Pancha Vadhyam Kit is a Sonic Atlas expansion pack by Pitch Innovations that captures Kerala's five-instrument temple percussion orchestra. It includes loops, fills and playable one-shot patches built from 1,321 samples.
Pancha Vadhyam Kit focuses on the classic five-instrument temple orchestra of Kerala, featuring Thimila, Maddalam, Idakka, Ilathalam and Kombu. The sounds were recorded with 12 temple musicians, and the developer says it is the first time the full ensemble has been captured as a playable instrument. The kit is designed for producers who want rhythmic hand-drum patterns and cymbal textures with a melodic edge, drawn from the library's loops, fills and one-shot patches.
The kit covers the whole ensemble and also gives you individual instrument patches for Thimila, Maddalam, Idakka, Ilathalam and Kombu. The one-shots are organized as solo, duo and full ensemble patches, so you can build anything from a single hand-drum line to a dense group performance.
The developer describes the Idakka as percussion with real melody in it, which makes it a useful choice when you want a pitched rhythmic voice alongside the drums and cymbals.
The library contains 265 loops and fills recorded across multiple tempos, which helps when you need a pattern that already matches your session tempo. For more control, 1,056 one-shots include velocity layers and round robins, so repeated hits sound less mechanical when you program them yourself.
With 1,321 samples in total, the kit gives you both ready-made grooves and raw material to sequence, layer and rearrange.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Pitch Innovations |
|---|---|
| Type | Preset pack / expansion |
| Category | Expansion Packs |
| Requires | Sonic Atlas |
Pancha Vadhyam Kit is an expansion for Sonic Atlas, so you need Sonic Atlas to load and play it.
On macOS 10.15 or higher, the kit supports VST, VST3, AU, AAX and Standalone formats, including Intel and native Apple Silicon. On Windows 8 or higher, it supports VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone formats. Both platforms require a 64-bit host.
The developer lists Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper and Reason among supported DAWs, with more listed as well.
The kit includes Thimila, Maddalam, Idakka, Ilathalam and Kombu, with individual instrument patches for each as well as full ensemble patches.
REQUIRES SONIC ATLAS
REQUIRES SONIC ATLAS
REQUIRES SONIC ATLAS
REQUIRES SONIC ATLAS
REQUIRES SONIC ATLAS
REQUIRES SONIC ATLAS