The Ruler

Soundiron is known for our willingness to take sampling ever farther, to go to any lengths and explore every inch of the sonic world. Our never-ending quest is sampling literally every measurable sound in the universe that has musical potential. Perhaps we're compensating for a long-hidden fear that we won't measure up, or maybe it's just that we're willing to go miles beyond the rest to set a new metric for excellence. Time and time again, we've set new benchmarks in sampling and elevated the art to a whole new scale. We're willing to break all the rules in our quest. Our goal is always to reach imperial quality, no matter how tall the order. When we find that our catalog has fallen short, rather than inch along, we put our foot down and fill in those gaps, because we'll never sell you short.

Long story short, we've all played with rulers and tape measures and noticed all of the satisfying sproings and wobbles they can produce. When you brace a ruler over the edge of a flat surface so that it can oscillate freely, it can produce a musical tone at a frequency in proportion to the distance it’s able to vibrate up and down. The longer the section of tine that can freely vibrate, the lower the note and the longer it can sustain. As you slide the ruler farther onto the surface and reduce the length of the freely-vibrating overhanging segment, the pitch increases and the duration of the note shortens. Tiny adjustments can result in large jumps, so you need to go millimeter-by-millimeter to produce a wide musical scale. The Ruler includes over 24 playable articulations, 20 custom FX presets, 20 sound-designed ambiences, 4825 stereo samples and a full gigabyte of content.

This library comes with an adaptable LFO system, with selectable LFO shape, modulation target parameter, speed, intensity, tempo-syncing and fade-in time. You can also apply your choice of 12 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters, with assignable modulation targets such as velocity, modwheel, expression, after-touch, key position and step-sequencer table control. Our customizable arpeggiator offers a velocity table and control over arp direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration. We’ve included a key and scale lock system to constrain your notes to common scales and keys for easy melodic composition and live performance.

Key Features:

• Playable Articulations: Over 24 articulations including pings, plucks, slaps, drops, rattles, taps, and FX sampled from rulers & tape measures.
• Sound-Designed Presets: 20 custom FX and ambient presets, 20 ambience patches created from the source content.
• Comprehensive Sample Library: 4825 stereo WAV files, 1.1 GB installed, 24 bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM wav samples.
• Sound-Shaping Controls: Adaptable LFO system, 12 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters with assignable modulation targets.
• Customizable Arpeggiator: Velocity table, control over arp direction, timing, swing, randomization, and duration.
• Full FX Rack: Convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers & FX environments.