Marcos Ciscar Terra Incognita [KONTAKT]

With over 75 instruments and sound sources plus years in the making, Terra Incognita is by far the most ambitious sample library from Marcos Ciscar Sampled Instruments. Here, you enter a world of its own with a blend of both rare and more traditional instruments all performed with a pre-hispanic touch inspired by ancient civilizations and the rainforest. Native flutes, world music instruments, stones, drums, human voices, ambient synths and ethereal sounds complemented with nature sounds from French Guiana, Costa Rica and Europe.

Many of the instruments here are rare, hand built and not often sampled, if at all.

Well, first and foremost it is a sound world that I’ve created. In the beginning, it was an unconscious process. I collected and sampled sounds that I liked.

Then, it turned into both an album project and the development of a sample library. A sound collection that I intend to expand and develop further on in the future. Both projects fertilize each other. Some sounds were recorded with both projects in mind. Others were taken out from the album and developed into samples.

Yet others started out as samples being used on the album.

Terra incognita contains mostly samples that are exclusive for this release but to make it more complete and standalone I’ve added some other sounds from both current and discontinued

products from Marcos Ciscar Sampled Instruments. This could be complete instruments or just samples used as sound sources for completely new sounds. They appear here adjusted to the sound aesthetics of Terra incognita.

Many of the instruments here are rare, hand built (in some cases especially for me), and not often sampled, if at all. This library is your ticket to a unique collection of instruments and recordings that pared with original performances make it very distinct.

All demos were created using Terra Incognita as the only sound source.

– Recording format: 24-bit 44.1KHz or 96KHz
– Microphones: Neumann, Shure, Rode, ADK, Violet Designs, Line Audio, Zoom, Sony
– Impulse Responses: 10 custom reverb IRs from classic studio units133 presets with an inspiring, dedicated GUI.

The instruments are grouped into the following categories:– BLW – Blown instruments
– BOW – Instruments performed with a bow on this library
– DRM – Various drum and percussion instruments
– FLT – Flutes, both rare and more common but all with a special touch
– MET – Metallic instruments
– ORG – Organ, in this case a church organ
– PLK – Plucked instruments
– SFX – Sound effects, both nature sounds and sounds from other sources
– SYN – Various synthesized sounds, mostly pads
– WND – Woodwinds
– VOX – Human voices: Singing, whispering, SFX, invented language exclamations, rituals etcSome presets will have these abbreviations added to their names:– MW – Use the modulation wheel to access other aspects of the sound
– C6 – Press the note C6 to start an additional sound. Press it again to end that sound. This function is often combined with “MW” meaning that the volume of that additional sound is controlled by the Modulation Wheel

The FULL version of Kontakt v5.8.1 or above is required!