Free Seasonal Sounds For Kontakt

It's that time of year again and Fracture Sounds has marked it by releasing a Christmas freebie - Sleigh Bells. They tell us that it includes six types of sleigh bells, deep sampled with up to 38 round robins. Here's more details in their own words...

The interface allows for control over the tightness (how much of the sample start is trimmed off), damping (how quicky each sample fades out, allowing you to reduce post-ringing), stereo width and reverb.

Included Patches:

• Sleigh Bells.nki – The main patch, featuring 6 types of sleigh bells, mapped across separate keys.
• Instant Christmas.nki – A bonus patch which syncs to your host tempo and automatically plays an 1/8 or 1/4 note rhythm (depending on the tempo). You don't need to insert any midi – the bells will play automatically when your DAW transport is running – however there are 2 keyswitches (C2 and D2) which let you manually stop and start the rhythm, if desired. You can select which bell is triggered by playing a note on the keyboard – the last played bell will be used by the rhythm generator.

 

Features

• 6 types of sleigh bells.
• Instant Christmas patch for automatic tempo-synced rhythms.
• 3 velocity layers, and up to 38 round-robins.
• Tightness and damping control for easy sound shaping.
• Simple and user-friendly interface.
• Runs in the full Kontakt 5.5 or newer.
• Basic NKS functionality, with accessibility features (but NOT encoded for Kontakt Player)

Pricing and Availability:
Free. Requires the full version of Kontakt 5.5 or above.

More information:

• Sleigh Bells

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