Native Devices is continuous to launch new merchandise regardless of current and broadly publicised insolvency proceedings, and has partnered with digital instrument specialist Ocean Swift on a brand new delicate synth known as Oscillarys.
The music manufacturing world was rocked final month when it was introduced that Native Devices – one of many world’s main purveyors of {hardware} and software program music-making instruments – had entered preliminary insolvency.
Fast to calm the issues of present members of the NI ecosystem was CEO Nick Williams, who confirmed enterprise would “proceed as standard” at Native Devices, in addition to at sister manufacturers iZotope, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx.
And with that affirmation, Native Devices has partnered with Ocean Swift so as to add one other digital instrument to its already sprawling library for its Kontakt Participant.
Oscillarys is Ocean Swift’s new flagship NKS instrument, which takes inspiration from Native Devices’ much-loved Absynth 6 to ship an instrument good for “cinematic scoring and deep atmosphere. It boasts a three-layered synthesis engine, which OS says “bridges the hole between uncooked texture and ethereal musicality”.
It additionally encompasses a distinctive dual-filter stage, pairing a multi-filter with an implementation of the celebrated Monark filter present in NI’s Reaktor software program.
Oscillarys comes with an enormous vault of over 1,500 oscillator samples, all offered as unencoded WAV information – that means producers can freely use the content material in different samplers or instantly of their DAW.
There’s additionally 400+ professionally crafted presets overlaying cinematic pads, evolving drones, leads and keyboard sounds, in addition to 100+ advanced Multi stacks.
Oscillarys can also be outfitted with deep NKS 2 integration, that means customers can management it by way of an array of NKS 2-compatible {hardware} devices.
“Oscillarys blurs the border between the natural and the spectral with an atmospheric synthesis engine constructed for movement,” says Ocean Swift.
“By layering deeply detailed textures with sweeping filters and shifting modulations, this instrument conjures tones that breathe, dissolve, and reform – shifting seamlessly from crystalline harmonics to distant electrical choirs. It presents a sonic physique that’s darker, smoother, and undeniably alive with movement, bridging the hole between uncooked texture and ethereal musicality.”
Oscillarys is obtainable solely by way of the Native Devices on-line store now, at an introductory worth of €47.40 (common worth €79.99). You can even be taught extra at Ocean Swift.
Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Completely immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music know-how and manufacturing at college, and in addition written for the likes of MusicRadar, Guitar World, Complete Guitar and Steel Hammer.
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