Seriously, I found myself wishing the other libraries included trigger fx…BUT since they can all live with each other inside of Kontakt 4 or the Kontakt Player…I’m free to layer, trigger, mutate, and experiment as much as I wish! The interface is made up of tiny switches that control things like dirt, cabinet, saturate, lofi, pan, eq sweep, pitch, delay 1, delay two, and glitch! And these all respond to keys on your keyboard as well…so you can hit the keyboard keys which control each one, play your sounds, and let the sound organically mutate right before your ears and eyes….yes…these sounds have so much personality I feel like I can see them. I installed Mutations 2 before I installed Mutations 1 or the original EVOLVE library, and I see why Trigger FX were such a big deal! It let’s you get some morphing, mutating, randomly sick sounds just by “flipping switches” Man…that’s such a tough call, I love this bundle so much it’s really hard to say, but one of the things that really sticks out to me are the trigger fx in Mutations 2. Not that I’ve come across.Įverything has a sheen and shine that says “I’m ready for my closeup!” Heck…I’d say Heavyocity as a company is irreplaceable because I know of no one that is doing it like this.
Because to me, this is easily one of the most unique and irreplaceable instruments you’ll ever come across. It may not be the exact sounds, but it’s the styles I’m speaking of.
The Multis…oh my….you could literally complete a movie trailer with just the multis! I promise to you the first night I installed it I couldn’t even make it through demoing all the sounds without opening it up in Ableton and putting it to work for some hardcore movie style compositions.Įverything you can imagine, all the small little fx, the stuff you hear on commercials or in the theaters…that stuff is here. Everything is produced with the up-most quality and creativity. I honestly have NEVER played an instrument like this, anything you load just sounds wonderful, ready to go. Well, depending on which sounds you use it can sound scary, vicious, epic, soulful, experimental, edgy, terrifying, esoteric, ambient, alien, monstrous, airy, metallic, demented, angelic, demonic, percussive, chilled, spine-tingling, blood curdling, soothing….well I think you get the point. This library is ready for any electronic music producer, video game sound designer, film composer, experimental hip hop producer, or anyone that loves the let the sound take control. Each stand on their own, and definitely shine when used together.
The bundle is made up of version 1 and version 2, with 2 being the most recent and is full of 317 kontakt instruments, mutations 1 has 275. It’s not a replacement for, it’s definitely an addition to EVOLVE, yet stands on it’s own. Not only does it follow the same basic categorical layout of EVOLVE (Rhymthmic suites, percussive kits, stings and transitions, tonality and fx) it also picks up right where EVOLVE left off. They weren’t out to create the next symphonic string library, or orchestral grand piano patch…they catered to the path less traveled…the weird, creepy, evolving, powerful, emotional….Īnyway…enough about EVOLVE…I’ll do a full review on that at a later date, today we are talking about their joint release with Native Instruments, EVOLVE Mutations…the bundle.ĮVOLVE Mutations 1 and 2 are both kontakt player instruments that bring the creative and experimental sounds that Heavyocity are known for, into the studios and bedrooms of musicians of all kinds.
EVOLVE’s concept was to put together creative, fresh, and non-traditional sounds into a format that was easily accessed and experimented with. It set the standard for instruments dedicated to the creative field of soundtrack, film, and media composition. Thus EVOLVE was born…when EVOLVE was released, it was an instant hit, never had such depth, realism, and creativity been packaged into one instrument. Let’s just say, a groups of accomplished sound designer, soundtrack composers, and media for media magicians got together and decided to create a virtual instrument library dedicated to their styles of music.
Now if you’re not into the weird, esoteric sounds of film, media, and soundtrack composition you may not know who Heavyocity is. Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know that Native Instruments has been and a role with their Kontakt and Kore Player instruments.