Ocarina de Custa de Moras ceramic ocarina Kontakt instrument by Sounds of the Earth

Ocarina de Custa de Moras: Ceramic Wind Instrument Kontakt Library

Ocarina de Custa de Moras is a Kontakt instrument by Sounds of the Earth, based on a recording of a ceramic six-hole ocarina. It includes 3930 Kontakt sample files and 230 audio files.

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01Overview

Ocarina de Custa de Moras is a sample-based instrument from the developer Sounds of the Earth, built around a ceramic wind instrument with six finger holes. The developer describes the original design as offering a wide range of sound possibilities compared with pre-Hispanic globular flutes. The recording replica is based on an original model found by archaeologist María Fernández de Tinoco. The library is delivered as a Kontakt instrument, so it works inside a Kontakt host on Windows and macOS.

Best for

Ethnic wind textures
World music melodies
Folk and ambient scoring
Sample-based flute parts
Cinematic ancient-world themes

Developer: Sounds of the Earth
Category: Kontakt Instruments
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Ceramic six-hole ocarina sound based on a recording replica
3930 Kontakt sample files for playable instrument articulations
230 audio files included with the library
Eight Kontakt microphone options for different capture styles
Installs with the Pulse installer
Package size of 1.2GB
Requires full Kontakt 7 or later; demo mode in Kontakt Player

03In depth

Sound Source and Recording Replica

The instrument is a recording replica of a Cuesta de Moras ocarina, a ceramic wind instrument with six finger holes. Sounds of the Earth states that the original piece was likely made by a musician looking to expand the musical framework of its time.

The library includes 3930 Kontakt sample files and 230 audio files, giving a large set of sampled notes to work with. The developer also offers eight Kontakt microphone options, so you can choose how the instrument is captured before shaping it in your mix.

Requirements and Setup

Ocarina de Custa de Moras needs the full version of Kontakt, version 7 or later. The free Kontakt Player will not run the instrument, and it will play in demo mode instead.

The package is 1.2GB and is installed with the Pulse installer. Supported systems are Windows 7, 8 or 10 on an Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 processor, and macOS 10.10 or later.

04Specs