Dark Sounds Suite Expanded

Orakle X offers everything you need to make modern cinematic music inspired by ancient sounds. Informed by our passion for international instruments and techniques, Orakle X transcends place and time. It includes experimental string articulations, thunderous horns, flute clusters, overtone singing, a massive array of unique percussion, and so much more.

Orakle X is MNTRA’s largest Sound Sculpture Instrument yet, offering everything you need to make modern cinematic music inspired by ancient sounds. Informed by their passion for international instruments and techniques, Orakle X transcends place and time. Orakle X includes experimental string articulations, thunderous horns, flute clusters, overtone singing, a massive array of unique percussion, and so much more.

Orakle X expands on MNTRA’s original Orakle Sound Sculpture Instrument. For an affordable, condensed collection of the Orakle X sounds, check out the original, Orakle!

At the heart of Orakle X is MNTRA’s founder Brian D’Oliveira’s (The Witcher NOTW, Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 + 8) vast collection of one-of-a-kind instruments, assembled during his many travels across the globe. His dedication to studying the ancient performance techniques of these unique instruments, combined with MNTRA’s leading-edge ultrasonic sampling workflow, allows them to be heard in an entirely new way. 

From aleatoric flute swarms and bombastic drums to bowed metal textures and extended Baroque cello harmonics, Orakle X gives you all the components needed to create visionary sound worlds.

Recorded with state-of-the-art equipment in MNTRA’s legendary RCA Victor studio in Montreal, and meticulously sampled to capture the nuanced resonances of these rare instruments, Orakle X has vast compositional and sound design applications.

This isn’t your off-the-shelf orchestral library. These sounds are dripping with personality. MNTRA’s performances focused on alternative extended techniques that amplify the distinctive characteristics of the instruments. Simply hold down one note and hear the sound evolve under your finger.

Recorded with sonic mangling and manipulation in mind, MNTRA’s powerful MNDALA Sound Design Engine allows you to shape these instruments into anything you can imagine. Transform a beautiful quena flute into a speaker-rattling industrial drone. Warp the harmonically rich treble gamba strings into an otherworldly ambient pad. This is your sonic playground.

To get you started, MNTRA’s team of sound designers has created a bank of over 40 expertly crafted presets. Utilizing the full power of their 3-axis RTPCs (Real-Time Parameter Controls), the interactive animated Perform View interface allows you to easily explore these complex presets.

Simply map your favourite MIDI controller to the XYZ performance macros and follow this inspiring collection of dynamic sounds wherever they take you.

Instrument Sample Maps

Wind

• Tin Whistle Flutter
• Tin Whistle Harmonic Motion
• Quena Flutter
• Mini Quena Harmonic Motion
• Rajasthani Tin Flute Stereo Motion
• Rajasthani Tin Flute Short
• Shawm Vibrato
• Low Tibetan Horn Long
• Low Tibetan Horn Short
• High Tibetan Horn Short

Voice

• Voice Long F
• Voice Long MF
• Voice Long P
• Voice Short F
• Voice Short MF
• Voice Short P

Strings

• Baroque Cello Harmonics 1
• Baroque Cello Harmonics 2
• Baroque Cello Short F
• Baroque Cello Short MF
• Kabak Long
• Kabak Flick
• Treble Gamba Long Left
• Treble Gamba Long Right
• Treble Gamba Pizz

Percussion

• Reco Reco Strike
• Bass Drum Strike F
• Bass Drum Strike MF
• Bass Drum Roll
• Repinique Drum Hit
• Repinique Drum Stick Strike
• Frame Drum Mallet Strike F
• Frame Drum Mallet Strike MF
• Frame Drum Mallet Strike P
• Clapping Sticks 1
• Clapping Sticks 2
• Pandeiro Hit
• Bata Top Hit
• Bata Bottom Hit
• Bombo Close Hit
• Bombo Far Hit
• Djembe Center Hit
• Djembe Rim Hit
• Amazonian Drum Hit
• Ocean Drum Hit
• Yamador Hit 

Effects

• Spring Bell Bowed
• Cymbal Bowed F
• Cymbal Bowed MF
• Cymbal Bowed P
• Reco Reco Bowed

Features

• 51 Sample Maps
• Up To 59 Round Robbins
• Recorded at industry-leading 32-bit/384kHz resolution
• Extreme resolution CPU efficient in-DAW playback & blazingly fast preset loading 
• Plugin app and samples watermarked to you
• Easy downloads and updates via Pulse Downloader
• 15.2 GB installed