Soundiron Hi Fives is an amazing human body percussion library. Soundiron founder Mike Peaslee recorded over 9,000 samples of body, hand, and mouth percussion in two microphone positions and up to 16 velocity layers. Body articulations include arm, chest, belly, thigh, and cheek slaps with up to 12 round - robin. Hands offer snaps, flicks, claps, punches, swipes, and scrub sustains. The mouth provides clicks, pops, swishes, tongue drops, lip tweedles, spit, kiss, smack, gasp, exhale, grunt, heave, and a whole mouth - made drumkit. All articulations can be performed in ensemble, remapped, and randomized. It features extensive round - robin variation and deep dynamic velocity layering for ultimate realism. After some performance - related contusions, we added 20 ambient less - organic soundscapes and 20 custom FX presets. From Rock to Trap, it can liven up any track. The Kontakt interface has automation - ready sound - shaping controls for total creative flexibility, including swell, attack, release, etc. It also comes with an adaptable LFO system, 12 filters, a customizable arpeggiator, and a key and scale lock system. The modular FX rack panel has 18 DSP effect modules and a great reverb effect. This library is for Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later. It's an open - format library, and though the free Kontakt Player has limited support, you can use the sample directories in other wav - compatible software. Features include one master NKI instrument bank, various percussion sounds, 20 ambience patches, 9,097 stereo samples, and more. It requires Native Instruments Kontakt Full 5.5 and above, MacOS 10.9 Mavericks or Windows 7 and above, a dual - core CPU, 4GB RAM, and recommended SATA or SSD storage.
Using Soundiron Hi Fives is a breeze. First, make sure your system meets the requirements, like having Native Instruments Kontakt Full 5.5 or later installed. To load the library, use the standard File browser tab and import it into the Kontakt Quickload window. Once loaded, you can start exploring the various articulations of body, hand, and mouth percussion. You can perform them in ensemble, remap, and randomize to create unique beats. The sound - shaping controls on the Kontakt interface give you a lot of creative freedom. Play around with swell, attack, release, and other parameters to get the sound you want. For the LFO system, select the shape, modulation target parameter, speed, etc., to add more variation. When using the filters, assign them to different modulation targets like velocity or modwheel. The arpeggiator is great for adding rhythmic patterns, so adjust the velocity table, direction, and timing as you like. The FX rack panel allows you to assign different DSP effect modules in any order. Just pick the ones you want and place them in the available slots. Regarding the reverb effect, choose from different rooms, halls, and custom FX impulses to transform the sound. Remember, the free Kontakt Player can only run the library in a limited 'demo mode'. If you want full functionality, use the full retail version of Kontakt. As for maintenance, keep your software up - to - date to ensure smooth performance. Make sure your storage device (preferably SATA or SSD) has enough space for the library, which takes up 1.52 GB when installed.
