SonicCouture Ondes KONTAKT Win/Mac

Perhaps one of the most enigmatic musical instruments of all time, The Ondes Martenot ( literally 'Martenot Waves') was invented by Maurice Martenot in 1928. The original unreliable tube-based design was refined and later models remained in production until 1988.The Ondes Martenot has been used in many film scores first dating from 1931; Odna by Shostakovich, Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Ghostbusters (1984), A Passage to India (1984), through to present day movies such as Amelie (2001) and recently There Will Be Blood (2007) by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
THOMAS BLOCH RETURNS

Thomas Bloch is perhaps the most renowned Ondist in the world ; when great musicians and producers are inspired by the sound of the Ondes Martenot, it is often him they turn to. Radiohead, Tom Waits and Damon Albarn have all worked with him.

So, we knew Thomas was the only man to help us to recreate this bewitching instrument...

PLAYING THE ONDES MARTENOT

The instrument produces sound using oscillators, as with a conventional analogue synthesiser, but it is the various unusual methods of control which give the instrument its' unique character:

LE RUBAN - THE RING CONTROLLER

The most famous is the metal ring, which is worn on the finger of the right hand. The ring is not used when the keyboard is being played, like the ribbon controllers we are used to.

When the Ondes is switched to 'ring mode' (au ruban), the ring becomes the sole method of determining pitch ; a very skillful technique, particularly so when you consider that in order to produce any sound at all, you must simultaneously manipulate the clear, lozenge shaped device, known as the touche d'intensite..

LE TIROIR - THE CONTROL DRAWER

The touche d'intensite is a large button on the control drawer of the Ondes Martenot, and is pushed and tapped to produce the tone of the instrument ; in effect , it controls the volume envelope of the instrument. The touche d'intensite is controlled with the left hand while the player uses either the ring or the keyboard to produce the melody.

Next to the touche d'intensite are a series of switches and dials which control the oscillators and create the timbre of the note - as well as send levels to the three loudspeakers...

LES DIFFUSEURS

A hugely important aspect of the Ondes Martenot sound are the three loudpeakers (or diffuseurs) which are used to amplify the instrument :
D1 Speaker
D2 Speaker
D3 Speaker

D1 - The main loudspeaker, for straight reproduction of the Ondes sound.
D2 - This speaker has springs stretched across the inside panel, and acts as a type reverb unit.
D3 - The strangest speaker of the set, the D3 resembles a cymbal in a wooden cabinet and produces a very metallic ringing sound.

The Soniccouture Ondes uses detailed impulse responses taken from each speaker to faithfully recreate these unique vintage 'processors'. Each speaker can have its own mic position, decay time and send level. There is also a dry 'line out' which bypasses all three.
Compatibility

This is a Kontakt Player instrument. This means that you do not need to own the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt to use it. It will run as a plug-in instrument in any VST/AU/RTAS compatible host program or DAW eg: Cubase, Logic, Ableton Live, DP, Reaper, Pro-Tools etc. No extra purchase is necessary.

The system requirements to run the instrument are:

Windows® XP (SP2, 32bit) / Vista® (32/64 Bit), Windows 7® (32/64 Bit), Pentium® or Athlon XP 1.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM

Mac OS® X 10.5 or higher, Intel® CoreT Duo 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM.

N.B. If you already own a full version of Kontakt 4, then you can also use the instrument in exactly the same way.

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