Panorama Guitars

Panorama Guitars 

Sonora Cinematic Panorama Guitars is a Kontakt Player virtual instrument born from a love of the guitar texturesof post-rock and shoegaze acts, sounds that have inspired a plethora of music for media in the last three decades. Encapsulating these iconic sounds ready for you shape using our bespoke Aria engine, this versatile and cinematic modern post-rock guitar instrument is capable of fitting seamlessly into pop, rock, lo-fi hip-hop, and any project that requires pristine clean or crunch guitar tones. Panorama Guitars offers a captivating tapestry of evocative and atmospheric guitar textures and soundscapes. From haunting riffs and moving melancholy melodies to warm and soulful tones, these instruments add layers of cinematic depth to enrich your compositions and mesmerise your listeners. Best of all, this virtual instrument knows no bounds; import your own samples and utilise the Aria engine’s extensive controls and effects to create your own vast and distinct palette of sounds.

The Recordings

Sonora Cinematic meticulously deep-sampled five classic electric guitar models, a beautiful baritone guitar, and a stunning electric bass. Each instrument was played through a curated selection of guitar amps and pedals and captured with high-end microphones and preamplifiers to ensure the highest fidelity. They also collaborated with experimental ambient artist Elif Yalvac whose unique approach has infused Panorama Guitars with avant-garde textures and ambient soundscapes, providing you with a diverse palette of sounds to explore.

The Aria Engine

At the heart of Panorama Guitars lies our bespoke Aria Engine which is full of modulation possibilities and expressive effects as well as ways to mangle your own samples. Get started by browsing a diverse array of
sounds from ‘Ambient Trem’, ‘Huge Wash’ and ‘Shimmer Pulse’ to ‘Post Rock Fuss’, ‘Crusty Ambience’, ‘Lo-Fi Junky’ and many more. Pick one for each of the two available slots and create ever evolving textures and
soundscapes using the intuitive integrated XY pad. Go further by layering or crossfading articulations, add two independent filters and assign any parameter to be controlled by either the X or Y axis: the limit is your creativity. Despite the sleek and simple interface, the creative options don’t end there! Panorama Guitars offers additional depth with two step sequencers for the filters and per-layer LFOs empowering you to infuse rhythmic movement and modulation into your compositions.

Shape your audio further with three effects slots and an impressive FX panel which adjusts according to the effect selected – experiment with different combinations and fine-tune your sounds with ease.

Import Your Own Sounds

Capture your unique artistic expression by recording your own XY motions, store them as presets and adjust their playback speed. What’s more, you can even import your own samples for limitless creativity!

Features

• Developed for the Free Kontakt Player: Fully compatible with Kontakt Player version 7.7+.
• Full NKS Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol and Maschine hardware.
• Massive Content Library: Over 5GB of meticulously sampled content
• Diverse Sound Sources: A collection of 40 sound sources crafted from five classic electric guitars, a baritone, and an electric bass, all played through four premium amplifiers and a wide array of pedals.
• High-End Capture: Recorded in a top-tier studio with several high-end microphones and preamps to ensure impeccable sound quality.
• Expansive Preset Library: Comes with 50 expertly crafted presets to kickstart your creativity.
• Powered by the Aria Engine: Hosted in our powerful and flexible Aria engine, providing you with intuitive controls and endless sound-shaping possibilities.

Panorama Hybrid (Free until 31st Jan 2025)

Step into a world of brooding cinematic soundscapes with Panorama Hybrid, thelatest of our Kontakt Player instruments to utilise our bespoke Aria engine. Building on the ethereal tones of Panorama Guitars, Panorama Hybrid offers a darker, richer, and more immersive post-rock palette, perfect for ambient, cinematic, and experimental compositions. 

Recorded in the same studio as Panorama Guitars, the heart of Panorama Hybrid is a darker-sounding T-style semi-hollow guitar with soapbar pickups that delivers a warm and round tone. Compared to its brighter predecessor, this guitar has a thicker sound, perfect for textures or moody melodic lines. It’s the perfect companion to Panorama Guitars, expanding the spectrum with deeper emotional resonance.

Whether you're creating atmospheric film scores or hauntingly beautiful tracks, Panorama Hybrid delivers depth, drama and emotive expression.

Features

• 41 Presets across six categories: Atmospheres & Pads, Bass, Dark T, Keys, Lead, and Motions.
• 16 Meticulously Sampled Sound Sources including the T-style semi-hollow guitar, electric basses, synth layers designed to work to augment the guitar sound and a series of playable ambient patches made from our session’s huge pedalboard
• Aria Engine: Unlock a world of modulation, expressive effects, and tools to manipulate both the included and your own imported samples.
• Dark Cinematic Tones: A lush sound palette crafted for evocative scoring and creative music production and sound design.

Get Panorama Hybrid For FREE

Panorama Hybrid is yours for FREE with any purchase of a Sonora Cinematic NKS product until 31st January 2025 after which it will no longer be available.

Important note – you must activate the Sonora Cinematic NKS product in Native Access first for the free Panorama Hybrid serial to work.

System Requirements

• Requires a FULL or PLAYER version of Native Instruments Kontakt 7.7+