Waterphone

A DEEP DIVE EXPLORATION

Tuned + Phrases Instruments
Dynamic Harmonics
Water + Resonance Modelling
Kontakt Player + NKS

A forensic deconstruction of the enigmatic instrument, featuring a chromatically tuned and playable set of tines - a sampling feat never achieved before. Tines are played with bows and mallets.

Waterphone Phrases

A huge set of 366 performances, each of which can be mapped, reversed and played chromatically at the click of a button using FOCUS mode.

Hear The Audio Demos

"a beautiful-sounding and impressive Kontakt instrument..." - Sound On Sound

Video | Hazel Mills Sound Design

Hazel Mills shows us her favourite sound design techniques. Soniccouture Waterphone features 20 presets by Hazel.

Video | Preset Tour

A seelction of sounds from both Waterphone instruments.

THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT

PHRASES: MAIN PANEL

366 PHRASES WITH CHROMATIC MAPPING OPTION (FOCUS MODE)
STEREO + CONTACT MIC CHANNELS
BODY RESONANCE CONTROL
ENVELOPE, FILTER, LFOS

The main control panel. Choose from 366 Waterphone phrases and map any across the entire keyboard for playable sound design. Fine tune your sound with stereo mics, contact mics and unique body resonance control

UNWRAPPED: MAIN PANEL

BOWED, MALLET + TUNED ARTICULATIONS + HARMONIC MODULATION
STEREO + CONTACT MIC CHANNELS
BODY RESONANCE CONTROL
ENVELOPE, FILTER, LFOS

The Waterphone desconstructed both physcially and sonically. The tines of the instrument were sampled individually with both bows and mallets.

PHRASES: WAVEFORM PANEL

FCOUS MODE
PITCH CONTROL
REVERSE MODE
START OFFSET

Play individual phrases on the keyboard, and navigate 6 different sets in the Wave browser - Hit 'Focus' on one, and it's instantly mapped across the whole key range chromatically. Tune it, reverse it, mix mics: create your patch.

PHRASES: MIXER

STEREO MICS + CONTACT MIC CHANNELS
SYMPATHETIC RESONANCE

Both Waterphone instruments offer the ability to blend stereo mic channels to create different sounds + add modelled sympathetic resonance of the Waterphone bowl. Choose difference resonance impulses to vary the sonic character.

FX PANEL

3 USER CONFIGURABLE INSERT FX
4 BAND EQUALISER
SPACE MODULE WITH CUSTOM REVERBS

Waterphone features a comprehensive effects page, with a configurable insert chain featuring Freak, Psyche, Replika, Phasis and other cutting-edge NI effects. The Space Reverb module features Soniccouture's custom impulse library built up over many years and recording sessions.

Video | Product Tour

James gives a walkthrough tour of the main features and functions of both Waterphone instruments.

In Detail
Waterphone Phrases
3.1 GB Library (compressed) 24 Bit, 48khz Stereo Sampling 366 Individual Peformance Samples Sympathetic Resonance Modelling Stereo Mic Channel, Stereo Contact Mic Channel FOCUS Mapping Mode Reverse Mode Sound Design Presets
Waterphone Unwrapped
3GB Library (compressed) 24 Bit, 48khz Stereo Sampling Up to 5 Harmonic Layers w/Modulation Stereo Mic Channel, Stereo Contact Mic Channel Sympathetic Resonance Modelling Water Modulation Control Articulations: Bowed sustain, Bowed Accent, Tune Bowed Sustain, Tuned Bowed Accent, Wood Mallet, Ruber Mallet KSP Strum Control Sound Design Presets
DOWNLOAD USER GUIDE PDF

WaterphonePhrases

FOCUS MODE

The key to the Waterphone: Phrases instrument is the Focus tool, which allows you to instantly create your own instruments from the huge library of 366 phrases.

Play individual phrases on the keyboard, and navigate 6 different sets in the Wave browser
Hit 'Focus' on one, and it's instantly mapped across the whole key range chromatically.

KONTAKT PLAYER 7.6 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.

Requires KONTAKT 7 or KONTAKT 7 PLAYER version 7.6 or later.

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Minimum System Requirements

WATERPHONE