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The Story of Huracan
Crafted by company founder Brian D'Oliveira using a collection of his personal musical instrument collections, Huracan explores the sounds of ancient South and Central American cultures. An evolution of the musical instrument, Huracan blends electronic synthesis with industry-leading sampling techniques to explore the sounds of the natural elements, wind, storm and fire.
Perfect for sound designing in a variety of applications, MNTRA Instruments Huracan is suited to anywhere textured ambience and ancient soundscapes are required. Encompassing both wind and percussion instruments from pre-hispanic whistles and flutes to hard-hitting impact sounds, Huracan can find a place in anything from nature documentaries, jungle location game sound design or even in ambient musical pieces.
Unrivalled audio quality
Not just a marketing claim, MNTRA Instruments use bespoke recording methods to ensure industry-leading audio quality when recording their sounds. Capturing ultrasonic audio quality up to 384kHz at 32-bit depth, each sample, instrument and sound within Huracan delivers incredible detail and depth. Deeply sampled, MNTRA has collected 16 individual instruments, each with a high dynamic range consisting of 20 round robins and three dynamic layers, perfect for composing throughout the MIDI velocity range to express the full emotion in your performance. With 40 presets to choose from, you can explore the full sonic range of Huracan to see how it can transform your productions.
Proprietary MNDALA 2 engine
A multi-dimensional audio engine built for the future, this bespoke playback engine features a myriad of sound-shaping tools and controls to carve out Huracan exactly the way you want. With no additional software required, MNDALA 2 runs in any DAW capable of hosting VST3 and AU plug-ins. Built over years of research and development in reproducing extremely high-definition audio, you can dive into the ultrasonic textures within these ancient winds and percussion instruments in never before accessible performance-ready format. A first of its kind, MNDALA 2 is built to recreate the ultrasonic samples at incredibly high fidelity: up to 24-bit and 96kHz. This allows for extreme pitching and manipulation of the sounds while retaining a resolution never before available in this form.
It's not just the immaculate audio quality that sets MNDALA 2 apart, it's the creativity and flexibility with which you can manipulate your instruments. Six fully-featured samplers let you load whichever instruments you want, with independent processing across all six channels. Customising the sound of each channel can be achieved with the onboard effects slots. Choose between 35 different effects, ranging from delay, reverb, saturation, modulation, filters and EQs where up to five can be loaded per instrument sampler each!
Each instrument has been recorded in a multi-microphone setup and MDNALA 2 gives you access to the volumes of each microphone, letting you adjust the spatial positioning per sampler, making it simple to create space in a mix. Additionally, you will find global modulators, custom modular effects routing and complex sequencing per sampler, offering a near-endless amount of customisation and automation for your sound over time. Controlling all of this processing power is condensed down into three simple performance controls. The three Axis-animated performance controls let you take control of up to 62 parameters simultaneously when mapped to your favourite controller, letting you take a hands-on approach to mixing and customising your sound.
A new kind of instrument
Striving to create unique instruments which stand out from the crowd, MNTRA don't simply create cut-and-paste sample libraries but instead lets you transform what you think is possible with traditional musical instruments. Rather than creating true-to-life replicas of existing sounds, MNTRA Instruments ventures off the beaten path, letting you experiment with sound design inspired by the natural world. Embracing the imperfections of musical instruments, you can record performances full of dynamism and ever-evolving sounds which move with every turn of a knob or lift of a fader.
What's included?
- Wind:
- Mihuioti Whistle (Straight, Flutter): Prehispanic bird whistle made of earthenware from Minerales de Pozos in Central Mexico
- Quena (Short, Long, Flutter): Peruvian quena with bone mouthpiece
- Double Chamber Flute (Short, Straight, Flutter): Double-chambered flute from Peru
- Skull Ocarina: Earthenware Prehispanic calavera (skull) ocarina
- Palo De Canto (Short, Long):Rare Amazonian whistling double aerophones (singing sticks)
- Percussion:
- Guadua Hit: Large percussive bamboo Aerophone hit with hands
- Prehispanic Ceremonial Shakers: Prehispanic ceremonial shakers sourced from Minerales de Pozos in central Mexico
- Güiro Selvático: Cylindrical güiro made from Amazonian black wood
- Gourd Hom-Pax Hit: Percussive hit on a gourd variant of a Mayan trumpet
- Metal Hom-Pax Hit: Percussive hit on a metal variant of a Mayan trumpet
Features
- Crafted to harness the sounds of the elements: Wind, storm and fire
- Developed to sound like a modern synthesis and electronic recreation of ancient South American handmade instruments
- Crafted by Brian D'Oliveira, using an array of his curated instruments from his personal collection
- Over 40 presets designed to let you explore the full sonic range of the instrument
- 16 individual instruments
- Highly dynamic layers include 20 Round Robins and three dynamic layers per instrument
- Position your instrument in a virtual space with three blendable microphone channels
- Add exciting sound design to your instrument with three custom-designed FX including Auto-Panner, Harmonic Tremolo and Metallic Verb
- Control a deep network of parameters with three real-time rendered animations
- Using the animistic sampler engine, MNDALA 2, the sounds can be shaped into entirely new forms
- Compatible with all major DAWs capable of hosting VST3 and AU plug-ins
- Runs on the proprietary MNDALA 2 engine, with no additional software required
- Map your MIDI controller to adjust the 3-Axis Universal Controls across all plug-in instances
- Industry-leading 384kHz/32-bit extended ultrasonic range sample quality
- Highly-efficient playback engine delivers 24-bit 96kHz audio resolution
Specifications
- Operating system: Windows & Mac (10.11+)
- Format: VST3, AU
- Number of instruments: 16 multi-sampled instruments
- File size: 2GB installed, 5GB for setup
- RAM: 8GB
- CPU: i5+, Apple M1
- Activation: Offline
- Supported DAWS: All 64-bit VST3/AU compatible DAWs. Please note: Mixcraft 9 Pro is not supported
- Product code: 1436-1000