Any note from C#3 downwards triggers the rise followed by the hit, while the notes on the upper half of the keyboard trigger the hit alone. Each patch is built from up to four sample layers and Rise & Hit's sounds are instantly more complex and detailed than the hackneyed variations on 'reverse gong' I've been using for years.Īrranged in 11 categories, each patch is divided over two halves of the keyboard, coloured green and pink. However, this is partly explained by the many lengthy hit tails and number of impeccably recorded build-ups. The download of 6GB of compressed samples (expanding to over 8GB) seems, on the face of it, a mind-boggling size for a collection of ups and downs, whooshes and booms. Once authorised you have a Kontakt instrument clearly designed for speed and ease of use. Rise & Hit requires either Kontakt 5 or the Kontakt 5 Player.
If the prospect has you on the edge of your seat, read on. In Rise & Hit, Native Instruments have set out to produce a comprehensive toolkit for blockbuster-scale tension and anticipation. For those of us with smaller budgets there's a new alternative in the form of software dedicated to the task. T hose fortunate (and affluent) enough to own the top orchestral libraries can reach for an assortment of crescendos and orchestral crashes, usually recorded in the same space as the other instruments. The ability to conjure up suspense, tease out dramatic build-ups and cataclysmic conclusions is much in demand as editors' ears are increasingly tuned towards the epic. NI's latest library aims to keep you on the edge of your seat with its range of cinematic tension-builders.įor the jobbing composer these days, there is constant pressure to turn in work that sounds both expensive and expansive as cinematic production values take over video games and the small screen.
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