Post Description

Aztec Death Whistle is a deeply sampled folk wind instrument that captures the dark soul of the ancient Aztec death whistle, a ceremonial clay resonator used during human sacrifice rituals and warfare at the height of the Aztec (historically also known as the Mexica) empire in Central America, during the 14 and 15th centuries AD in what has now become modern day Mexico.

This whistle — technically grouped into the same family of whistles as bird and animal call whistles — is made of kiln-fired clay. It has two chambers which create air cavities that are resonated by blowing into the top of the skull. It produces a harsh, raspy atonal vocal sound very much like a dying breath, but with a shrill demonic essence that is certain to evoke dread on an almost instinctive level. It is the sound of death incarnate.

We recorded this instrument exhaustively, in a dry studio, as well as from close and far postilions in a large open hall for a rich, lush ambience. With deep velocity layering and natural round-robin variation, plus tons of unique sound-designed and atmospheric content, the Aztec Death Whistle library puts the soul and essence of this dark and unique instrument into the palm of your hand.
Contents

    Fully multi-sampled Aztec clay resonator whistle.
    14 Instrument Presets with dozens of selectable articulations and performance controls.
    Beautifully rendered 3D user interface
    Special Midi-CC and Velocity-crossfaded presets
    Custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets in a variety of categories and styles.
    Sustains and staccatos with and without flutter-tongue rolls.
    3 Mic positions for main articulations: Dry Studio, Hall Close and Hall Far.
    Dynamic hand percussion articulations, played on the clay whistle
    Short and long single-shot effects and stingers
    Round robin for every staccato and hand percussion articulation.
    Multi-mode Arpeggiation with step-sequencer.
    Convolution Reverb with 70 different cathedrals, churches, chambers, rooms, halls and special effect impulses.
    A full multi-effects rack, with EQ, filter, phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp & speaker simulation and more.

Product Specs

    1.4 GB Installed
    723 Samples
    14 Kontakt 5.5 .nki preset banks
    24 bit / 48kHz uncompressed stereo PCM wav audio
    Unlocked Kontakt presets and wav samples to allow user customization

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