Silence Other Sounds CARTAGO [KONTAKT]

P2P | 19 December 2024 | 7.94 GB
P2P | December 19, 2024 | 7.94 Gigabytes

CARTAGO – Ancient Drums of the Future
CARTAGO – The Ancient Drum of the Future
Cartago is a Kontakt library built around an extensive collection of ancient, modern, and custom-designed cinematic percussions. Created in collaboration with renowned sound designer Stefano Maccarelli – whose acclaimed works include the Ethera vocal library series, Elements, Kepler, and many more – Cartago offers a rich array of meticulously crafted sounds organized in two highly powerful Kontakt instruments.
Cartago is a Kontakt library built around a vast collection of vintage, modern, and custom-designed cinematic percussion. Created in collaboration with renowned sound designer Stefano Maccarelli – whose acclaimed work includes the Ethera vocal library series, Elements, Kepler, and many more – Cartago offers a collection of meticulously crafted sounds organized into two incredibly powerful Kontakt instruments.

Cartago features a wide selection of both acoustic and designed percussive instruments, from classic orchestral bass drums, timpani, and snares to custom Roman Timpana and various frame drums. Traditional world instruments are also well represented, including Japanese Taikos, Middle-Eastern darbukas, and West African djembes, alongside rare idiophones like the crotala, tintinnabula, sistrum, and scabellum.
Cartago features a wide selection of acoustic and designer percussion instruments, from classic orchestral bass drums, timpani, and snare drums to custom-made Roman timpani and a variety of frame drums. Traditional world instruments are also well represented, including Japanese taiko drums, Middle Eastern darbukas, and West African djembe, as well as rare idiomatic instruments like the crotala, tintinnabula, sistrum, and scabellum.

Cartago is structured into two versatile instruments: the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer and the Designed Drums Kit. Both instruments are designed for an intuitive, composer-friendly experience, enabling seamless percussion sequencing and drum design that's as creative as it is efficient.
Cartago consists of two versatile instruments: the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer and the Designed Drums Kit. Both instruments are designed to provide an intuitive, composer-friendly experience, enabling seamless percussion sequencing and drum design that is both creative and efficient.

1. ACOUSTIC PERCUSSIONS SEQUENCER
1. ACOUSTIC PERCUSSIONS SEQUENCER
The Acoustic Percussions Sequencer instruments feature 51 multi-sampled drums.
The Acoustic Percussions Sequencer instrument features 51 multi-sampled drums.

Each drum features 12 round robins, up to 7 dynamic levels and 3 microphone positions (Close 1, Close 2, Room). The microphone position of Close 1 and Close 2 changes according to the sampled drum: for frame drums, they respectively correspond to front and back, whereas other configurations are used for drums of different size and shape.
Each drum features 12 round-robin patterns, up to 7 dynamic levels, and 3 microphone positions (Close 1, Close 2, Room). The Close 1 and Close 2 microphone positions vary depending on the drum being sampled: for frame drums, they correspond to the front and back toms, respectively, while other configurations are used for drums of different sizes and shapes.

For each drum, 3 different kind of hits have been recorded: for larger drums like Taikos, Bass drums or bigger frame drums, these correspond to Centre, Middle and Border respectively, whereas other articulations are featured for smaller drums.
For each drum, 3 different types of strikes were recorded: Center, Middle and Border for larger drums like Taikos, Bass drum or larger frame drums, while the other operations are suitable for smaller drums.

The instrument features 3 independent layers, in order to combine different percussive sounds, with a total of 9 different sounds that can be played simultaneously from the keyboard.
The instrument features 3 independent layers to allow for combining different percussion sounds, for a total of 9 different sounds that can be played simultaneously from the keyboard.

Moreover, the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer features a multistep sequencer based on multiple interchangeable patterns in real time, and further controls like Expression, Tightness and Scale for a further, more expressive dynamic control.
Additionally, the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer features a multi-step sequencer based on several real-time interchangeable patterns, along with additional controls like Expression, Tightness, and Scale for further, more expressive dynamic control.

2. Designed Drums Kit
The Designed Drums Kit is a sound design oriented instrument that features over 2200 one-shot samples. It has been designed to creatively layer and manipulate pre-designed drum and percussive samples and playing them in a finger-drumming MPC fashion. In fact, the Designed Drums Kit is based on 16 independent pads (on the left of the GUI) to which a sound can be loaded.
Designed Drums Kit is a sound design-oriented instrument with over 2,200 one-shot samples. It's designed to creatively layer and manipulate pre-designed drum and percussion samples, playing them in the style of a finger drum MPC. Designed Drums Kit is based around 16 independent pads (located on the left side of the GUI) onto which sounds can be loaded.

The basic concept of the Designed Drums Kit can be summarized as: load any sound to any pad, map any pad to any key on your MIDI controller. Do you want to have an instrument with 16 different kick sounds? You can. Do you want to load the very same snare sample on each of the 16 pads and manipulate it independently per pad? You can. You want to create your own kit by exploring the vast selection of one-shots? You can.
The basic concept of the Designed Drums Kit can be summarized as follows: load any sound onto any pad, and map any pad to any key on your MIDI controller. Want an instrument with 16 different kick drum sounds? You can. Want to load the exact same snare drum sample onto each of the 16 pads and manipulate it independently for each pad? You can. Want to create your own kit by exploring a vast collection of one-shots? You can.

– The samples in the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer are compressed in .ncw format.
– Samples in Acoustic Percussions Sequencer are compressed in .ncw format.

– The samples in the Designed Drums Kit are regular .wav files and are accessible from the samples folder. They can be used outside of Kontakt.
– The samples in the Designed Drums Kit are regular .wav files that can be accessed from the sample folder and can be used outside of Kontakt.

Requires the FULL version of Kontakt 6.8.0 (or above)!
Requires the full version of Kontakt 6.8.0 (or higher)!