Native Instruments Schema: Dark [KONTAKT]

• Writer: Native Instruments
• Product: Cinematic : Schema: Dark
• Necessities: Works with Kontakt FULL or Kontakt Participant v7.1.8 or later

Deep, darkish patterns and pulses
For some tales, solely the darkest sounds will suffice. Pairing the all-new SCHEMA Engine with a far-reaching array of the deepest, heaviest, and most twisted sound design possible, SCHEMA: DARK propels your sonic narrative to unfathomed depths.

Cinematic pulse engine
Create, darkish, driving patterns and pulses with a singular, new sequencing engine
Layer expertly sound-designed variations of orchestral, artificial, and field-recorded loops
Go deep with editable patterns for every layer, intuitive macro knobs, combine controls, and studio-grade results

The SCHEMA Engine
SCHEMA: DARK is constructed round a 16-step sequencer not like some other: begin with 4 tempo-synced loops of two bars every, toggle as much as 16 steps for every layer to create distinctive rhythmic patterns, then range the density of your creation utilizing the mod wheel. Get immediately satisfying outcomes or dive in to discover polyrhythmic trickery, uneasy atmosphere, high-intensity partitions of sound – and each level in between.

Full-spectrum darkness
From curated discipline recordings to modular synth sequences and expertly captured orchestral recordings from the famend Sofia Session Studio, SCHEMA DARK’s 1700 distinctive loops are united solely by a pitch-dark tonality and your challenge’s tempo. Maintain drones, basses, synths, and orchestral sounds in key utilizing your MIDI keyboard, and pitch drums and SFX to style with the devoted Tuning knob.

Take it additional
Every loop is available in 4 sound-designed flavors: Model A is the unique – captured pristinely and sweetened to style with high-end outboard gear. Variations B, C, and D push issues even additional into the shadows with bespoke processing chains – from boutique pedal distortion to esoteric modular patches and uncommon, rack-mounted compressors.

Dial in, develop, or go deep
SCHEMA Dark comes with 343 professionally designed presets to get you up and operating instantly. Every one consists of 4 loops, every with their very own switchable patterns, playback modes (together with reverse!), envelopes, results, and extra. For additional tweaking, filters, decay, quantity, and pitch are all editable per step, sample lengths might be set independently for polyrhythmic enjoyable, and 6 studio-grade results are assignable throughout two ship slots.

Roll the cube
When you’re feeling spoiled for alternative, every of SCHEMA: DARK’s 4 loops might be randomly chosen for an immediate jolt of inspiration. From there, every of the 16 slices for every loop might be randomly reordered, and the sequencer patterns themselves will also be determined by the roll of a cube. With the SCHEMA Engine, you’re by no means quite a lot of clicks away from someplace completely sudden.

See all 4 tracks and patterns at a look from SCHEMA: DARK’s sequencer house web page.
Reorder pattern slices and change steps on or off for every layer independently.
Take management of filter cutoff, decay, quantity, and pitch for every particular person step.
Select from and dial in six studio-grade artistic results and assign them throughout two devoted ship slots.
Set ranges and pan place for every layer, then route them to your chosen output.
SCHEMA: DARK comes loaded with 340+ professionally-designed presets, prepared to make use of as-is, or make your individual.

SCHEMA: DARK’s sound sources have been processed – and in lots of instances positively mangled – with the assistance of classic machines, stompboxes, and modular gadgets at Tobias Menguser’s Mallorca studio.

Watch SCHEMA: DARK in motion
Having created sounds for dozens of the most important franchises in TV, Hollywood, and videogames, Robert Dudzic is not any stranger to plumbing the depths of sonic oblivion. So who higher to place SCHEMA: DARK by way of its paces? Watch him familiarize yourself with the SCHEMA: Engine and showcase a few of what it could possibly do within the palms of a sound-design grasp craftsman.

Concerning the creator
SCHEMA: DARK was created in collaboration with professional sound and instrument designer Tobias Menguser. Since beginning within the early 90s, he has created sounds and devices for most of the business’s largest names, together with offering sounds for an intensive catalog of virtually 500 film trailers.