Box Factory

Box Factory is a unique cinematic percussion library geared towards professional composers and producers alike, featuring a huge 40-piece ensemble of cardboard boxes, masterfully sampled in a concert hall.

About The Instrument

We assembled six performers and 40 boxes of different shapes and sizes in a concert hall, and curated 13 unique ensembles ranging from large to small boxes with a range of stick types and performance techniques.
The sound of Box Factory is familiar, yet totally unique. It is presented in a way that will feel at home if you've used any other percussion library – you can approach in the same way as you would toms, taikos and snares – yet it offers a certain organic, raw and tactile sound that is unlike any conventional percussion instrument.

The Sound

We created four distinct mixes – Natural, Aggressive, Gritty, and Snappy – giving you a diverse palette of sounds to complement any musical style.

Each of the four mixes include three individual microphone perspectives (Close, Mid and Far). These signals can be blended with ease using the 'perspective' slider, or controlled with greater precision using the separate microphone faders.

Diving Deeper

For many users, the Main Page will be all you need to jump in and start creating music with Box Factory. For those users who want to take the library even further, we have provided an advanced Setup Page, which allows you to tweak each articulation in various ways, edit the instrument's mapping, and even create your own custom patches that are tailored to your needs and workflow.

Rhythm Engine

The Rhythm page contains a step sequencer for easily creating tempo-synced rhythms. Velocity and lp/hp filter cutoff can be controlled per-step by dragging across the interactive tables. When the Rhythm Engine is engaged, pressing a key will play the inputted rhythm using the articulation assigned to that key.

Beyond Boxes

On top of the 'standard' instruments included in the library, we recycled the raw cardboard box recordings into a set of designed drums. These warped and mangled instruments feature multiple RRs and velocity layers, making them fully playable instruments, adding a whole new dimension to the sonic palette offered by Box Factory.

Epic Sound Design 1-shots

To push the envelope even further, we pursued the talents of Hollywood sound designer Karel Psota and trailer composer Benjamin Squires to create a selection of 70 hard-hitting cinematic one-shot samples. Incredibly, these sounds were created from 100% Box Factory source material, and perfectly complement the playable instruments offered in the library.

We have also included these sounds as standalone WAV files, which can be used directly in your DAW.

More info and demos at https://fracturesounds.com/product/box-factory/.