Sonuscore The Sculpture Metallic Sound Design Instrument (Digital Download)

Sonuscore The Sculpture: one metal sculpture, turned into a playable instrument

The Sculpture is a metallic sound design instrument for the free Kontakt Player. Every sound comes from a single hand-built metal sound sculpture by German sculptor Klaus Gundchen, recorded across its plates and rods with no layering or synthesis. Struck, the plates ring with an almost synth-like weight; bowed, the rods give long, sustained tones. It is a niche, characterful instrument for film and game composers and sound designers who need something that does not sound like anything else.

Highlights

• Two instruments - the Single instrument plays the original recordings directly; the Engine layers five voices (two playable, two arpeggiators and one granular) with slot and master effects
• Four microphone perspectives - close, far, contact and an internal Blumlein pair, freely mixable
• Full set of techniques - soft, hard and metal mallets, bow, rubber ball, brush, fingers, rolls and extended effects textures
• Single-source sound - everything is sampled from the one object
• NKS compatible and runs in the free Kontakt Player

System requirements

• Kontakt or the free Kontakt Player, version 7.10.9 or higher
• macOS 13, 14 or 15, Apple silicon or Intel i5 or higher
• Windows 10 or 11, Intel Core i5 or equivalent
• 4 GB RAM minimum, around 4 GB free disk space

Delivery

Digital product - nothing is shipped. You receive a Sonuscore code by email after order approval, which you register on the Sonuscore website to download the library.