Tuned Artillery

Welcome to Soundiron's Tuned Artillery Shells! This unique tuned and untuned metallic percussion library is based on dry and hall recordings of spent brass field artillery shell casings from the WWI and WWII eras, plus a few odd extra elements in the same vein – an Eastern Bloc infantry combat helmet and a couple of decommissioned modern hand grenades. Weapons of destruction made beautiful!

Artillery shells and military helmets have a long history in modern classical music, used both as untuned anvil-like striking instruments and pitched over a tuned key range. The high-quality precision cast and machined brass shell casings produce deeply resonant and harmonically rich qualities when struck with mallets, hammers, sticks, brushes, or bare hands.

This library features well over 3GB of content, including 3026 samples and 110 Kontakt presets, each with a powerful and artfully designed custom user interface. You'll find both tuned and untuned metal percussion elements with a variety of useful articulations featuring up to 10 velocity layers and 12 round-robins per layer for each one. We've also included a deep bonus collection of hand-crafted ambiences and tonal pads that we created by manipulating the original source material. These soundscapes, drones, and textures provide a perfect and quite organic accompaniment to the more traditional multi-sampled library material they were directly derived from. We've also included a range of automatable LFO, EQ, filter, custom convolution, reverb, and arpeggiation systems to expand on the creative possibilities that this library offers.

Under the cover of night, we infiltrated our favorite recording hall to experiment with some army party favors: a collection of spent artillery shells and headwear. We used state-of-the-art gear to capture multiple velocity layers in multiple articulations for each piece of Army equipment. Not content with just including 3 mic positions (close, wide, and far), we went back and recorded each shell and helmet dry in a booth to really give users the ability to sculpt the sound they want.

Key Features:

• Extensive Content: Over 3GB of content with 3026 samples and 110 Kontakt presets.
• Multiple Articulations: Various useful articulations featuring up to 10 velocity layers and 12 round-robins per layer.
• Custom Soundscapes: A deep bonus collection of hand-crafted ambiences and tonal pads.
• Advanced Interface: Includes automatable LFO, EQ, filter, custom convolution, reverb, and arpeggiation systems.
• High-Quality Recordings: Captured with state-of-the-art gear in multiple mic positions and dry booth recordings.