All Requiem Pro owners have the option of adding Requiem Light at a maximum discount. Requiem Light takes up less space and resources, consists of already premixed microphones, so it can serve as a great and effective add-on to Requiem Pro. Requiem Light is compatible with Native Instruments Free Kontakt Player, which means it also supports the library function in kontakt. 

Upgrade pricing: $99

All Requiem Light owners have the option of upgrading to Requiem Pro. Requiem Pro is the premium product in the Requiem series and is notably different from Light in the sense it has 3 full microphone positions, 5 solo singers instead of 2 and a massive full selection of choral effects. Requiem Pro also requires full retail version of Kontakt 4+, so any user that wants to update must own this product. Please check out the table below, which shows the major differences between the two products

Upgrade pricing: $599

Requiem essentially comes in two different versions, Requiem Pro and Requiem Light. Requiem Pro contains three full (5.1) microphone positions and Requiem Light contains one premixed microphone position. Requiem Light is supported the Free Kontakt Player by Native Instruments, so the only purchase you need to make is this product and then download the free Kontakt Player and you will be rolling.

Welcome to Requiem Light – the next-generation virtual choir product developed for professional composers.

Requiem Light is based on a variety of new recording- and sampling techniques some which have never before been integrated in choral sample libraries. The library can literally sound like a real choir and includes both full choir (SATB), divisi groups (males/females) and two solo singers (soprano and tenor) – all recorded in 24 bit / 44.1khz with 1 microphone position (pre-mixed from Requiem Pro (5.1) mics. The library contains true (polyphonic) legato intervals from piano to forte, sustains from piano to forte, staccato with repetitions, ultra forte marcato, BPM (host-synced) based latin chants recorded at different speeds across entire interval of choir, tons of choral effects including whispers, shouts, clusters, demonic chants, sweeps, consonants without tone, claps, snaps and over +50 different types of effects.

Requiem is designed for Kontakt version 4+ and is compatible with the Free Kontakt Player from Native Instruments. This means you don't have to purchase the full retail version of Kontakt to use this product. All you have to do is to download the free Kontakt Player and you will be in business. Requiem Light is a downloadable product and the library is custom water marked for each customer. 

About Requiem Light

Requiem Light is based on a variety of new recording- and sampling techniques some which have never before been integrated in choral sample libraries. The library can literally sound like a real choir and includes both full choir (SATB), divisi groups (males/females) and two solo singers (soprano and tenor) - all recorded in 24 bit / 44.1khz with 1 microphone position (pre-mixed from Requiem Pro (5.1) mics. The library contains true (polyphonic) legato intervals from piano to forte, sustains from piano to forte, staccato with repetitions, ultra forte marcato, BPM (host-synced) legato based latin chants recorded at different speeds across entire interval of choir, tons of choral effects including whispers, shouts, clusters, demonic chants, sweeps, consonants without tone, claps, snaps and over +50 different types of effects.

REQUIEM was recorded over a period of two weeks in one of the oldest and most known cathedrals in San Francisco. The conductor, Robert Geary, is one of the leading choir conductors in the world and the choir was made by members of his multi-award winning VOLTI choir and members from other renowned choirs. All singers were cherry picked for the project and the choir was specifically assembled for this project, which required an enourmous amount of focus and attention to the smallest details in pitch, volume, intonation and pronunciation.

About The Recordings

• Recorded in majestic cathedral in San Francisco
• One microphone position (pre-mixed from Requiem Pro (5.1) mics)
• Neumann (custom modified microphones)
• Custom modified high-end converters

Core specifications:

