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US Rigid Audio announces Atheos for Kontakt 23/07/19

Rigid Audio tells us that Atheos, their newest creation is designed for ultra-deep soundscapes, textures and cinematic composing.

Features:

4 simultaneous running engines.
11 GB.
300 instruments for engines 1-3 ("sampler", "time-machine" and "tone-machine").
150 instruments for the fourth "noise" engine.
string,bass,piano,pad,ambient,texture,bell,wind,wave and fx instruments.
forward, reversed and "both" playback.
sound category filters/selectors.
volume, pan and glide control per engine.
11 filter types (incl. vowel and phaser).
comprehensive and musical randomizing features.
adjustable key (note) range for each engine for keysplits.
each engine has its own output for individual mixing and processing in your DAW of choice.

Sequencers:

4 sequencers with 4 steps table buffers for each engine.
up to 16 simultaneous running sequencers.
2-128 steps per sequencer (up to 512 steps using the four table buffers).
table buffer playlist options.
inter-sequencer modulation.
7 sequencer playbackmodes (incl. flam, random and step).
40 built-in sequencer table presets.
random table speed per sequencer
extensive non-destructive table editing functions (incl. rescaling and stretch/shrink).
4 modulation targets for each sequencer.
each modulation target features inverting, low/high range control and randomization.
each sequencer can be modulated via modulation wheel or any continous MIDI controller.
realtime modulation of any parameter (incl. effect parameters).
modulation of engine features like speed, smooth, grain, formant and others.
random modulation target selection.

Effects and presets:

5 freely assignable effect slots per engine.
22 effects to choose from (incl. filters, eq, distortion and tape saturation).
effect slots can be exchanged (nudged left/right) while taking modulation routings into account.
random effect type selection per slot.
six controllable parameters per effect slot (incl. dry/wet controls when applicable).
120 built-in categorized engine presets ranging from damaged/lofi sounds to subtle and rhythmic variations.
each engine preset can be loaded into any engine.
random creation of engine presets based on pre-selected categories (e.g. gated, filtered, spacey).

NOTE: ATHEOS requires the full retail version of Kontakt 5.8.1. It will not work with the free Kontakt Player.

Pricing and Availability:

ATHEOS will be released on the 15th of August 2019. It will retail for $129.99 (USD).

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