Cube by Soundiron Kontakt instrument interface

Cube: Office-Sound Percussion and FX Kontakt Library by Soundiron

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Cube is a Kontakt instrument library from Soundiron containing 521 percussive samples, sound-designed effects, risers and ambient pads built from office-related sources such as paper crunches, fax machines and water coolers.

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KontaktWindowsmacOS
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01Overview

Cube is a Kontakt library from Soundiron that turns everyday office sounds into music material. Its sources include paper crunches, snapping pencils, fax machines and paper cups, processed into punchy, clicky and glitchy hits. The library covers designed and acoustic drum kits, a range of effects, and tonal ambiences. The developer describes it as suited to hybrid and electronic production, as well as sci-fi sound design and UI sound effects for games and apps.

Best for

  • Glitch and IDM percussion
  • Hybrid electronic production
  • Sci-fi sound design
  • Game UI sound effects
  • Trap and EDM hits
  • Cinematic risers and pads
Developer
Soundiron
Requires
Kontakt
Store
Plugin Boutique
02Key features

What you get

  • 521 samples of percussive, glitchy and crunchy sounds
  • Designed and Acoustic drum kits mapped across one octave
  • 23 Kontakt instrument presets with selectable articulations
  • Multi-mode arpeggiator with step-sequencer
  • Convolution reverb with 119 rooms, halls and FX impulses
  • Full multi-effects rack with EQ, filter, phaser and delay
  • Samples included as 24-bit/48kHz stereo WAV files
  • Total installed size of about 260 MB
03In depth

Kits, Effects and Ambiences in Cube

Cube is organized into several content types. The Designed kits use heavily manipulated, modern sounds, mapped across a single octave with kicks on C and cymbals on the black keys. The Acoustic kits use less processed material, such as shuffles, crumples and crunches, meant to sit alongside the designed sounds.

The effects category holds the most characterful sounds that did not fit into the kits. Designed effects are grouped into categories such as anxiety pills, filing, insects, machines, robots, time warp, trash ball and water cooler. The library also includes tonal and textural ambiences to fill out a track.

Controls, Arpeggiator and Reverb

The 23 instrument presets offer selectable articulations, attack, release, transient offset, filter type selection and resonant filter sweep. Dynamic swelling and a pitch warping option are also included, along with vibrato and ring modulation controls.

An arpeggiator provides multiple modes and step-sequencer pattern creation. A built-in multi-effects rack includes EQ, filter, phaser, flanger, delay, distortion and amp and speaker simulation. Convolution reverb offers 119 rooms, halls, cathedrals, chambers and special FX impulses. The controls are automation-ready in your host or in Kontakt's stand-alone mode.

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 Cube?

Cube requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5.2 or later. The free Kontakt Player does not support this open-format library.

Which operating systems does Cube support?

Cube supports Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.9 or higher.

Can I use the WAV samples outside Kontakt?

Yes. All 521 samples are included as categorized, clearly named stereo WAV files that can be imported into any WAV-compatible sampler, editor, sequencer or DAW.

What is included in the library?

The library includes 521 samples and 23 Kontakt 5.5.2 .nki preset banks, with designed and acoustic kits, effects and ambiences.

07Developer

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