A TOOLKIT OF TRANSPORTIVE TEXTURES
Breathe new life into your compositions with this versatile toolkit of unique timbres, created by contemporary composer, Oliver Patrice Weder. For his second sample library, the expert sound curator has recorded a wide variety of instruments and techniques in the remarkable setting of a reverberant pool house — surrounded and inspired by nature. The sounds range from contemplative solo and trio vocal chants and breathy woodwind swells to personalised piano sounds, delicate percussion and shimmering organic and electronic loops — carefully sculpted to blend together seamlessly and complete with a range of bespoke controls, effects and reverbs. Adding a much sought-after human quality and fragility to your music, these transcendental textures are suited to intimate film scores and contemporary classical or ambient tracks alike.
PRODUCT INFO
1.7 GB DOWNLOAD SIZE
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1.70 GB DISK SPACE REQUIRED DURING INSTALL
MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.10 to OS X 11 Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM. Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM. Intel and Apple Silicon / ARM is supported. 32 bit is not supported. Machine must be connected to the internet during install
PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit) Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7
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“AS I STEPPED INTO THE POOL HOUSE, I IMMEDIATELY KNEW I HAD TO RECORD IN THERE. THE NATURAL REVERB IS THE PERFECT LENGTH AND SIZE, AND PLACING A MICROPHONE IN THE CENTRE ABOVE THE WATER CREATED A SPRING REVERB QUALITY, ALLOWING ME TO CAPTURE AND REFLECT THE PEACEFULNESS I WAS SURROUNDED BY. THE VOICES WERE MY FIRST CHOICE, AS TO ME, THEY ARE THE CLOSEST SOUND TO NATURE.”
— OLIVER PATRICE WEDER
While Weder’s first sample library and record, OPW, was inspired by constant movement and travelling, The Pool Project is a tribute to peace and stillness. At the core of the library are male vocal swells, longs and vowel sounds performed by Madrid’s Club del Rio, which blend beautifully with woodwind duo Zopli2’s breathy alto flute and bass clarinet swells and visceral playing techniques, including circular breathing. This is accompanied by Weder’s very own personalised double felted and tape piano sounds, synthesiser loops from his Juno 6 fed through various pedal effects and electronic manipulations, and a unique selection of toys and percussion hits and loops, providing gentle rhythm and momentum, including the steel tongue drum, toy piano, recorder, and kaval (a Bulgarian flute). The specially curated controls, effects and IR reverbs invite you to tailor the sounds to your specific production needs within the plug-in, with the Distort setting taking the organic recordings to a completely new place.
— Available in Spitfire Audio’s award-winning, dedicated plug-in
— 40 exclusive presets: Vocal Trio (6), Gentle Breeze (6), Solo Voice (7), Pianos (Double Felt & Taped), ‘Toys’ (5), Percussion (4), and Synth Loops (10)
— A range of specially curated in-built effects and controls, providing a wealth of complex sonic possibilities to drastically control and manipulate each of the presets — Dynamics, Expression, Attack, Release, Reverb, Stretch (controlling the speed of the sample playback), Distort (taking the organic samples to a completely new place), Variation (to switch between different variations of the sound), as well as Key Release and Pedal controls on piano presets
— 13 specially curated IR reverbs
— Dynamics fader moves the signal from Close to Room on the organic patches, and controls the arpeggiator speed on the synth patches
— Two stunning piano sounds created from a mellow 60s Petrof, treated with felt and tape
— Each sound is velocity sensitive for varying tones
The Pool Project is made up of two complementary elements — the sample library, and Weder’s sophomore album, out now on SA Recordings — the London label dedicated to supporting and releasing music created by contemporary composers and sound artists. With a range of controls and effects, the sample library concept is an invitation for musicians and producers to reimagine, recreate or completely pull apart the sound palette of an artist to facilitate their own vision. The album is out now on the SA Recordings website, and is also available as a digital bundle (sample library + digital album download) or a physical bundle (sample library + digital album download + limited edition 12-inch gatefold vinyl.)
WHAT'S INCLUDED
PRESETS:
VOCAL TRIO:
Aah Drone
Aah Swells
Meditation Trio Chant
Mhm Drone
Mhm Swells
Nana Swells
GENTLE BREEZE:
Airy Longs
Airy Swells
Circular Breathing
Meditation Longs
Pulsing Swells
Swells
SOLO VOICE:
Aah Longs
Breathy Ooh's
Eee Longs
Meditation Chant
Mhm Aah's
Mhm Longs
Nana's
PIANOS:
Double Felt Piano
Taped Piano
TOYS:
Harmonica
Kaval Flute Longs
Kaval Flute Experimental Longs
Recorder
Toy Piano
PERCUSSION:
Drum Machine
Jawbone
Travelling Shaker
Organic Loops
SYNTH LOOPS:
Forest Glade
Lala
Wild Cicada
Maximum Magic
Last Sun
Comfortable Blizzard
Night Ride
Complex Ant Burrow
Coloured Rain
Pollination Dance