• Full choir (SATB), divisi choir (male/female) and 2 solo singers (soprano and tenor)
• 1 Pre-mixed Microphone Position mixed from Requiem Pro (5.1) mics
• Multiple (true) legato intervals (P/MF/FF) of sustained notes with Full Choir (SATB)
• True Polyphonic Legato (yes, you can play true legato with polyphony)
• Sustained notes with Full Choir (SATB)
• 19 (FF) Staccato articulations with round-robin (aka repetition) with Full Choir (SATB)
• 16 (FFF) Marcato articulations w/ intense vibrato with Full Choir (SATB)
• 12 Slow Legato Latin Sustain Variations (MF) with Divisi Males
• 12 Slow Legato Latin Sustain Variations (MF) with Divisi Females
• 20 Fast  Legato Latin Chants (FF) with Full Choir (SATB)
• 2 Solo Singers (soprano and tenor)
• Tons of FX based articulations:
  • Claps, Snaps, Stomps, Chest Slap with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Teeth Clap, Hand Rubbing with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Cluster FX/sustains with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Cluster FX/sustains with Divisi (SATB)
  • Sweep / Glissando FX with Full Choir and Divisi (SATB)
  • Unison to dissonant clusters
  • Dissonant to unison clusters
  • Non-tonal consonants
  • Whispers & Breaths
• Deep documentation (read .PDF here)
• Hall based release triggers
• Custom Kontakt Scripting
• 58 .NKI files
• 3367 Samples
• Approx. 3.23 GB installed, 3.2 GB .rar download
• Multiple download servers to ensure smooth download
• Sample resolution: Locked 44.1kHz / 24-bit stereo .ncw lossless audio format
• Format(s): Kontakt and .wav
• Note: Native Instruments Full Kontakt 4 and Kontakt 4 Player compatibility
• Note: Please go here for specific installation instructions
• Note: Windows XP / Vista / 7. Intelmac and Mac OS 10.5 or higher. Runs stand-alone or as plug-in via VST, AU, RTAS (Pro Tools 7 & 8).
• Note: Special note to Kontakt Player users: After installing and registering Requiem Light, if you’d like to explore the entire world of Tonehammer, you can take advantage of Native Instruments’ great cross-grade deals and get the full version of Kontakt, which will allow you to load, play and customize any one of our 50+ unlocked standard-format Kontakt instruments. See http://www.native-instruments.com for details.

*Orders:

• Price: $299 (ETA 8/23/2010)
  
• Anybody who orders will receive an immediate confirmation mail
• All customers are required to provide full information for water marking and verification purposes
• Tonehammer reserves the right to reverse any suspicious order and/or from anybody who fails to give proper identification. Any refund/reversed expenses are paid by customer.
• Tonehammer does not allow any reversal of orders
• Requiem is exclusively available through Tonehammer

About Water Marking:

• Requiem is water marked for each individual customer
• Watermarks are embedded into all files both source and patch files using our own technology
• All customers will be required to provide full information for verification purposes
• All customers will receive unique sample/source files with embedded custom water marking
• All customers will have specific files sent to their verified mail account
• This library contains custom water marked files. Each library set is custom marked for each customer.
• The water marking methodology is proprietary to Tonehammer, INC
• Resale/refund prohibited

Legal Notes:

• Tonehammer will use all remedies of law against anybody that distributes / sells / shares the library (ex. illegal sales, torrents)
• Tonehammer reserves the right to modify any of these descriptions(including specs, price, release dates) before and/or after release date of the library
• Requiem is exclusively available through Tonehammer and sales from any other distributor is illegal and prohibited.

REQUIEM Pro is the next-generation virtual choir developed for professional composers. The library is based on a variety of new recording- and sampling techniques some which have never before been integrated in choral sample libraries. The library can literally sound like a real choir and includes both full choir (SATB), divisi groups (males/females) and solo singers – all recorded in 24 bit / 44.1khz with 3 (5.1) microphone positions. The library contains true (polyphonic) legato intervals from piano to forte, sustains from piano to forte, staccato with repetitions, ultra forte marcato, BPM (host-synced) based latin chants recorded at different speeds across entire interval of choir, +1500 choral effects including whispers, shouts, clusters, demonic chants, sweeps, consonants without tone, claps, snaps and over +50 different types of effects.

Requiem is designed for Kontakt version 4.1.1+ and is a downloadable product. The Requiem library is custom water marked for each customer. 

