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Icicles & Pop Ice are a pair of distinct string instruments that deliver a bright, crystalline tone, thanks to their short, highly tensioned strings and a rigid stainless-steel sheet soundboard. Suspended directly from the strings, the sheet creates a long, shimmering tail of reverberation, enriching each note with depth and complexity.
Icicles features 26 short string segments, each vibrating in unison with the resonant stainless-steel sheet. The result is a pure, shimmering sound that evolves organically with every pluck. Pop Ice takes this further by introducing a thin Styrofoam sheet, placed in direct contact with the strings. This secondary soundboard produces a sharp, percussive pop when plucked, followed by the sustained resonance of the stainless-steel sheet, adding a striking contrast to the tone.
In this library, Soundiron have captured the full sonic spectrum of both instruments. You’ll find three main articulations: pure plucked-string sounds, percussive strikes, and glisses. With two microphone perspectives, up to 8x round robin, and 6 velocity layers per note, you’ll have complete control over the expressive potential of Icicles & Pop Ice. Also included are 20 custom FX presets and atmospheric sound design content, giving you even more creative freedom to shape these resonant instruments into something entirely new.
Features
- Icicles & Pop Ice plucks, percussion, gliss articulations in two mic positions: Close, Contact
- 20 ambient pads and evolving drones created from the source content
- 21 Powerful Kontakt .nki instrument presets
- 3,004 stereo samples in unlocked .WAV format
- 6.28 GB Installed
- Made for the full retail version of Kontakt (version 6.2.2+)
System Requirements
- The full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.2.2+ is required to use .nki instrument presets included in this library. The free Kontakt "Player" and "Add Library" import process do not support this standard open-format Kontakt library.
- Windows 7 or higher.
- Mac OSX 10.12 or higher.
- Dual Core CPU
- 2 GB System Ram
- SATA or SSD hard drive recommended for this library.
Note: Sonespheres 1 - Distance is used as the example.
Mac
Installation
1. Download the installer from within your Plugin Boutique User Account > double-click the .zip file to extract the contents.
2. Double-click the .dmg file to begin the installation.
3. Enter your serial number, found within your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'Verify'.
4. Click 'Okay'.
5. Read the Software Licensing Agreement > Click 'I Agree'.
6. Enter your name and email address > Click 'Confirm'.
7. Choose the download and install locations > Click 'Install'.
8. The installation is complete > Click 'Exit'.
9. Open Kontakt and click on the 'Files' tab.
10. Navigate to the location you chose to install your product in step 7 > Select the 'Instruments' folder.
11. Click and drag the .nki file into the main empty window in Kontakt.
Your software is now ready to use in standalone or in your DAW!
Windows
Installation
1. Download the installer from within your Plugin Boutique User Account > Double-click the .exe file to begin the installation.
2. Enter your serial number, found within your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'Verify'.
3. Click 'Okay'.
4. Read the Software Licensing Agreement > Click 'I Agree'.
5. Enter your name and email address > Click 'Confirm'.
6. Choose the download and install locations > Click 'Install'.
7. The installation is complete > Click 'Exit'.
8. Open Kontakt and click on the 'Files' tab.
9. Navigate to the location you chose to install your product in step 7 > Select the 'Instruments' folder.
10. Click and drag the .nki file into the main empty window in Kontakt.
Your software is now ready to use in standalone or in your DAW!
