Nordic Metal Cello: Distorted Cello Kontakt Instrument by Have Audio

The instrument offers two sound sources: a Natural channel that keeps the acoustic character of the cello, and a Distortion channel that runs through two high-gain amplifiers, each giving a different sonic flavor. You can solo, mute or mix the two.

The main articulations are organized across eight keyswitches. Keyswitch 1 holds single strokes in short, power snap, pizzicato snap and long versions. Keyswitches 2 and 3 provide three sets of powerchord loops each. Other keyswitches cover metal sustain notes, metal cello bends, metal double bends, power sliding tremolos, and metal effects such as string scratches and scraping.

Loops can be pitched and tempo-synced to your DAW, and the Time Warp control lets you slow down or speed up tempo in both host and free modes. A separate phrase set is organized into twelve keyswitches by reference pedal note, from C through B, with tempo-synced phrases and textures.

The built-in processing includes an ICE layer that blends sound design samples, an arpeggiator with five modes, up to 32 steps and four octaves, a reverse effect, dynamics control, 82 convolution reverb and IR effects, a delay algorithm, and six additional effects (EQ, compression, saturation, chorus, phaser and Leslie) with three controls each, plus four FX macros and ADSR envelope controls.