Hey everyone, Nathan here from Wide Blue Sound. As a longtime reader of KVR, I’m excited to announce to you ORBIT: a new kind of cinematic synthesizer for Kontakt, developed with Hollywood composer Jeff Rona.
Here is the trailer, featuring music that is 100% Orbit (except the kick) – composed by the fantastic Simon Porter.
And a brief walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxug3_VQUE
We've been overwhelmed with positive feedback from ORBIT so far. Here is a sampling of what our favorite composers had to say (more on our website):
“As a film composer, I am always searching for distinctive and inspirational sounds – well, I just bumped in to Orbit. With an intuitive graphical user interface and the ability to manipulate sounds beyond recognition, Orbit is truly an inspirational synth and one that will slide in to, and complement, my scoring template.” - Harry Gregson-Williams
“I tend to shy away from ‘out of the box’ synth instruments because of the consistency of sound they provide, instead opting for the far more labor-intensive process of making my own. Yet Orbit has immediately impressed me with the way it can vary the sound you’re working with, to create something that’s very likely proprietary to what you’re working on. That is enormously exciting because it’s also very easy to use. Consider me an instant fan. “ - Austin Wintory
“Orbit’s sonic possibilities are extremely inviting and immediately usable. I can’t wait to incorporate it into my next score. Well done!”
- Joe Trapanese
“The ambiences are beautifully rich, evolving in ways that are versatile and extremely useful to the modern film composer. Orbit’s full library includes strong sound sources and a nice interface with impressive presets that are extremely tweak able.” - Bill Brown
INSIDE ORBIT
A new kind of musical instrument for Kontakt, ORBIT is designed for stunning cinematic synths and atmospheric textures. With Orbit’s acclaimed interface, you can create rich, deep results in the blink of an eye.
Power meets simplicity.
ORBITAL SYNTHESIS
ORBIT creatively rotates and cascades between four linked Orbit players to create amazing tonal pulses, edgy hybrid rhythms, and dreamy atmospheric beds, all of which infinitely evolve over time.
At the heart of ORBIT lay three distinct rhythmic engines. Turn on Pulse Mode to create modern percussive elements, Chop Mode for an electronic/stuttered style, and Flow Mode for pads and textures as you’ve never heard them before. You can even morph between the modes seamlessly and in-time, using the sequencer.
SOUND-SHAPING NIRVANA
The Effects Page sculpts your sound with delays, multiple modulations, diverse distortions, and a special convolution engine that that includes several practical creative impulses, and beautiful reverbs from world-class hardware units commonly used in cinematic production.
ORBIT has 4 independent sequencers that modulate 24 useful parameters to further the creation of interesting, musical, and evolving sounds. Each sequencer has its own time base and extends up to 64 steps. Automatically generate new patterns, or process what’s there in dozens of ways. Then play it Forward, Reverse, both, even random. Beautiful sequences are only a click away.
Listen to music demos and find out more about ORBIT at www.WideBlueSound.com.
ORBIT drops March 25. Orders are available today with an introductory price of $150 (reg. $200). Requires Kontakt 5.4.2 or higher. Kontakt Player edition coming soon.
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