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Important: For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered." Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions. Products include:
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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
Key Features
The SoundIron Hyperion Strings Oktobass puts the legendary octobass as a plugin in your DAW. Offering a colossal 12GB+ of content that encompasses over 30 articulations, including true legato, dynamic expressions, creative effects, and hundreds of aleatoric melodic phrases, you can create music not traditionally possible on the instrument when played. This bone-rattling behemoth, with its deep, room-shaking growl, has been meticulously sampled to provide composers and musicians with an expansive range of sounds for crafting vivid, life-like arrangements. From the first modern octobass constructed in 1996 to its sampling in Milan, Italy, by Giorgio Riolo and Daniele Bertinelli, this library ensures a nuanced character and intense stereo movement, ideal for any arrangement.
Designed as part of the Hyperion symphonic series, the Oktobass library is not just a tribute to its historical significance but a powerhouse of creative potential. With its suite of intuitive options, flexible tools, and inspiring performance features, including intelligent arpeggiation, articulation switching, and real-time mic blending, it stands as a testament to the instrument's legacy and its place in modern music production. Whether integrating into a full orchestral composition or crafting standalone pieces, the Hyperion Solo Strings Oktobass opens endless possibilities for sonic exploration, making it an essential tool for anyone passionate about creating music.
Product Ref: 293816
The SoundIron Hyperion Strings Oktobass library is an indispensable tool for a wide array of musical creators. Whether you're a seasoned composer, a budding producer, or a curious music enthusiast, this library offers an easy-to-navigate interface packed with a wealth of articulations and performance tools. Its balanced design ensures immediate usability for beginners while providing a depth of features like dynamic capabilities and customizable acoustics that satisfy the demands of experienced professionals.
With its unique and robust sound profile, the Hyperion Strings Oktobass distinguishes itself in the realm of string libraries. Captured with precision in Milan, Italy, this virtual instrument delivers a powerful tone and an expressive dynamic range unmatched by any other. The library's spatialization and environment simulation controls allow for meticulous sound shaping, ensuring the Oktobass fits seamlessly into any genre or style. From intimate articulations to commanding expressions, this library equips you with everything needed to bring your musical vision to life.
The Hyperion Strings Oktobass library excels in its articulation offerings. Sustain articulations provide a diverse array of sounds, from soft tremolos to powerful flautandos and true legato, allowing for smooth and expressive passages. The Short articulations offer everything from delicate pizzicatos to intense bartok pizz, each with multiple variations for authentic humanization. The Expressions and Phrases presets further enhance the library's versatility, offering dynamic real-time control and a vast collection of live phrases for endless creative exploration.
At the heart of the Oktobass library's innovation is its phrase editing capability, featuring tempo-synching, time-stretching, and pitch transposition for complete compositional flexibility. The intuitive step sequencer and phrase-legato functions allow for intricate sequencing and blending, empowering you to craft complex, evolving musical textures. This combination of historic instrument sampling and modern technology invites you to explore new musical horizons, making the SoundIron Hyperion Strings Oktobass a landmark in virtual instrument design.
SoundIron Hyperion Strings Oktobass is fully optimized for the free Kontakt Player and Komplete Kontrol ecosystem. This means seamless integration and full support for all Native Instruments S-Series keyboards, ensuring a smooth and intuitive experience with both hardware and software composing solutions. Whether you're composing cinematic scores or crafting intricate sound designs, SoundIron Hyperion Strings Oktobass' compatibility with Kontakt Player 6.2.2+ offers the flexibility and power you need to bring your visions to life.
"The Oktabass is the mythical unicorn of symphonic instruments, rarely seen in the wild and even more rarely sampled. SoundIron have really gone to great lengths to capture the massive sound of this difficult-to-record instrument in all its glory, and the results are excellent. A huge variety of articulations, including some which allow you to perform parts that would be difficult or impossible to do on the real instrument, as well as useful crescendo and sforzando patches. There are plenty of interesting percussive bonks and clonks, scraping tones, harmonics and a large selection of performed melodic phrases. Oh, and the sound? Huge and realistic, and very, very deep. A unique and great way to add that below-the-bottom-octave girth to any orchestral piece, or add an ominous weight to hybrid-style music. Well done, SoundIron!" - Charlie Clouser (SAW franchise, American Horror Story, Nine Inch Nails)
"Hyperion Strings Oktobass puts a one-of-a-kind instrument at the fingertips. Its distinctive and powerful tone is perfect for expanding and exploring the bottom of the orchestra." - Ramin Djawadi (Game Of Thrones, Westworld)
