AT A GLANCE
- Kontakt construction kit Instruments & 1,000 individually mapped chromatic sample presets
- 3GB Sample Content (compressed)
- MIDI controllable user interface to morph, tweak, and favorite sounds
- Sample Stretch Mode for remapping individual samples chromatically
- Lifetime user license to use the sounds on any production
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AWAKEN THE LEGEND
Built upon it’s predecessor with even more new sounds, prepare to dive into a new world of sound! With over 1,000 meticulously crafted Waterharp instruments and presets, this transformative collection delivers a vast spectrum of sound that can enhance the emotional depth of your next project. From eerie resonances to dynamic percussive impacts, from subtle sting effects to haunting atmospheres, Waterharp Xpressions is the tool that will take your music and sound design to new creative places.
COMMAND THE CINEMATIC
The Waterharp—a unique instrument used in many iconic films—has a distinctive sound that blends ethereal textures with deep, resonant tones. Now, Waterharp Xpressions brings the power of this legendary instrument directly into your studio. Whether you’re scoring for film, TV, video games, or trailers, Waterharp Xpressions is the perfect choice for composers who want to evoke emotion, tension, and wonder through sound. Waterharp’s haunting tones have graced some of the most memorable moments in cinematic history, and now, with Waterharp Xpressions, composers can easily incorporate these sounds into their own work. The collection includes a range of preset sounds tailored for different cinematic needs, allowing you to instantly evoke everything from eerie tension to powerful drama.
Crafting The Sound
A PLAYGROUND FOR SONIC ARCHITECTS
This isn’t just a collection of trailer sounds—it’s a playground for sonic architects. Waterharp Xpressions provides meticulously crafted construction kits, each designed to inspire creativity with interfaces that pulsate with morphing and sculpting possibilities. It empowers you to craft cinematic soundscapes with complete control over shaping and playback, allowing you to design every sonic element to your exact vision. Gone are the days of wrestling with raw trailer assets, spending countless hours editing and tweaking in your DAW before you can even begin making music. Waterharp Xpressions merges a triple-A sound library with a dynamic virtual instrument, offering a seamless and intuitive creative experience that lets you focus on your craft, not the technical hurdles. With sounds ranging from delicate, atmospheric layers to bold, impactful hits, Waterharp Xpressions is versatile enough for any project—from feature films to high-energy games and trailers. Whether you’re composing a suspenseful scene, building dynamic game scores, or crafting epic trailer music, Waterharp Xpressions gives you the tools to capture your audience’s attention and stir their emotions. It’s time to let sound become your storytelling partner, from tension-building horror scenes to heart-wrenching mystical moments, Waterharp Xpressions is the perfect tool for creators who demand versatility and emotional depth.
The User Interface
TOTAL AND EFFORTLESS CONTROL
No more digging through endless menus or deciphering cryptic controls. Waterharp Xpressions speaks the language of cinematic composition with intuitive design and controls exactly where you need them. Built for Kontakt, it’s your custom instrument, offering direct access to the most crucial parameters, putting the power of precise sound shaping right at your fingertips. The user-friendly interface lets you manipulate and shape sounds with ease, ensuring maximum creative control over your compositions. The flexible UI provides an easy way to manipulate and experiment with sound, offering an immersive experience that sparks creativity and transforms the way you approach music and sound design. These controls include:
- Reverse Mode to instantly play each sample in reverse
- Master hi-cut and lo-cut filters with LFO modulators to easily shape and morph the sounds
- Customizable ADSR knobs to adjust the gain envelope over time
- Stretch Mode to access 1,000 single sample instruments by instantly reassigning any sample to span the entire key range
- Global and Independent Performance Modes for user interface parameters
- Energizer and Polisher multiprocessor effects for dynamic and dramatic sound shaping
- Sample waveform view that displays the sample being triggered
- Adjustable sample start slider to adjust the start point of sample playback
- Pitch slider that can transpose up/down 1 octave
- Delay module with presets
- Convolution module with over 25 different convolution reverbs
- Favorite sound function to recall a sound every time a new instance is loaded
Instruments
- WHX – Airy Atmospheres.nki
- WHX – Bells.nki
- WHX – Boom.nki
- WHX – Bunker Mallet Hits.nki
- WHX – Celestial Signature.nki
- WHX – Celestial Textures.nki
- WHX – Cerebral Atmospheres.nki
- WHX – Chopstick Rattle.nki
- WHX – Clocks.nki
- WHX – Crystalizers.nki
- WHX – Deep Mallet Hits.nki
- WHX – Distorted Hits.nki
- WHX – Disturbed Stingers.nki
- WHX – Ear Piercing Movements.nki
- WHX – Effectual Hits.nki
- WHX – Ethereal Transitions.nki
- WHX – Fairy Chaos.nki
- WHX – Frightening Stingers.nki
- WHX – Gargantuan Drones.nki
- WHX – Gongs.nki
- WHX – Granulators.nki
- WHX – High Metallic Impacts.nki
- WHX – Hollow Atmospheres.nki
- WHX – Hopeful Atmospheres.nki
- WHX – Improvised.nki
- WHX – Infinite Signatures.nki
- WHX – Low Hits.nki
- WHX – Low Transitions.nki
- WHX – Magic Swells.nki
- WHX – Mallet Chimes.nki
- WHX – Misty Rattles.nki
- WHX – Monumental Hits.nki
- WHX – Mystic Calls.nki
- WHX – Obsessed Tones.nki
- WHX – Organic Muted Metal Hits.nki
- WHX – Pings.nki
- WHX – Primal Drones.nki
- WHX – Processed Metal Impacts.nki
- WHX – Psychotic Atmospheres.nki
- WHX – Resonating Drones.nki
- WHX – Resonating Hits.nki
- WHX – Reveals.nki
- WHX – Reveres.nki
- WHX – Risers.nki
- WHX – Shivered Phrases.nki
- WHX – Soft Whooshes.nki
- WHX – Textured Hits.nki
- WHX – Tiny Resonating Hits.nki
- WHX – Transient Hits.nki
- WHX – Tremolo Textures.nki
- WHX – Unworldly Phrases.nki
- WHX – Water Textured Impacts.nki
- WHX – Whistles.nki
- WHX – Whoosh Hits.nki
- WHX – Whooshes.nki
Technical Specifications
Waterharp Xpressions includes 55 multi-sample instruments, 1,013 individual sample presets, resulting in a 3 GB sample library. All samples are delivered at 44.1kHz/24-bit.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Full paid version of Kontakt, version 7.10.6 or higher. Will not work in the free Kontakt Player!
- Intel Macs (i5 or higher): Mac OS 10.11 or higher (latest update), 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)
- Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): Mac OS 12, 13, 14 (latest update), 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)
- Windows 10, or higher, Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)
- 3.02 GB free disk space for Waterharp Xpressions sample content
COMPATIBILITY (64-bit only)
- Stand-alone • VST2 • VST3 • AU • AAX
Charlie Clouser
John Debney
David Lawrence
Gerard Marino
Ramin Djawadi
Steve Jablonsky
