ONDES

VIRTUAL ONDES MARTENOT

Phase-locked Analogue
Speaker Modelling
MPE SUPPORT
Kontakt player NKS

THE ENIGMA

Invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot, the original unreliable tube-based design was refined and later models remained in production until 1988.
The Ondes Martenot was used in many film scores first dating from 1931; Odna by Shostakovich, Lawrence of Arabia (1962), A Passage to India (1984), and recent films such as Amélie (2001) and There Will Be Blood (2007) by Jonny Greenwood.

ONDES: PERFORMANCE

Recreating an authentic Ondes Martenot performance requires real-time control.

With an NKS controller, ROLI Seaboard, Linnstrument, or any MIDI controller; expressive, fluid lines will come to life.

ALL ONDES VIDEOS

THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT

MAIN PANEL

The main instrument panel contains controls for each of the 7 oscillators + 'Tutti' switch, send controls for each of the 3 Ondes speakers, ADSR envelope control (optional, depending on Setup), Brightness control - switchable to 12db Filter with resonance, Detune, Width and Saturation faders

SPEAKER PANEL

The Speaker Panel offers control over the 3 modelled Ondes speakers - select different mic positions and control the gain or decay times.

THE SETUP PANEL

The Setup Panel is a custom scripted MIDI control matrix. Depending on your playing ability and available MIDI controllers, you can configure the Ondes instruments' realtime control options in a number of different ways.

THE POLY ONDES

The Poly-Ondes is a polyphonic synth using the Ondes Martenot oscillators and speaker modelling : create fabulous vintage pad sounds with full LFO and filter modulation, detune all 7 oscillators and play them back through the speakers for an incredibly characterful sound. There are 50 Poly-Ondes presets showing the FULL sound design possibilities.

THE LOUDSPEAKERS

A large part of the Ondes' sonic character are the 3 loudspeakers that amplify the instrument.

D1: A conventional, if slightly lo-fi, speaker cabinet.

D2: A speaker with 3 metal springs inside, which create a spring reverb type effect.

D3: The most exotic of the three; Le Metallique. This is essentially a speaker with a metal cymbal for a cone.

The Soniccouture Ondes instrument features convolution modelling of these cabinets, which can be blended creatively within the instrument.

ANATOMY OF AN ONDES MARTENOT

LE RUBAN - RING CONTROLLER

The most famous part of the Ondes 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. Rather, 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’intensité..

LE TIROIR - CONTROL DRAWER

The touche d’intensité 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 while the player uses either the ring or keyboard to produce the melody. Next to the touche d’intensité 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..

D1 SPEAKER

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 - The main loudspeaker, for straight reproduction of the Ondes sound.

D2 SPEAKER

This speaker has springs stretched across the inside panel, and acts as a reverb unit.

D3 SPEAKER

The strangest speaker of the set, the D3 resembles a cymbal in a wooden cabinet and produces a very metallic ringing sound.

THE POLY ONDES

Included with the Soniccouture Ondes instrument is an additional synth, the Poly-Ondes.

Because after all, isn't it a shame not to be able to play these sounds polyphonically?

Featuring a tweaked feature set, this makes the most of the amazing vintage oscillators, and adds an LFO for extra modulation possibilities.

The result is a hugely versatile and characterful analogue polysynth.

KONTAKT PLAYER COMPATIBLE

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

System Requirements:

Windows 7 or higher (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit), Intel Core Duo or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2, 4 GB RAM (6 GB RAM recommended)

Mac: OS X 10.9 or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM

Requires KONTAKT 5 or KONTAKT 5 PLAYER version 5.6.8 or later

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