OUTER LIMITS is a new ZERO-G/XFONIC virtual instrument powered by
Native Instruments Kompakt and featuring a massive FOUR GIGABYTE
core library of more than five hundred unique soundscapes. It is
a journey through dreams and nightmares, full of sounds beyond your
imagination.
OUTER LIMITS is Ian Boddy's follow-up to his critically acclaimed
MORPHOLOGY Kompakt instrument but this time he has delved deeper and
darker than ever before. Every patch in this fantastic collection
will stimulate your creativity. The range of sounds this instrument
is capable of is truly amazing, from shimmering pads, to mysterious
drones, crystalline digital manipulations to dark distorted
atmospheres, menacing mechanisms, evocative resonances, surreal
sound effects, complex cascades, formant sheens, dark disturbing
horror, analogue waves, amazing space textures, strange vocal
synthesis and of course, sounds from the Outer Limits of space and
time. Patches this complex put many other synths to shame! And you
can layer EIGHT of these at a time to create incredibly complex
soundscapes.
Categories include:
Ambient Loops, Analogue Waves, Chamber of Horrors, Click & Glitch,
Deep Space, Dense Soundscapes, Digital Drones, Digital Manipulations,
Distorted Views, Heavy Drones, Machine Dreams, Minimalism, One Shot
Synth FX, Outer Limits, Surreal to Real, Transcendental, Twisted Pads,
Vintage Synth Atmos, Vocal Transformations and White Noise Atmospheres.
IAN BODDY is one of the UK's most celebrated synthesists, and a
veteran of the European electronic music scene since the late 1970s.
Ian's exclusive arsenal of vintage and modern synths and software
plug-ins have been extensively plundered together with cutting edge
sonic manipulations and the audio mangling of "real" environmental
sounds to create the unique and inspiring new library that you will
find within this powerful virtual instrument.
The whole library is presented within a stunning new state-of-the-art
plug-in interface by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS which combines intuitive
handling and a capable architecture with excellent sound quality. It
is a powerful version of NI's KOMPAKT sampler interface, and it makes
no compromises playing and performing sample-based instruments.
Powerful multi-mode filters, envelopes, and LFOs give a wealth of
creative possibilities. Integrated high-quality reverb, chorus, and
delay effects give each sample life and depth. The clean and intuitive
interface doesn't let technology get in the way of creativity. All
important instrument parameters can be immediately adjusted without
the need to page, scroll, or fumble through a manual.
PROGRAMMING NOTES:
Sound Quality
All the sounds were recorded and processed at 24 Bit resolution and
44.1KHz sample frequency.
Organisation
The Instrument list groups the sounds into 20 categories. Each of
these contain between 21 to 30 programs of sonically related
instruments. In addition there are 2 preview programs per category.
The thinking behind this is that the preview programs give a quick
and easy way to listen to all of the programs in a given category.
Please note that the samples are presented in their "raw" form here
with no additional Kompakt programming as found in the individual
programs. The preview programs are split into 2 for those with smaller
amounts of RAM but if memory allows load up preview program 1 into
slot 1 and program 2 into slot 2. The sounds run up the keyboard on
the white keys from C1 with the 2 preview programs designed to run
contiguously. To find out which program you are playing click once
on the group edit button and then once on the group pop-up button
which should then appear. This will then show a list of the programs
for that particular preview program and will, therefore, allow you
to quickly audition all the programs in a given category.
Memory Size
The size in Mb is given for each instrument in the contents document.
The vast majority are under 20Mb except of course for the preview
programs. All programming has been carried out with the samples loaded
into RAM. However if you wish you can activate the Direct from Disk
(DFD) function if you prefer to stream the samples direct from your
hard disk drive. Please refer to the relevant section of the user
interface manual.
Modulation Wheel Assignments
Every single instrument (except the preview programs) has the
Modulation Wheel assigned to a function. This gives a lot of dynamic
control over the character of the sound. These assignments are listed
for your convenience in the contents document. Alternatively click
once on the words Pitch Mod just above the on screen pitchbend/mod
wheels and a small pop-up window will show what the assignments are
for this particular program. Where a negative "-" assignment is shown
this indicates that pushing the mod wheel up actually decreases the
effect. Thus a - Filter Cutoff would indicate that pushing the mod
wheel up would reduce the filter cutoff, effectively closing the
filter down.
Polyphony
All instruments are programmed at the default polyphony of 32 notes.
Multis
Up to 8 instruments can be combined in a Multi giving a vast array of
possible combinations of the supplied single instruments. If you want
to cross-fade between 2 different programs this is easy to set up by
over-riding the pre-programmed Mod Wheel assignments. Simply set the
Mod Wheel to control one instrument with positive volume control and
the other with negative volume control.
CPU Load
The exact CPU load of any given instrument depends on a myriad of
factors - the power of your computer, notes played, complexity of the
instrument etc. However if you find the CPU load is too high for any
particular instrument the quickest way of reducing this is to see if
the instrument uses any of Kompakt's own built-in FX. If so these can
be turned off to maximise CPU efficiency.
Tuning
Where the sounds have a definite pitch they have been tuned to C3 as
the root key. However bear in mind that many of the more esoteric
sounds either use heavily detuned or pitch scrunched effects so exact
tuning can be tricky in such cases. Also several sounds use exotic
micro-tonal scales so again they can be difficult to sit into a normal
harmonic structure. Where the original pitch is anything other than C3
the relevant sample is mapped to the appropriate root key - details
are given in the notes column of the contents document. Some of these
programs have as part of their name useful clues to what key, mode or
notes are involved in their construction. Sounds with no definite
pitch content are also mapped to have their root note on C3.
SUMMARY of Features:
* Over 4 Gigabytes of core library and more than five hundred unique
soundscapes of dreams and nightmares from shimmering pads to
mysterious drones, crystalline digital manipulations to dark
distorted atmospheres, menacing mechanisms, evocative resonances,
surreal sound effects, complex cascades, formant sheens, dark
disturbing horror, analogue waves, amazing space textures, strange
vocal synthesis and much more...
* All original samples, recorded at 24 Bit sample resolution for
hi-fidelity,
* Easy and intuitive user interface (a version of Native Instruments
superb KOMPAKT sampler),
* Engine is based on KONTAKT audio engine, the world's finest
software sampling engine,
* Professional sound quality with advanced 32-bit processing,
* Powerful filter offers six types, including low-pass, high-pass,
and band-pass,
* Three AHDSR envelopes and four LFOs,
* Integrated effects: chorus, reverb, and delay,
* Total Recall (complete MIDI automation and control),
* Sound Library can also be loaded into other Native Instruments
samplers including KONTAKT version 1.5 for even greater flexibility
and more options for working with the material.
Supported Interfaces & Standards:
VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, Audio Units, Core Audio, RTAS.
Minimum Requirements:
* Windows XP/ME/98, Pentium III/ Athlon 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM
* Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive.
Recommended System:
* Windows XP, Pentium III/ Athlon 700 MHz, 512 MB
* Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G4 733, 512 MB, DVD-ROM drive
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