About Requiem

REQUIEM is the next-generation virtual choir developed for professional composers. The library is based on a variety of new recording- and sampling techniques some which have never before been deployed in choral sample libraries. The library can literally sound like a real choir and includes both full choir (SATB), divisi groups (males/females) and solo singers - all recorded in 24 bit / 44.1khz with 3 (5.1) microphone positions. The library contains true (polyphonic) legato intervals from piano to forte, sustains from piano to forte, staccato with repetitions, ultra forte marcato, BPM (host-synced) based latin chants recorded at different speeds across entire interval of choir, +1000 choral effects including whispers, shouts, clusters, demonic chants, sweeps, consonants without tone, claps, snaps and over +50 different types of effects.

REQUIEM was recorded over a period of two weeks in one of the oldest and most known cathedrals in San Francisco. The conductor, Robert Geary, is one of the leading choir conductors in the world and the choir was made by members of his multi-award winning VOLTI choir and members from other renowned choirs. All singers were cherry picked for the project and the choir was specifically assembled for this project, which required an enourmous amount of focus and attention to the smallest details in pitch, volume, intonation and pronunciation.

About The Recordings

• Recorded in majestic cathedral in San Francisco
• Recorded in surround 5.1
• Three microphone positions (close, medium, far)
• Neumann (custom modified microphones)
• Custom modified high-end converters
• Custom convolution reverbs of the Cathedral and 6 other locations captured by Tonehammer

Core specifications:

• Full choir (SATB), divisi choir (male/female) and solo singers
• 3 Microphone Positions (5.1)
• Multiple (true) legato intervals (P/MF/FF) of sustained notes with Full Choir (SATB)
• True Polyphonic Legato (yes, you can play true legato with polyphony)
• Sustained notes with Full Choir (SATB)
• 22 (FF) Staccato articulations with round-robin (aka repetition) with Full Choir (SATB)
• 16 (FFF) Marcato articulations w/ intense vibrato with Full Choir (SATB)
• 12 Slow Latin Sustain Variations (MF) with Divisi Males
• 12 Slow Latin Sustain Variations (MF) with Divisi Females
• 20 Fast Latin Chants (FF) with Full Choir (SATB)
• Ultra Fast Chanting w/ 10 RR with Divisi Females
• 5 Solo Singers (2 x soprano / alto, tenor, baritone, bass)
• +1.000 FX based articulations:
  • Claps, Snaps, Stomps, Breast Slap with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Teeth Clap, Hand Rubbing with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Trills with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Cluster FX/sustains with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Cluster FX/sustains with Divisi Females and Divisi Males
  • PFP Clusters at different speeds
  • Sweep FX with Full Choir (SATB)
  • Sweep FX with Divisi Females and Divisi Males
  • Unison to dissonant clusters
  • Dissonant to unison clusters
  • PFP clusters at different BPM
  • Non-tonal consonants
  • Whispers & Breaths
  • Numbers (0-10)
  • Woo-Aah
  • Glissando FX
• Deep documentation (read .PDF here)
• Hall based release triggers
• Custom Kontakt Scripting
• Extended (artificial) Ranges
• 363 .NKI files
• 87 .NKM files
• 14.073 wave files with additional 8.000 playable legato samples
• 22.2 GB installed, 13 GB .rar download
• Multiple download servers to ensure smooth download
• Sample resolution: 44.1Khz / 24Bit stereo .wav format
• Format(s): Kontakt and .wav
• Note: Native Instruments Kontakt version 4.1.1+ full retail versions required for Requiem.
  
• Note: Free Kontakt Player will only work for 30 minutes with this product. Full version required to remove this restriction.

