Aztec Death Whistle: Kontakt Instrument of a Clay Resonator Whistle

The core of the library is a fully multi-sampled recording of the clay whistle. Sustains and staccatos are available with and without flutter-tongue rolls, and the instrument includes dynamic hand percussion articulations played on the whistle itself.

Each staccato and hand percussion articulation uses round robin to avoid repetition. Three microphone positions are available for the main articulations: Dry Studio, Hall Close and Hall Far, so you can choose between a direct, close sound and a more ambient one.

Short and long single-shot effects and stingers, including swells, crescendos and diminuendos, give you ready-made accents for transitions and cues.

The 14 instrument presets offer dozens of selectable articulations and performance controls. Parameters include attack, release, transient offset, dynamic swelling, octave and vibrato. Special MIDI CC and velocity-crossfaded presets help with expressive performance.

A multi-mode arpeggiator with a step sequencer lets you build patterns. The built-in effects rack includes EQ, filter, phaser, flanger, delay, distortion and amp and speaker simulation, plus a convolution reverb with 70 cathedral, church, chamber, room, hall and special effect impulses.