Silence+Other Sounds - Cartago
Ancient drums of the future, made in collaboration with Ethera & Elements creator Stefano Maccarelli
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IMPORTANT: Cartago requires the FULL version of Kontakt 6.8 or higher - it will not work with the FREE Kontakt Player. However, the Sample folder is accessible, so you can use the audio samples (.WAV 48 kHz) in any audio or video software.
KONTAKT & WAV FILES
TOTAL SIZE: 13GB
All of the included samples are 100% original & royalty-free for your musical use without any additional licensing fees
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Cartago is a Kontakt library built around an extensive collection of ancient, modern, and custom-designed cinematic percussions. Created in collaboration with renowned sound designer Stefano Maccarelli—whose acclaimed works include the Ethera vocal series, Elements Kepler, and many more—Cartago offers a rich array of meticulously crafted sounds organised in two highly powerful Kontakt instruments.
Cartago features a wide selection of both acoustic and designed percussive instruments, from classic orchestral bass drums, timpani, and snares to custom Roman Timpana and various frame drums. Traditional world instruments are also well represented, including Japanese Taikos, Middle-Eastern darbukas, and West African djembes, alongside rare idiophones like the crotala, tintinnabula, sistrum, and scabellum.
Cartago is structured into two versatile instruments: the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer and the Designed Drums Kit. Both instruments are designed for an intuitive, composer-friendly experience, enabling seamless percussion sequencing and drum design that’s as creative as it is efficient.
The Acoustic Percussions Sequencer instruments features 51 multi-sampled drums.
Each drum features 12 round robins, up to 7 dynamic levels and 3 microphone positions (Close 1, Close 2, Room). The microphone position of Close 1 and Close 2 changes according to the sampled drum: for frame drums, they respectively correspond to front and back, whereas other configurations are used for drums of different size and shape.
For each drum, 3 different kind of hit have been recorded: for larger drums like Taikos, Bass drums or bigger frame drums, these correspond to Centre, Middle and Border respectively, whereas other articulations are featured for smaller drums.
The instrument features 3 independent layers, in order to combine different percussive sounds, with a total of 9 different sounds that can be played simultaneously from the keyboard.
Moreover, the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer features a multistep sequencer based on multiple interchangeable patterns in real time, and further controls like Expression , Tightness and Scale for a further, more expressive dynamic control
Acoustic Percussions
Sequencer
Designed Drum Kits
The Designed Drums Kit is a sound design oriented instrument that features over 2200 one-shot samples. It has been designed to creatively layer and manipulate pre-designed drum and percussive samples and playing them in a finger-drumming MPC fashion. In fact, the Designed Drums Kit is based on 16 independent pads (on the left of the GUI) to which a sound can be loaded.
The basic concept of the Designed Drums Kit can be summarised as: load any sound to any pad, map any pad to any key on your MIDI controller. Do you want to have an instrument with 16 different kick sounds? You can. Do you want to load the very same snare sample on each of the 16 pads and manipulate it independently per pad? You can. You want to create your own kit by exploring the vast selection of one-shots? You can.
Stefano Maccarelli is an award-winning Sound Designer & Composer with 26 years of experience in the audio industry, film music, sound design and audio postproduction.
Stefano has scored and licensed music & sound design for ad campaigns and TV Shows of many leading broadcasting brands such as Fox, National Geographic, Sky, A&T, Fox Sports, Disney, and Marvel.
He created the Ethera Gold series (Atlantis 3, Prometheus, etc.) and the Elements series (Kepler, MSS, etc.) for Zero-G
Stefano Maccarelli
Francesco Landucci is an Italian multi-instrumentalist and composer with over 20 years of experience. He is specialized in playing and manufacturing ancient instruments from several cultures around the world, ranging from the Greek era to Ancient Rome, from Aegypt to the Etruscan civilization and even pre-historic. Francesco’s projects “Archeologia Sonora Sperimentale” and “Archeo Liuteria Francesco Landucci” include workshops and performances in archeological and cultural sites , with Reggia di Caserta (Royal Palace of Caserta), Università la Sapienza and Istanbul among many. In his experimental concerts, he mixes ancient and self-built instruments with synthesizers and drum machines, live-generating evocative soundscapes summoning visions and atmospheres of the ancient world, and creating an innovative mix of world music and electronica. His musical work and vast composition catalog include broadcasting music on Radio Rai (the main Italian broadcast), Buddha Bar and other works inspired to the Italian folk music tradition, like Pizzica, Taranta and other Mediterranean styles.
Francesco Landucci
Kigaidako Ensemble
Kigaidako is an all-women Taiko ensemble founded and led by master Rita Superbi.
St. Louis Music School
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Cartago is a Kontakt library built around an extensive collection of ancient, modern, and custom-designed cinematic percussions. Created in collaboration with renowned sound designer Stefano Maccarelli—whose acclaimed works include the Ethera vocal library series, Elements, Kepler, and many more—Cartago offers a rich array of meticulously crafted sounds organised in two highly powerful Kontakt instruments.
Cartago features a wide selection of both acoustic and designed percussive instruments, from classic orchestral bass drums, timpani, and snares to custom Roman Timpana and various frame drums. Traditional world instruments are also well represented, including Japanese Taikos, Middle-Eastern darbukas, and West African djembes, alongside rare idiophones like the crotala, tintinnabula, sistrum, and scabellum.
Cartago is structured into two versatile instruments: the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer and the Designed Drums Kit. Both instruments are designed for an intuitive, composer-friendly experience, enabling seamless percussion sequencing and drum design that’s as creative as it is efficient.
ACOUSTIC PERCUSSIONS SEQUENCER
The Acoustic Percussions Sequencer instruments features 51 multi-sampled drums.
Each drum features 12 round robins, up to 7 dynamic levels and 3 microphone positions (Close 1, Close 2, Room). The microphone position of Close 1 and Close 2 changes according to the sampled drum: for frame drums, they respectively correspond to front and back, whereas other configurations are used for drums of different size and shape.
For each drum, 3 different kind of hit have been recorded: for larger drums like Taikos, Bass drums or bigger frame drums, these correspond to Centre, Middle and Border respectively, whereas other articulations are featured for smaller drums.
The instrument features 3 independent layers, in order to combine different percussive sounds, with a total of 9 different sounds that can be played simultaneously from the keyboard.
Moreover, the Acoustic Percussions Sequencer features a multistep sequencer based on multiple interchangeable patterns in real time, and further controls like Expression , Tightness and Scale for a further, more expressive dynamic control
DESIGNED DRUM KITS
The Designed Drums Kit is a sound design oriented instrument that features over 2200 one-shot samples. It has been designed to creatively layer and manipulate pre-designed drum and percussive samples and playing them in a finger-drumming MPC fashion. In fact, the Designed Drums Kit is based on 16 independent pads (on the left of the GUI) to which a sound can be loaded.
The basic concept of the Designed Drums Kit can be summarised as: load any sound to any pad, map any pad to any key on your MIDI controller. Do you want to have an instrument with 16 different kick sounds? You can. Do you want to load the very same snare sample on each of the 16 pads and manipulate it independently per pad? You can. You want to create your own kit by exploring the vast selection of one-shots? You can.
2 WEEK SPECIAL INTRO PRICE 20% OFF - NORMALLY $24.95
VAT will be calculated at checkout.
IMPORTANT: Cartago requires the FULL version of Kontakt 6.8 or higher - it will not work with the FREE Kontakt Player. However, the Sample folder is accessible, so you can use the audio samples (.WAV 48 kHz) in any audio or video software.
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