Impact Soundworks Curio: Cinematic Toy Piano

A hidden world of sound generated from a miniature toy piano, prepared, mangled, and deconstructed to create tonal textures, sweeps, ambiances, impacts, deep percussion, and more! Perfect for film, TV, and game scoring.

Concept

CURIO Cinematic Toy Piano is a rare collection of custom-designed tonal and atonal material for Kontakt 4+. Designed by Ali Lacey, Curio features a miniature grand piano recorded naturally, then prepared, deconstructed, and mangled beyond recognition using acoustic and electronic sound design techniques.

In addition to atmospheric plucks, haunting and subtle mallet hits, and other traditional chromatic sounds, Curio contains a huge variety of percussive hits. These sounds, which range from light taps to earth-shaking subs, are ideal for epic cues and subtle underscore alike. The beautiful UI provides further editing controls, allowing for instant customization and shaping of any sound with just a few clicks.

With over +1400 samples provided in both NCW and WAV format (for further editing and mangling), Curio is a treasure trove of inspirational material.

Interface & Engine

The Curio interface includes a wide range of toggled effects along with an ADSR envelope. These features in tandem provide a powerful way to shape and create sounds out of the pre-existing patches in Curio.

Content

• Intimate micing
• 23 unique instrument patches for KONTAKT 4+
• Deep-sampled mallets and plucks
• Bowed ambience, tapping, shaking textures
• Processed and natural percussive hits
• Tonal and atonal textures/sweeps
• Deep bass plucks and FX
• Hybrid airy/synthesized and chromatic sounds
• 1,400+ samples available as both NCW and standalone WAV for further mangling

Features

• Beautiful and inspiring scripted interface
• Seven FX and processors, MIDI controllable
• Multi-mode filter and envelope
• Easy 3-band EQ for quick shaping
• Tempo synced delay tap
• Spatial and modulation FX

Requirements

• Requires KONTAKT 4 or higher (full version, NOT Kontakt Player)
• Requires 1.2GB disk space