Our final prize announcement
The remix competition is heating up, and if you haven’t entered yet, I’m not entirely sure why you haven’t gotten on it yet, but today we have a VERY special announcement.
As I detailed last week, our Special Guest sponsor, Artistry Audio, is launching a brand new product. They were gracious enough to let me take a spin around this Kontakt instrument for a couple of weeks, and I’m so impressed by this, I was just itching to let everyone know about it! So without further ado, let’s get to the nitty gritty, bassy wobbles that are found in MONOLITH.
Monolith
First are the details, this is a kontakt instrument, BUT, the great part, is Artistry has made it available for Kontakt Player, and not restricted it to Full Kontakt, so anyone can use this, by just installing Native Instruments free version of their sample infamous sample player.
Whether you love Kontakt for all the amazing sounds that you can enjoy, or you find the Kontakt interface to be a bit quirky, Artistry Audio have really done a number to make Monolith incredibly user friendly.
Immediately upon opening, it’s easy to see exactly what this instrument is all about. On top of that, Artistry Audio have done something that is always a bug in my side, by registering Monolith with Native Instruments, to be supported as a library in Native Access, creating its own listing with graphic in the library, so you don’t have to search for it in your files.
What Exactly is MONOLITH?
Artistry Audio call this an INFINITE BASS ENGINE with 350 master presets, 200+ core presets, 100+ Effects presets, 50+ Arp presets, 85 multisample Bass Instruments totalling 5.72GB’s worth of sounds.
All of the sounds are incredibly high quality, and developed specifically with earth shattering bass in mind. To say this is a BEAST of a library is really an understatement.
Every preset is a bold and powerful representation of what Bass should sound like, and will have you experimenting and creating in seconds. The presets open the door to booming, blasting and rupturing the sound scape with just the right amount of dirt and grit. To show you exactly why I’ve been so excited about this library, here are a few examples of the sounds you can create, with no adjustments, out of the box with Monolith.
Customizations That Make Sense
Another major issue I’ve had with Kontakt instruments in the past, have been the limited ability to customize the preset or library to fit your need. With Monolith, this isn’t an issue. An entire panel is dedicated to customization of the waveforms and playback. Change the mix on the opening page between the two samples selected, and dial in the right amount of each character for that perfect sound.
Can’t find exactly the right mix, drag and drop a sample directly into the engine, and get to just the right amount of wrong pushed through your audio output.
If all that didn’t do it for you, hit the randomization engine, and see if some chaos magic will work like the scarlet witch to change your reality, into a dazzling presentation of bass heaven.
Macros Are Fun
Oftentimes, the difference between a good track, and a great track, is the automations and how they’re used to make sounds move, breath, evolve and change over time. Monolith has multiple parameters directly available to assign to any MIDI control, or DAW input, to automate your bass with ease.
Create dynamic playbacks, that slam the listener with sounds, and then dial them back, to tease another upcoming assault on the ears. Mutate your bass with a quick click, or set up complex and intricate squenced arpeggios that growl to life as filters, reverbs, delays tubes and EQ’s move the sound.
Win yourself a copy!
The best part of all, is YOU could win a copy of this absolutely STUNNING library, by getting a remix done of Sacramento. Grab the STEMs here:
If you want to check out more Artistry Audio work, Scorpio is a killer library that I’ve been enjoying for months, and used in several of my own personal tracks. Support them by following them here:
And stay tuned for this up and coming sample company, as they continue to push the boundaries of sound with awesome releases like Monolith. I can already tell this will be a library that I come back to time and again when I want that bass to hit properly.