*Orders:

• Price: $799
  
• Anybody who orders will receive an immediate confirmation mail
• All customers are required to provide full information for water marking and verification purposes
• Tonehammer reserves the right to reverse any suspicious order and/or from anybody who fails to give proper identification. Any refund/reversed expenses are paid by customer.
• Tonehammer does not allow any reversal of orders
• Requiem is exclusively available through Tonehammer

         

About Water Marking:

• Requiem is water marked for each individual customer
• Watermarks are embedded into all files both source and patch files using our own technology
• All customers will be required to provide full information for verification purposes
• All customers will receive unique sample/source files with embedded custom water marking
• All customers will have specific files sent to their verified mail account
• This library contains custom water marked files. Each library set is custom marked for each customer.
• The water marking methodology is proprietary to Tonehammer, INC
• Resale/refund prohibited

Legal Notes:

• Tonehammer will use all remedies of law against anybody that distributes / sells / shares the library (ex. illegal sales, torrents)
• Tonehammer reserves the right to modify any of these descriptions(including specs, price, release dates) before and/or after release date of the library
• Requiem is exclusively available through Tonehammer and sales from any other distributor is illegal and prohibited

The Frame Drum represents one of the most widespread and versatile families of drums – with a history crossing through ancient Middle East, India, Rome and through a variety of Islamic cultures. The Frame Drum defined by the simple characteristic that the width of the drumhead is greater then its depth, but besides from that the Frame Drum comes in thousands of variations. It is known for its distinct sustained sound and its multi-resonant qualities.

The Frame Drum is traditionally tuned with straps or lugs, while others are permanently set at a fixed pitch.  Many also incorporate beads, rattles, cymbals, jingles, rings, bells, snares or other accessories, to augment the primary sound and add specialized auxiliary articulations. Some are played with hands, while others use thin sticks, thick bones, soft mallets, combs, brushes and other specialized tools to produce a huge range of unique musical tones and effects. Some members of the Frame Drum family may even lack a striking head and rely entirely on rattles or other elements to produce their sound.

The Tonehammer "Solo Frame Drums" library contains 2 styles of Irish Bodhrán, one African Tar drum and a North American tribal buffalo hide shamanic drum. We captured them in a close dry studio setting, covering both traditional and expanded playing styles and articulations. The first Bodhrán is nearly 3 feet wide, with a massive low end much like a concert bass drum. The second is a deep shelled medium sized drum with powerful, clear tonality. The smallest, a tar drum, has a crisp, sharp ring. Our Buffalo drum has a flat, tight sound with a massive subsonic bass blast.

The library is truly covers the traditional sound of resonating frame drums. The library was also designed to be used in conjunction with our "Epic Frame Drums" library, which is focused on capturing big sound ensemble frames and over 1.100 loops. The two libraries makes the perfect couple, since "Solo Frame Drums" covers some of the more intimate and deep sounds – where "Epic Frame Drums" covers more that brutal, big, bad-ass type of sound used in epic scores.

• Price: $99
  
• The deepest multi-sample frame drum library ever recorded, with over 3000 samples.
• 4 different frame drums, covering of various sizes and origins
• Recorded naturally dry and wide in a warm, intimate studio environment
• Deep multi-sampling, with 10X Round robin on all notes as many as 16 velocity layers for truly dynamic playability and realism.
• Half-step instant retuning with key-switching, attack, palm-mute/decay shaping and custom convolution reverb controls with unique real-world and sound designed impulse files.
• Master mega-patch, in both full and "lite" version
• Individual preset collections for each drum
• Tuned and un-tuned patches
• Individual articulation patches for each mallet type and hands
• Single articulation patches for maximum control and "tuned percussion" style playing.
• A wide variety of mallet types and hand positions, including soft, hard, wood, brushes and hands.
• Extensive read me (.pdf) install, patch and hint documentation
  
• 108 instrument patches, 3138 Samples
• 1.9 GB installed, 1.8 GB .rar download
• Sample resolution: 44.1Khz / 24Bit stereo .wav format
• Format(s): Kontakt and .wav
• Note: Native Instruments Full Retail Kontakt 3.5 and free Kontakt 4 Player compatibility
• Note: You can download Free Kontakt Sample Player at by clicking here - please note this is ONLY supported for specific Tonehammer Free Kontakt Player libraries

Bizarre Sitar

Often mocked as a "baby", "miniature" or "toy" sitar, this bizarre beast patiently waited in the grand bazaar until it's day arrived and a customer decided to buy it.

