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Mac:
macOS 10.14 or higher
64 bit
Intel Core i5 or Apple M1 (native)
RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)
Windows:
Windows 10 or higher
64 bit
Intel Core i5 or similar CPU
RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)
Mac (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
Windows (64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AAX
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Fusing musical instruments and sound effects to create fascinating score
Icy spirits stretch across the endless void from the freezing depths of the North to engulf the listener in their song. Nordic Spheres, a transportive granular instrument that produces harsh, throbbing atmospheres echoing through time and devastation, captures the icy tone of the ancients.
Nordic Spheres features an unpolished, ambient sound perfect for creating ambiences as palpable as a thick fog
Nordic Spheres blends layers of musical spheres and sound effects together with easy but complex arpeggiators
With Nordic Spheres, freeze forlorn, mysterious scores in the tracks of modern cinematic music
Nordic Spheres seizes the essence of the beautiful Icelandic nature: from almost infinite icy fields to the fiery horrors of volcanic rage
Musical Soundscapes of Ice and Snow
Nordic Spheres is a Kontakt instrument that combines rich sound effects content, granular synthesis, and percussive sounds to produce enormous, frozen soundscapes and melodic spheres. Sonuscore collaborated with Mats Lundgren and Amina Hocine from Pole Position in Sweden to assemble a rich collection of tonal and non-tonal audio from a variety of imaginative sources. The layering and arpeggiator options offered, along with Mats' recordings, produced a genuinely inspired instrument.
It is ideal for composers and producers who wish to experiment with both sound design and music. It is the sonic sibling of Time Textures and Chroma.
The Bliss of Numbness
Nordic Spheres was created from a variety of mangled atypical tonal and non-tonal sounds and effects, mixed together like crashing glaciers. There are four layers from which to build an intricate texture, each with its own ADSR, arpeggiator, and FX options that include EQ, saturation, chorus, and tremolo.
Sliding with the Grain
Nordic Spheres was designed with great glacial movements in mind. The Grain Engine was the natural choice to achieve this, so that, like snowflakes, no two sounds are ever the same. Meanwhile, the advanced arpeggiator engine allows for complex weaves to float through the sonic spectrum, while the modulation knob controls any number of motion FX.
Simplicity in Complexity
Empower Your Chill: Effortless Soundscapes with an Intuitive UI
Layer of the Spheres
The main page allows you access to the 4 layers of the instrument and the main controls to delve deeper into the cold. The bottom two layers focus on hits, particles, and sustains, while top two are the Grain Engines, loaded with tonal, non-tonal, and looping sounds.
Ever-Evolving
The natural motions of each layer can be easily tied to the modwheel with a single option. Tie the Grain Engines to the modwheel to seep the cold into mysterious textures, and build up the shifting particles and hits to add kinetic energy.
Preset Browser
Choose from over 200 different chilling and creeping presets. Use them as the were designed or tap into your inner dvergar, tinkering with them to create your own.
Echoes of an Eternal Expanse
The secret behind the crystalline and haunting tones of Nordic Spheres lies in the expressive capabilities of the four layers and how the effects are tied to the modwheel.
Grain Engines
The two upper layers feature the Grain Engines - the real icing on the instrument. Adjust the density for thickness, the starting position for something harder to grasp, and change the timing to smear or shatter the sound like falling icycles. Further advanced controls include an ADSR and arpeggiator, with the FX able to be tied to the modwheel.
Layers
Nordic Spheres is like the tundra, with layers of frost and ice. Unlike the permafrost, however, it's easy to build upon them. For the two Grain Engines, choose from Tonal, Tonal Effects, Non-Tonal Effects, and Looping sounds and from the two traditional sample engines: Hits, Particles, and Sustains. Each layer has access to an arpeggiator and FX.
Arpeggiators
Just as in Sonuscore 'other instruments, you can always expect powerful arpeggiators backing the sound of Sonuscore products. Each layer has access to its own arpeggiator or LFO, allowing you to create intricate patterns that freeze the senses and immediately inspire new musical ideas.
From Icy Tones to Volcanic Rage
With the Motion options in each FX grid, tie the FX to the modwheel, allowing you to drastically change the timbre, from icey detachment to burning rage. Use the presets to discover the kinds of changes that you can scrape out, and guide your sounds to whole new spectrums by the interplay of grain, particle, and pad.
This product requires the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player, the latest version can be downloaded through Native Access, Native Instrument's download manager!
Required Registration
Sonuscore products require you to register with the manufacturer at www.sonuscore.com to activate your license. To use Kontakt Player Libraries you also need to register with www.native-instruments.com.
This product requires an activation!
This product requires Native Access for installation, registration and activation. Start the Native Access-Software and log in using your Native Instruments credetials to start the setup.