Horror Dulcimer is a collection of terrifying avant-garde techniques recorded by Kyle Paxton on Hammered Dulcimer, designed for use in haunting video game and film scores.
Features in v1.0:
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Deep-sampled round-robin recordings of notes and phrases
- 12 Patches: Single Bends, Poly Bends, Tremolo Bends, Bows, Finger Gliss, Chaos Gliss, Fast Dissonance, Muted Hits, Strums, Coin Strikes, Wood Hits, & Accordulcimer
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Lo Pass knob to control the amount of high end
- Resonance knob to control the brightness and forward placement
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Shimmer knob to add a creative reverb to the mix
- Saturation knob to add subtle distortion
- Chorus knob to control the amount of stereo presence
- Delay knob (set to 1/4 note; tempo aligns to your DAW session)
- Dynamics knob to control volume (mapped to Mod wheel)
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Keyswitch to alternate between normal and reversed samples
- 529.2 MB download file size (48 kHz, 24-bit NCW)
- Requires full-version Kontakt 7.10.7 or higher
Meet Kyle Paxton
All samples for Horror Dulcimer were recorded by Kyle Paxton.
Kyle is paid a fair royalty every time this library is purchased.
Inspired by Dark Dice
The core reason that Horror Dulcimer exists in the first place is thanks to Dark Dice, the #1 fiction podcast in the world, who originally hired Steven Melin to record musicians for custom soundtrack music. As part of the composing process, Steven converted these recordings into Kontakt instruments, which became the foundation for what is now Simple Samples Audio.
The Dark Dice team is paid a fair royalty every time this library is purchased.