Body Percussion is a Kontakt sample library from Wavesfactory that gives you human body percussion sounds such as stomps, claps and snaps, with 24 articulations that can be played solo or as an ensemble of up to 30 people.
Body Percussion is a Kontakt instrument built from recordings of people making rhythmic sounds with their bodies. The library covers 24 articulations and can be played by a solo performer or an ensemble of up to 30 people, controlled with a single knob. Wavesfactory describes it as a new and enhanced version of a library first released in 2012, with new recordings, a new interface and a new script. The library requires the full version of Kontakt 5.7.3 or later.
The library includes 12,060 samples across 24 articulations, recorded with three microphone positions, four velocity layers and ten round robin variations. Those layers help repeated hits sound less mechanical when a pattern is played.
Wavesfactory describes the sounds as stomps, claps and snaps, and says the library is easy to play and gives good results quickly. Because the percussion comes from the body, it works well for rhythmic textures that need a human feel.
A built-in mixer lets you control the three microphone positions separately. Each channel has a load/purge switch, pan, width, volume, mute, solo, phase shift and an output selector for routing channels to different tracks in your DAW.
The effects page accepts any effect in any order, including EQ, compressors, modulation, distortion, saturation, tape machine, reverbs and amp simulators. The settings page covers round robin, dynamic range, velocity curve, start offset and player randomness. Per-articulation volume, pan, pitch and decay let you remove room reverb and isolate the percussive sound.
Body Percussion suits producers who need organic rhythm elements for percussion tracks, beats and arrangements where a real-body texture adds character. Its 2.07 GB size and Kontakt requirement make it best suited to users who already run Kontakt and have space for a large library.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Wavesfactory |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Kontakt Instrument |
| Requires | Kontakt |
| Formats | Kontakt |
Body Percussion requires the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.7.3 or later. It will not run in full inside the free Kontakt Player and will only work in demo mode there.
The library features human body percussion such as stomps, claps and snaps. It includes 24 articulations that can be played solo or as an ensemble of up to 30 people.
Yes. Each articulation has its own decay parameter, which you can use to remove room reverb and keep only the isolated percussive sound.
The library is 2.07 GB and contains 12,060 samples.
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