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Studio Elements

Overview
Audio
Articulations
Data Size

List

€ 249

List

€ 249

Water. Metal. Glass. Stone.

Even if you’re unfamiliar with these instruments by name, you've likely heard their otherworldly tones in film scores and sound design projects – sometimes taking center stage, other times lurking ominously or even threatening in the background. The Studio Elements collection brings together water (waterphones), metal (singing bowls, steel rails, tam-tams), stone (lithophones), and glass (glass harmonica, verrophone, bottles), offering everything from mellow, ethereal drones to signals of impending danger in suspenseful movie scenes. This rare and unusual collection is incredibly versatile, perfect for adding unique textures to any production.

Overview

Rare and unique instruments
Archaic sounds, from ethereal shimmers to thunderous strikes
Perfect out-of-the-box sound
Expertly crafted mixer presets
Easily place each instrument at different positions in the main hall of Synchron Stage Vienna

Studio Elements

11 Tracks

These totally unique instruments have long been a trade secret for composers and sound designers, capturing their imagination with unusual archaic sounds that range from the ethereal to the thunderous. As strange as these instruments are they are also wildly versatile, precisely because there are no real rules or preconceived notions of how to use them. They’re easily blendable with more traditional orchestrations and with a dazzling array of VSL custom created effects presets the already wildly imaginative tones of these instruments have been significantly expanded.

Digital audio workstation interface for Synchron Player software, displaying sound articulation, type, marcato, performance controls, and instrument library options with highlighted Bass Waterphone presets.

Screenshot of Synchron Player music software interface showing various adjustable parameters for sound effects including equalizer settings, layer control, compressor, and soft steps preset.

Digital audio workstation interface for Synchron Player software, displaying settings for Glass Harmonica instrument, including articulation, attack, volume controls, and a virtual keyboard.

Synchron Player software interface showing Beater and Type selections, an equalizer graph, and a list of instrument presets including Grande lithophone.

Instruments & Articulations

Glass harmonica

Portato
Sustained normal and marcato
Trills
Mallet normal and secco
Mallet glissando

Verrophone

Staccato
Portato
Sustained normal and marcato
Rolls normal and marcato
Trills normal and marcato
Mallet normal and secco
Mallet trills
Mallet glissando

Musical glasses - A

Staccato
Portato
Sustained normal and marcato
Rolls normal and marcato
Trills normal and marcato

Musical glasses - B

Staccato
Portato
Sustained normal and marcato
Rolls normal and marcato
Trills normal and marcato
Mallet soft, medium, hard
Mallet glissando

Musical glasses - C

Staccato fast and slow
Portato fast and slow
Sustained normal and marcato
Rolls normal and marcato

Bottles

Staccato
Portato
Sustained normal and marcato
Flutter tonguing
Sforzato

Close-up of a Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol keyboard with its screen displaying sound library options, control knobs, and illuminated keys, demonstrating NKS integration.

NKS Integration

This Library supports Native Instruments’ NKS format and is compatible with Komplete Kontrol keyboards and Maschine. Use the Light Guide to quickly identify key switches and play ranges of your instruments, browse and preview sounds, and quickly adapt them using pre-configured control knobs.

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Data Size

Sample Amount

9,355

Download File Size

3.3 GB

Installed File Size

12.7 GB

System requirements

Minimum:

Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i3
7200 rpm hard drive (HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
8 GB RAM
iLok Account and iLok License Manager for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)
Free storage space: 12.7 GB