Sick 6 by Soundiron Kontakt horror cinematic sound library interface

Sick 6: Horror and Cinematic Sound Effects Library for Kontakt

Rated 5.0/5 on Plugin Boutique (9 ratings)

Sick 6 is a horror-themed cinematic sound effects library from Soundiron for Native Instruments Kontakt. It includes over 1,000 stingers, impacts, risers, playable pads and ambiences for scoring and sound design.

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01Overview

Sick 6: 666 - The Sickening is built for horror, sci-fi, drama, suspense and action projects. The library covers stingers, boomers, impacts, stabs, swells, risers, drones and atmospheres, all recorded from organic instruments, sound effects and environmental field recordings. Each sound can be played as a one-shot or mapped chromatically across the keyboard as a tuned instrument. It is designed for composers, sound designers, re-recording mixers, animators, filmmakers and game developers who need dark, vivid scoring elements.

Best for

  • Horror film scoring
  • Trailer stingers
  • Suspense and tension beds
  • Sci-fi sound design
  • Game atmospheres
  • Cinematic impacts and risers
Developer
Soundiron
Requires
Kontakt
Store
Plugin Boutique
02Key features

What you get

  • 1,009 cinematic stingers, impacts and effects across eight categories
  • 89 sustaining ambience and soundscape sounds
  • 81 Kontakt 5.5 .nki instrument presets
  • Automation-ready controls for attack, release, filter and vibrato
  • Solo button maps sounds chromatically across the keyboard
  • Built-in arpeggiator with step sequencer and pattern import/export
  • FX Rack with convolution reverb and 70 impulses
  • WAV files at 24-bit/48kHz, with Soundminer and BWF metadata
03In depth

Cinematic Stingers, Impacts and Ambiences

The stinger collections contain 67 sound banks and 1,009 cinematic effects, each with several distinct variations. The sounds are grouped into eight main categories: Chaos, Electro, Gore, Impact, Reveal, Rising, Strings and Suspense. A separate set of sustaining tonal ambience and soundscape banks covers underscoring, tension building and melodic scoring.

The ambience sets are sorted into Abrasions, Glatched, Gruwzum, Kruxin and Trance. Abrasions offers grainy, metallic dissonances, while Trance provides low, warm oscillating textures and droning pads. Soundiron describes the library as containing over 4 GB of sound-designed content.

Kontakt Controls, Arpeggiator and FX Rack

Each preset includes automation-ready controls for attack, release, volume, filter tone, vibrato and sample start offset. The Solo button maps a stinger or ambience across the full MIDI key range so it plays as a tuned instrument.

The arpeggiator offers custom modes, a step sequencer, note length, humanization, swing, velocity drawing, and the ability to save, export and import patterns. The FX Rack adds multi-effects, compression, EQ, amp and speaker simulation, and convolution reverb with 70 impulses.

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 Sick 6?

Sick 6 requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later. The free Kontakt Player does not support this open-format library.

Which operating systems does Sick 6 support?

Sick 6 is listed for Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.8 or higher. The library is distributed in Kontakt format.

Can I use the WAV files outside Kontakt?

Yes. The WAV files are standard 24-bit/48kHz stereo audio and can be used in any audio or video application that supports PCM WAV data. The sample directories are accessible for customization and import into other samplers.

How much disk space does Sick 6 need?

The library measures 4.44 GB installed and contains 1,098 samples.

07Developer

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