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zircon · Post by **zircon** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:20 pm

Resonance: Emotional Mallets is now available as an instant digital download!

Check out this 15 minute patch walkthrough video, which also includes footage from our recording sessions.

For over a year now we've been working on what might be our most interesting sample library yet. With the help of master craftsman Jim Doble, we managed to get our hands on a collection of incredible and unique percussive instruments made from glass, wood, metal and stone. We sampled these instruments with intense depth, then created a wide variety of sound design patches to accompany them, inspired by Spectrasonics and their 'psychoacoustic' approach.

The result of our efforts is "Resonance: Emotional Mallets". We wanted this library to be very inspiring and usable out of the box, and to that end have included a wide variety of both Natural and Designed patches to facilitate compositions in any genre. We recorded 14 unique instruments and ensembles in total, often with multiple mallets (soft vs. hard) and playing techniques (bowing, FX treatment).

Overview
* Kontakt 4 format
* 4,000+ samples
* 33 Natural Patches, 49 Designed Patches
* Tonal, atonal, percussive and FX sounds
* Scripted interface
* Close/overhead mics with a touch of room air

Instruments
* Aquarion - A marimba-like instrument with glass keys and a wood body.
* Bass Tongue Drum - Untuned, wooden hand percussive instrument with two tongues.
* Boltophone - A series of solid, tuned metal bolts.
* Bowed Metal - Tortured music stand played with a cello bow.
* Gamelan Ensemble - Four chromatic tuned instruments played in unison.
* Glass Gong - 3 ft gong constructed from 100% glass and a wood frame.
* Glass Tongue Drum - Resonating wood drum with glass 'keys'.
* Metal Ensemble - Four metal instruments played percussively in unison.
* Metal Sheet - Miniature thunder sheet with deep rumble and high-velocity 'splash'.
* Pipeharp - Pentatonic, hollow copper tubes with a beautiful tone.
* Pot Lids - Highly sonorous, meditative metal resonators with multiple pitches.
* Stonaphone - Marimba-type instrument with oversized stone keys.
* Whale Drum - Giant metal propane tank with multiple tuned tongues.
* Wrenchophone - Keyboard instrument built from tuned metal wrenches.

All instruments were recorded in depth with multiple velocity layers and round robins; we of course also created an intuitive scripted interface to help sculpt these sounds easily. The sum of these patches are in the "Natural" category, representing sounds that have not been processed and are simply the result of pristine recording and deep multisampling.

We think these Natural patches will be of immense interest to any composer looking for sounds that are both highly usable but also of a unique timbre. In particular, we had composers like Thomas Newman in mind.

As mentioned earlier, we also did extensive sound design patches using an arsenal of tools. These sounds cover the spectrum from evocative pads and ambiances to tone-shifted, playable keys, percussion, leads and more. The focus was definitely on powerful and usable material, split into six categories and 49 patches:

* Impacts & FX
* Keyboards & Mallets
* Leads & Basses
* Percussion
* Textures * Ambience
* Tonal Pads

We will be creating additional Designed patches over time and releasing them for free to our users.

Pricing/Availability

Resonance is available now at our website for an introductory price of $79. The price will go back up to $99 in several weeks, so check it out now!

Audio Demos

http://impactsoundworks.com/audio/demos ... tation.mp3
http://impactsoundworks.com/audio/demos ... dnight.mp3
http://impactsoundworks.com/audio/demos ... Forest.mp3
http://impactsoundworks.com/audio/demos ... onance.mp3
http://impactsoundworks.com/audio/demos ... _Naked.mp3

Thanks for reading, watching and listening. We hope you'll enjoy this library; let us know your thoughts!

ToneCarver · Post by **ToneCarver** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:32 pm

Excellent ... looking forward to this.

Sequent · Post by **Sequent** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:29 pm

Nice! Looking forward to it.

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:27 pm

The library is now available! Check the original post for video/audio demos and complete information. And of course, let me know if you have any questions!

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:30 pm

New demo up from composer Dirk Ehlert (DE-tune)! He included both the 'dressed' version with other libraries layered in as well as the 'naked' version using only Resonance sounds. Very cool style.

http://impactsoundworks.com/audio/demos ... onance.mp3
http://impactsoundworks.com/audio/demos ... _Naked.mp3

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:37 am

One last bump as the intro pricing only lasts another 24 hours and we've added yet another demo. Lots of positive feedback from various film/TV/game composer folks; anyone else here have it yet?

J-Rokujuushi · Post by **J-Rokujuushi** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:31 pm

I have it, and I absolutely love it. The tones are beautiful and unlike anything else I have, and they add a unique texture that wouldn't be there by just using traditional percussion instruments.

Kevin63101 · Post by **Kevin63101** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:32 pm

The demos sound beautiful. What a unique and imaginative collection of percussion creations.

Just ordered -- I gotta have this one.

I'm especially interested in trying out the pad and FX deviations. I've really enjoyed those variations from your other ISW libraries. It's like getting the "cherry on the top" bonus of an already phenomenal sample collection.

iain_morland · Post by **iain_morland** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:51 pm

@J-Rokujuushi - thanks for the feedback! It was great fun working on this library and hearing these unusual instruments. I think the wrenchophone is one of my favourites.

@Kevin63101 - let us know what you think!

J-Rokujuushi · Post by **J-Rokujuushi** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:49 pm

I love the reactions I get when I tell people what kinds of sounds I use from it.

"I used a marimba made of glass, a xylophone made of copper tubes, and chromatically tuned pot lids."
"...you can do that!?"

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:37 am

$19 for a fortnight at audioplugindeals

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Apr 01, 2018 11:40 pm

Dang, thanks for that. No-brainer at 20 bucks.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat May 05, 2018 10:02 pm

THIS library kills. I'll be using it a lot.

dandezebra · Post by **dandezebra** » Sun May 06, 2018 1:36 am

I agree. It's fun as hell and has some very gorgeous sounds. I'm a sucker for glassy, watery, crystally, etc. Ha!

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun May 06, 2018 3:24 am

yeahhh

Impact Soundworks "Resonance: Emotional Mallets" Released! (Audio/Video Demos Inside)