Ambius Vol. 1

The first volume of our Ambius series, we focus on the dark, the cryptic, the unnatural and the subliminal, in the form of unearthly angelic bell tones and demonically corrupt signals filtering through the void.

Riq Drum

One of the most powerful frame drums from the middle east - a classic if you are serious about arabic tunes.

The Frame Drum represents one of the most widespread and versatile families of drums – with a history crossing through ancient Middle East, India, Rome and through a variety of Islamic cultures. The Frame Drum defined by the simple characteristic that the width of the drumhead is greater then its depth, but besides from that the Frame Drum comes in thousands of variations. It is known for its distinct sustained sound and its multi-resonant qualities.

The Frame Drum is traditionally tuned with straps or lugs, while others are permanently set at a fixed pitch.  Many also incorporate beads, rattles, cymbals, jingles, rings, bells, snares or other accessories, to augment the primary sound and add specialized auxiliary articulations. Some are played with hands, while others use thin sticks, thick bones, soft mallets, combs, brushes and other specialized tools to produce a huge range of unique musical tones and effects. Some members of the Frame Drum family may even lack a striking head and rely entirely on rattles or other elements to produce their sound.

The Tonehammer "Epic Frame Drum Ensemble" library contains deep sampled Irish Bodhrán drums, North African Tar drums, Egyptian Riqs, Persian Dafs and North American tribal drums. We captured them in a large A-frame chapel for an authentic, naturally massive sound that no artificial algorithmic or convolution reverb can truly simulate. We recorded in divisi and full ensemble groupings and covering both traditional and expanded playing styles and articulations. This library is ideal for powerful epic scoring and any composition that calls for massive sounding percussion.

We also captured a huge bonus collection of +1.100 BPM-based performance loops (80-140 BPM). The loops include automatic tempo-syncing functionality that allows them to be matched to a fairly wide range of custom project tempos.

This library is designed to work with other of our libraries: "Solo Frame Drums" and "Riq Drum", which are a deep-sampled assortments of solo frame drums.

• Price: $109
  
• 10 different frame drums, covering of all sizes and origins
• Recorded naturally wet in a rich, lush, large epic church
• Deep multi-sampling, with 10X Round robin on all notes and plenty of velocity layers for truly dynamic playability and realism
• Half-step instant retuning with key-switching, attack, room decay shaping and custom convolution reverb controls with unique real-world and sound designed impulse files
• Full Kontakt 4 and Kontakt 4 Player compatibility
• Custom Presets: Master tuned and un-tuned mega-patch
• Divisi patches for each group and subgroup Divisi patches for solo drums
• A wide variety of mallet types and hand positions Exotic percussion effects, rolls, swells and skin drones Body stomp, clap and bible thumping percussion
• A bonus collection of 1157 live-recorded ensemble and solo frame tempo-synching drum grooves recorded at 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130 and 140 BPM
• Automatic host-tempo syncing solutions for all loops also included
• Extensive read me (.pdf) install, patch and hint documentation
  
• 75 instrument patches, 2509 Samples
• 2.3 GB installed, 1.6 GB .rar download
• Sample resolution: 44.1Khz / 24Bit stereo .wav format
• Format(s): Kontakt and .wav
• Note: Native Instruments Full Retail Kontakt 3.5 and free Kontakt 4 Player compatibility
• Note: You can download Free Kontakt Sample Player at by clicking here - please note this is ONLY supported for specific Tonehammer Free Kontakt Player libraries

Bizarre Sitar

Often mocked as a "baby", "miniature" or "toy" sitar, this bizarre beast patiently waited in the grand bazaar until it's day arrived and a customer decided to buy it.

Ambius Vol. 1

The first volume of our Ambius series, we focus on the dark, the cryptic, the unnatural and the subliminal, in the form of unearthly angelic bell tones and demonically corrupt signals filtering through the void.

Riq Drum

One of the most powerful frame drums from the middle east - a classic if you are serious about arabic tunes.