Ensemble Metals Collection: Cinematic Percussive Metals Kontakt Instrument by Heavyocity

Each ensemble was captured with six players performing together, and the Heavyocity team performed all of the percussion in the collection. Round-robin performances at multiple velocities are included, so repeated hits do not sound identical.

The 12 metal ensembles cover a wide range, from epic, punchy kegs and trash cans to sharp railroad spikes and pipes. The developer describes the recording as made in Bunker Studios in Brooklyn, using close, room and ceiling-mounted X-Y microphones. The content was then mixed and mastered through Heavyocity's analog and digital signal chain and further processed for grittier, overdriven results.

The interface offers global effects including reverb, delay, distortion and chorus modulation, per-metal EQ, per-channel ADSR, Trigger FX and the Punish and Twist knobs. Punish is described as a combination of saturation, distortion and compression, while Twist shapes the sound.

The loop section contains over 300 tempo-synced phrases, now divided into straight and triplet loops. You can rearrange loops by slice with the Loop Mutator and layer loop stems to build custom rhythmic combinations.