AEON Rhythmic: Tempo-Synced Loop Instrument by Heavyocity

AEON Rhythmic draws its sound from two main sources. The first is a set of organic instruments recorded over two years in professional studios, including tuned cowbells, upright bass, crotales and harps. Heavyocity reports more than 10,000 samples recorded at 48 kHz and 24-bit. The second is a set of analog modular synth rigs, which Heavyocity says were carefully tuned and tracked to range from serene to aggressive.

The library also includes unique ensembles built from instruments such as tuned dinner bells, stringed oil cans and plucked guitar, performed in unison. Together these sources give the library a mix of acoustic and electronic timbres within one instrument.

The menu suites provide nine groups of loops mapped across the keyboard, from low to high timbres, and you can change the tonal center with the tuning keyswitches. Layering loops from the menus builds melodic grooves quickly.

Single loop presets give detailed control over each loop, including level, pan and tuning per slice. The MIDI To Host function imports loop MIDI data into your DAW. The Loop Mutator then lets you change step amount, time signature, note subdivision, slice selection and velocity, with eight patterns per preset that can run up to 128 steps. Master effects for distortion, reverb, delay and modulation sit above the individual sounds, and Punish and Twist knobs add drive and shape the sound globally.