Short film featuring Grosso with music composed by Ivan Torrenthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7CIsjgEYnEGrosso is the best instrument we have produced to date. Period.
With Grosso, Sonokinetic BV is changing the paradigm for orchestral phrase-based instruments… again!
Before our Minimal library, the level of control, whilst retaining the authentic sound that live recordings bring to the party, was unheard of. We have gotten so much positive feedback on Minimal that a ‘sequel’ was unavoidable. Mere sequels is not what we do though at Sonokinetic, so if you look at what Grosso brings to the table, you will see an evolved entity that is a homo-sapiens to Minimal’s homo-erectus.
We have conceived this instrument from the ground up, using parts of the Minimal engine and re-imagining many other things to accommodate for the added flexibility Grosso brings to the table.
The main difference, apart from the obviously upbeat nature of the recorded material and the addition of a choir part and a taiko and non-melodic percussion section, is that we split out the orchestral sections into more parts. Strings and choir are split in low - mid - high, woodwinds and brass into low and high, percussion into taiko and more traditional orchestral percussion. All of these elements have been carefully composed to work well with all of the others, resulting in millions of possible combinations of sounds.
To top off the collection we have added a ‘transition builder’ instrument that is aimed at gluing parts together, and building up towards climaxes. It includes brass and woodwind crescendo chords, and recognises different chord types, like diminished, augmented and dominant 7th. Chords are constructed on the spot from a collection of recorded intervals. This builder instrument also contains percussion and taiko fills, and a fully playable multi-sampled taiko ensemble patch, both as an ensemble and individual drums. Please look at the video to see its capabilities in action.
Content16 Bit version 12 Gb sample pool, 36000+ samples
24 Bit version 23,4 Gb sample pool, 36000+ samples
6 recorded orchestral sections
- Strings 52 players
- Woodwinds 12 players
- Percussion 6 players
- Taiko Ensemble 6 players
- Brass 15 players
- Choir 40 singers
4 recorded microphone positions
- Close
- Decca tree
- Wide
- Balcony (Far)
…and a proprietary stereo ‘Tutti’ mix for the ‘lite’ instrument
Individual section controls include
- Volume
- Pan
- Rhythmic Shift double/half/ITM
- Harmonic Shift
- Crossfade adjustments
Custom designed interface with score display
Time Machine Pro capability
Custom chord recognition and Harmonic Shift capabilities
‘Intelligent’ Purging system
Native Instruments Kontakt Player Library license
Royalty and copyright free content license
Grosso Reference document (PDF)
Artwork: “Grosso” DVD cover. Designed by Sonokinetic BV
All files in 44.1 kHz, 24 Bit and 16 Bit NCW format.
Programmed for Kontakt 5.1 and up
Demoshttps://soundcloud.com/sonokinetic/sets/grossoTutorialsOverviewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZrTz64gAYIn Detailhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVYdaw3b1ysHarmonic Shifthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyNNib9_zxUTransition Builderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-By1UioP7WQTempo Synchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=del9Z91STMkDAW Cast - Le Avventura Grosso by Sascha Knorrhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwU-WoMbZ-EGrosso is available now from
http://www.sonokinetic.net/grosso/ There is an introductory price of 249.90 Euro for 3 weeks, after which, the regular price will be 299.90 Euro
Thank you all and enjoy!