Little Pump Reeds: Kontakt Library of Small Reed Instruments by Soundiron

The library covers instruments that sit on the smaller side of the reed family. The Shruti Box is a traditional Indian instrument, similar in tone to the harmonium, and it suits drone parts. The mini accordion has 14 keys and 4 bass drones spanning about three octaves, with a warm tone and deep sub-bass octaves. The Plastisax has 13 keys across roughly two octaves and sounds like a harmonica crossed with a reed organ. Its concertina is sampled at multiple dynamic levels and articulations, and the set also includes a small paper squeeze box that has only two tones.

Soundiron sampled each instrument with attention to playability, and the developer says the sample sets feel fuller than these small instruments would suggest.

The Kontakt interface exposes swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, coarse and fine pitch, articulation switching, and cross-fading and layering controls. The LFO has selectable shape, target, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time. You can choose from 12 low-pass, high-pass and FX filters with assignable modulation sources such as velocity, mod wheel, expression and after-touch.

The arpeggiator offers a velocity table and control over direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration. A key and scale lock keeps notes within chosen scales. The FX rack provides 10 slots for 18 DSP modules, and the reverb uses convolution impulses for rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor environments.