HAUNTED SPACES

CINEMATIC SOUNDSCAPES

  • Chris Watson Recordings
  • VECTOR CUBE
  • Load User Samples
  • Kontakt Player NKS
Haunted Spaces

“EVENTS HAUNT SPACES”

Renowned field recordist Chris Watson has spent years collecting audio recordings from what he describes as Haunted Spaces.

Ancient Temples, Ice Lagoons. 

Cold War Bases, Abandoned Silver Mines. 

Places rich with human drama & significance.

Charged auras and ominous atmospheres saturate the acoustic DNA of every recording in this unique collection.

ALL HAUNTED SPACES VIDEOS

TWINS | DARK + LIGHT

ADD-ON SOUND PACK

Twins is a collection of 128 snapshot presets by sound design team K/V (Ramon Kerstens + Richard Veenstra)

A collection with a new concept - each preset has a Twin: Dark and Light.

These can be used together (as demonstrated in the video) or as separate sounds in their own right.

Available as an extra purchase for Haunted Spaces users.

 

 

THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT

MAIN PANEL

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  • XY CONTROL CUBE
  • 4 WAVEFORM ELEMENTS
  • DRAG + DROP USER SAMPLES
  • PITCH, ENVELOPE, FILTER, LFO CONTROLS

The heart of Haunted Spaces is the Cube control - a 4-point vector controller that allows you to create complex movements between 4 different waveforms of your choosing, or add your own samples. The cube can be fully animated and the movements tempo-synced to your DAW. Each of the 4 waveforms can have independent filter, envelope, pitch and LFO settings.

 

WAVE BROWSER

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  • AT A GLANCE WAVE CATEGORY BROWSING
  • LIVE AUDITION

Essential for navigating the huge range of samples in Haunted Spaces. View only Chris Watson recordings, or filter by synth waves, percussion, choirs etc. Clicking on a wave instantly auditions the sound in your patch.

THE JAMMER

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  • GENERATIVE ARPEGGIATOR
  • SCALE FILTER
  • AUTO PRESET SLIDER
  • MIDI RECORDER + DRAG + DROP

The latest evolution of our generative arpeggiator - Hold a chord, and let it evolve - or loop a section and jam between 12 sequences. Record your patterns with the MIDI recorder, and drag and drop into your DAW..

OPTIONS PANEL

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  • FULL MICRO-TUNING CONTROL + TUNING PRESET LIBRARY
  • MIDI CUBE CONTROL SETUP

The Options panel offers powerful tuning control over scales and individual notes. Choose from over 50 preset scales including pentatonics, African, Chinese & Mesopotamian setups, or create your own unique micro-tuning. Other options include MIDI setup for the control cube + pitch bend control.

THE EFFECTS PANEL

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  • MODULAR INSERT FX CHAIN
  • 16 EFFECT TYPES
  • CONVOLUTION REVERB PROCESSOR

A completely user configurable FX chain: choose from 16 different effects in 6 insert slots - in any order you like. The Space processor offers everything from rooms and halls to vintage studio FX and custom ambient convolution effects.

HAUNTED SPACES SOUND DESIGN

PRESET LIBRARY TOUR

Haunted Spaces features a huge library of over 400 presets, created by a team of incredible sound designers.

The core sample library contains 128 original Chris Watson field recordings, combined with hundreds of custom synth, acoustic and percussion waveforms to blend with the ambiences. Notable sample sets include special versions of Soniccouture's Novachord, Array Mbira, Bowed Piano, ebow Guitar and many more.

This video showcases a small selection of the preset sounds.

ADD YOUR OWN SOUNDS

DRAG AND DROP SAMPLES

You can add your own sounds to the Haunted Spaces cube.

Simply select a 'User Wave' slot from the browser, then drag your audio file directly onto the interface - the sample will be automatically mapped ready to play.

RECORDING LOCATIONS

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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The Entrance Of Hades, Eleusis, Greece

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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The Pagodas, Orford Ness Atomic Warfare Research Base, Suffolk

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Abandoned Railway, Mexico

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Abandoned wool storage space, Patagonia

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Place du Georges Pompidou, Paris

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Perspehone's Well, Eleusis, Greece

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Hydro-electric power station tunnel, Iceland

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Vigeland Mausoleum, Norway

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Gomantong bat caves, Borneo

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Escape tunnel, Vatnsfell power station, Iceland

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Orford Ness, Centrifuge Room

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Aztec City, Mexico

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Aztec City, Mexico

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Waitomo Caves, New Zealand

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Brussels Zuid station

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Abandoned ranch, Mexico

Chris Watson has collected Haunted Spaces recordings from all over the world. Many locations are visually as well as sonically spectacular, as seen in this collection of photographs.

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Mountain Lake, Lofoten Islands, Norway

THE CONTROL CUBE

VECTOR / XY CONTROLLER

Haunted Spaces is based around a 4 point vector, or 'XY' controller.

This allows you to fade between 4 different waveforms, each with their own synthesis setup. Choose between Chris Watson recordings, synth and acoustic samples, or drag your own sounds in.

The Cube can be fully automated, all movements are recordable and sync to the DAW tempo.

CHRIS WATSON

Chris Watson is one of the world's leading recordists of wildlife and natural phenomena.

Born in 1953, in Sheffield, Watson was a founding member of the influential Sheffield based experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire. His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. Since then he has developed a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance composer and recordist for Film, TV & Radio, Watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with sound design in post production.

His television work includes many programmes in the David Attenborough ‘Life’ series including ‘The Life of Birds’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ in 1996. More recently Watson was the location sound recordist with David Attenborough on the BBC’s series ‘Frozen Planet’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ (2012).

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KONTAKT PLAYER 6 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 6 or KONTAKT 6 PLAYER version 6.2 or later  (a Kontakt 5 compatible download is also included, without drag and drop function).

Sound Packs are compatible with all Kontakt versions, 5.6.8 upwards

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