Ancient Greek Percussion Kontakt instrument interface by Soundiron

Ancient Greek Percussion: Kontakt Instrument by Soundiron

Rated 4.6/5 on Plugin Boutique (8 ratings)

Ancient Greek Percussion is a Kontakt instrument library from Soundiron that samples six hand percussion instruments, including the Crotalum, Kymbalon, Sistrum and several Tympanon variants, in close and far mic positions.

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KontaktWindowsmacOS
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01Overview

Ancient Greek Percussion covers six hand-played instruments from classical Greek tradition: the Crotalum, Kymbalon, Sistrum, two Tympanon sizes and a Tympanon Zill. Soundiron describes the instruments as built from wood, gut, goat skin and bronze, and the recordings use up to 12 round-robins and 10 dynamic velocities per articulation. The library runs in Kontakt and installs at about 3.06 GB.

Best for

  • Hand percussion textures
  • Ethnic percussion scoring
  • Ambient rhythm layers
  • Atmospheric sound design
  • Melodic percussion parts
Developer
Soundiron
Requires
Kontakt
Store
Plugin Boutique
02Key features

What you get

  • One master NKI instrument bank in open Kontakt format
  • Crotalum, Kymbalon, Sistrum and Tympanon articulations
  • Close and far mic positions for each articulation
  • 20 ambience patches built from the source recordings
  • 20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets
  • 4,092 stereo WAV files at 24-bit / 48 kHz
  • LFO, filter, glide and arpeggiator controls
  • Convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls and chambers
03In depth

Sound Design and Ambient Textures

The library includes 20 ambience patches created from the source recordings, along with 20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets. Each instrument is sampled in close and far microphone positions, so you can move between a dry, direct sound and a more spacious one.

The ambience patches are useful for texture beds and atmospheric layers. Because they are built from the same acoustic source as the instruments, they stay consistent with the core percussion sounds.

Kontakt Controls and Effects Rack

The interface offers multi-layer controls for swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, coarse and fine pitch, articulation switching and cross-fading. Parameters are automation-ready in your host or in Kontakt's stand-alone mode.

A modular FX rack provides a full convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers and FX environments. The arpeggiator, glide and LFO settings add rhythmic and melodic options, and a key and scale lock keeps notes within chosen scales.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

DeveloperSoundiron
TypePlugin
CategoryKontakt Instrument
RequiresKontakt
FormatsKontakt
Operating systemsWindows, macOS
05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Ancient Greek Percussion?

The library requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later. The free Kontakt Player does not fully support this open-format library and can only run it in a limited demo mode.

Which operating systems are supported?

The library supports Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.9 or higher. Soundiron recommends a dual-core CPU, 2 GB of system RAM and an SATA or SSD drive.

Can I use the samples outside Kontakt?

Yes. The sample directories are unlocked, so the WAV files can be used in other WAV-compatible software, samplers and synth formats.

07Developer

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