FREE! “Bowed Glass Clouds” by Riot Audio

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Bowed Glass Clouds is a cinematic virtual instrument running in NI’s Kontakt. Its morphing pad engine creates rich, organic evolving textures with sounds sourced from bowed glass bowls and jars.

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An Epic Cinematic Morphing Pad Instrument For Kontakt!

BOWED GLASS CLOUDS is a cinematic morphing pad instrument running in Kontakt 5.8 and above. It is based on recordings of bowed resonant glass bowls and jars, as well as a few selected sound design sources including a household hoover, and an Ebow-driven resonator guitar.

BOWED GLASS CLOUDS makes use of Kontakt’s AET Filter technology to seamlessly morph between layers of sound, both tonal and non-tonal. The instrument has a simple GUI allowing for controls for the morphing within each layer (A and B) as well as adjustment of balance between these layers.

Other controls include distortion, BP filter, delay and reverb as well as three-band parametric EQ.

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Create Completely Unique Rich, Organic Evolving Textures With Ease!

LAYERS

Much of the appeal of the CLOUDS engine derives from how it generates movement between different sample sources and groups. It contains two layers, A and B, each of which in turn contains a base sublayer and a target sublayer, i.e. four layers in total.

  • MORPHING: This section controls the morphing parameters of the engine. The engine is configured to modulate from the base sublayers of layer A and layer B to their target sublayers over time.
  • Amount: This controls how much the base layers morph into the target layers. This can be controlled for A and B separately.
  • Speed: Controls the speed of the morphing from the base layers to the target layers. Low settings equal speeds of ~300ms, while higher settings result in a morphing speed of around 9 seconds.
  • OCTAVES: Each layer (A, B) contains three octaves, each within their own Kontakt group and with subtle individual differences, such as different recording takes, pitch shift variations etc. This section allows for volume control of each of the octave groups. Choose one group only for a simple, thin sound, or dial them all in for a full, organ-like multi-octave spread.
  • X-FADE: This fader allows you to transition between the main layers A and B. We recommend automating this or controlling it via MIDI CC (modwheel etc) as this gives you maximum expressivity during playing.

FX

The effects section contains controls for Distortion, BP (Bandpass) Filter, Delay and Reverb.

  • Distortion toggle button: Turns Tape distortion/saturation on and off.
  • Distortion: Regulates the amount of saturation/distortion. At the higher end of the control you will hear tape compression kicking in – this stops the levels going all out of proportion.
  • BP Filter Freq(uency): Controls the centre of the Bandpass filter. They’ve opted for a fairly wide BP filter with smooth curves for a natural, warm sound. Nevertheless, you can use it to sweep through the frequency spectrum up to a very narrow high band.
  • Delay: Controls the amount of delay return.
  • Time: Controls the time of the delay intervals. The delay is tempo-synced, with 8ths/quavers as the base unit. The possible range is from 1 8th to 12 8ths.
  • Reverb: Controls the amount of reverb return. The reverb is a modelled Lexicon 480 digital reverb unit with a long hall setting (9.0s).
  • Length: Controls the size of the reverb – both early reflections (ER) and late reflections (LR) are adjusted with this control.

EQ – Low, Mid and High

Controls gain of low, mid and high bands of a parametric EQ. The EQs have wide Qs for a musical, soft attenuation or enhancement effect.

FEATURES

  • 12 patches: Atmospheric Whiteout, Frozen Air, Ground and Ionosphere, Harvest Sunset, Horizon, Jetstream Organ, Lone Whisp, Nebulae, Solo Puff, Stratosphere, Sudden Squall, Warm Haze
  • Samples include bowed large bowl, bowed small jar, bowed medium bowl, Ebow resonator guitar, household hoover
  • 12 layers of sound in total: A/B layers with two sublayers each and a 3 octave spread
  • Lexicon Reverb Modelling
  • Based on Riot Audio’s proprietary CLOUDS engine using Kontakts AET Filter morphing capabilities

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So What Exactly Can I Do With “Bowed Glass Clouds”?

“Bowed Glass Clouds” unique design generates movement between different sample sources and groups, it uses Kontakt’s AET Filter technology to seamlessly morph between layers of sound, both tonal and non-tonal to generate completely unique ever evolving textures that lend themselves well to many types of music production including:

  • Cinematic Underscore
  • Ambient Music
  • Otherworldly Textures
  • New Age Music
  • Sound Design

“Bowed Glass Clouds” gives you the tools to create completely unique rich, organic evolving textures with ease!


Note: Requires the Full Retail version of Kontakt 5.8 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player).

Note: Please be aware you will be required to visit the Riot Audio website in order to create an account, redeem and download your product. We do not host the download at VSTBuzz.

"Bowed Glass Clouds" by Riot Audio

FREE! "Bowed Glass Clouds" by Riot Audio

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  • Create Completely Unique Rich, Organic Evolving Textures With Ease!
  • 12 patches: Atmospheric Whiteout, Frozen Air, Ground and Ionosphere, Harvest Sunset, Horizon, Jetstream Organ, Lone Whisp, Nebulae, Solo Puff, Stratosphere, Sudden Squall, Warm Haze
  • Samples include bowed large bowl, bowed small jar, bowed medium bowl, Ebow resonator guitar, household hoover
  • 12 layers of sound in total: A/B layers with two sublayers each and a 3 octave spread
  • MORPHING – Amount, Speed
  • X-FADE – This fader allows you to transition between the main layers A and B.
  • Lexicon Reverb Modelling
  • Based on Riot Audio’s proprietary CLOUDS engine using Kontakt’s AET Filter morphing capabilities
  • Note: Requires the Full Retail version of Kontakt 5.8 or above (NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player)
  • Note: Please be aware you will be required to visit the Riot Audio website in order to create an account, redeem and download your product. We do not host the download at VSTBuzz.
  • Perfect for Cinematic Underscore, Ambient Music, Otherworldly Textures, New Age Music and more!

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