piece. Or just make the Doumbek sound like a rototom!

Doumbek hand drum fits perfectly into world music, film scores and game soundtracks!

Doumbek Sound Demos

Requirements:

• Kontakt 5.8.1 and up (FULL VERSION required)
• Not compatible with the free Kontakt Player!
• 34 MB of HD space

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In the showcase video below I take you through the interface of Straylight and show off some of the soothing and cinematic textures courtesy of this capable sound engine.

Straylight – granular textures

Most granular plugins are based on the same principle, which means chopping up the audio in tiny pieces (about 0-30 ms) and playing those tiny pieces in various ways. Straylight begins with the same concept but takes this further with additional controls and parameters to control the grains in interesting ways. It also offers some really interesting modulation capabilities.

The granular vst plugin Straylight sound engine features two distinct separate sound engines. One called Grain, and a second called Sample. Grain is obviously the granular sound engine. In combination with the Sample engine Straylight will produce lovely atmospheres and crips textures. I was surprised over the quality of the factory presets. The patches are very well crafted and every sound inspired me to play new melodies and phrases. That’s what an instrument should do… inspire your creative mind!

What’s included with Straylight?

Straylight comes with over 360 sounds, including strings, glass, stone, membranes, and many more for the granular and sample modules. You will find over 380 carefully crafted presets in the library, categorised into Atmosphere, Lead, Transition, Pad, Keys, Effects, Subs and Pulses. All wrapped up in an smooth intuitive and easy-to-use interface.

Compatible with Kontakt 6 and Kontakt Player 6, Straylight is available $149/£129/€149 from the Native Instruments website now.

Want to learn more about granular synthesis & granular plugins?

If you like my Straylight review and want to learn more about granular synths you might also like a previous video and article that I did.

My top 4 granular plugins

Boost Your Productions – Pristine Sound Packs

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